Thief

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  1. MadclownJack
    Mar 1, 2014
    4
    As of this moment, Thief is an unplayable mess. Even on lowest settings, it stutters frequently, for no apparent reason and the frame rate is appallingly low. I barely went through the tutorial mission with all the stuttering. The graphics is candy, but the expressions seem very unconvincing and lifeless. The gameplay is rigid and constricting and even on master difficulty you'll stillAs of this moment, Thief is an unplayable mess. Even on lowest settings, it stutters frequently, for no apparent reason and the frame rate is appallingly low. I barely went through the tutorial mission with all the stuttering. The graphics is candy, but the expressions seem very unconvincing and lifeless. The gameplay is rigid and constricting and even on master difficulty you'll still feel spoon-fed, since everything is marked out for you. Almost every moment in this game made me feel like i was bottle-necked into a decision that someone else thought i should make. Its like watching the game play itself. Im not even comparing the earlier games to this, because it fails well on its own. Development difficulties aside, this is a shameful release for a developer such as Eidos, because it seems they willfully strayed away from a tried and true formula for success just to create a bastard child of a game, unworthy of the name it's branded with, be it a reboot or not.… Expand
  2. Yaroste
    Jun 17, 2014
    4
    **** graphics, terrible controls, low FPS even in cutscenes, and brainless AI. Also, gamma in game so dirty, that you feel how dog turd squeeze on your face instead NEXTGEN. Time and money wasted.
  3. JimCorbett
    Mar 24, 2015
    4
    Totally generic and uninspired. It tries to copy so many other games that it completely fails to make its own identity. The setting interested me and, initially during the prologue, the looting interested me. That's it. Everything else was a disappointment. There's absolutely no reason to play this travesty when you can get Dishonored instead.
  4. Rukumouru
    Feb 25, 2014
    4
    Extremely linear, the color scheme is reduced to desaturated blacks and browns, the cast is extremely bland, Garrett himself barely wisecracks and never really feels like a Master Thief... But this game's greatest mistake is that it is, quite simply, not fun to play. Doing anything in the game is boring as sin, and the low-FoV tunnel vision makes it not only boring, but also nauseating to play.
  5. AleksandarGamer
    Feb 25, 2014
    4
    The game is good for the beginners, but NOT for the old Thief fans. AI is really a piece of s**t, and the game is just too linear. Technical problems make the game even worse.
  6. Valarian25
    Feb 28, 2014
    4
    This game is a shadow of the glory that once was thief.

    Its not a "bad" game in the sense that its not entirely broken or you cannot have some fun with it but its a huge letdown of a franchise that deserves so much better than this reboot The worst is perhaps the downright horrible plot, the voice acting, and the characters that really ruins the experience. I would not recommend    This game is a shadow of the glory that once was thief.

    Its not a "bad" game in the sense that its not entirely broken or you cannot have some fun with it but its a huge letdown of a franchise that deserves so much better than this reboot

    The worst is perhaps the downright horrible plot, the voice acting, and the characters that really ruins the experience.

    I would not recommend this game to everyone for this price.

    You want to spend 50£ on a high quality Stealth game you buy dishonoured

    You want to spend 10$ on a high quality stealth game you buy Thief:Deadly shadows

    Thief is a bland game that's should have been given to better developers so it could stand the test of time.    … Expand
  7. Oinker
    Feb 26, 2014
    4
    EIDOS has made some of the greatest games in history. This is not one of them. Just unimaginative, uninspired, and unplayable. The AI is idiotic. The story is linear. The game is more about cut scenes than free roaming thievery. Climbing is too limited. And my frame rate is horrible. Unreal Engine 3 games purr on my rig. But not this one.

    One point in EIDOS' favor: the 3D (stereoscopic)    EIDOS has made some of the greatest games in history. This is not one of them. Just unimaginative, uninspired, and unplayable. The AI is idiotic. The story is linear. The game is more about cut scenes than free roaming thievery. Climbing is too limited. And my frame rate is horrible. Unreal Engine 3 games purr on my rig. But not this one.

