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Thief: Deadly Shadows Preview

Joe "OuTkAsT-1" Topolnisky

2004-02-20 00:00:00.0


The folks over at GameSpy have thrown up a preview on Ion Storm's upcoming stealth title, Thief: Deadly Shadows. Here's some juice:

The most striking is the addition of a third-person mode. Initially it wasn't in the design, but after some Ion Storm employees hacked it in to an early version of the game, its versatility and appeal became obvious to everyone involved. You can switch on the fly between first and third-person, and the game can be played entirely from one perspective or the other; it's up to you to figure out just how you like your game. A tutorial mode has been added to bring newcomers up to speed, but Spector promises it won't be as lengthy tedious as most games'.