A FPS yes, but the game concentrates much more on stealth and strategy.
User Rating: 8.3 | Thief: The Dark Project PC
Of course, Thief's graphics are quite dated. More than likely Thief's graphics won't impress you at all, though hopefully you won't skip this game because of it. Unlike other games, the graphics play an important role in Thief. As would be expected for a real thief, you must keep to the shadows to keep from being seen. You'll usually be able to tell how well you're hidden by what type of shadow you're in, but the game still provides a 'meter' if you will, to tell you how well hidden you are. Sound is pretty good given the games date. Again, sound as well plays an important role in the game since you'll have to be as quiet as possible. The less you hear the better, and as such, you won't be hearing much of anything. It's needed since you'll have to listen for the gaurds patrolling around anyways. In Thief, you'll be given numerous missions varying from stealing an item to helping a friend break out of jail. There are numerous ways to complete a mission, and numerous paths to take. While many times you will be forced to take a certain route, for the most part you get to decide where you want to go. Missions usually have various other places to visit, and as a thief, there's only one reason to visit them; to steal. There will be numerous items and gold to steal to help buy items for your next mission. That is, whenever you start a new mission, you are presented with numerous items to buy to help you with your next mission. As I said, you'll mainly be using stealth and strategy over combat. However, when the time comes you will need to use your combat skills. For the most part combat is fairly slow, and not very challenging, so if your reflex skills are none too great you don't need to worry; you won't have too much trouble with combat. Your bow will be your most used weapon; one precise shot can instantly kill a gaurd, though they are hard to make. There are numerous arrows to equip your bow with for various effects. Your water arrow can put out those annoying torches, and rope arrows allow you to climb to places once unavailable. Using the bow is atleast somewhat realistic, you must spend a little time pulling back the string, and you can't hold the string back forever. You have another useful weapon called the Blackjack, that can knock out an unsuspecting gaurd. Again, you'll have to use stealth and strategy to be able to catch a gaurd to do this. You also have a sword when you can't avoid sneaking past a gaurd. The sword battles are not very entertaining, it's a little slow, and at some points pretty easy. That is, as long as you only face one enemy at a time; any more and you'll more than likely be facing a losing battle. As you can see, you'll need alot of patience to play this game, and a love for stealth. If you do, Thief is a great game, and one of the best of its kind. If you're lucky, you can find this with it's sequel Thief 2 for around 10 bucks; a great buy in my opinion.
