Thief

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  1. StarkAgentos
    Apr 29, 2022
    3
    Оптимизация не очень, пару раз видел просадки. Атмосфера мрачная, депрессивная. В этой игре слишком много пафоса заложено в понятии "вор". Стелс выглядит нелепо. Враги не видят тебя вплотную только потому, что ты стоишь в тени. Средненькая игра для своего времени и хреновая игра для нашего времени.Оптимизация не очень, пару раз видел просадки. Атмосфера мрачная, депрессивная. В этой игре слишком много пафоса заложено в понятии "вор". Стелс выглядит нелепо. Враги не видят тебя вплотную только потому, что ты стоишь в тени. Средненькая игра для своего времени и хреновая игра для нашего времени.
  2. KolesAdlerov
    Feb 15, 2022
    3
    You mean, are you serious? After the 2012's Dishonored?

    (on a special difficulty; keyboard+mouse) combat mechanics [guards are nuts] 5/10 stealth [bad shadows, bad AI, scripted animations] 4/10 atmosphere [bad sjw-npc influence, scripted animations] 5/10 Gameplay as im.sim [there is no immersion, bad variability]: 3/10 Story 1/10 Graphics [why are the shadows so bright?] 8/10    You mean, are you serious? After the 2012's Dishonored?

    (on a special difficulty; keyboard+mouse)
    combat mechanics [guards are nuts] 5/10
    stealth [bad shadows, bad AI, scripted animations] 4/10
    atmosphere [bad sjw-npc influence, scripted animations] 5/10
    Gameplay as im.sim [there is no immersion, bad variability]: 3/10

    Story 1/10
    Graphics [why are the shadows so bright?] 8/10
    Sounds & music: who cares?

    Eidos, why the hell?    … Expand
  3. fukustream
    Mar 1, 2014
    2
    The underlying features of the story setting is very alluring, but the game itself executed everything horribly. Clumsy controls and NPCs behave irrationally. The graphics are below expectations for today's standards. Models and materials are very rough; the overall feel is not even as good as the first Assassin's Creed game or Dishonored. I didn't expect Thief to launch with Mantle (whichThe underlying features of the story setting is very alluring, but the game itself executed everything horribly. Clumsy controls and NPCs behave irrationally. The graphics are below expectations for today's standards. Models and materials are very rough; the overall feel is not even as good as the first Assassin's Creed game or Dishonored. I didn't expect Thief to launch with Mantle (which it was supposed to) on the PC given the tremendous amount of bugs in the BF4 roll-out. Plus Mantle is now surely aimed more to boost performance for low-to-mid end hardware. On high end rigs, the gain is now minimal to none compared to DirectX.

    I was very looking forward to this game since I enjoy "historically" plotted stealth games, but this title is surely a letdown.    … Expand
  4. Nomoremrniceguy
    Mar 3, 2014
    2
    If you have never played the earlier Thief games and you like simple gameplay, few choices and a low budget plot you may enjoy this game. However if you have played and enjoyed the earlier games you will feel outraged, cheated and generally very disappointed. Either way aim to pay no more than at the most 50% of its retail price.
  5. Zuboklev
    Mar 27, 2014
    2
    Most worst screenplay ever! Game is not so bad, but "genius" of Rhianna Pratchett crosses all. Enough relaunches of good old games. Eidos should hire a good scenarist and develop new titles.
  6. IGNsus
    Mar 25, 2014
    2
    People love the Thief series. However, it doesn't seem like the developers are.

    To the people who are giving this game positive reviews: The AI alone makes this game a 5. The game is basically a crappier version of Dishonored, which in itself is a crappier version of the original Thief games. The best thing about Thief is how poorly received it is; it goes to show that no matter how    People love the Thief series. However, it doesn't seem like the developers are.

    To the people who are giving this game positive reviews: The AI alone makes this game a 5. The game is basically a crappier version of Dishonored, which in itself is a crappier version of the original Thief games.

    The best thing about Thief is how poorly received it is; it goes to show that no matter how big your publisher is, how much you advertise on Gamespot, an inferior game does not (always) get rewarded.

