Thief

[Alex Ros]

I hate to read words like "points" or "quests", because that always reminds me to play a game and totally breaks down immersion. These things only takes place in games, so there is no believable feeling when you read it there. The game formally presents itself as a game and not a serious experience. We should forget all thoughts to play a computer game and try to take it seriously. A game like this NEVER should be about points or something. What is a point? Who gives you a point? Points when you successfully steal something? That just feels like a bad designed game that fails to be immersing in any ways...

Formally I do agree with you totally. Yes, quests and points are ruining immersion. Points exceptionally in particular. But practically I believe that mementos at Amnesia series are quests too. Supposedly (maybe "hopefully" is a better word) quests at Thief will be exactly the same as mementos, just a bunch of diary alike notes in order not to forget to do something. For me personally that's fine. At least if quests themselves are good, interesting and carefully implemented into the story and imagery world of the game...

...By the way, you mentioned the Elder Scrolls, I do recommend to give that series a try, because quests there are similar to mementos, diary notes "not to forget". Extremely immersive game in general and in details. Well, that's my opinion, I do not insist I am right. Just recommending to give the Elder Scrolls series a try...

Back on a theme. Oh this fucking points. I suppose I just would eat that shitty gameplay element. It's not so critical for me personally. I would prefer if there were no points, just money, but... oookey.

As for me personally cutscenes are rather immersive breaking element. I do not like it now and surely I won't like it ingame. For me personally those tiny 3rd person movies-cutscenes are a lot more immersion ruining element than quests and points. Even in the very first Thief series games the Dark Project and the Metal Age I hated those comics in between missions when I had to become an observer. Well, I had to eat that and go on. Because the Thief game is bigger and better than quests, points and cutscenes. It's a story, characters and universe like nowhere else. Outstanding.

P.S. And do not make a mistake that I am kinda obsessed fan. Nope. I am fan of nothing. If that 2014 iteration of the Thief would be shitty I would throw it away without a single doubt. Similar to Silent Hill series which is stopped for me on the 4th iteration. Similar to many franchise (for another example I did love a lot and I still do love 1st and 2nd Call of Duty installments WWII oriented) which were nice until some point. So nope I am not a Thief series fan if you might think so, I do not want you to think that way 'bout my millions-of-words person.