New trailer popped up for this and I couldn't find a dedicated topic to post it in, so here it be.
There are certain things about the game that immediately make me think "jeez, swiping from Dishonored a little blatantly, aren't you?" such as the whole "plague ravages city!" element. But it looks different enough not to be a total ripoff.
And it's really hard to pick out anything about it, outside of the basic concept, that actually reminds me of the original games. Honestly, if it weren't called Thief and the main character weren't named Garret, I don't think I'd recognize it as being related to the old games at all. I do have to say that, as a 14-year fan of the original, it's really disappointing not to see any Hammerites, Pagans, burricks, ghosts, giant spiders, or anything else of that ilk in this entire trailer. They show what appears to be a large variety of environments and situations, but I see nothing but city watch guards everywhere, with only a split-second reference to anything "fantastical." And not only that, but the dry sense of humor of the original is pretty much missing as well (though that may just be because of the style of the trailer).
It's one of those cases where it absolutely looks like a great game, but as a revamp/sequel to the old series... it just hasn't stuck to the style of the originals enough for me to accept it in that way. I don't know that I'll be able to take it as canon in the series. I guess we'll see though.
I'll be even more disappointed if no one utters the word "taffer."
I'll be buying it day-1 either way, because it really does look like a cool stealth experience. I'm excited for it... I'm just disappointed that it doesn't seem to remind me of it's original subject matter at all.