Thief™ Gold

Thief is a classic stealth game which was much improved upon by its sequel. In particular, there are certain levels in this game which actually do emphasize combat, which is incredibly unforgiving. However, the original Thief does benefit from a more grounded story than its sequels, which struggled to add lore to what was a somewhat thin premise. If you love Thief 2 and need more, you should have plenty of fun with this one as well.

I remember purchasing a Matrox video card just so I could buy this game. I can remember the first boot up. I wasn't dissapointed. Well not as polished and complete as Thief 2, it does a great job setting the stage for the world and lore. There are lots of mods out there for Thief and Thief 2. Well worth the effort to keep playing.

This is a horror game divided into stealth and adventure maps. I personally thought the adventure maps were a good distraction and I enjoyed them very much. I remember Thief Gold was released shortly after The Dark Project and it added 3 new missions in which there are some nice ideas here and there but the maps are too huge and they were designed as mazes. They are by far the most tedious and annoying maps to play so I would recommend to play The Dark Project instead without these 3 added maps. The Dark Project is still better in the most aspects (story, atmosphere, pacing) than Thief 2: Metal Age which had some amazing missions but many of them were just as badly designed as the 3 added missions in Thief Gold.

Sir Terry Pratchett's favourite PC game still is a landmark in PC gaming, and has an active community of modders making fan missions and full fan campaigns. In 2023 it received a free fan made campaign, longer than the original game itself, called "The Black Parade"

I'm sorry that I've consumed all of the deer legs in the city.