    Do not buy.    … Expand
  7. faceless-1
    Apr 1, 2014
    2
    Well last good thief was thief 2, but this game is really the worst thief game. It has some interesting ideas, but almost every part of this game is sub par. The world looks nice at first, but after a while you will notice how badly done it is.
  8. NycoFox
    Mar 13, 2014
    2
    As a standalone game this would be a standard run-of-the-mill stealth'em up game, and I would give it a standard "meh"-score of around 5 or 6.

    However, since they decided to put the name "Thief" on the game and claim it to be a sequel to the original Thief series, it must (unfortunately for itself) be judged based on how it compares to the original games. And that's where it fails,    As a standalone game this would be a standard run-of-the-mill stealth'em up game, and I would give it a standard "meh"-score of around 5 or 6.

    However, since they decided to put the name "Thief" on the game and claim it to be a sequel to the original Thief series, it must (unfortunately for itself) be judged based on how it compares to the original games.

    And that's where it fails, and miserably so. Gone is the humor, the feeling of an huge playing ground, the freedom... As it stands it's a messed up mix of Assassin's Creed, Batman, and a huge chunk of Dishonored thrown in for measure.

    Actually, to use another Batman reference, this game feels like the Batman & Robin movie (with George Clooney) compared to the original Batman with Michael Keaton.    … Expand
  9. Deeperlook
    Mar 4, 2014
    2
    So what happens when a game developer thinks nothing but the bottom line, grabs a beloved franchise and wipe he's a$$ with it? You get "thief 2014".
    The dreaded and infectious tentacles of "Call Of Duty" has now grasp this one with "quick time events" "cover base crap" "liner maps" "hand holding exploration" and my personal fav "full price for 4 hours"
    Thief, the total says it all. It    So what happens when a game developer thinks nothing but the bottom line, grabs a beloved franchise and wipe he's a$$ with it? You get "thief 2014".
    The dreaded and infectious tentacles of "Call Of Duty" has now grasp this one with "quick time events" "cover base crap" "liner maps" "hand holding exploration" and my personal fav "full price for 4 hours"

    Thief, the total says it all. It will take you money and you'll cop a big "F@CK YOU!" in the face.    … Expand
  10. dmcimo
    Feb 25, 2014
    2
    Game play is 4.yrs ago handling at best, its such a try to be like Dishonored with even less effort. This game is played and they play that other game and your like.. *uninstall* its to bad, Thief has a great story following and this company single handily put it to the grave.

    I was really shocked when I got this game, There is not much to say but that this game is one of the few I    Game play is 4.yrs ago handling at best, its such a try to be like Dishonored with even less effort. This game is played and they play that other game and your like.. *uninstall* its to bad, Thief has a great story following and this company single handily put it to the grave.

    I was really shocked when I got this game, There is not much to say but that this game is one of the few I will be getting a refund back with. I am happy at the very least many places that sell these badly made games will in-fact give you refunds and then in turn go back after the game developers with charge backs and sending back the unused and returned copies.

    When will game makes start making games truly worth while, I have seen such a huge decline lately and its sad. :( well good luck who ever keep this game I for one will not.    … Expand
  11. bbnj
    Feb 25, 2014
    2
    Disappointed.

    It is called Thief yet you are magically transformed into a whiny dull hero. He must be Garrett's cousin, because this new Garrett is the lamest we've had so far. Nowhere to be found is the shine of the original writing. It must have been left behind with the idea of the protagonist being a master thief, instead of a boring hero of a cliche story. There's no free play,    Disappointed.

    It is called Thief yet you are magically transformed into a whiny dull hero. He must be Garrett's cousin, because this new Garrett is the lamest we've had so far. Nowhere to be found is the shine of the original writing. It must have been left behind with the idea of the protagonist being a master thief, instead of a boring hero of a cliche story. There's no free play, just a couple of rails here and there. There's no creative player solutions.The open world to explore is an utter joke (or an outright lie).

