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Amazing Game even 10 years later

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've played all 4 Thief games (Thief 1, 2, 3 and Gold), and I'm still hooked nearly 10 years later. An engrossing storyline that weaves through all 3 games and gameplay that always seems to challenge you is part of the allure, but what makes it even greater is that you can develop your own missions and entire storylines; for those that have played through Thief 2, there is an expansion, "Shadows of the Metal Age" that you can download, for free.

With all of those features (despite the outdated graphics), these games are a must-have for anyone that stealth games where the focus is to enjoy the story and not kill everything in sight.

----Repair----
Just a note - people with Dual-Core or HyperThreaded systems (and/or using DirectSound), Thief 1 & 2 will freeze up if you're running DirectSound above DirectX 8 OR are using a Dual-Core/Hyperthreaded processor. To play, you'll need to disable those features, or in the case of a Dual-Core, run the game and then set it's process to use only one of your CPU's.

The greatest game (... maybe?)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Stunning games! Buy it!!

If a game is really great, don't matter how many years ago it were builded, this one continue being a masterpiece!! Fun, adventure, thriller, adrenaline, and interest continues keep you on, to the entire game endurance.

Great Games

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

These are great games. You will need to download the Indeo plugin, though. These cost money. Remember that when you purchase these.
These are a fantastic series and very competitive. Not for the faint of heart, either.
Have fun!!!

Graphics are dated

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'm split on how to rate this game. The strategic aspect of the game is great. I enjoy sneaker games and Thief is supposed to be the gold standard. But I could not play this game. I installed it and ran it and then after the first mission I gave up. The graphics are too dated.

What did it for me were the trees that were low polygon oblate spheroids. After FarCry, Thief's graphics just don't do it for me.

If you like classic games, Thief should be good, but the dated graphics were a deal breaker for me. If only someone could graft a current game engine onto the game and update the textures and models...

Thief 1 & 2 Bundle

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a terrific game that I really enjoy. Sneaking, hiding, putting a monkey wrench in the workings of the bad guys... an awesome game to play even though it is older software.

The only problem is that it freezes due to problems with my new ATI graphics card. This version says that it is XP compatible but doesn't seem to work any better than the nonXP compatible version.

THEIF

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

EXCELLENT GAME, MANY CHALLENGES SO MANY EXPLORATIONS. YOU WILL HAVE TO SEE FOR YOURSELF AND SEE IF YOU CAN BECOME A MASTER THEIF. GL

"When I Find You..."

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: October 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What more can be said about the geniuses that were Looking Glass Studios? First the brilliant sci-fi, 1st person, cyberpunk, action, horror games "System Shock" and its better "System Shock 2" (greatest PC game ever made) and the two Thief games here. After the 2nd game, LG folded and much sadness filled the land...

Well Thief 1 & 2 are amazing examples of intelligent game design and story.

You'd think that sneaking around the corners and shadows would be boring but playing Garrett's role as master thief is a unique adventure.

The array of weapons and tools are impressive. Lock-picking and keys give the game an edge I've never seen before except maybe the "hacking" in the System Shock games.

The characters and story lines are very intricate and engrossing. The dialogue jumps from modern-ish (Garrett's monologues) to Medeival (all else). Stephen Russell does a terrific job for the voice of Garrett (he also did voice overs in SS2) as well as the rest of the actors giving the characters life. Some of the dialogue is funny (Here chicky, chicky...) but not silly (except for the drunkards). The passages, letters and signs are well written giving the "religions" in the games depth.

You're hard-pressed to find more engrossing games than what Looking Glass created. Deus Ex comes close because it takes aspects from all 4 games (sneaking,cyber-punk, hacking, weapons, shadows, great voice-over actors) and makes a terrific game as well.

Find any of these and I'm quite sure you'll never stop playing these games till your eyes bleed or butt falls asleep.

"Brilliant! What else yah got?"

I need an answer:

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 15 / 85
Date: October 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My 16 year old doughter plays this game all the time. The younger children like to watch her play it and "participate" in the playing of it. I noticed now that it is rated M for mature, and I don't know If I should make them stop playing this game. For "yes" please click yes, for "no" please press no. I need this answer quickly. Thank you.
By the way, people who like these kind of games would like this one!

as good as they get

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 17
Date: August 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

normally, i use a mac, but when i bought my windows game box, i had to buy some food for it. i ordered, with low expectations, a whole bunch of [cheap games] including these old thief games. what i got absolutely astounded me. let me start by saying i dont play internet games, and the military games so much in vogue dont interest me (the real history is so much more fascinating). with thief, here are two games that are "shooters" where you dont have to kill anyone. as a matter of fact, the higher levels of expertise require that you dont. in this way, this game reminds me of two of the best ever, deus ex and nolf.

it is often easier to kill the people who are obstructing you in your larcenous quests, but that makes the games easier . when i am stealing, all these characters attempt to interfere. killing them allows the player to steal in a stress free environment, but a good thief shouldnt kill. the difficulty level depends not on the strength of opponents, but on the number of tasks and objectives you have to accomplish. on expert difficulty, you must find many hidden relics, gather more loot, kill fewer people, all while getting less available health. health is very uncommon, so you have to go through this whole game taking almost no hits (no convenient medikits) which adds considerably to the difficulty. many reloads are required.

thief 1 is an old game, with rather crude graphics. dont let this fool you. it is dark, creepy, and very difficult. for outright fear, it is better than Undying, and there are several levels that are as hard as any video game (bonehoard, haunted cathedral, and return to the cathedral). you have to contend with haunts, zombies, burricks (overgrown frogs with bad breath), bugmen, and scissorhands. this is video gaming at its best. thief 2 is more refined. the bad guys are more plausible, though not as scary, and the combination of middle ages setting with modern technology (electricity) can be quite amusing. the police station which you must infiltrate has all the modern accoutrements despite its medieval location. the shooting range has the electric target track runners, but with archery targets. the levels are HUGE, particularly citibank, party, and soulforge.

two complaints only: the two game set does not contain the "gold" version, typical of windows reissues, and its not available for mac. games of this quality should be.

so, if youre looking for games which are exciting, challenging, and give a sense of accomplishment, and at the same time have a cheap price, forget the fact that these are old and look at the gameplay and the level design. they have not been surpassed.

Im not sure if I love it or hate it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has a wonderful idea for it and a great storyline, but Garrett the Thief has such glitchy movement that I almost thought of giving it 1 star, but once you can get past that this game is wonderful. Buy this package while its still 15 dollars before it goes out of stock.

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