Posted on: August 5, 2016

Mjaudori

Games: 111 Reviews: 1

Still holds up extremely well

Thief, especially the second game in the series is something that everyone with love for free, unrestrained exploration, immersive gameplay, interesting lore and steampunk-ish setting with art-deco influnce should try, especially if they prefer it to be served in the FFP form. Ideally after completing the first game in the series, of course. In my opinion, the second installment had done everything better than its predecessor though, with complex maps, captivating missions and many technical improvements (fixing the bunnyhopping physics from T1, introducing coloured light, more audio channels, etc.) The only complaints i have are related to AI which didn't get improved much since TG (but still can be challenging) and lack of fully dynamic lighting. Nevertheless, that is just me nitpicking, given how well the lightmapped environment works usually Gameplay-wise, there's some interesting additions like flares which allow you to shed a bit of light in the darkests places, and scouting orbs, acting like remote cameras, letting you see what's behind the corner or in a place which is hardly accessible otherwise. And best friends of every taffer, rope arrows are still there, at your disposal! This game has also received a really massive unofficial engine update, NewDark, bundled with GOG release (original executable is still there, in the backup directory, should you wish to use it.) making it much less cumbersome to run Thief on modern machines, without the need to elevate process privileges or to constrain yourself to 4:3 screen ratio, and adds support for EAX via OpenAL or OpenAL-Soft. Last but not least, whe have fan missions, being created by active community surrounding Thief. many of which very elaborate and interesting (with absolutely amazing full campaigns like Thief 2X being the shining highlights among them), making for a really refreshing experience and securing the longevity of Thief for many years to come. Definitely a must have for any taffer!

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Posted on: March 24, 2012

Rose_in_Shadows

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Games: 215 Reviews: 5

Sneaking among grace and beauty

"Hatht thou tried to avoid copy protectthionth, Garrett? It ith motht fruthtrating thpectacle, rendering your pricelethh game unworking on netbookth. And nothing was ever built..." Thus lamented the gaming public, and GOG answered - a nice copy of Thief II that's quite easy to install and run on modern optical-media-less environments. =) Thief II is basically more of the same after Thief: The Dark Project / Thief Gold. The environment evolves, the City has become a little bit less dark place in style - but as should be easily apparent, even in the elegant luster of the Metal Age, the shadows are still dark and deep. Mechanists, led by Karras, put the same nastiness of the Hammerites in a shinier jar. And Garrett does the same thing he always does: skulks in the shadows, swipes everything of value into his pockets, and no one is none the wiser. Oh, and he incidentally saves the world. Again. And this time, it's personal. The missions are bigger and more varied this time, and it takes some good time before the plot even picks up at all. We get more steampunk stuff - steam robots that react badly to well-aimed water arrows and completely freak you out. We get bank robberies. Most importantly we get the most epic stealth mission in any game ever, past, present and future - rooftop infiltration mission into Karras's tower of mechanical luxury. Along with its previous part this is stealth gaming at its finest.

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Posted on: July 30, 2012

mjjzf

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Games: 157 Reviews: 4

An all-time great

I have spent more hours playing Thief than anything else. The sequel introduced improved controls for accessing weapons and items, and there is a huge number of incredibly beautiful fan-made missions to run with the Darkloader program. The Thief games are in themselves quite cerebral and have attracted a lot of people who loved the balance between action, stealth and puzzles as well as object-triggered storylines. The game runs on Linux using Wine.

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Posted on: April 4, 2013

Firefly22

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Games: 221 Reviews: 4

I will win the lottery one day.......

So i can make a new Thief game that will live up to the legacy of this masterpiece of game design. Roger Ebert said games will never be art. He clearly never had the pleasure of playing this beauty.

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Posted on: May 15, 2023

nogoodgreen

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Games: 155 Reviews: 8

You wont find a better Stealth game

Metal Age is the best stealth game out there period. Its a refined from the teams experience working on The Dark Project. The levels are huge and sprawling, if you get caught every enemy on the map doesnt immediatly know your location like so many other games, the missions are varied and interesting, the villain is wierd and his plans are so beyond our comprehension that you want to find out whats going on. This game sets out to give you the best stealth experience and nails it. A Perfect Game

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