Cut scene

In the Thief games, the storyline is revealed before and after each mission was completed, using Cut scenes. These are usually pre-rendered videos and/or real-time 3D graphics.

T1/TG - video cutscene

T1/TG - pictures briefing

T2 - video cutscene

T2 - pictures briefing

In Thief: The Dark Project, Thief Gold and Thief II: The Metal Age briefings consisted of panning and zooming sepia images with an accompanying voice and music track, whereas cut scenes were full color animations with some live shadow acting.

T3 - video cutscene

T3 - real-time 3D briefing

In Thief: Deadly Shadows this technique was changed, with some scenes fully animated 3D renders, others partially moving pictures, and pre-rendered videos. In case of video, Higher-quality (high-poly) 3D models are used for the environment, characters and objects, also with spectacular special effects. The voice track was also prerecorded, suiting each character and reflecting their moral alignment, especially the Keepers, only revealed in this game.

See Also

• Thief: The Dark Project, Missions, Briefings and Cutscenes in the game
• Thief Gold, Missions, Briefings and Cutscenes in the game
• Thief II: The Metal Age, Missions, Briefings and Cutscenes in the game
• Thief: Deadly Shadows, Missions, Briefings and Cutscenes in the game
• Briefings and Cutscenes, all the Briefing movies, Cutscenes and their transcriptions.