    A game with no soul and a distasteful generic flavor with steampunk art and a "but you can steal stuff too!" does not make it Thief. Judging by the end result, their idea of appealing to new audiences is to treat everyone as retards. Decent eye candy tho. Shame.    … Expand
  12. Sabatasso
    Mar 8, 2014
    2
    Visually the game is quite good. The atmosphere was decent but it feels a bit sterile and empty. What kills the game completely is the lack of freedom and the incredibly stupid contextual movement. This enhances the feeling of being on rails, and in fact is the definition of being on rails in games. I didn't notice any particular difference in advantage from picking one path over anotherVisually the game is quite good. The atmosphere was decent but it feels a bit sterile and empty. What kills the game completely is the lack of freedom and the incredibly stupid contextual movement. This enhances the feeling of being on rails, and in fact is the definition of being on rails in games. I didn't notice any particular difference in advantage from picking one path over another when it was offered either. I'd go as far as saying that it feels like the developers went out of their way to create the coolest Thief ever but missed the genre completely. A sad, sad example of game creators expecting their players to be underdeveloped intellectually which is so common these days.… Expand
  13. essplode
    Feb 27, 2014
    2
    - poor level design
    - poor AI
    - cliché story
    - dubstep (I **** you not)
    This game is a mockery of its predecessors.
    This game is only "Thief" in name.
    Do not buy it.
  14. YXXXXNN
    Feb 25, 2014
    2
    Now, to start off with, get rid of the notion that games should not be judged on their predecessors; that's just an idiotic concept. Although if you were to judge it as its own game, you'd be equally unimpressed. The AI is somehow worse than that of a game made in 1998; I've had it where I've been in the light and in a guard's line of sight for about 3 seconds before they even went into aNow, to start off with, get rid of the notion that games should not be judged on their predecessors; that's just an idiotic concept. Although if you were to judge it as its own game, you'd be equally unimpressed. The AI is somehow worse than that of a game made in 1998; I've had it where I've been in the light and in a guard's line of sight for about 3 seconds before they even went into a searching phase. The rest of the gameplay is lackluster too. The combat is broken and all around terrible, and not the intentional kind of terrible seen in the first 2 games, and The Dark Mod. It's closer to the Deadly Shadows type of terrible. The stealing and hand movements, while impressive from a technical standpoint, actually do the opposite of what they intended to do, and actually break immersion. On the topic of stealing, nowhere is there a requirement to steal anything not related to the story. That's right, YOU DON'T NEED TO STEAL AT ALL IN A THIEF GAME. The levels somehow manage to be split into smaller chunks than Deadly Shadows, and the levels themselves are more linear than ever; gone are the days where you can rope arrow wherever you want, or even JUMP wherever you want. The graphics, while all new and shiny, are rather lackluster. The City is your generic steampunk Victorian setting with no colours except for teal, brown, and grey. The story and writing is absolutely abysmal. Without getting into too many spoilers, the game features 'brilliant' lines such as "I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A GHOST'," "I'M NOT A FAN OF DOORS," and, of course, "COCKRINGS." The story is about as predictable as this game being a disaster is.
    And that's just judging it on its own merits. While it's disastrous as a game in and of itself, it's the absolute worst possible Thief game.
    Take my advice; buy Thief 1 and 2, and play The Dark Mod. Already have them? Play them again, and keep your mind off of this. I couldn't recommend it to even people who enjoy playing bad games.    … Expand
  15. Princess_Frosty
    Feb 26, 2014
    2
    Thief takes all the proven mechanics of the previous games and deliberately breaks them in order to make the game appeal to a wider audience, it's a disgrace to the already established and much loved Thief series, Eidos Montreal should be ashamed of ruining a legendary franchise.

    The only benefit this game manages to leverage over its predecessors is better graphics, literally every    Thief takes all the proven mechanics of the previous games and deliberately breaks them in order to make the game appeal to a wider audience, it's a disgrace to the already established and much loved Thief series, Eidos Montreal should be ashamed of ruining a legendary franchise.

    The only benefit this game manages to leverage over its predecessors is better graphics, literally every other aspect is worse by a significant degree, most importantly the actual gameplay, but it's also plagued with incredibly small and linear maps, fundamentally broken AI, bad art direction, a completely unbelievable world, bad voice acting and lip syncing, utterly dislikeable characters, long load times a bland and uninteresting story, and crammed to the brim with performance issues, bugs and glitches.

    It's a first person shooter where you cannot even jump, you're literally stuck into a first person rollercoaster Thief ride which takes you on a first person animated ride of a Thief theme park ride.

