Thief™ Gold
Stalk your prey on the quest for stolen goods with your blackjack, sword, and an assortment of unique arrows. Steal for money and uncover the hidden agendas of your allies and enemies as you play through an unravelling story of deception and revenge.
Thief™ Gold is a stealth, classic and first-person game
developed by Looking Glass Studios
and published by Eidos Interactive Corp..
Released on May 22nd 2012 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 3,753 reviews of which 3,464 were positive and 289 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 6.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP or Windows Vista
- Processor: 1.8 GHz Processor
- Memory: 512MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
- Hard Disk Space: 2GB HDD
- Video Card: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended)
- DirectX®: 7
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Thief Gold is simply unbelievable as a game. It's a bit dated perhaps, but the gameplay is top notch, as long as you like stealth games. The story is immersive, the atmosphere is tense and eerie, and there are lots of creative twists and turns. For me, this is one of the greatest of all times and I've been gaming since the late 1970s. (Yep, I'm old, but I still love games.)
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This isn't a D&D licensed game, but I'm going to use a D&D analogy to explain what you're getting into. In D&D... * level 1 characters could impact things locally.. like cleaning out a goblin cave * level 10 characters were establishing guilds, and impacting whole towns & countrysides * level 20 characters were impacting provinces & continents * level 30 characters were impacting the world and the planes of existence beyond In Thief Gold, you play Garret, who's basically a level 20 to 30 Thief in D&D terms that just wants to be left alone to do easy level 1 to 10 thief jobs. You know, loot a fat noble person's castle, then kick back with the spoils. A sort of "he's paid his dues, and reached the top of his game, and now wants to take it easy being a bad-a** amongst sheep" type thing. However, the DM decided his high-level character needed to get involved in world-ending drama. The veteran thief is forced to become a reluctant hero. But, he's never above a bit of petty larceny along the way. If you can look past the aged graphics, and just focus on the game play, you'll find a real gem here. After you're done with the main campaign, there's a ton of Fan Missions you can d/l and play. Some are one-off missions. Others are multi-missions campaigns. Latest multi-mission campaign I played was The Black Parade, which is a 10 mission fan-made stand-alone campaign that fills some of the story gap between the events of Thief Gold and Thief 2. It's an absolutely fantastic love letter to the Thief series, and demonstrates the amazing skill of the Thief modding community. And, of course, once you're done with Thief Gold, you should get Thief 2: The Metal Age. It's same engine, graphics are a tad better. Has even more Fan Missions, including the T2X one that expands on things after Thief 2. If you're feeling daring, you can then get Thief 3, which was made using Unreal engine. So, it has better graphics. Unfortuantely, the dev studio had to crank it out pronto or risk going under. So, while they initially meant for it to be a PC game that also ported to Xbox 360 that would allow it to have large levels and such, they dev studio had to dumb it down for original Xbox. This created a very small, cramped level design. Thief 3 has an interesting story, but feels like a stumbling point. And, if you're REALLY feeling adventurous after that, you can try to Thief reboot, which has an edge-lord re-imagining of Garret that didn't quite catch-on with the Dishonored fans, and sort of ticked off the established Thief fans (esp, since they replaced Stephen Russell, the original beloved voice actor for Garret). If after Thief 2 you want to stick with old-school style Thief, then check out The Dark Mod. It's a stand-alone fan project based on the Doom 3 engine. It's a free download/install, and there's a ton of fan missions for it. Plus, it's in constant development and polishing / optimization.
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Still an amazing game to play. Mechanics have aged gracefully and don't feel too archaic in general design, a few stinky missions in Gold but overall still worth playing before checking out Thief 2. I'd recommend "Tfix" found on moddb to ensure maximum compatibility & stability on modern set-ups. If you enjoy this and can't get the sequel for any reason, "The Dark Mod" is also a great follow up experience.
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I simply cannot recommend this game enough. It is one of the greatest experiences I've ever had in gaming. I scarcely knew of this franchise until recently and I'm blown away that I haven't heard more about it. It's stealth is unmatched by any save it's own sequels (thief 4 doesn't count). The lighting, sound, movement, and level design, and equipment all work together for an absolutely peerless stealth game experience. You feel so vulnerable and so unbelievably badass simultaneously. It's mind boggling. Garret's voice actor, Stephen Russel, is phenomenal. The world is really damn cool and I buy into 100%. Looking Glass Studios is practically worshipped by game enthusiasts and I can see why. There is nothing on the market today that holds up to this. Play this game.
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funny to think the genre of first person stealth games peaked and was mastered at its very inception with both this game and its sequel... the pseudo-survival horror levels with undead enemies and the last couple levels are where this game falls off a lot but still, when it works it works better than any other stealth game i've played.
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Online players
27
Developer
Looking Glass Studios
Publisher
Eidos Interactive Corp.
Release
22 May 2012
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