Quick-time events in Thief scrapped

Eidos Montreal has scrapped the quick-time events in upcoming Thief due to negative fan feedback.

The developer claimed that the community didn't react well to seeing a quick-time event in the E3 demo of Thief earlier this year, so the decision was made to exclude them.

"We're not implementing them," said studio spokesperson Valèrie Bourdeau in a Q&A blog post.

"To begin with, there were very few instances of QTEs in the game; in fact there was only one in that whole hour-long E3 demo.

"However, given the strong reactions it evoked in the press and the community, it was an easy decision to do away with them entirely. So we're not doing it. No quick time."

It was also confirmed that Thief won't feature any swimming sections, and there's a new hardcore difficulty mode as well.

"Hardcore mode... allows players to customise the game in a number of ways.

"One of my favourites is the Ironman: if you die, game over. Hey, what is life without a little risk? We even added a "if the enemy detects you, you die" mode. Now combine that with the Ironman... You get the point!"

Thief is gearing up for a February launch on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.