    Absolute disgrace, 2/10 - that's the best I can do.    … Expand
  16. MasterTaffer
    Feb 28, 2014
    2
    Disclaimer: I’m not the type of person to write reviews but since Thief is one of, if not my favourite series of games I felt I should on this occasion. This decision was also made in-part due to a ridiculous amount of clearly fake reviews here, as well as shill posts on steam & various gaming boards around the net. I'm incredibly disappointed in the dev team and square enix for attemptingDisclaimer: I’m not the type of person to write reviews but since Thief is one of, if not my favourite series of games I felt I should on this occasion. This decision was also made in-part due to a ridiculous amount of clearly fake reviews here, as well as shill posts on steam & various gaming boards around the net. I'm incredibly disappointed in the dev team and square enix for attempting to dump money trying to buy a better 'score' & sales rather than spending the money making a better game.

    - Lighting is binary, you're either visible or you're not. Fog is everywhere but does nothing.
    - Sound is largely irrelevant when compared with previous games,
    - Controls are limited after being designed for controllers, 2 sets of crucial actions (Movement/Interaction) are grouped and unchangeable. Enjoy falling off a building after mantling when you intended to climb instead.
    - AI is probably some of the worst I’ve ever seen (Thief 1 & 2 actually have superior AI).
    - Level design is mostly corridors & shafts. In each level there’s 2 routes minimum, didn’t find more than 3. Obvious ‘stealth’ route, alternate route/Deus Ex HR-style ventilation shaft route & then a more ambitious, often vertical route if you’re lucky.
    - Missions: They very quickly devolve into find whatever/go-to wherever to watch the next cutscene and witness the atrocious story.
    - Garrett: Generic, modern protag who the world revolves around. No witty remarks, mostly just blurts out edgy comments or recounts information the player is already aware of.
    - Port: Pretty good except for the memory leaks & crashes.
    - Graphics: Bloated, old unreal engine 3 with improved crisp shadows. Colour palette: blue + orange only.
    - Story: I’d actually be wasting your time on this planet if I attempted to try and repeat it.

    More words:
    - Load screen & cutscene to gameplay ratio is ridiculous
    - You can’t jump (there is limited contextual jumping/mantling)
    - Viewmodel fov (T-Rex/invisible piano hands) is immersion breaking & may also induce nausea
    - There is a qte within the first 30 seconds of gameplay
    - Forced takedown sequences
    - Forced escape sequences
    - Thirdperson climbing sequences
    - Occasional QTE before load screens/level loads    … Expand
  17. xVinci
    Feb 27, 2014
    2
    Simply no, the devs had the chance to react to the issues way before the game came out, as listed in forums, given feedback etc. but they simply did not, they pulled through with their thing.

    And that's what's come out, a disappointmend and imho destruction of the Thief series.

    Simply, nope!
  18. SirWinterbottom
    Mar 7, 2014
    2
    The art direction is nice.

    Unfortunately, that is the only positive point I can give Thief. For want of a better word, this game is terrible. Starting a game unceremoniously plonks you in a brightly lit room with an unconcious man. Garret mutters something about there being too much light before proceeding to pocket everything that isn't nailed down (scissors? really? who's going to buy    The art direction is nice.

    Unfortunately, that is the only positive point I can give Thief. For want of a better word, this game is terrible. Starting a game unceremoniously plonks you in a brightly lit room with an unconcious man. Garret mutters something about there being too much light before proceeding to pocket everything that isn't nailed down (scissors? really? who's going to buy stolen scissors?) A few handy dandy objective markers later and Garret is being shoe-horned through a window onto a narrow beam. Don't worry about falling off the beam, kids; our good friends at Squeenix have made that impossible. At the end of the beam is a window into which you will need to jam your trust crowbar in and mash the action button frantically to open. Apparently, this is the only way to open any window in the game, even ones you've jimmied open already. Anyway, continuing on leads you to a room full of birdcages and birds, Garrett gently guides you through the process of disabling a tricky painting lock, someone gets noisy on the roof and a roof chase with all the hallmarks of a rickety old ghost ride ensues. Throw in a few cut scenes for good measure.

    Rinse and repeat.

