One particularly impressive demonstration of the lighting tech occurred when a guard carrying a torch walked down a darkened hallway. The lights behaved just like real ones would, casting real-time shadows and filling spaces with colored light. When Garrett pulled out his bow and plugged the guard in the forehead, the engine's rag doll physics knocked the unfortunate patrolman's head back and sent the torch flying. The resulting shadows and lighting effects from the tumbling torch were rather impressive. The character models in the game look pretty good, with real-time lip-synching for those conversations you always find yourself eavesdropping on (a staple of the Thief games). I only hope they polish up the animation, as the guards and servants looked pretty stiff in this showing. Textures, on the other hand, looked impressive and gritty, just like you'd expect in this magic/steam punk world. On balance, the engine looks good and the developers still have a few months to clean it up even more.