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$12.50 for a Solid Misunderstood XBOne Title (Get It Now)
By Jason Sum on Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2015
I really like this game I'm not gonna lie and act to cool and just trash this game like all the gaming trolls love to do I seen the first trailer i like everyone else did get fooled by it but, that's should be all "our" fault as gamer's We've allowed publisher to trick us with smoke and mirrors for years now and 85% we'll give 'em a pass Lord COD, Battlefield, Destiny can do no wrong keep buying those yearly money grabs and all the over priced DLC But, condemn Thief for missing the mark a little Thief is the re-imagining of the loved first person stealth title If you are a uber FPS grinder this game might not be for you you have to think before you react you can go in guns blazing but, it's better to stick to the shadows and be sneaky The controls @ first are a bit odd but, you get use to how to move everything becomes second nature The Story is interesting and well written with plenty of twist and turns through-out it's one of those smarts stories that have these strange plot twist you will not see coming trust me! The Set Pieces are also very strong you get some great areas to explore and play around in A Sex Club (everything going around you is scripted events but, the way it was done you can't tell) It's very organic and tightly crafted this mission will catch you off guard If you've been playing games since the 8bit era..... this mission was unique and very refreshing! A Massive Stand Out Level is a run-down haunted hospital/asylum (this level alone makes the $12.50 purchase worth it trust me) It's on the same level as Alien Isolation it's so creepy and just flat out perfect it Pops and will give you goose bumps this one level alone is more scary then the whole (3-disc Resident Evil 6 game) that's how flat out impressive it is Graphics/Audio I first plaid Thief on the 360 mostly cause at the time I only had my 360! I loved the game but, it had no business being put, on a console that old It looked outdated, ugly washed-out and just plain ugly! The Xbox One version looks 10x's different in PQ the colors look right, the water looks alive (Is it truly next Gen??? yes and no it woun't blow you away but, if you compare it to the base copy the 360 version is they are truly night and day trust me! there's probably somewhere online with screen shots comparing the two in PQ etc. the audio is also much better it being decode in DTS 5.1 If you have XBLive you may have got Thief (free) with Games with Gold on the 360 If you are like me and have both consoles it's worth getting the XOne copy of Thief the game should've never been put on the 360 Don't judge this game by the 360 version Now with the price being this low nobody who owns a XBox One should ignore this title hell $12.50 that's a awesome deal for a triple A title That way you'll have every right to c/o if the game does suck if you put 3-4 hrs into it and don't enjoy it for the low low price! Thief and Dishonored are two great games that are two different sides of the same coin A very misunderstood game attacked just because it would be safe to go after a Title like Thief a Re-make 9/10 My Microsoft GamerTag Duckman 1979
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Disappointing reboot
By Matt on Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2014
This game absolutely doesn't live up to the quality of the earlier Thief games. Had it been released soon after the last installment in the series, this might have been a solid game, but in 2014, selling for $60 on a next-gen console, it's pathetic. It's like they walked into a bar, found the dumbest, drunkest people in the room and told them to re-create Assassin's Creed, without the open world, in a steampunk-ish victorian-like city full of brain-dead AI. The story is atrocious, the voice acting is somehow even worse, and the gameplay doesn't come close to making up for it. Save your money and wait until the price drops to $20, then buy it for the sheer entertainment value of such hilariously stupid writing. Update: I decided to add to my review, in light of all of the 5 star reviews advising readers to ignore the 1 star reviews, with the general insinuation being that we hate this game because we're a bunch of knuckle-dragging Call of Duty players, insufficiently intelligent or sophisticated enough to appreciate a stealth game. In reality, when I pre-ordered this game, I understood that this wasn't going to be an action-packed shooter, and despite my tongue-in-cheek reference to Assassin's Creed in my original review, I didn't expect it to be that either, but what I did expect was a truly great stealth game, and the developers fed that expectation by naming it after a beloved classic franchise. While I'm not a huge fan of the stealth game genre above all others, I've played plenty of these games that were as slow-paced as this one, but still thoroughly engrossing and entertaining for hours on end. This game however, is not. The deficiencies that I mentioned in my earlier review, and countless others that I've encountered in the hours of gameplay since writing it(including terrible sound mixing and NPCs that are little more than manequins and potted plants, etc) wouldn't detract much from a game if one or two of these issues were to pop up. But once all of these problems pile up in the aggregate, the result is a game that I didn't find remotely immersive, compelling, or intellectually challenging. Basically, what I'm saying is that the slow pace of this type of game is only a problem in this particular case because the game offers nothing else to maintain interest hour after hour. So, if you're part of the subset of gamers that absolutely LOVES this genre and you're desparate to get your hands on a new stealth game to play, regardless of any glaring deficiencies, then you may thoroughly enjoy this one and not have any regrets about dropping $60 on it. For everyone else, buyer beware.
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