Thief

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6.4

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  1. NeverDead_Chaos
    Jul 31, 2014
    1
    This game is simply terrible, it outright does not work. there are times when you'll be in a combat instance and the enemies just stand there in a stock position hurling abuse at you, other times achievements won't unlock, and it's sad to say that it's not unusual to fail a 2 foot jump from one platform to another because the developer did not think to program it in.

    this is made worse    This game is simply terrible, it outright does not work. there are times when you'll be in a combat instance and the enemies just stand there in a stock position hurling abuse at you, other times achievements won't unlock, and it's sad to say that it's not unusual to fail a 2 foot jump from one platform to another because the developer did not think to program it in.

    this is made worse by simply abysmal AI on guards who just follow a route, and as soon as they see you, every other guard in the area knows exactly where you are and where you're going. in a situation such as this, there are 2 equally unattractive options, either reload the previous checkpoint and sit watching an eternal loading screen that takes so long it often takes more time to load than you will be playing it in that life. if this does not sound appealing you could try the combat, and OH MY GOD this is where it gets really bad, there is no weight behind any hit, so you'll just be swinging into thin air until either the guard dies, or sometimes you'll just die for no reason, maybe the game thought the guard took a swing but it certainly isn't what happened in game. let alone on Master difficulty a hit will take off roughly 1/100 of a guards total health and you will be killed in one hit, sometimes from enemies hiding round corners that you have no way of knowing are there except for trial and error, and with *those* loading times you have plenty of time to think about your errors.

    TL;DR: a simply abysmal game with shoddy controls, broken combat, a dull, nonsensical story which will often lead you wondering why you're actually heading to where you are and what you're looking for, and an ending that is so unsatisfying that it's actually funny. why is this game not a 0? it's quite a pretty game, i guess?    … Expand
  2. JoshLuck1995
    Jun 7, 2015
    2
    This game is absolute rubbish. People who say its excellent must be deluded. the only plus ill give it is the feel (at times) when your in dark places with some lighting it really does look nice and it nails the atmosphere but thats the only positive.
  3. dead_458
    May 15, 2014
    2
    When i first started playing the i game i liked it but as i progressed it start getting boring and repetitive. I did not go speed running my way though i took my time on normal but most of my experience was ruined by glitches with the Ai and other glitches like when i''m up high on something in the dark then the Ai that are on the ground randomly see me . The game suffers from poor levelWhen i first started playing the i game i liked it but as i progressed it start getting boring and repetitive. I did not go speed running my way though i took my time on normal but most of my experience was ruined by glitches with the Ai and other glitches like when i''m up high on something in the dark then the Ai that are on the ground randomly see me . The game suffers from poor level design and horrible combat and sometimes game breaking glitches. What glitch that really done it is when i had to goto the next objective then when i gone into that door my game froze and started at chapter 1 and i was at chapter 7 and i don't feel like doing everything ALL over again. This game is only worth $15 to me but i paid full price because i thought it would innovate and be the best stealth game yet. 2.0… Expand
  4. proven_zoo
    Mar 8, 2014
    3
    player choice?!
    what the developers have been touting as "choice" amounts to nothing more than the player being given a "fork in the road" where you can choose to climb a rope and sneak past one enemy and crawl through a sewer grate to evade a different enemy. The "open world" allow you to "free-roam" about as much as a pet store kitten. I've never tried the original "thief", but I'm    player choice?!
    what the developers have been touting as "choice" amounts to nothing more than the player being given a "fork in the road" where you can choose to climb a rope and sneak past one enemy and crawl through a sewer grate to evade a different enemy. The "open world" allow you to "free-roam" about as much as a pet store kitten. I've never tried the original "thief", but I'm sure it must be better than this. Stealth is one of my favorite genres, but this is pitiful.
    this game bring nothing new- it rips off the climbing of assassins creed, the stealth of dishonored, the entire thing feels like it's trying to hard to do something other games have already been doing better for years. it's also short, unless you include the side quests. DO NOT BUY. RENT IT IF YOU MUST TRY.    … Expand
  5. talonps1
    Apr 2, 2014
    1
    I can't say anything positive about this game...not one thing...oh wait, this game makes it worth owning a Gamefly subscription! Um, 150 characters long
  6. Stingerbee
    Dec 25, 2015
    4
    It's a Thief game, so stealth, pickpocketing, sneaking around are all present. You buy items, you upgrade your abilities. It looks like a cool game to play but gets slain by that horrible console monster: 30FPZilla (with dips) ... It makes the game sluggish and close to unplayable. The only reason I give it a 4 instead of a 1 is because I see it for what it is: a fun stealth game. ItIt's a Thief game, so stealth, pickpocketing, sneaking around are all present. You buy items, you upgrade your abilities. It looks like a cool game to play but gets slain by that horrible console monster: 30FPZilla (with dips) ... It makes the game sluggish and close to unplayable. The only reason I give it a 4 instead of a 1 is because I see it for what it is: a fun stealth game. It would've been a LOT better for this game to have gone the 720p/60 fps route.… Expand
  7. coes
    Sep 15, 2014
    3
    This game has more things going against than for it. Despite the decent, at times good AI, scenery and Art design,the game fails to deliver in every other aspect. The story is boring, flat and not interesting at all, and the voice acting being terrible and the script cringe worthy, the games narrative doesn't do a good job at keeping the player engaged with the game. The games fpsThis game has more things going against than for it. Despite the decent, at times good AI, scenery and Art design,the game fails to deliver in every other aspect. The story is boring, flat and not interesting at all, and the voice acting being terrible and the script cringe worthy, the games narrative doesn't do a good job at keeping the player engaged with the game. The games fps mechanics feels clunky and rough, the stealth system is nothing new, the level design fails to make the game real, its one of the most tunneling almost on rails experiences I've had in a long time. This game has nothing to keep player engaged, worst AAA of 2014 so far.… Expand
  8. Iceman429
    Apr 1, 2014
    4
    "The machine ate my quarter"