    One point in EIDOS' favor: the 3D (stereoscopic) is perfect. Just like in the Batmans and Tomb Raider (which are stellar titles, btw).
    Do yourselves a favor and download "The Dark Mod", a standalone free mod of the original Thief. Stay clear of this game. Even if they fix the rendering problems, the game isn't worth your time and definitely not worth your money.    … Expand
  8. Llaerrick
    Mar 2, 2014
    4
    Generally disappointing but there are some occasional saving graces. The UI navigation and control scheme feel clunky; despite running a fairly robust rig and playing on medium settings there are still more than the few odd lags and low framerate spikes. the game play is mostly uninspired with a really lousy combat system (which may be somewhat forgotten or forgiven if you play it as aGenerally disappointing but there are some occasional saving graces. The UI navigation and control scheme feel clunky; despite running a fairly robust rig and playing on medium settings there are still more than the few odd lags and low framerate spikes. the game play is mostly uninspired with a really lousy combat system (which may be somewhat forgotten or forgiven if you play it as a true stealth-ghost game). the story-line is somewhat bland and the graphics uninspiring (this is not helped by the fact that you usually stay in shadows away from light almost all the time). the game would have been helped if there was a bigger open world/sandbox concept and a little more direction. as it is, it is not a bad a game as some would have you believe but it is far from being a good game either.… Expand
  9. Flopdugan
    Mar 7, 2014
    4
    To sum things up. The levels are pathetic small, especially the bank heist mission. Way to much context sensitive interaction and cut scenes that draw you out of character. Even reading in game documents your drawn into a simple menu screen that lacks the flavor of the old ingame gumps. There is a good foundation here and the game is not horrible, the small client missions retain some ofTo sum things up. The levels are pathetic small, especially the bank heist mission. Way to much context sensitive interaction and cut scenes that draw you out of character. Even reading in game documents your drawn into a simple menu screen that lacks the flavor of the old ingame gumps. There is a good foundation here and the game is not horrible, the small client missions retain some of the old thief feel that the main story missions completely miss but they don't save the game. Here's hoping for more refined sequel.… Expand
  10. KyleFinlayson
    Feb 25, 2014
    4
    This is a heavily scripted game with heavy emphasis on hand holding and baby sitting. I remember when the Thief games were immersive because you had to be immersed to win. You had to look at the ground and watch every flicker of a torch light, and when you knocked out a guard, it didn't play a cut scene.

    This new Thief game has detective vision, you know, like in Batman: Arkham Asylum.    This is a heavily scripted game with heavy emphasis on hand holding and baby sitting. I remember when the Thief games were immersive because you had to be immersed to win. You had to look at the ground and watch every flicker of a torch light, and when you knocked out a guard, it didn't play a cut scene.

    This new Thief game has detective vision, you know, like in Batman: Arkham Asylum. This technique has been copied and pasted numerous times and it completely detracts from the Thief experience. To the game's credit, this can be disabled, but only at the start of every new game, it cannot be changed on the fly. This game has been made far too easy, enemy guards can easily be dispatched, meaning players have no reason to avoid and or fear them.

    In the end, this game has been far too modernized for a Call of Duty audience, who all expect a scripted adventure where the puzzles are solved for them. As the game progresses, the levels do become more open and sanboxy, but the game already faltered from the beginning, by pissing on the Thief legacy.    … Expand
  11. kyouonee
    May 29, 2014
    4
    On the surface, Thief (2014) looks like a solid stealth game and story-wise you don't know what to expect. But man, this game got the worst story-telling I've ever faced in any game before. It really killed the game and in aspects of game-play, I'd say it was mediocre or rather bad when it's such a big title.
    That's why I could not even force myself to like it, not even with Garrets bad    On the surface, Thief (2014) looks like a solid stealth game and story-wise you don't know what to expect. But man, this game got the worst story-telling I've ever faced in any game before. It really killed the game and in aspects of game-play, I'd say it was mediocre or rather bad when it's such a big title.
    That's why I could not even force myself to like it, not even with Garrets bad one-liners...    … Expand
  12. Ramiro1992
    Feb 26, 2014
    4
    Another garbage, another boring and repetitive game, what is this? another rip off of the old game? I don't recommend this trash, please don't waste your money on this piece of trash.
  13. EMODESTROYER
    Feb 27, 2014
    4
    I am semi disappointed, 30 hours of gameplay so far, and I would much rather have saved my money. The story is bland I lost interest after the first mission, which was pretty kick ass.

    I started exploring the city and jumping in houses, the reward was usually a gold coin and a brooch or candlestick. NONE OF THESE ROOMS WERE OCCUPIED! creating a 'challenge' of press SQ button to open the    I am semi disappointed, 30 hours of gameplay so far, and I would much rather have saved my money. The story is bland I lost interest after the first mission, which was pretty kick ass.

