I remember buying the physical copy of this game for Xbox 360 when i was in a high school. Still looks and plays great, hard to believe it's almost 11 years old!
What makes Thief stand out is its combination of stealth mechanics and a dark, immersive world that truly feels alive. The story is gripping, with Garrett unraveling deeper conspiracies in a world that’s corrupt and plagued by secrets. Whether you’re an experienced stealth fan or just looking to try something new in the genre, this game has plenty to offer. Stealthy maneuvers, immersive environments, and the thrill of being a phantom in the night make it a solid choice.

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It's just like, really boring. Like some of the gameplay, sneaking past guards or knocking them out is kinda fun. But the player character is weak as hell so anything other than bopping enemies on the back of the head feels pretty useless. Visually the game is pretty nice with good visual effects and animations.

Exploring feels really pointless and tedious. Like in order to open drawers, or windows, or doors, and animation has to play for EACH one. Find a desk with 6 drawers in it and you want to check to see if there's anything valuable in it? okay press E 6 times and wait for the 2 second animation for each one to play and then get rewarded with a small amount of gold. What do you do with said gold? well there's a shopkeeper who has 3 tools that allow you to traverse alternative paths in some of the levels. Once you get that you really just have arrows and some small upgrades that don't really help or change a lot. So if there isn't anything interesting to buy with the gold why would you go through the effort and time to search through and steal all the little trinkets? I don't know.

This feels like Dishonored with better graphics and much much worse gameplay and story. Oh yeah the story? eh I didn't pay too much attention to much of it. Go talk to a guy, he tells you to go steal something, you do the mission, oh no something went wrong! run away, escape and wake up in your base. Rinse and repeat for the first half(?) of the game and then some more narrative stuff happens but they don't really develop any characters enough to make you care what happens or why.

Idk, I got it on sale for 4 CAD so I don't really feel bad for spending the money on it, but I also don't think it's worth much more than that. If youre looking for a stealth game, play Dishonored orDishonored 2. Those games at least have some charm and interesting magic mechanics.