Thief

 Xbox 360
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  1. BabuYagu
    Apr 13, 2014
    4
    What appears to be a perfectly serviceable reboot of a once excellent game series is let down by occasionally horrendous game design. I can recommend Thief for the most hardcore of stealth fans, but only those who can overlook the fact that their success is usually down to bad A.I rather than player skill. If you were a fan of the original and are looking for an equally good stealthWhat appears to be a perfectly serviceable reboot of a once excellent game series is let down by occasionally horrendous game design. I can recommend Thief for the most hardcore of stealth fans, but only those who can overlook the fact that their success is usually down to bad A.I rather than player skill. If you were a fan of the original and are looking for an equally good stealth experience then, like Adam Sessler says, go play Dishonored.… Expand
  2. StealingMySCali
    Mar 7, 2014
    1
    Disappointing.. The combat is clunky and in a "realistic stealth game," unlike this one, it doesn't take five thousand hits to kill someone. The detection is buggy. You know, even the first person is lame, I get that this guy steals stuff, but I don't want to see his hands sticking out all the time. Most of the stuff you'll loot is unimportant and this just feels compulsive. Makes me thinkDisappointing.. The combat is clunky and in a "realistic stealth game," unlike this one, it doesn't take five thousand hits to kill someone. The detection is buggy. You know, even the first person is lame, I get that this guy steals stuff, but I don't want to see his hands sticking out all the time. Most of the stuff you'll loot is unimportant and this just feels compulsive. Makes me think of the looting from Dead Island; which I absolutely hated. Story? Uh, yeah, no. Voice acting/cutscene animation? You guessed it.. no. This is an utter failure. Abysmal. I suppose I'll give it a one because now I'm thinking about how I'd give Dead Island a zero.… Expand
  3. Deusex
    May 21, 2014
    0
    this game had potential, i liked the gameplay and graphics and was interested in the story.. but since for some reason i encountered a glitch where i cant go past the first mission, is severely disappointing. i'm a offline gamer so i cant patch this up. tried everything, keeps on putting me back to the start. POOR performance Edios Montreal, i really liked Deus Ex HR, hence my name. worstthis game had potential, i liked the gameplay and graphics and was interested in the story.. but since for some reason i encountered a glitch where i cant go past the first mission, is severely disappointing. i'm a offline gamer so i cant patch this up. tried everything, keeps on putting me back to the start. POOR performance Edios Montreal, i really liked Deus Ex HR, hence my name. worst glitch i've ever countered.… Expand
  4. Scope407
    Jun 2, 2014
    3
    Ow. This game made me re think my devotion to the thief series. Complete disappointment. The acting is stale, the cutscenes are so dry and non exciting that it just makes the game a snooze. in fact, during a loading screen i fell asleep as to how boring the game felt. Lets dive more into this

    Combat- If you like to run in guns blazing, honestly... not a big problem here. There were    Ow. This game made me re think my devotion to the thief series. Complete disappointment. The acting is stale, the cutscenes are so dry and non exciting that it just makes the game a snooze. in fact, during a loading screen i fell asleep as to how boring the game felt. Lets dive more into this

    Combat- If you like to run in guns blazing, honestly... not a big problem here. There were times where i was made and had to fight my way out. After the brawl i walked away unharmed. Really makes it easy to not even use the stealth mechanic in a THIEF GAME.

    Stealth- the only good thing in this game. Enough said.

    Story- yawn. I couldnt even immerse myself if i tried, and i did. But it didnt work.

    Short review yes but i got my point across.
    If you really want it, wait for a price drop.

    Final verdict- 3 out of 10    … Expand
  5. tHINk1985
    Feb 25, 2015
    3
    Having never played any previous thief games i must say that this game is dull. Im sure glad I got a 75 percent discount on it. For a fan of shooters and stealth shooter games the controls are unusual and take getting used to. Im on the second level so far and I don't see the appeal at all. The gameplay is just sneaking around and stealing stuff in the darkness. Oooo exciting. I haventHaving never played any previous thief games i must say that this game is dull. Im sure glad I got a 75 percent discount on it. For a fan of shooters and stealth shooter games the controls are unusual and take getting used to. Im on the second level so far and I don't see the appeal at all. The gameplay is just sneaking around and stealing stuff in the darkness. Oooo exciting. I havent seen a single weapon in the game yet. Ive played and loved every splinter cell and metal gear solid game so you know where im coming from. If your looking for a stealth shooter this would be a big dissapointment for you.… Expand
  6. raefon
    Feb 25, 2014
    1
    Oh god how pathetic when developers and marketing people have to give positive reviews for games just to try and boost their sales.

    Anyone who rates this game a 7,8,9 or 10 out of 10 are just not being realistic. I was looking forward to this game and was hugely disappointed. Its uninspired, buggy, nowhere next gen, little own last gen and with 10 years past since the last title the    Oh god how pathetic when developers and marketing people have to give positive reviews for games just to try and boost their sales.

    Anyone who rates this game a 7,8,9 or 10 out of 10 are just not being realistic.

    I was looking forward to this game and was hugely disappointed. Its uninspired, buggy, nowhere next gen, little own last gen and with 10 years past since the last title the game has not made any improvements and instead have destroyed a good game.

    DO NOT WASTE your money.    … Expand
  7. TheQuietGamer
    Jul 1, 2015
    4
    I'll give it some credit. The core stealth mechanics are good and it's a stealth game that genuinely values being stealthy. There's no stepping out off the shadows here. Doing so is sure to lead to a quick death. However that's where the praise ends as everything else in the game is crap.

