Week 10 - Thief III Comparison

Thief III

Thief III falls under a different genre than Unreal Tournament 3 or Guitar Hero II although I suppose they share some abstract models between the three games. Thief is mainly a stealth based third person game. Unreal Tournament is a first-person shooter and Guitar Hero is a music based game.

Unreal Tournament 3
In Unreal, the first thing I noticed to be the same were the style of lighting. Both games feature low lit environments, while Thief pushes the envelope for dark environments. From what I can tell, Unreal has a better layout in terms of heads up display. I can understand why thief doesn’t show as much as you don’t need to have a read out of everything at all times. It also helps to be in a third person view so that movements are more precise. Unreal is set in a first person view to have a better view at your target. One of the similarities found in both games are the use of an overlay to show position such as a map or compass. The art in the game also have a striking resemblance to each other. While thief is set in what looks medievil times, unreal also has surroundings that look very rustic or of the same era.

Guitar Hero II
Guitar Hero II is in almost no way similar to Thief. The gameplay is totally different, as is the genre. The lighting style, music, mood, the nature of the game is entirely different. Off hand, I cannot think of any similarities between Thief III and any of the games in the Guitar Hero series.