to be fair this trailer doesn't look bad and the scene at the end makes me hopeful that they're actually trying to tie it in to the original games

but Thief 2014 was an utterly terrible, generic mess and Eidos outsourcing a VR Thief game to some other company entirely doesn't bode well

and like... I kind of get their dilemma because if they made the newer Thief games actually be steampunk or magic-y they might be accused of ripping off Dishonored. when really, Dishonored was inspired by the original Thief games like a lot

but on the other hand Thief didn't have as dismal a tone and also had a lot of nature magic vs steampunk technology themes that Dishonored only really touched in like... the original game's Brigmore Witches thing

I'd love a magic vs technology thing to come back! bring back the Hammerites and the pagans!! (maybe give the pagans a different name though)

the Hammerites in particular got SO much detail that Thief 2014 felt... so strange to play without hearing anyone talking about the Builder or passing by a Hammerite church. they just stripped out the lore entirely

and if they continue to strip out the lore in the series I guarantee that no one's going to care 😔