Thief XP systems scrapped

Eidos Montreal has scrapped the XP levelling system in Thief due to fan feedback.

Thief level designer Daniel Windfield Schmidt discussed the move in a community Q&A, where he said the removal of the XP system will add to the gameplay experience.

"Fans might be surprised how often the devs go to the forum to see how things are perceived in the 'real world'," he wrote.

"This feedback is extremely valuable to us, so as you can imagine, the consistent reaction to the XP system was something that indicated we needed to revisit some design decisions."

Schmidt claimed that players could now approach different situations in the ways they wanted to.

"We wanted to put emphasis on stealing things, and put the rewards on the stealing aspect. We want to allow the player to decide the 'how to' - we shouldn't judge how the players wants to achieve their goal, only reward them for achieving it."

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