    Thief isn't so much a game as it a dull, repetitive hidden object game where nothing is really hidden. Everything is scripted and described prior to actual occurrence, so there's never any threat of having to think for yourselves. Stealth is achieved as long as you don't do anything so remarkably stupid as to run about in the light, and even then combat is easily evaded so long as you make it to a window. Mario tiptoeing past a sleeping pirhana plant exhibited better stealth mechanics than thief does. Avoid like the plague. Do not waste your money.    … Expand
  19. Obscillesk
    Jun 29, 2014
    2
    First off, for those who keep saying we shouldn't judge this based on its predecessors: Then they shouldn't have called it Thief.

    This game is emblematic of everything wrong with AAA game design at the moment to me. Don't get me wrong, its very very pretty. That means absolutely nothing, especially in terms of story telling, but its pretty. I stopped playing once I realized that I    First off, for those who keep saying we shouldn't judge this based on its predecessors: Then they shouldn't have called it Thief.

    This game is emblematic of everything wrong with AAA game design at the moment to me. Don't get me wrong, its very very pretty. That means absolutely nothing, especially in terms of story telling, but its pretty. I stopped playing once I realized that I literally had nothing to fear when creeping high above a city street, you have to consciously make the decision to 'fall'. From what I've read of other reviews it doesn't get any better. No sword or dagger, just a quick time event to fight off guards. An apparent aversion to killing, but an achievement for 5 head shots with arrows.

    I rarely write reviews, but I hope this studio doesn't get its hands on any other beloved IPs.    … Expand
  20. Capacsis
    Jul 21, 2014
    2
    I'm a big fan of Thief 1,2,3 series. I really waited for new series and I was a fool to buy on the first dya it was released on STEAM. I stopped playing this ****
    Instead I'm playing Dishonored and this is more similar than THIEF Reboot.
  21. ruvinisimus
    Dec 24, 2017
    2
    клон дисхоноред первого.
    тут почему то нельзя вступать в драку со стражниками, что делает игру крайне унылой, скушной и однообразной. также отсутствует проработанный мир в котором есть смысл
  22. PCforever
    Apr 1, 2014
    1
    Worst reboot of a game ever in gaming history. I hope every dev that worked on this pile of festering snot of a game lose their jobs and end up serving fries.

    1) Too gutless and yellow to connect the game to old Thief series because they are scared of being accused of "Tying game to past Thiefs" 2) Boring, uninteresting plot 3) Stupid mini cutscenes that take away control from    Worst reboot of a game ever in gaming history. I hope every dev that worked on this pile of festering snot of a game lose their jobs and end up serving fries.

    1) Too gutless and yellow to connect the game to old Thief series because they are scared of being accused of "Tying game to past Thiefs"

    2) Boring, uninteresting plot

    3) Stupid mini cutscenes that take away control from you in typical consolitis fashion. For example, knock out a guard and you are locked out of control for 5 seconds while Garrett lovingly lowers the unconscions guard to the ground

    4) Consolitis in every way. From the cutscenes, to the gameplay, to the story. Brainless garbage

    5) The devs who made this game are sexual deviants. One mission forces you to watch five pornographic scenes. Yes I am not kidding you, you are forced to watch pornography over and over again, five times in a row, to solve a mission. I am talking about the brothel mission. It's so sad that porn addicts are given jobs as game devs.

    6) The game constantly deletes your savegames. I spent two hours working my way through the seventh mission, only to find that when I clicked the "Continue" button it deleted my manual saves and made me restart the seventh mission. Please fire the losers who made this garbage worthless sequel of a game.

    Worst reboot ever. In fact, reboot is for losers who spit and urinate on the fine lore that previous designers made. I hope that everybody on this pile of festering dog doo never get to work in the gaming industry again.    … Expand
  23. MB_
    Mar 31, 2014
    1
    Played the intro and I just can't strike up any interest to play any more of it.

    The gameplay feels to rail-roaded and limited, you can't even jump? I don't feel in control of the character. The character isn't the same, the tone of the world isn't the same, the new female character doesn't fit in with the loner Garrett of the first games, nothing about the game says Thief to me. Which    Played the intro and I just can't strike up any interest to play any more of it.

