THIEF: Definitive Edition

It would be much better if Garret really saved Elie btw Garret is a Dumbass

6 of 5 must play. 5 of 5 great story great gameplay. 4 of 5 great story average gameplay. 3 of 5 average story average gameplay. 2 of 5 play only if it's your favorite genre. 1 of 5 play if you have nothing better to do. 0 of 5 play if you're a masochist -1 of 5 avoid Thief Definitive Edition scores 5 of 5.

Yeah, there were definitely annoyances: can't jump, only certain doors can you interact with, AI is no better - even worse - than the much older games, some missions are too linear, and the story line is rather vague. I think the thing that annoyed me the most, however, was that instead of being a sequel, they felt the need to unnecessarily "reboot" the franchise. Yes, I understand that the original trilogy finished a sort of story arc for Garrett, but, couldn't this have simply been another adventure afterwards or even a prequel? It's almost like they made another game that, when they realized it was very similar to Thief, they decided to tweak it into a Thief game because it fit 80% of the mold. I mean, I see no other reason why they couldn't have just used the first game as a template, it's already there. Now for the good. Great graphics, pretty atmospheric, voice actors are excellent, good soundtrack, decent characters and, other than lack of jumping and rope arrows, decent mechanics. Though not a great game like the originals, it's good for while waiting for the next big thing, but, Thief 1, 2, and, yes, even Deadly Shadows, were great games and just being decent is not what the franchise is about; this should have been on par with Dishonored, The Witcher, etc. But, if you're a Thief fan, it is well worth playing as long as your expectations are tempered with a little foreknowledge. Kinda like how people still watched Bond movies even after Moore replaced Connery because it was the only game in town, 80% Thief is still better than no Thief. Someday, hopefully soon, someone will try to re-invigorate the franchise. I just hope it's someone who will do it right from lessons learned. Maybe Projekt Red? Anyway, I give it a star and a half more than it deserves just to counter the people who unfairly - and wrongly - bash it as worthless.

Nice game ... thanks GOG!