    I'm just going to go ahead and get this part of the review out of the way before diving into the    I'll give it some credit. The core stealth mechanics are good and it's a stealth game that genuinely values being stealthy. There's no stepping out off the shadows here. Doing so is sure to lead to a quick death. However that's where the praise ends as everything else in the game is crap.

    I'm just going to go ahead and get this part of the review out of the way before diving into the gameplay. If you're looking for story then look elsewhere. The conflict here is painfully uninteresting and the characters are bland and unlikable. It also tries way to hard to be "mature" by including things like nudity and pointlessly gratuitous violence. It doesn't work and thanks to it's presentation the game comes off as juvenile as possible. Cutscenes are also quite glitchy. Dialog isn't synched properly so expect to see times where the characters lips are moving but words aren't coming out of their mouths. The subtitles appear where they are supposed to though.

    As far as the gameplay goes like I said the core stealth works, but the level design often just sucks. It's a shame because usually the levels have cool themes. For instance a trip through an atmospheric asylum ends up being particularly memorable. However despite how cool they may seem at first irritating puzzles and confusing layouts suck the fun out of them before you're finished most of the time.

    The same crummy layouts apply to the city you'll navigate in order to get to these objectives. This made me avoid the side-quests the game offers. It also killed the thieving aspect of the game for me as there are plenty of secrets hidden in the corners of the city that just aren't worth going through the tedium to collect.

    Speaking of the actual thieving, levels will often have items scattered throughout them you can collect in order to get gold you can use in order to buy more items. However given the state the city is in there isn't much laying around. It feels kind of worthless to search through countless empty drawers and dressers only to end up with a four dollar pen at best.

    While I can't speak for how it stands up against other games in the "Thief" series I can tell you how it stands up as a stealth game on it's own merits. It's got solid core stealth mechanics that initially make the game show some promise, but it doesn't take long for the flaws to show up and leave gamers with what is just a bad stealth game. It's one I don't recommend and it's just not worth your hard earned money.    … Expand
  8. MoroseTroll
    May 7, 2014
    0
    I've spent about 48 hours on this game, and I should say that I'm *very* glad I didn't buy it (a friend of mine was very kind to allow me to play his copy).
    While it sounds ridiculous, but in Thief 2014, you *don't* even need to steal, at all... The game will anyway reward you at the end of each mission, so why bother? Nice, isn't it?
    The setting. Remember the old three Thief games? Ok,    I've spent about 48 hours on this game, and I should say that I'm *very* glad I didn't buy it (a friend of mine was very kind to allow me to play his copy).
    While it sounds ridiculous, but in Thief 2014, you *don't* even need to steal, at all... The game will anyway reward you at the end of each mission, so why bother? Nice, isn't it?
    The setting. Remember the old three Thief games? Ok, now forget them! Since Thief 2014 is a reboot, you will encounter *nothing* from the old ones. I mean Eidos Montreal has *totally* destroyed and erased everything that made Thief series so unique: Keepers, Pagans, Hammerites, Mechanists, Kurshoks, burricks, and hell - even zombies! Everything!
    The plot. Definitely the worst I ever met in video games. Just abominable! You still have some doubts? Ok then. Just try to watch the *bossfight* with Thief Taker General on YouTube and see for yourself. Yeah, *bossfights* in a *stealth* game.
    The audio. It's just disgusting. All NPCs have just two phrases, and several NPCs have even just *one* phrase. And you know what? These NPCs will repeat their "repertoire" till the kingdom come, with just *one* second interval. Sound propagation works so erroneously, so it was a real pain for me to understand where the sound came from.
    The protagonist. His new voice, by Romano Orzari, sounds so dull and boring! Instead, the old Garrett's voice, by Stephen Russell, was just brilliant! So if you still love Stephen Russell's voice as Garrett in Thief 1&2&3, you will absolutely be disappointed by Romano Orzari's voice in Thief 2014.

    Bottom line: it's a tasteless hack, so make yourself a favour and save your money for something really useful.    … Expand
  9. trytoblockmenow
    Feb 25, 2014
    0
    Thief 1 & 2 are classics, forever changing what we thought video games were capable of. This ugly reboot gets Thief about as wrong as it is possible to get wrong. I kid you not, there is a sequence where you are chased rooftop to rooftop by dogs and if you screw up or slow down you are killed. This game is a total mess, watered down, linear, consolized and casualized for the ignorantThief 1 & 2 are classics, forever changing what we thought video games were capable of. This ugly reboot gets Thief about as wrong as it is possible to get wrong. I kid you not, there is a sequence where you are chased rooftop to rooftop by dogs and if you screw up or slow down you are killed. This game is a total mess, watered down, linear, consolized and casualized for the ignorant masses. There is such incredible content still being made for Thief on PC, The HD Mods, The Dark Mod with new levels being released constantly, there is absolutely no reason to pay for this garbage.… Expand
  10. 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

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  1. Game Over Online
    Feb 27, 2014
    85
    If you’ve enjoyed past Thief games, you’ll enjoy the reboot as well. Those new to the franchise, or iffy about stealth, would be better-served renting it to give it a shot.
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  2. ActionTrip
    Feb 26, 2014
    63
    Thief is a lazy slug of a game that drags itself across the planes of mediocrity and it could’ve been so much more. Quite simply, it’s brought to us by a developer that should know better.
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  3. IGN
    Feb 25, 2014
    65
    Ignoring the story and cherrypicking the best side missions is the best way to approach it.
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