Thief

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 23 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

7
Average:

7
Bad:

8

Pros:

Challenging stealth.
Swoop ability.
Some good scenarios.

Cons:

Frequent load screens.
Hit-or-miss level design.

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Last revision on December 30, 2017

Editors Liked

Challenging stealth
Swoop ability
Some good scenarios
Oppressive atmosphere envelops you in thematic and visual shadows
Swooping around and thieving valuables from under guards' noses is a blast
It's fun to find cool ways to put your various tools to use

Editors Didn't Like

Frequent load screens
Hit-or-miss level design
The City's choppy structure injures exploration and immersion
Glitchy AI and other clunky issues drain the game of tension
Incoherent story that ends without any sense of payoff

Expert reviews and ratings

By TechSpot on February 28, 2014

Thief Benchmarked: Graphics & CPU Performance. Despite being built with the aging Unreal Engine 3, Thief touts some cutting edge rendering techniques that have put the game on our radar. Along with DirectX technologies such as Phong Tessellation and Bokeh Depth of Field, Eidos' latest stealth entry supports Contact Hardening Shadows...

By PC Authority on May 01, 2014 50

A very pretty game, but ultimately a hollow experience compared to both its forebears and more recent...

By HardcoreGamer on March 12, 2014 60

That isn’t the case, though, as it’s very much a “take it as it is” experience, and if you’re willing to do so you’ll find that it just might steal some time from your weekend.

By Gaming Age on March 11, 2014 77

CommentA good sneaking game with great stealth mechanics is hard to come by these days. As a master thief, it’s your job to score some great loot without anyone knowing you are there, until it’s too late. So is everything worth taking or are all the...

By techadvisor.co.uk on March 06, 2014 70

Thief is a muddled but well-intentioned game that undermines smart, sinister stealth with weird controls and lousy characters. An atmospheric setting and plenty of freedom helps matters enormously, but all told it's a strange compromise of a...

By GamingShogun on March 06, 2014 60

Eidos Montreal and Square Enix have resurrected one of my all time favorite PC series with their remake of Thief. When Thief: The Dark Age came out in 1998, I was hooked. I loved the stealth game play, the maps that contained multiple maps to my goal,...

By New Game Network on March 05, 2014 51

A poorly-designed outing that might, in another continuity where the previous Thief games never existed, have earned itself the heady accolade of 'barely average'. Unfortunately, we all know that it could be € and has been done € so much...

By Pocket-lint on February 25, 2014 70

Thief is an occasionally tense, sometimes frustrating, weirdly depressing slice of modern gaming. On the medium difficulty level all you're really doing is following instructions as the story unfolds around you. It is hugely customisable though,...

By Strategy Informer on February 25, 2014 75

Thief does many things right. The gameplay is great for the most part, Garrett is his same wonderful self, it looks wonderful, the AI often works well, and the range of customization options is amazing. Missions are enjoyable with a couple of real...

By Bit-tech.net on February 25, 2014 70

PC) Developer: Square Enix Publisher: Square Enix Platform(s): PC, X360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4 The first full mission of Thief has you literally following a rail. It's set in a factory designed to assemble mannequins, transported through the building...

By Cheat Code Central on February 25, 2014 58

Remember what playgrounds used to be like? The best of them featured huge wooden and metal structures filled with dodgy activities such as ring-swinging or ziplining. They encouraged risk-taking and escapades. We'd get hurt on them sometimes—I have a...

By EuroGamer on February 24, 2014 60

Either way, it's a game that adds up to less than the sum of its parts. Undeniably, Thief suffers greatly by comparison to Dishonored - its more coherent, more thoughtfully and successfully designed cousin, in whose shadow Garrett and his game now cringe.

By IGN on February 24, 2014 68

Between the hit-or-miss missions is an extremely annoying city hub map and a weak story full of bland characters, and Garrett himself isn’t as sure-footed as a master thief ought to be. Ignoring the story and cherrypicking the best side missions is the best way to approach it.

By GameSpot on February 24, 2014 60

Whether you are new to the series or cut your teeth on Thief's particular brand of stealth when it was still novel, I'd wager your feelings will waver as often as mine did. The Thief-franchise-inspired Dishonored waves the stealth flag far more confidently than this reboot does. Garrett is not yet on his way out, but he's been shown the door.

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