It's easy to say that Thief is one of the biggest releases of the year for gamers and probably the first big hitter of the year. Thief and Metal Gear Solid are the two franchises that started the stealth genre in the late 90's but we haven't seen a new Thief entry in over a decade. It's easy to say that this isn't worth the wait (nothing really is for ten years) It's seems like this is the right time to have a new Thief come out as the next generation consoles have just hit but actually it's not. Because Thief is getting Resident Evil 6 type reviews if you know what I mean.
What I mean is that reviews are mixed all around the board. EGM gave it a 3.5 because of it's train wreck like plot course and climax and dumb dumb AI and Revision3 Games gave it a 6 due to it not being memorable and infuriating gameplay sections. But not all is lost for Thief. Eurogamer Italy said they would even go as far and say that this a GOTY nominee due to it's great setting and action but is that really enough to qualify for a 9? Sure there has to be some hiccups somewhere.
Overall rent this one and if you don't use Gamefly borrow it from a friend or something.
Thief is rated M.
