Thief™ 3: Deadly Shadows

-Playing on Windows 10 with the Sneaky Upgrade at 1080 and Widescreen- While this was originally "For Xbox Only" this pc port works quite well using the “Sneaky Upgrade: Unofficial patch for Thief 3” Lacking a majority of the charm of the first 2 games it still has its moments. Passable with the atmosphere that it builds, the gameplay and level design is solid enough to keep interest (made better with the patch to expand the levels removing the load doors that were made for the xbox version) The dynamic lighting of the game at some points feels more like a tech demo show off or a gimmick but it does have its uses in play such as sneaking in someone's shadow to keep the light gem dim. Surface detection seems almost nonexistent for the most part with only really metal surfaces requiring you to use the “Creep” (Slower Movement) Key to make no noise but generally you can move quite feely with just the regular walk button. Some of the voice actors really should have been recast and it can be a bit cringey to listen to them - particually the 2nd Fence in stonemarket section of the City.

I remember speding dozens of hour on this one, exploring every nook and cranny. It's somehow authentic experience or at least used to be. Most people have said their part so the only think I can add are the issues with sound. On old Win XP it was stellar. Most modern games can't even dream of getting this good 3d sound processing. I still believe it to be crucial for stealth game like this one. Nowadays though with Thief there is no way to get necessary Creative EAX to work properly on modern systems. Believe me, I tried. Well, maybe you can do some trickery but are you willing to invest days just for troubleshooting it? Still I will remember this game for what it was. One of the most immersive experiences I ever had in video games.

Whew been a few decades since I played the first Theif and I LOVED IT! This one is a lot tricker than the first two. But it is just as good! Ty to all the people who work on our beloved classics.

The Dishonored games drew heavy influence from the Thief franchise, and although those are solid, I still think the Thief games (specifically Thief 3) are superior overall. If you like stealth games, you will enjoy Thief 3. I played this game as a kid when it dropped on OG Xbox in 2004 and it's just as good as I remember, however you will NEED to install a third-party mod called "SneakyThief/SneakyTweaker" for it to run properly. They should really officially patch it, but since they haven't, this is the only way to play the game without game-breaking glitches.

I never got arround to play this game back in the day because I didn't have an Xbox and my pc couln't run it, and I had the imperssion that this game was somewhat lacking but I finally bought it and I dont regret it at all. So far i've only played the tutorial, the first 3 missions and doing mischief in parts of the town/hubworld and I Iove it!!! The game has some quirks because of its age but the gameplay holds up pretty good in my opinion and the great lore and atmosphere of this amazing world makes up more than enough for its quirks. The game lets me figure things out on my own and let me suffer for my impatience and mistakes, The writing and dialogue is Is well done and funny. Because of its age there are perofrmance issues and sometimes graphical issues for no apparent reason but there are community patches and updates that fix a lot of these problems and even add 1920x1080p widescreen support wich the original game doesn't. Thief 3 is better then Thief 4/the reboot in my opinion and is totally worth the low cost price. If you liked Dishonored and similar games or want to play games like those but doesent have the pc this should be a no brainer...