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Something like Gloomwood can be a good introduction to that style of game for those people. I'd argue that the original Thief games, while more accessible than cRPGs of that era, still can be intimidating to players who have never experienced them before and don't have a ton of stealth game experience. It doesn't make Baldur's Gate any less brilliant, it isn't aiming to replace it, but it does give fans of that series a new thing to play that is similar, without feeling exactly the same, and also providing new players an entry point to the genre. You can compare it to something like Pillars of Eternity, which is very clearly inspired by Baldur's Gate, but built on top of a new ruleset that (in my view) is easier to understand. More broadly speaking, I think the big appeal of spiritual successors like this is the accessibility factor.

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Time will tell, of course, but I think this update is definitely a move in the right direction. This video is basically 6 minutes of the developers talking about how they've upped the interactivity and player choice in the game in response to that feedback, and I think it looks fantastic. First off, I agree with your assessment of the demo feeling like a poor imitation of Thief, primarily because it felt like Thief without the player choice and interactivity, which got rather boring. This really is worth a watch and looks a very promissing and exiting game. New areas are also showed and the game should be accessible in 2022. The undertaker weapon now has several ammo type and can be used to not only silently kill lights but also push buttons/swithes. The canesword blocking has been improved. They have more plans like tripwire dynamite. They are now traps you can use, like the bear trap. The AI has been improved and they now have a speech system that let communicate their suspicions and awareness state to each other and have conversation you can eve drop on like the guards in Thief.

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Power generator can control electricity in a building or city block, and they control not just lights but also many other machinery you can use to distrack or kill enemies or unlock new paths. You can pickpocket enemies to get keys to unlock doors or relock doors.īreakable lights, switches, power generators. Lots of customization based on what item you decide to bring (or leave behind.) Example drag remove bullets from your guns and trow them to distract an enemy. Resident Evil 4 inspired Inventory system: drag physical item from the world in the inventory. Some notes of the new features from the video:

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