A game that defined a new genre: stealth adventure.
Thief brought to the table a new concept: the ability to sneak through the gaps in the enemy's defenses and steal their riches, all without alerting them and not even killing anyone. Normally, to do the same thing in other games, one heck of a morgue truck was needed to clean up the mess. Here, you'll need your cunning and brains to avoid detection and fights. The game makes you think, because if you don't, you'll won't survive. To put it simply: the main character wasn't built for head-on confrontations.
The game begins as Garrett, a thief trained by a secret society goes out in his first 'mission' to steal some loot at a rich man's estate. Soon, he gets thrown into a conspiracy involving rival factions and a demonic spirit bent in turning the world into another age of darkness. You'll face guards, religious monks, forest spirits and even the undead as you steal your way through the game.
At your disposal, you'll have soon interesting items: your bow that fires water, fire, moss and normal arrows, each for an specific function, for ex, the water arrow douses torches so you remain in the darkness; the blackjack, used to know-out enemies and sentries and many other trinkets that are used for diversion and quick escapes, such as the smoke bomb and the flash bomb. The latter has a special attribute, it disables the undead!
The enemy A.I in the game is in medium range. To make the game a possible experience to beat, the developers were kind of lax in the intelligence for the guards. They give up searching quite quickly if you manage to outrun them and sometimes they don't even notice if you knock-ou their comrades. But as I said, it wouldn't be too playable if it all the guards were paranoid and super determined, right? No guard is like that in real life.
Thief has a great story and you'll enjoy it as long as it lasts. Now, years later, many add-on maps were created by fans, prolonging the experience to the max, and if you consider playing the other two games in the series and their maps in succession, you'll spend a lot of time with our charismatic hero.
Now go out there and don't make a lot of noise!
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