A really great and memorable game

User Rating: 8.8 | Thief: Deadly Shadows XBOX
I played the old PC games way back when, and while I enjoyed them, I was not crazy about them like some fans were. I thought there were too much like stealth simulators and not so much fun.

This new game, I guess it could be called Thief 3, really gets the balance between fun and simulation much better in my opinion. I really enjoyed playing through this game, and while there was a lot of stealth to the game, it wasn't overwhelming like in the old games.

The game was also enjoyably long - I'd say I spent over 30 hours playing through the 10 missions and exploring the City that connects them together. I even played through several missions more than once because they were so much fun, something I almost never do.

Technically, the game was suburb, great graphics and sound. Only ran into a couple glitches of falling off something and getting stuck forcing a reload from the last save, but at least you could save anywhere at anytime, so not really a problem.

You could tell there was a lot cut out from the game, probably to make some deadline, so I would hope to see some more of their ideas surface in a sequel someday. Also they could spend a little more time on the animation and character models, they were a little stiff in their movements, and looked silly when they would spin around in place. Also, what is up with the way the bodies would fall down, pretty stupid looking death animations.

In Summary: The warts are easy to overlook and you should have a good time.