Thief 4 will feature a VATS-like system for escaping

Thanks to the latest issue of GameInformer, we now have a ton of information about the next game in the Thief series. According to Eurogamer, Thief 4 is set to continue the series' tradition of first-person stealth and actively discouraging combat, just like the previous games.Thief 4 will also add a major new mechanic called Focus. It works like Detective Mode did in the Batman: Arkham games, and highlights scalable walls, extinguishable lights and fingerprints that can be analysed. It also works as a sort of Bullet Time, as you can use it to slow down time while pickpocketing. Gathering Focus lets you accumulate Attack Points, which basically work as emergency “oh crap!” buttons and let you pull off emergency escapes. This may be a lot like the VATS system Bethesda used in Fallout 3 and Obsidian used in Fallout: New Vegas, where you pause time and aim for specific body parts. For instance, you can use Attack Points on an enemy's chest to shove him out of the way.Click here for full story