Third-Person Thief III [Jan 22, 2004, 4:59 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The Game That
Pioneered Stealth in Gaming Reemerges in Eidos and Ion Storm's Thief: Deadly
Shadows is the press release announcing the addition of a third-person
perspective option in the upcoming installment in the stealthy Thief series. The
announcement is accompanied by
a few screenshots showing off the new point of view. Here's a bit:
In Thief: Deadly Shadows, gamers will be able to play in either third person or first person perspectives, and shift seamlessly between each on the fly. The new third person perspective will further immerse players into the role of Garret [sic] -- the master Thief. Sneaking through darkly lit environments, stealing riches and ambushing unwary targets in third person presents a new, visceral gaming experience to the Thief franchise. Still, the tension fuelled gameplay in classic Thief first person view is there for returning fans of the series and newcomers alike. Ion Storm's trademark dynamic lighting and shadow technology manifests in Thief: Deadly Shadows new levels of depth and tension to the game's environments. Characters and objects cast real shadows that effect stealth gameplay, requiring the player to manipulate darkness and light to create your own shadows to hide in.
Are you not aware that the piracy is 10 times worst with Xbox, people hack the bios, which enables them to duplicate xbox games and dvd's.
Hrm... well to start off my counterargument, I'll point you to this thread, meantioned by Max just a few entries down.
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=78385
At the bottom of the post, the author mentions that a developer specifically told him they were switching to the xbox because of money.
That said, money does not imply piracy. So I'll suplement a bit...
I have never owned a console, thou I know people whom own them and its far worst than pc cause its CHEAPER.
Cost and requirements for console piracy: mod chip, knowledge and ability to sodder a mod chip into the console, bios tweak, knowlege and skill to mod the bios, (or replace all of the above with, purchasing a fairly expensive premodded xbox) dvd-r, download image file (or pay some money to rent it), knowledge of how to burn it. Done.
Cost and requirements for pc piracy: download image file, cd-r(s), knowledge of how to burn or mount it. Done.
Simply put, PC piracy is easier, and cheaper than console piracy.
Additional arguments:
Last time I checked, there was about 1 page of xbox images on SuprNova. There are currently about 7 pages of pc images (90% illegal).
Direct connect search for "Prince of Persia", results in 4 xbox cd images and 140 pc images (half the pc images as the game spans 2 cds for 70 total copies).
Finally, from my experiences with other gamers, while most PC users are capable of copying a game, hardly any console gamers are able or willing to attempt to mod their box.
In short, as I said earlier: More piracy of PC games -> Less profit on PC games -> Crappier PC games, more console games...
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