/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5030623
My main problem with the HD pack is that it has no regard for color. Thief was a dark game because of the lighting but many of the underlying textures were vivid colors, even in decrepit areas like the haunted cathedral. At times it resembles medieval art. The HD pack uses more desaturated greys and browns in their place. It saps a lot of distinctive style out of the game. For instance, the city streets in the original use a lot of blue textures. This was an intentional stylistic choice, the textures are called things like blubrik or blustn and it's a distinctive look. The HD pack makes them plain grey.
The other problem is that some of the replacements don't even try to match up, so you end up with some structures that, for example, should be built out of giant slabs but in the HD pack is made out of small, loose stones and it doesn't look right.

No nostalgia, got into the series around 2013.

For why I prefer Thief Gold, it has a much better paced story and it has an occult, wicked vibe that I found unique. The world in Thief 2 is comparatively mundane.
Both games go downhill at the end, but when it happens in Thief Gold the missions get shorter. In Thief 2 they stretch out to unbearable lengths and start repeating themselves.
I liked the dungeon levels. It's often said that Thief Gold has more variety while Thief 2 has more consistent quality, but I think that Thief Gold is both of those. Things start getting shaky for Thief 2 as soon as it hits Ambush.