    I started exploring the city and jumping in houses, the reward was usually a gold coin and a brooch or candlestick. NONE OF THESE ROOMS WERE OCCUPIED! creating a 'challenge' of press SQ button to open the same cabinet, desk, safe, and night stand as the last room. Lockpicking requires no skill, once you get the hang of it you're set, your lockpick does not break. A few missions I tried ran approximately 2 minutes, that includes running down the same path you've previously been, jumping in a room the size of a kitchen, and opening the cupboard to retrieve your loot, possible ambush? nope you're fine, nobody is ever home.... good thing you extinguished all the candles. This bothered me the most about the game.

    Your stealth skills are put to the test on the ground level with the city watch, which isn't very challenging to begin with. Quite decent sneaking action on a few levels, this is the Thief I've cherished way back in the day. +1 here

    Cutscenes are the same exact thing - you take someone down, pass through a window, steal loot, knockout a guard, ect.. its all the same cutscene per action, not a huge problem but I guess I'll deal with it.

    Graphics are alright, even though the environment is solid and most objects can't be broken. The AI toons have the IQ of a potato, its fun to shoot an arrow in their head and run, but once they are all dead you can come out and explore unharmed.

    Thief feels like a flashback to 2000, it is a much fancier version of deadly shadows, I would highly suggest waiting for the price to drop, I wouldn't pay more than $25 for this game.    … Expand
  14. Lararitta
    Mar 10, 2014
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is very similar to Dishonored but unfortunately it is very bad. I
    have played this game about 4 hours and then i turned off the game because
    this game has a bad plot and a combat system. The worst thing that you can
    not collect the arrows from dead enemies. Despite all disadvantages the
    game has very good graphic.    … Expand
  15. Catmanstu72
    Mar 11, 2014
    4
    Thief has never been the right title for this series; Kleptomaniac would be more appropriate. These games have always been a quandary for me as I enjoy stealth games but hate the incessant collecting of loot in RPGs. With this reboot I saw the chance to build on what made the originals tense and addictive, and get rid of the repetitive game play dictated by the restrictions of earlierThief has never been the right title for this series; Kleptomaniac would be more appropriate. These games have always been a quandary for me as I enjoy stealth games but hate the incessant collecting of loot in RPGs. With this reboot I saw the chance to build on what made the originals tense and addictive, and get rid of the repetitive game play dictated by the restrictions of earlier hardware.
    What we end up with is the exact opposite. The minute to minute game play is just as tedious as the previous iterations, but where those had a unique aesthetic, large open levels and great sound design, this has countless loading screens and truly awful sound that is nearly always useless at letting you know where NPCs are located (more important than visuals in a first person stealth game). The story manages to be bland and ridiculous at the same time (quite a feat) and all the characters are dull.
    All that being said, some of the side missions are quite interesting and rewarding to play and at times manage to capture the spirit of earlier titles. These missions could have brought the score to a six if it wasn't for the last third of the campaign. My god, what a mess.
    In the last third you have a new enemy to contend with (I think they are called freaks) that have esp. You cannot sneak up on these creature without them being aware of your presence, and they sense when you use focus which nullifies most of you abilities. The absolute worst crime though, is the inclusion of TWO boss battles. Criminal in a stealth game.
    In summing up; Thief is a game that has aped many games, including it's predecessors, but has learned nothing from any of them.    … Expand
  16. Tinz
    Jun 29, 2014
    4
    What a disappointment. Every part of the game looks, feels and plays like every other part of the game. I was bored within one hour. The AI is tragically dumb ... I stopped playing and moved on to something better.
  17. mentrix
    Oct 28, 2014
    4
    My mistake. I'm sorry but this game is really broken. Two important thing in this game - surround sound, and other thing is that levels are broken when you can't go back to some places and find all the loot. You can't jump in many silly places or use rope arrows to go back for loot. Then ropes are placed by developer in many stupid places sometimes in front of guards. You must repeatMy mistake. I'm sorry but this game is really broken. Two important thing in this game - surround sound, and other thing is that levels are broken when you can't go back to some places and find all the loot. You can't jump in many silly places or use rope arrows to go back for loot. Then ropes are placed by developer in many stupid places sometimes in front of guards. You must repeat levels many times. Even this can't help because you have counter for all loot to whole level and you don't know where to look. It's really frustrating. Maybe if you do not want to look for loot this game is for you but for me this is most important thing. And this is just first level !!!! I don't want to look further and lose my nerves. Game have many good things but the most important are broken. Sound is broken too. Many things you can't hear at all or you hear a person in building miles away from you and you thinks that person is standing in front of you. Sound is looping suddenly or disappears.… Expand
  18. hermanJnr
    Nov 24, 2018
    4
    Unfortunately, Thief is pretty much the epitome of a soulless cash-grab reboot. Much like the reboot of Syndicate and (IMO) the newer Tomb Raider games, it loses the essence and special spark of the original and keeps only a veneer of similarity on the surface.

