I started off breaking into a shack and stealing a toaster and running off giggling into the night


The long and short of the game is the more you steal, the more cool thief gear you can afford; which makes some levels easier, much of it isn't useful in many areas. Just driving around in my crappy car and trying my luck in houses.

Mid-game I was more nuanced, sneaking into a house an hour before a tenant went out and locked the house down with shutters, just leaving me crawling about in the dark hoping his wife doesn't spot me and taser me. And defeating electronic security to unlock the house from the inside while she was asleep, and skip out the front door with their toaster.

I got a big panel van that didn't at all look suspicious, got a hideout and couldn't be bothered to decorate it. I had untold wealth and nothing to really spend it on coming up towards the end, regardless I kept enjoying most of the separate properties and the approach of being able to go wherever I want, whenever I wanted.

I ended up blowing up a mansion with several innocent security guards in it, in an act of revengeful domestic terrorism. Also I stole their toaster

[i]I started off breaking into a shack and stealing a toaster and running off giggling into the night [/i] [h1]Although it doesn't have near the variety that stoked my imagination playing Thief: the dark project as a child. It strummed the same chords of patient, casual trespassing and holding my breath while crouching in a darkened corner while a guard walks idly by. [/h1] The long and short of the game is the more you steal, the more cool thief gear you can afford; which makes some levels easier, much of it isn't useful in many areas. Just driving around in my crappy car and trying my luck in houses. [i]Mid-game I was more nuanced, sneaking into a house an hour before a tenant went out and locked the house down with shutters, just leaving me crawling about in the dark hoping his wife doesn't spot me and taser me. And defeating electronic security to unlock the house from the inside while she was asleep, and skip out the front door with their toaster. [/i] I got a big panel van that didn't at all look suspicious, got a hideout and couldn't be bothered to decorate it. I had untold wealth and nothing to really spend it on coming up towards the end, regardless I kept enjoying most of the separate properties and the approach of being able to go wherever I want, whenever I wanted. [spoiler]I ended up blowing up a mansion with several innocent security guards in it, in an act of revengeful domestic terrorism. Also I stole their toaster [/spoiler]