    The gameplay feels to rail-roaded and limited, you can't even jump? I don't feel in control of the character. The character isn't the same, the tone of the world isn't the same, the new female character doesn't fit in with the loner Garrett of the first games, nothing about the game says Thief to me. Which is what I signed up for.

    But all of that could be forgiven if it was just fun to play, where Dishonoured got everything utterly spot on and right Thief fails on ever conceivable level. A complete embarrassment.    … Expand
  24. vianna77
    Mar 1, 2014
    1
    I don't like ghosts games, physiologic terror and frightening music and creepy characters in my adventure game. I don't think it is funny and I can't relax playing a game that keeps frightening me. Eidos should take in consideration this kind of thing when mixing genres. I'm at chapter 5 and I'm hating it. I don't think I will keep playing the game and that annoys me the most! The otherI don't like ghosts games, physiologic terror and frightening music and creepy characters in my adventure game. I don't think it is funny and I can't relax playing a game that keeps frightening me. Eidos should take in consideration this kind of thing when mixing genres. I'm at chapter 5 and I'm hating it. I don't think I will keep playing the game and that annoys me the most! The other people already provided the full analysis on how stupid the IA is or how crappy the game is, but the terror part is, for me, the worse!… Expand
  25. Lozsta
    Mar 3, 2014
    1
    Do not drop any cash on this game. Skidrow it and judge for yourself. They have taken the thief game, tried to turn it into a dishonoured/assassins creed clone and failed. The story is bland, the levels are very linear, there is no real feeling of being able to do things your way.

    Those out there high rating this game have not played Thief when it was great, they are also calling    Do not drop any cash on this game. Skidrow it and judge for yourself. They have taken the thief game, tried to turn it into a dishonoured/assassins creed clone and failed. The story is bland, the levels are very linear, there is no real feeling of being able to do things your way.

    Those out there high rating this game have not played Thief when it was great, they are also calling those of us who don't like it morons... I wouldn't like to resort to name calling but naive come to mind.    … Expand
  26. Shinx
    Jul 31, 2014
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've never been...and never will be a **** meaning those 30+ over people who worship old games as holy relics and despise everything made after the "Golden 90s".

    That's why, having played the first two Thief games in my youth: Dark Project and Metal Age, i was also able to play and love the third installment of the series, Deadly Shadows, which received a lot of hate from older generations at its release in 2005.
    Sure, Deadly Shadows was a different game regarding mechanics, but the charachters and especially the story fitted perfectly in the Thief's canon.

    As the main theme of the saga was the "balance" kept by the Keepers between Pagans and Hammerites, the third game related directly to the Keepers themselves, closing perfectly the cycle with an emblematic ending.

    Recently...i think i've developed a sort of "sixth sense" regarding newest games. I'm able to feel immediately if a new sequel or reboot would work or not. I was positive about the new installments of other stealth series, as Hitman and Splinter Cell, and their releases confirmed my impressions.

    The absolutely negative feeling i've got about this Thief reboot, also has proven to be correct.

    The new Thief is a work which fails in everything... the atmosphere, the gameplay (too influenced by the mediocre Dishonored, which in turn failed to mimic what was best in the Thief saga) and most especially the story.

    Deadly Shadows closed with Garret becoming the new leader of the Keepers, as he was always "predestined" to be. And he found a new apprentice, a young girl who tried to rob him in the same manner he did with his old Keeper mentor Artemius at the beginning of Dark Project.

    Then we found that in the new Thief he "died in an asylum", the Keepers, Pagans and Hammerites are long gone....and now a new Garret with a female apprentice tries to make a living in a world menaced by themes dear to the old "Deus Ex/Dishonored" clichès... a plague, a conspiracy, a mysterious entity.

    There's no explanation about how the world was supposed to develop in such a fashion....no explanation why there's a new "Garrett" with a new fence called "Basso" (why in the hell they took the names of people died centuries before and who probably even don't know!).....and the ending really makes no sense at all.

    The oldest saga also got its "voids" in the story or the environment...but they were used to amplify the mistery and atmosphere of the games.