    Possibly my least favourite significant change lies with the main character, Garrett. Garrett was an enormous part of what made    Unfortunately, Thief is pretty much the epitome of a soulless cash-grab reboot. Much like the reboot of Syndicate and (IMO) the newer Tomb Raider games, it loses the essence and special spark of the original and keeps only a veneer of similarity on the surface.

    Possibly my least favourite significant change lies with the main character, Garrett. Garrett was an enormous part of what made the original three Thief games so entertaining and interesting. He was an intelligent, cold and calculating master criminal, living his life as a loner in a cruel, uneducated and corrupt world. Yet despite his profession as a thief, his intellect, self-awareness and his cutting observations of the flaws of other characters put him firmly into likable anti-hero territory.

    Over the course of the games it was shown that deep down he also possessed a surprisingly strong sense of morality (showing disgust for widespread abuse of the poor, corrupt lawmen and needless physical violence) and had a strong loyalty to his friends and allies. This gave the feeling that The City's dystopian environment had moulded Garrett into a pragmatic isolationist from a young age, and he was actually a pretty decent guy when it came down to serious tests of character.

    In the reboot, Garrett looks like an extra from an Assassin's Creed game wearing Goth eyeliner. He speaks mumbly growly macho nonsense with none of the searing wit or cynical self-interest as the original character and his most likable characteristics have mutated into this kind of tacked-on caring tendency to some girl they shoehorned into the plot. Garrett walks around angst-ily brooding to himself with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer and they combined this by turning The City (itself a really atmospheric environment in previous games) into a bland copy of Dishonored's setting, complete with the same sort of plague and cartoonishly evil police officers.

    Long story short, the game butchers the characters and setting of previous Thief games, which is pretty unforgivable given how those two things were huge strengths of the IP. I dearly hope in future we will get the game Garrett deserves, but frankly this game isn't really worth stealing.    … Expand
  19. Ted_Tris
    Dec 31, 2014
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its not thief.
    Its qte console trash.

    Good gfx
    Horrible sound (bugs, no environment sounds and, etc)
    Horrible music (into what music?)
    A.I. - Artificial idiot

    What is it?    … Expand
  20. LanceVanceDance
    Dec 9, 2015
    4
    Not worth it unless you have a fetish for boredom.

    Very limited, heavily scripted, barely stealth game. Basically just climbing all over the (small) city, which is not even open and has a loading screen for every small apartment, you'll be stealing more money and valuables from poor citizens than having any exciting treasure lootery. Full life of a mediocre cutlery burglar guaranteed.    Not worth it unless you have a fetish for boredom.

    Very limited, heavily scripted, barely stealth game. Basically just climbing all over the (small) city, which is not even open and has a loading screen for every small apartment, you'll be stealing more money and valuables from poor citizens than having any exciting treasure lootery. Full life of a mediocre cutlery burglar guaranteed.

    All the equipment will be available to you fairly soon, so there will be no incentive to gauge the money or steal at all. Which leaves you hunting for collectibles. Useless, boring, copypaste collectibles to store in dusty cases at your base. That you will barely even ever visit.

    What are the collectibles? Oh why, a great variation of them, ofcource! I.e. Ring with blue stone, ring with red stone, ring with white stone, ring with green stone, ring with purple stone, ring with light blue stone... (as you guess the model stays the same, its just the skin) Then we have a brooch with blue stone, brooch with red stone, brooch with green stone...

    What exciting treasures to hunt for, huh? You bet.

    The story and characters are a perfect match.
    Garrett is boring as all hell, an **** and a... nothing. I can't find anything to describe him with, since the game didn't give me anything. Garret is just a boring **** Thats it.

