Warren Spector's New Dishonored-Looking Multiplayer Game Emulates Playing D&D

OtherSide Entertainment's next game is a four-player PvPvE immersive sim, delivering an experience that looks like a multiplayer take on the Thief or Dishonored games. The game is called Thick As Thieves, and the first trailer for it debuted during The Game Awards, showcasing the tense-looking competitive heist game in action and the four different playable characters.

In Thick As Thieves, you play as one of four different characters, each of whom specializes in a different playstyle and has their own story. These thieves go on missions in a city set in an alternative history of early modern northern UK where technology and magic coexist. Different factions control different parts of the city, and you decide which your thief aligns themselves with--despite being a multiplayer game, Thick As Thieves is still a living world that narratively responds to your choices.

Combat isn't encouraged because it's noisy, potentially attracting other players.

"No two missions are ever the same," lead designer David McDonough said during a preview event prior to The Game Awards. Otherside co-founder Warren Spector added that Thick As Thieves is designed to emulate the feeling of playing D&D, subverting the "slow" experience typical of the genre. He commented on how games like Dishonored or Deus Ex typically see players respond to problems with methodical precision--Thick As Thieves is designed to push players to make those kinds of plans and decisions at breakneck speeds.