    I'm not a Thief purist, and I can appreciate a game with flaws, but there's one quick way to keep me from continuing to play a game: Deleting your saved game I hadn't really experienced all the bugs people had cursed about until about four hours in or so, but then it happened. I went to the next area in the map, and lo and behold, instead of loading    "The machine ate my quarter"

    I'm not a Thief purist, and I can appreciate a game with flaws, but there's one quick way to keep me from continuing to play a game:

    Deleting your saved game

    I hadn't really experienced all the bugs people had cursed about until about four hours in or so, but then it happened. I went to the next area in the map, and lo and behold, instead of loading the expected new area, it had oddly loaded one of my old autosaves in a completely different area of the map. I assumed it was my fault, or a simple fluke, but no, it continued to repetitively send me back to the same old save spot every time. After closing and starting up again, I found that my manual save file (about 1 hour ahead of my old autosave) was, in fact, no more to be found. Quite the cruel April Fools joke. Good thing I gamefly'ed it. Not about to waste any more time with those shenanigans.

    Off in the mail you go!    … Expand
  9. Frank197
    Mar 14, 2014
    4
    How to say that guys? The game is boring, don't buy that... There's so many way to scrap your pay! I've make a mistake when I've gave 70$ to my games store... He's to short, the loading screen are not cool, the story.... She's just BAD, the graphics? Come on we're in 2014, not in 2010… To resume... The game is BAAADDD!
  10. justhonest
    Mar 16, 2014
    4
    Before I begin, this is coming from a person who has never played the original Thief game. I bought this game with an open mind and I do like multiple genres of games. This game however I tried my hardest to like but just could not get into it. The controls felt horrible. The story was atrocious.Think Assassin's Creed but in first person and just terrible. I gave this game a 4 thoughBefore I begin, this is coming from a person who has never played the original Thief game. I bought this game with an open mind and I do like multiple genres of games. This game however I tried my hardest to like but just could not get into it. The controls felt horrible. The story was atrocious.Think Assassin's Creed but in first person and just terrible. I gave this game a 4 though because it did have a lot going for it, stealth wise.… Expand
  11. Sirpupsalot
    Apr 21, 2014
    3
    More boring version of dishonoured. Becomes very repetitive early on and the characters / storyline is too boring to really care what happens to them.
    Great graphics though.
    Go buy dishonoured and play that instead
  12. rcormoran
    Jun 3, 2014
    4
    I wanted so much for this game to be good. Hell, I bought an xbox one for it! That's why it pains me to have to write this review. The level design is meh, the combat is average at best and the story is subpar. Add to it the bugs and the terrible sound design and implementation ( it's a stealth game where all sounds are on top of you no matter where the enemy is) and you have a mediocreI wanted so much for this game to be good. Hell, I bought an xbox one for it! That's why it pains me to have to write this review. The level design is meh, the combat is average at best and the story is subpar. Add to it the bugs and the terrible sound design and implementation ( it's a stealth game where all sounds are on top of you no matter where the enemy is) and you have a mediocre reboot at best.… Expand
  13. 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
