/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6890045
I only brought up Valve to assert it's a real thing I was noticing. It's similar to why I don't use high res HD textures.

>>6535901
The movement feels like they tried making the player's character be more influenced by the physics engine than previously. The physics feel way less reliable than in the original Thief games to, probably because the original Thief games had very simple predictable physics where as the Dark Mod has finer tuned but unpredictable physics. For example if you blackjack a guard who is wearing armor he will sometimes plummet straight to the ground at a completely unrealistic manner, where as in the original Thief games they would play an animation of them slowly falling. This type of shit is all over the game and it feels really dodgy and awkward. Maybe they patched it to be better? I doubt it though.

The graphics suffer the same problem that ultra highres texture mods have. They're super detailed but not pleasant to look at and don't fit the together very well. Thief 1 had a very consistent style to it and everything felt deliberate. The Dark Mod has very high res textures that also have specular maps on them that are pretty jarring to look at. There is no cohesive style or art direction. Pic related I can't get over how ugly the brick texture that is mindlessly plastered on everything is, or how the retarded the haunt's cowl looks.

The game is overall a solid attempt but it's not enough to make me favor it over the original games. There's a reason the originals are getting more of the fan mods.

>>6331779
>Darkmod
I would love the dark mod if the controls weren't so clunky and the texture work wasn't terrible. The game actually hurts my eyes with those textures. They go from low res (good) to super cheap high res to the point that it doesn't fit the model it's on.