VRFocus - A Reddit user has uncovered a set of files inside the PC version of the recently-released Thief that suggests support for the Oculus Rift virtual reality (headset) was once being worked on for the stealth experience. User Ananas4 found a file named Oculus Rift settings while browsing through the videogame's folders. Inside is a list of stats, each labelled "VR" at the start. Could the title be due an Oculus update?
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The Thief game series has had many ups-and-downs, and 2014's reboot showed a great deal of promise nearly a decade ago.
This would be such a great franchise to reboot. A darker game than Dishonored, but focused around stealth and large scale heists from an oppressive monarchy.
That's probably my dream game. I love immersive sims and stealth!
People say they hate forced stealth sections in games. But a game focused on stealth with good mechanics and level design feels refreshing from the guns blazing games which I also enjoy. I really enjoyed playing Splinter cell, a game that not many try to mimic today. Not too many games let you shoot lights out, or throw cans or bottles to distract guards. Sure there are games with stealth options like the new Wolfenstein but it doesn't feel necessary to play it that way. Hitman might be the only game that has that feeling, except for that Korean game that may or may not ever come out.
The last one was a trainwreck and has been in the bargain bin since just after launch. If they bring it back, they need a massive change in direction.
only direction they should take is putting it in reverse and going back to what the originals did. I couldn't finish this game, and I made a choice to never play it again. I watched a video about the og Thief and Deus Ex games and the current AAA standard will forever hold back these games. These 2 games alone had already solved so many problems with modern gaming that I don't think they'll get a chance at something great unless they're made by a dev that actually give a damn.
Jesus the last installment sells at about 2 euro and even that is over paying for it. Absolutely diabolical game
Rift makes you sick if the player moves to much. Rift games will def favor gameplay where the player does't move much.
I guess you've only ever used the dev kit version where I could agree the blurring might get some people sick. The newest version which I've been fortunate enough to try out is incredible. They have reduced the blurring to the point where it is nearly non existent.
'Thief' runs on Unreal Engine 3, albeit a modified version, so Eidos will no doubt receive support as a licensee from Epic. With that said, note that 'Rift' support was added to UE3 by Epic around a year ago, so having 'Oculus'-related data present within the config files may be explainable without it having been a push by Eidos towards a VR version of the game.
Depending on how much divergence there was between the code-base of Eidos' modified engine to that of UE3 would probably be a good indicator of how much effort was undertaken to add in the updated Oculus support when it came last year. Only the devs would know that.