  14. merc_god
    Mar 26, 2014
    0
    I wanted to like Thief, I truly did. There was so much next-gen potential harmonizing with experienced developers, I assumed this was a no-brainer purchase; but alas, you all know what is generally said about assumptions. Thankfully there is GameStop which has a seven day return policy on used games. I first had a hint of something suspicious when the used Thief games were selling at $40I wanted to like Thief, I truly did. There was so much next-gen potential harmonizing with experienced developers, I assumed this was a no-brainer purchase; but alas, you all know what is generally said about assumptions. Thankfully there is GameStop which has a seven day return policy on used games. I first had a hint of something suspicious when the used Thief games were selling at $40 not even a full week after release. I thought to myself, “maybe it’s a niche title, and hey what the hell, I love most niche titles”. I rarely find a game that I just particularly hate in every way, and I have never given a zero to any game, ever.

    Thief starts off in Square Enix’s beautiful medieval city setting. Once the game got going though, I had to check to make sure I was playing my XBONE instead of my PS3 because the graphics were equivalent to Dishonered on PC with the settings all on LOW. This was a next-gen single-player adventure game, where was that awe inspiring stimulation which accompanied the visual presentation of AC:BF or BF4? “Oh well”, I thought to myself, so what if Thief is sporting sub-par graphics, the gameplay will surely make up for it… wont it?

    I set off into the world with my master Thief tools in hand and subterfuge on my mind. Determined to play the game the way it was meant to truly be played, I set on being a ghost and only taking minimal artificial life. This wasn’t an assassin game, this was Thief, it was time to rob a bank Shaun Connery style (Entrapment). Next thing I know, I’m spending the next hour stealing ink bottles and running amuck on the dumbest AI since the zombies in the original Resident Evil. Darting from shaded area to shaded area like I’m playing the original Splinter Cell, these guys would stand a foot away looking right in my direction and would never see me. Throw a bottle directly in front of them and you will get a remembrance of the original Metal Gear Solid; oh yeah, you know, “Huh? What was that? (3 seconds of investigation) Guess it was nothing.” Get in trouble? Just run into a room and hide in the closet, don’t worry the guards will never suspect, because they’re brain dead. If you decide you want to pick off everyone one by one, don’t worry, the guard who was talking to his buddies 5 seconds ago won’t notice if two go missing when he turns back around.

    I ended up taking the game back after only two hours of play time. Maybe I have no room to say that the plot was bland and the filler was mind-numbing. I do know though, that I wanted to stop playing after 30 minutes, but I kept waiting for things to get better. I strongly suggest watching a little on Twitch before making this purchase, or at least buy it using Game Stop’s seven day return option. I was looking for a truly great single player game, and Square Enix built me up just to tear me down.

    Thank you,
    –Nicholas (Merc)    … Expand
  15. Gilgamesh
    Mar 31, 2014
    1
    Can sum up in three words...
    Gets
    Boring
    Fast

    I tried to like this and tried to convince myself I did like it... but after being forced through confusing map navigation, repetitive game-play and stupid AI over and over into the third chapter I gave up and returned it.