    The story is some simple go-on-search-for an unrelated character without any proper exposition, makes you wonder why the heck are you even moving on, and that paranormal sauce all over it made me cringe god knows how many times throughout the playthrough.    … Expand
  21. lhmtgame
    Jul 9, 2016
    4
    The game graphics are just nice enough!
    The characters are really ugly!
    The gameplay is bored and make me uncomfortable and cramped.

    Killing people or guard is not interested. Why don't they give us a bow or knife which can do damage to people.

    This is a failure of "assassin game"!
  22. r03vg
    Apr 15, 2020
    4
    Это такой перезапуск, который даже дифибриллятором не спасти. Симулятор мастера ложек.
  23. BleedingJester
    Jul 11, 2022
    4
    This game is incredibly forgettable, and I do mean that I forgot the entire story and levels

    if you really like stealth games, you might like it, but I found the gameplay to be mediocre and levels to be mediocre and very linear
  24. TheButcher
    Dec 5, 2021
    4
    As a standalone game Thief would be a good game with a solid rating of 8/10. Unfortunately it's not a standalone game. No matter what Square Enix claimed the game was supposed to be a new chapter in the thief universe that was well established. Instead they chose to remake the universe to their liking which doesn't really work, since they weren't ashamed to copy the basics of lore such asAs a standalone game Thief would be a good game with a solid rating of 8/10. Unfortunately it's not a standalone game. No matter what Square Enix claimed the game was supposed to be a new chapter in the thief universe that was well established. Instead they chose to remake the universe to their liking which doesn't really work, since they weren't ashamed to copy the basics of lore such as the city and it's locations. However they chose to completeley ignore or re-write the rest of the lore. The Baron now present, his general ( your arch nemesis that you don't really care about since you have no connection to him what so ever ). Pagans are gone, Hammerites are gone, The awesome steampunk is gone, the great techno/punk music is gone. Instead you get some orchestral music that might be good for a movie but not for a game. In the original trillogy you had fun playing around the "dumb" city watch and there was always some form of humor present. Thief 2014 takes itself way too seriously and has more edge than bismuth. Garet who is no longer voiced by the great Stephen L. Russell who really brought the character to life for 3 games, is now a complete boring emo edgelord. As a fan of the original series I felt betraied when I played this game, since it has little to no replay value unlike the previous games. the total gametime for this game can be 8 hours or maybe even less if you really want to. There is just no fun playing it.

    This game was a BIG MISTAKE    … Expand
  25. Stardog
    Feb 28, 2014
    3
    A poor game, poor port, and the controls are terrible.

    When climbing a fence, you NEVER know if he will vault over it entirely, or climb onto it. This can get you killed and stuck in places you didn't want to be - you just wanted to climb onto the ledge. Suggestion - let us walk off edges and have climb only climb, not vault. Swoop only activates when releasing the key, not on    A poor game, poor port, and the controls are terrible.

    When climbing a fence, you NEVER know if he will vault over it entirely, or climb onto it. This can get you killed and stuck in places you didn't want to be - you just wanted to climb onto the ledge. Suggestion - let us walk off edges and have climb only climb, not vault.

    Swoop only activates when releasing the key, not on pressing it. It's clunky and annoying.

    When faced with a chest of drawers, instead of being happy, you'll say "oh, no", because now you have to watch 4 annoying cutscenes where the camera jerks around, not even returning you to its starting position.

    When you crouch the Field of View zooms in making it painful to play. Imagine playing while looking through a magnifying glass.

    Sometimes it blocks you from walking off a ledge, unless you're running, so you have to press a key to drop down, but sometimes it will drop you when you didn't expect it. Have fun with that.

