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Love the Thief series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Thief series is one of my all time favorites and the second installment does not disappoint. If you were a fan of the first one you will enjoy this game and even if you weren't, it's still a very entertaining play.

Not for Win XP

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. But, I can't play it on my new computer for some reason. It may be related to Win XP.

Second in a great series

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game continues the Thief series, and it maintains the high level of entertainment and innovation.

Thief 2 is every bit as challenging and fun as Thief 1, with varying types of levels and goals which have to be completed using stealth and planning rather than a quick trigger finger. If I have one complaint, it's that there are repeat maps on a couple of missions, but the game is still very fun.

This series is even less graphic and gory than Thief one, which wasn't very gory at all. Yes, if you stab someone, they still do tend to bleed, but there are fewer undead creatures.

As with all older games, you might have to jerry-rig it onto your computer, but it can be done. I have played Thief Gold and Thief 2 on my laptop, which uses Windows XP. The Thief series has a very large fan following, who are only too willing to help you with any technical issues you may have. So I wouldn't worry too much about the tech support. If you can google, you can get this game running. Most of the fixes for technical issues can be corrected using very simple means, a patch that you download, or a special way of starting the computer. After I played the original Thief 2, which I had to tweak to get it to work, I bought a re-released version on Amazon (the Thief bundle), and I don't have to tweak anything at all.

Just buy it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Sorry, but this one will be short. I see other people have gone in depth about this game.

here are the facts: It is fun. it is a bitch sometimes, and it is NOT a shooter. It plays like any first person adventure, but you have to sneak around a lot (like Planet of the Apes) and learn to fire a bow over long distances - which they did excellently on graphics-wise.

If you are reading this you probably are wondering "if" you should buy it. Yes. Trust me.

Freezing problems

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

David Tate says:
Years ago I bought this game and loved it, unfortunatly it was made for Windows 95 and 98 only. So when I saw this version that advertises that is XP compatable, I bought it.
I had no problem installing the game, but when playing it if freezes the game and my computer after 1 minute of playing.
I am not sure what the problem is, but be warned; this could happen to you as well.
I wish it ran the way it did years ago.

Another (unfortunately final) Masterpiece From Looking Glass!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Alas poor Looking Glass, I knew ye games well...

Not only were Looking Glass Studios just terrific programmers and designers, but they were one of the few companies (very few) that created sequels that OUT-DID the originals!

Therefore, Thief 2 TMA, is a near flawless game in almost every aspect.

Good ol' Garrett is back and stealthier than ever! The best qualities that made the original so- well- original were the concepts. Sneaking, stealing, pick-pocketing, lock-picking, puzzle/problem solving, great cast, weaponary makes their glorious returns here and are improved (and fixed here and there too).

Now what makes The Metal Age (no, not 80s hair metal bands) better than The Dark Project? Well, aside from the improved weaponry and gadgets the story is more streamlined to adhere to the gameplay better. TMA was a tad over-board in the Hammerities theology deterring from the pacing of the game at times. Here, the Mechanists are a theology as well but don't slow down the pace. Not to say that it's thin on plot- it surely isn't- it has a great story as all LGS games do.

The graphics are great for the time it was released (today they look kind of "primitive") and the foley is terrific as always. It carries some of the SFX from TDP and adds more sounds and removes some of the annoying sounds from TDP too.

If I have to mention (and I do) any negatives I would say that there are a few glitches (even for the final version of 1.8) that ruin the game. I tended to get to get stuck in corners and had to restart. At times, when you're moving at the slowest pace you are still heard from half across a room. I found that ridiculous. Lastly, there is no 32bit resolution availabilty. Bummer.

Overall, this is another jewel in the small but flawless Looking Glass Studios crown.

The other 3 LGS games are:

System Shock
System Shock 2 (greatest PC game ever created)
Thief: The Dark Project

Now go get it/them Taffer!

The Best Game Ever!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have worked in the Role Playing Game industry for about 12 years and Thief 2 is hands down the best game I have ever played. The story, the characters, game play, everything is increadible. A game like this is a rare treasure.

Sequel to Thief: The Better Half

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: October 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely fell in love with this game even before I had played Thief: The Dark Project. I'm so glad I started out with the "better" part of this game with Garrett's mechanical eye, vine arrows and probably a lot more. These help big time in getting past the levels. I experienced its absence when I played Thief: The Dark Project which was pretty tedious, but it wasn't bad.

Thief 2: The Metal Age has got quite a story. You'll be amazed to find out (which I did after analyzing the game during Algebra) the pace in progress by starting out at some fancy mansion to help someone, to actually saving the city. On the way, a lot of things are encountered which lead to other things causing subplots but in the end they're all related to the big picture, and it doesn't get off track.

I was pretty addicted to this game, and still am. I long to slip into that sober and forbidding atmosphere which is brought out so well through the music and the lighting; and Garrett helps the situation through his sarcasm and cynicalness.

This is one kind of game which I know I won't grow out of. In a way, it's not repititive, as sometimes when you save the game at a point where a guard's going to walk in on you, he sometimes won't turn up when the game is loaded. Also, in levels that require locating some kind of loot or item which you carry on to the next level, (considering that you're starting fresh on the level) it can be hidden in 14 different places, and I haven't experienced all of it either!

I really recommend this game, especially if you're a First-Person-Shooter person, and for once there aren't the usual shotput guns or bazookas or alienated monsters and what-not. Thief 2: The Metal Age is definately a break-through.

Wonderful Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

So here is how it works The Metal Age has a better STORY. The Metal Age has better missions.

Wonderful game all round frankly it is also one of a kind because no other game forces you to reley on strength, speed and wits at the same time. If you are feed up with the other games that really seem to have no point other than to blow stuff up try this game on for size.

Overall-Has the best theif mission ever--Life of the Party

Best Single Player Game Ever Made

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Thief: The Dark Project is without a doubt the best single player game ever made. Thief 2: The Metal Age is nearly as good as the original and has several of the best Thief missions (Life of the Party, Casing the Joint). If you don't already own it, buy this game.

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