    Viva the EB Platinum card!
  16. Broyax
    Apr 9, 2017
    4
    Thief est très joli et son interface, sa maniabilité ne souffrent pas la critique, sauf le saut contextuel qui ne marche qu'à certains endroits décidés par les développeurs. Très énervant. La ville est assez tarabiscotée surtout verticalement mais manque de passages secrets, de raccourcis et autres voies d'accès, et cela dans l'ensemble des niveaux d'ailleurs. De la part des gars qui ontThief est très joli et son interface, sa maniabilité ne souffrent pas la critique, sauf le saut contextuel qui ne marche qu'à certains endroits décidés par les développeurs. Très énervant. La ville est assez tarabiscotée surtout verticalement mais manque de passages secrets, de raccourcis et autres voies d'accès, et cela dans l'ensemble des niveaux d'ailleurs. De la part des gars qui ont fait le bon Deus Ex HR, c'est très décevant.

    Autre souci, le jeu est trop sombre, sans aucune option de gamma... et je ne vais pas dérégler mon téléviseur pour cette bande de cons de développeurs. L'histoire n'est pas si mal, quoiqu'un peu étrangement bancale mais l'atmosphère reste intéressante.

    Enfin, je suis bloqué devant un putain de manoir, attendant soit un script hypothétique soit le déblocage du bug et comme on voit que dalle, même avec la vision machin, ça commence à me soûler de tourner en rond. D'un jeu globalement dirigiste et linéaire (y a même une séquence -courte- à la Unchartiep) j'espérais au moins ne pas me retrouver bloqué. Je n'insiste pas, inutile de se voiler la face : Thief est la déception de l'année.    … Expand
  17. ShowaKitty
    Feb 25, 2014
    4
    With the developers getting caught giving fake positive reviews should tell enough about this game. With what feels like unfinished gameplay, levels and a horrible plot this game is not worth getting at all. I looked at this game as it's own thing, separate from the original series but it's just plays like an unfinished game. Graphics look like something we would see in 2007 and dialogueWith the developers getting caught giving fake positive reviews should tell enough about this game. With what feels like unfinished gameplay, levels and a horrible plot this game is not worth getting at all. I looked at this game as it's own thing, separate from the original series but it's just plays like an unfinished game. Graphics look like something we would see in 2007 and dialogue is joke. It is not worth spending $60 dollars on this game so if you still plan on getting it, rent it or buy it used instead.… Expand
  18. Nark
    Feb 26, 2014
    0
    Please, for the love of god. Support good video games in the industry by NOT BUYING THIS!!! This is such a mess I don't even know where to begin.

    Okay, so they ripped almost the entire sound element of Thief out the window, the only things on the floor that make any more noise than complete silence are shards of glass and water. Every NPC's voice volume is at the same level to the point    Please, for the love of god. Support good video games in the industry by NOT BUYING THIS!!! This is such a mess I don't even know where to begin.

    Okay, so they ripped almost the entire sound element of Thief out the window, the only things on the floor that make any more noise than complete silence are shards of glass and water. Every NPC's voice volume is at the same level to the point where you can't tell if someone is right beside you or two rooms away. It's a fascinatingly large **** in the sound department, to say the least.

    Now on to the marketed "amazing immersive AI" that was in the Steam Store Page feature list, a FLAT OUT LIE. This game has some of the worst AI I've seen in a modern video game, you can get seen by guards and hide in a **** cupboard and they will forget you are there and go back to their business. You can do this six times in a row and they'd be as surprised to see you as they were the first time, and as entirely clueless at knowing where you are hiding as every consecutive time you had hidden in the same place.

    The loot aspect is entirely downplayed, Garrett is no longer a master thief, but a petty hoarder. He grabs absolutely everything, from metal cups and cutlery to scissors and magnifying glasses worth 1-5 gold each. This is the stuff that Garrett would quickly gloss over while looking for precious golden candlesticks and expensive wines in the old games.

    Not only this but loot doesn't even factor into the objectives of the damn game, and why would it, since the Garrett character has been so butchered and he's been put to live in an abandoned clocktower. He has no need for loot to pay the rent just to stay alive like our previous Garrett.

    On top of all this, and the rest about Garrett's character being butchered, which is far too much for me to fit into this 5000 word maximum review, the levels are linear as all-hell. Everything is a straight corridor, every place you have to break in to has one way that the developers planned for you to use, gone are the days of open-ended Thief levels, now it plays like a mix between Call of Duty and Uncharted as far as level design goes.

