Thief 1 vs. 2. vs. 3 vs. 4 Screenshot Comparison

Posted on 27 March, 2013 by exterminat

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Thief 1 vs. 2 vs. 3 vs. 4 Screenshot Comparison

A look back and forward

by Nicholas Laborde

©2013 Nicholas Laborde

thief 4 screenshots oxcgn #8The gaming world collectively freaked out earlier this month when the fourth Thief title was announced after a very, very long wait.

Eidos Montreal, the talented team behind Deus Ex: Human Revolution, will be handling the game, and it couldn’t be in better hands.

Considering the age of the series (the first title, Thief: The Dark Project, released in 1998), I thought it was time to do a screenshot comparison to showcase the giant leaps in visual fidelity that the series has seen since its initial release many moons ago.

Below, you will find screenshots ordered from left to right, with the oldest ones on the left. The order is as follows: Thief: The Dark Project and Thief II: The Metal Age on the first rows, and Thief: Deadly Shadows and Thief 4 beneath.

Note that Thief: Deadly Shadows and the newest Thief title do not have numbers in their titles, but I referred to them as 3 and 4 respectively for continuity.

See how Thief has aged!

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OXCGN’s Hitman: Absolution Review

Posted on 6 December, 2012 by exterminat

REVIEW_Hitman Absolution

OXCGN’s Hitman: Absolution Review

The year’s standout stealth entry

by Anthony Pruett

©2012 Anthony Pruett

hitman absolution screenshots oxcgn #13Last year, Deus Ex: Human Revolution kicked off the fall release season by giving the world an extremely versatile way to play.

You could play it as an action game, mowing down everyone in sight and taking no prisoners.

Or, you could go through the entire game without harming a soul.

This year, the only AAA game with true stealth options we’ve received is Dishonored, which as with Human Revolution is not a dedicated stealth title but can be played that way.

Now, for the first time in years, we have a legitimate AAA stealth title in the form of Hitman: Absolution.

Agent 47 is back, and he’s stealthier than ever.

Should you tail this target?

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OXCGN’s Game Of The Year Awards 2011

Posted on 13 December, 2011 by dkpatriarch

OXCGN’s Game Of The Year Awards 2011

Did the VGAs get it wrong?

by: dkpatriarch

©2011 David Hilton

For many of us the VGAs were a bit underwhelming.

Which games stood head-n-shoulders above the others?

We had new announcements in the form of new ‘post-apocaliptic’ zombie survival type games (sigh), and new footage of some upcoming games that look either very promising (Bioshock Infinite, Hitman Absolution) or incredibly silly (Metal Gear Rising: Revengance, or as I call it: Devil May Rise: Cryvengance).

Then we had the idiocy that made our gaming industry look even more puerile with ‘tea bagging’ those whose speech went a little long and bad jokes.  Are we still all supposed to be childish teens?  Or am I just getting way too old for such ‘humour’?

Anyway, for the last week or so we at OXCGN have been nominating and tallying our own Game Of The Year Awards for 2011.  

If last year was the year of the sequel, this year was the year of the three-quel (Uncharted 3, Gears of War 3, Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3, Resistance 3, Dungeon Siege 3, Serious Sam 3…I’m sure there are others…).

These are just our individual opinions scored together using a complex mathematical formula involving each of us picking a Top 3 and scoring them with a 5, 3 or 1.  I’m sure the VGAs had a much more sophisticated methodology…

Without any more rambling, here are OXCGN’s Game Of The Year Awards for 2011.

Feel free to discuss your opinions of the VGAs and our picks in the comments section below.

Do you agree with our GOTY picks? here

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OXCGN’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution Review: Eidos Lied, But All Is Forgiven

Posted on 6 September, 2011 by exterminat

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Review

Eidos Lied, But All Is Forgiven In A Well-Augmented Conspiracy

by exterminat

©2011 Nicholas Laborde

In the year 2000, conspiracies began to die down. Tensions were starting to ease after the Y2K computer crashing rumors subsided, and in a world pre-9/11 and post-Cold War, we had nothing to fear… or so it seemed.

That is, of course, until Deus Ex released and with it, a reminder to gamers far and wide that conspiracies are probably still all around us, later confirmed by real, unfortunate events that still shape our world today.

The brainchild of Warren Spector and Ion Storm, Deus Ex offered a successful blending of multiple genres executed in such a way that gamers had never seen before, instantly propelling itself into the annals of video game history as a true ‘classic’.

Then, along rolls 2003 and Deus Ex: Invisible War trots onto store shelves everywhere… needless to say, we’d much rather forget about it.

Finally, we have arrived in August 2011, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution is here to augment your life and your very way of thinking.

Once again, conspiracies abound, and the truth will change you; the question is, are you ready to experience it?

• OXCGN’s Deus Ex article well worth reading:-

Deus Ex: Human Revolution: A Title You Shouldn’t Miss

Let’s see what SARIF Industries ‘really’ have planned….

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