Updated Review 3/14/2025

Based on the quality of games coming out today filled with woke garbage and disfigured butch "female" character designs I'm giving this a thumbs up. I'll take this mediocre game over 90% of the crap coming out today.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As a long time fan of the series, I was really excited to hear Eidos was making this game (especially having enjoyed Deus Ex Human Revolution so much so I expected good things). That said, this a pretty sorry excuse for a game regardless if you are familiar with the previous titles or not.

First of all, let's start with the awful storyline. Not only did I find the story completely predictable, it was not even remotely well written or interesting at all. There really is not much else to say about the story, moving on.

The number one complaint I have against this game was how little it actually felt like previous thief games. Sure there is a sneaking mechanic, but the rest of the gameplay completely falls flat when the AI is asked to anything other than move from patrol point to patrol point. The second you are detected, the horrible AI reveals just how bad it truly is. Expect to see guards running into walls and unable to show any signs of intelligence in trying to track you down. When I was detected, the simple act of clambering up onto a dresser or balcony is enough to evade them for good so long as you wait for them to give up.

If I was not getting annoyed over how easily I was able to sneak wherever I pleased with little to no resistance, I was facepalming my way though all the parkour driven rush sequences which feel completely out of place in this game. Hey Call of Duty does these types of sequences great, that does not mean I want to see it in a game like Thief Eidos, COMON!

When there actually were brief moments in the game when I thought it had a chance to feel like the Thief games of old I love, those moments were quickly erased and forgotten amidst the horrible dialogue, out of place action sequences that you are forced to endure, and laughable AI that was about as challenging as pressing DELETE from my installed games...