    Rope arrows have also been butchered, if you thought their removal from Deadly Shadows was bad, you're going to wish you had the Climbing Gloves. The Rope Arrows in this new Thief game can only attach to very specific roped wooden beam spots, not any wooden surface, they may as well not be a rope arrow at this point.

    The dialogue is atrocious, even if you don't count the two main characters acting like they're in a emo teen angst movie. The guards are constantly mumbling about extremely stupid **** like "cock-rings".

    Please, save your money and help the industry by not buying this excrement. If you really can't stand the old Thief games because you feel they're dated and want to try a game like old Thief then the closest you're going to find is Dishonored. Buy and play that instead.    … Expand
  19. 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
  20. JPMcWhiskers
    Mar 4, 2014
    2
    If you've played the original games and sat in solid contemplation about why gamers LOVED these games it wasn't just for the fleeting moments of exhilaration when you'd get caught between the patrol routes of two guards, it was the feeling of learning players had to do - You had to learn guard routes, learn maps, look and explore. There was no Swoop, there was only waiting and observing.If you've played the original games and sat in solid contemplation about why gamers LOVED these games it wasn't just for the fleeting moments of exhilaration when you'd get caught between the patrol routes of two guards, it was the feeling of learning players had to do - You had to learn guard routes, learn maps, look and explore. There was no Swoop, there was only waiting and observing.

    Massive sprawling levels didn't mean long linear progressions, but lateral and vertical dimension, back AND forth progression through a single area, finding keys, opening unpickable locks, finding clues, backtracking, and leaving undetected.

    And rope arrows that could attach to anything wooden....

    There was so much promise, but the essence of Thief was missed in this installment. I've played the first two games countless times, but I was so rushed to be done with this one, I don't think I'll ever play it again.    … Expand
  21. ArinaBorina
    Mar 29, 2014
    0
    Thief is easily one of the worst games that I have ever played. It has one of the most retarded Artificial intelligences in any game, and the story is one of the worst ever written. This game is a waste of money.
  22. 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
  23. sirensdownfall
    Mar 2, 2014
    3
    Game-Play: Awesome
    Graphics: Awesome
    Story: Awesome Excitement: Top Notch Length: Not worth full retail price I kept thinking as I was playing that the game was progressing toward the end way too quickly. It's pretty sad that a game like Skyrim, which takes over a month to beat if with light play and doing side quests, costs the same as a game like Thief and the latest Tomb Raider    Game-Play: Awesome
    Graphics: Awesome
    Story: Awesome
    Excitement: Top Notch
    Length: Not worth full retail price

    I kept thinking as I was playing that the game was progressing toward the end way too quickly. It's pretty sad that a game like Skyrim, which takes over a month to beat if with light play and doing side quests, costs the same as a game like Thief and the latest Tomb Raider which takes roughly two to three days of the same amount of play to finish. At 59.99, the only thieving this game does is from your own wallet. I was seriously expecting more and I can't believe I went out and spent a crapload of money buying an Xbox One just so I could play this game. And now I get to wait until the new Elder Scrolls Online comes out... it's going to be a long wait. Thanks Thief. Seriously, rent this from the red box for a few dollars or wait until it's made it to $10 or less for a used copy at Game Stop.    … Expand
  24. 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

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#59 Best Xbox One Game of 2014
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#20 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2014
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#12 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2014

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. ZTGD
    Mar 20, 2014
    70
    Thief stumbles in some areas, but purely as a stealth game it does have some shining moments.
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  2. MondoXbox
    Mar 10, 2014
    75
    Satisfying gameplay mechanics and excellent environments and sound design meet an unsound technical production, irritating and overly repetitive character dialogues and a lacklustre enemy AI. Stealth games lovers will still find good elements in the new Thief, but it isn't the triumphant return we'd hoped it would be.
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  3. VideoGamer
    Feb 27, 2014
    50
    And therein lies the game’s real issue. Whereas Dishonored (which does feel like Thief’s more charismatic and popular older brother) and Mark of the Ninja have toyed with established hide-and-seek mechanics and shown that there are still ideas to mine in this genre, Thief just sticks to the shadows.
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