It's not good. It's just not good. I am an older gamer who considers the original Thief: The Dark Project the best pc game of all time. THAT Thief pushed boundaries in ways that no other game had come close to for the time and cemented it's legacy as incredibly unique and original. For it's time! Story, mechanics, characters, level layouts, maps, secrets, it was just so far ahead of it's time.

This new(er) Thief... in the meantime, well it's all been done before, and much better. I tried it back when it had just released and found it so awful that I gave up very early in. Never expected to come back to it but near 10 years later decided to give it another try. Honestly, still awful, but I knew to expect that. Had to buck up and power through to the end. It did not get any better.

Honest opinion: this is a waste of your time and money. I respect that whatever dev who made this tried to put their own spin on it... but you failed spectacularly. Your innovations were just detriments to this fantastic IP, you sh*t the bed. If you can stomach old tech then I'd highly recommend the original and it's fantastic sequel The Iron Age. The third installment Deadly Shadows doesn't live up to the high bar of the first two but is a very good game in it's own right.

Otherwise I would say that you're better off just skipping to the very highly rated (with good reason) spiritual successor Dishonored.

Edit: I should clarify that when I say that I think the original Thief is the best pc game of all time, what I mean is that Thief is my personal favorite for nostalgia's sake.

It's not good. It's just not good. I am an older gamer who considers the original Thief: The Dark Project the best pc game of all time. THAT Thief pushed boundaries in ways that no other game had come close to for the time and cemented it's legacy as incredibly unique and original. For it's time! Story, mechanics, characters, level layouts, maps, secrets, it was just so far ahead of it's time. This new(er) Thief... in the meantime, well it's all been done before, and much better. I tried it back when it had just released and found it so awful that I gave up very early in. Never expected to come back to it but near 10 years later decided to give it another try. Honestly, still awful, but I knew to expect that. Had to buck up and power through to the end. It did not get any better. Honest opinion: this is a waste of your time and money. I respect that whatever dev who made this tried to put their own spin on it... but you failed spectacularly. Your innovations were just detriments to this fantastic IP, you sh*t the bed. If you can stomach old tech then I'd highly recommend the original and it's fantastic sequel The Iron Age. The third installment Deadly Shadows doesn't live up to the high bar of the first two but is a very good game in it's own right. Otherwise I would say that you're better off just skipping to the very highly rated (with good reason) spiritual successor Dishonored. Edit: I should clarify that when I say that I think the original Thief is the best pc game of all time, what I mean is that Thief is my personal favorite for nostalgia's sake.