Thief 2014

[eliasfrost]

They've removed a large part of what makes the Thief franchise, that is: the factions, Garret's backstory (which was interwoven with the factions), supernatural elements and the exceptional level design to name the major changes. Sure it might be a mechanically good game (though I've heard mixed opinions on that as well) but they have absolutely no respect for the franchise, so little in fact that they didn't even care about artistic cohession which is crucial (absolutely crucial) when developing sequels, even more so when rebooting a franchise.

But then, Square Enix is on a spree to destory every beloved, iconic franchises from days past. Through shitty reboots. Only exception is Deus Ex: HR.

So far they've completely ruined Tomb Raider (even if there's wasn't much more to be ruined but the new one was incredibly bad nonetheless), Hitman and now Thief. The common thread here is that for each instance they have stripped the reboot of all that the game was about and it makes me sad, in my head and in my heart. I'm worried about what other franchises they are going to take a big shit on.