    So in conclusion, Thief failed in the element which is the most important for me in a game: its soul.    … Expand
  27. Zenzukai
    Feb 26, 2014
    1
    I was hoping for a stealth game. I got a linear theme park that has some sneaking in it. Its not what I hoped/wanted/expected, I was hoping for freedom, I got clumsy mechanics, poor gameplay. Where this game tries to get ahead is character and story....which is sad, I have had more immersion from smartphone games that were free. Wait till this game is on the very cheap 5+ years from now,I was hoping for a stealth game. I got a linear theme park that has some sneaking in it. Its not what I hoped/wanted/expected, I was hoping for freedom, I got clumsy mechanics, poor gameplay. Where this game tries to get ahead is character and story....which is sad, I have had more immersion from smartphone games that were free. Wait till this game is on the very cheap 5+ years from now, just in case you lose interest after 10 minutes.

    Looks like Eidos is paying people to set 10's on this game, so many generic "Best game evar" - 11/10 Comments.

    This game should lose money, no one should take something good, make it bad and still profit.    … Expand
  28. Miasung
    Feb 28, 2014
    1
    This definitely fall short of my expectation, I'm a big fan of "Thief- Deadly shadow" so I was expecting a great game. So many flaws, its like they didn't even care. They know "no refund on video game" Im more mad they let those idiot screwup with the Thief franchise. Than the fact they deliberately stole my $60 the honest price for this game should be no more than 15$.

    Game developer    This definitely fall short of my expectation, I'm a big fan of "Thief- Deadly shadow" so I was expecting a great game. So many flaws, its like they didn't even care. They know "no refund on video game" Im more mad they let those idiot screwup with the Thief franchise. Than the fact they deliberately stole my $60 the honest price for this game should be no more than 15$.

    Game developer or people who want this tittle to sell will give a high ranking on here, but honesty don't waist your money on this junk, they don't deserve it.    … Expand
  29. Aventinus
    Mar 7, 2014
    1
    This is a bland , linear and above all, tear-your-hair out frustrating game that doesn't deserve to be on anyone's shelf, and if it has found it's way to your collection somehow, pray that someone 'steals' this abomination. It's impossible to sneak your way through levels and stick to the shadows since all the levels are designed to cramp your style due to the claustrophobic nature of theThis is a bland , linear and above all, tear-your-hair out frustrating game that doesn't deserve to be on anyone's shelf, and if it has found it's way to your collection somehow, pray that someone 'steals' this abomination. It's impossible to sneak your way through levels and stick to the shadows since all the levels are designed to cramp your style due to the claustrophobic nature of the places you'll visit. The game feels clunky and unpolished... I honestly enjoyed playing Rambo more than Thief. The loading times....just god-awful, every 5 minutes it seems there's an interruption and voila, you'll be staring at a progress bar again and again. There's no jump button...in 2014, I mean this isn't zelda ffs, if you are going to make a realistic game with some minor paranormal overtones then why remove a basic trait that all people with two healthy legs can accomplish? If Adam Jensen can jump, then why can't Garrett?

    The voice acting is ok but at times it's drowned out by the music OR the characters' conversations get stuck in a loop and you're forced to listen to the same phrase repeated 20 times in succession. "if they have a cure for the gloom, I'll put up with the throng to get my hands on it"....Try listening to that repeatedly without getting annoyed.

    All the side-missions are the same, basically you're looking for a 2X4 that you can latch a rope arrow to which eventually leads to a window you must open with a crowbar and steal the loot. There's virtually no variation in any of them. Boring as fukk. Also, if I fire 5 fire arrows into an enemy, you'd expect them to go down , dead on the spot. Not the case here, as one blow to the head from a blackjack is more effective than 5 piercing arrows doused in flame.

    The animations are sub-par as well, Garret and the rest of the lot barely make a facial gesture that resembles normal human emotion.... Performance is ok, but it's disappointing that Mantle wasn't released for AMD graphics card optimization because it was promised by the developer.

    All in all, you guys should not invest any time in this, just spend more time with your girlfriends instead. Peace.    … Expand
  30. rpm1111
    Mar 12, 2014
    1
    This game is so boring. You're stuck in corridors and literally walk around grabbing little cups and stuff. I installed it with high hopes after watching the trailers and reading reviews but regret every penny I spent.
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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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