    ~ From a big fan of Thief 1/2/3, Splinter Cell 1/2/3, Dishonored, and even the stealth elements of Batman: AC. This game is not in the same league.    … Expand
  26. mortuus
    Feb 28, 2014
    3
    Feels more like garbage man than thief, rummaging through drawers stealing ink bottles.
    No cool factions, no hammerites, no pagans, burricks and lobstermen replaced with dogs and birds. It's not cool with kids if modern game doesn't have doge.
    Freeform climbing and rope arrow usage replaced by scripted dev-approved location movement only. Combat blows, press X to not take damage from    Feels more like garbage man than thief, rummaging through drawers stealing ink bottles.
    No cool factions, no hammerites, no pagans, burricks and lobstermen replaced with dogs and birds. It's not cool with kids if modern game doesn't have doge.
    Freeform climbing and rope arrow usage replaced by scripted dev-approved location movement only. Combat blows, press X to not take damage from guards slow telegraph attack, no sword. Bopping guard on head from behind with blackjack replaced with scripted takedowns, doing it yourself too hard for consoles.
    Technically weak, linear small levels, loading every 2 minutes. Level design very meh. Mandatory 4-5 per level advancing forward in cutscene, cutting off previous part of level, because having level accessible fully and non-linear would be too hard for consoles.
    Prologue cutscene - zomg, you killed him, how could you, thieves don't do that!!!one. Chapter 1 - bonus objective, score 4 headshots on guards for extra money, because nothing spells thief quite like bow headshots. If you shoot guard from far enough, arrow flying will play out in slo-mo so cool kids can put 360 noscope thief videos with wubwub music on youtube.
    All in all, disappointment on the same level as Deus Ex HR, but I guess Squeenix ran out of money to pay off journalists this time, dxhr PC metacritic: 90, IGN: 90. Thief PC metacritic: 69, IGN: 68.
    Uninstalled after chapter 2, searching drawers in small dark rooms repeatedly is more boring than my real life work that I get paid for, no thanks.    … Expand
  27. Nichtswisser
    Feb 28, 2014
    3
    I want to report a crime, a case of murder to be more precise. They really killed him! They murdered Garett! And it's the worst kind of murder, not for reasons of self defense or out of a state of mental confusion, but planned and executed in cold blood and for purely financial reasons! It's true that Garett wasn't an innocent by any means, he was a thief after all. Yet this he did notI want to report a crime, a case of murder to be more precise. They really killed him! They murdered Garett! And it's the worst kind of murder, not for reasons of self defense or out of a state of mental confusion, but planned and executed in cold blood and for purely financial reasons! It's true that Garett wasn't an innocent by any means, he was a thief after all. Yet this he did not deserve! Shame on you Squenix and Eidos!… Expand
  28. OnyxShadow
    Aug 15, 2015
    3
    Its not awful, but its definitely not that good either.

    The basic gameplay aspects are just very underwhelming. If there was ever a game where stealing/looting should feel epic and fun this should be it, right? Sorry. Most of the time you steal stuff worth less than the value of a single arrow. The major scores you acquire you are generally forced to horde in your collection gaining you    Its not awful, but its definitely not that good either.

    The basic gameplay aspects are just very underwhelming. If there was ever a game where stealing/looting should feel epic and fun this should be it, right? Sorry. Most of the time you steal stuff worth less than the value of a single arrow. The major scores you acquire you are generally forced to horde in your collection gaining you no money. Most major missions after requiring a huge effort also bank little if any cash. Loot a huge, massively defended vault; get a shard of something or other that makes you hallucinate and vault is otherwise empty.

    Stealth is also weak. This is another critical element for this type of game, and it just doesn't work all that well. Mostly it comes down to the mechanics just feeling inconsistent. Sometimes when your character is behind cover AND in the dark he still gets seen by random non-alert NPCs. Sometimes he doesn't.

    The graphics look great in general. Scenery is bleak but fairly realistic. Sound and dialogue are also decent.

    Upgrades feel sorta lackluster. There is some choice but skill points are few and far between, and total available options are minimal.

    Overall, its another case of all the development effort going to the console version. The PC version is not optimized to play to its strengths and suffers from awkward controls that are poorly translated from the console version.

    This could have been so much better.    … Expand
  29. Screwdrivervasy
    Feb 28, 2014
    3
    This is not a thief, stop defiling established universes! The game is done qualitatively, but in such a way - who needs it? Developer interested in all the primary source? He knew what the universe is so appreciated Thief?
  30. vargata
    Mar 12, 2014
    3
    This game has the same engine as dishonored, however they were not able to take advantage on its great features... its a simple, badly made clone, same story, same tricks, bad story. nowhere even close to the original thief feeling. don't waste money on it.
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Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 37
  3. Negative: 2 out of 37
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    May 11, 2014
    81
    Not the best brand relaunch ever, but forgetting the great predecessors, it's a decent game of its own. [March 2014]
  2. Hyper Magazine
    Apr 9, 2014
    80
    It may not be a traditional Thief game and the story may be awful but there's still some great stealth to be had. [May 2014, p.66]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Apr 7, 2014
    60
    This new Thief does a lot things right but can still be rather clumsy at times. Definitely worth trying, though. [Issue #240]
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