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[Chake]

Holy shit. Wasn't this game developed for 5 years?

 

[Corpsepyre]

OPM UK: 7/10

http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/review/thief-ps4-review-gameplay-official-playstation-magazine-score/

 

[Dictator93]

I think we should create some sort of effigy version of him. I miss his rather on-point criticism.

 

[Horns]

It's what I would have expected from reviews. I haven't combed through the reviews yet, but I do want to see what they say about console performance differences.

 

[Coffee Dog]

Maybe the reviewers didn't flip the toggles that make it a true successor to the old thief games

 

[Nugg]

I was secretly hoping a Deus Ex HR situation. I remember everyone hating it before release and it turned out to be pretty good.

I'm still curious, is it also a bad game for someone who has zero knowledge of the Thief series? I mean, is it a bad game, or just a bad Thief game

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Holy shit. Wasn't this game developed for 5 years?

Yeah, that's probably why it's a mediocre pile of cobbled together mush.

 

[benny_a]

But the pre-order bonus is awesome.

 

[Ricker]

Eurogamer Italy: 9/10

'One of the best action-stealth titles in years and the first serious contender for the “2014 Game of the Year” contest.'

Who to believe...this or Lazygamers 6.9...not a 7 but a 6.9,that's being pretty thorought there

 

[Terbinator]

Perfect.

 

[Number45]

Happy enough with these scores. Was never going to be day one, but at least it should be fun when I do get around to picking it up (or it goes free on PS+).

 

[fantomena]

Derrick was right all the time.

 

[PedroLumpy]

All hail our savior/He died for our sins etc.

 

[Azebra]

I was secretly hoping a Deus Ex HR situation. I remember everyone hating it before release and it turned out to be pretty good.

I'm still curious, is it also a bad game for someone who has zero knowledge of the Thief series? I mean, is it a bad game, or just a bad Thief game

Seems to be pulling an Other M, a decent game, but a bad Metroid game.

 

[Zia]

Welp, at least we have Dishonored. Wish Square would fund a Thief II HD, sigh.

 

[SparkTR]

Maybe the reviewers didn't flip the toggles that make it a true successor to the old thief games

They'd need a toggle that redesigns the entire game.

 

[GoodlifeX]

When you are down on every game, you have to be right sometimes.

 

[Xater]

Pretty glad now I decided to get banished and not getting this. Reviews are even worse than I expected.

 

[tookhster]

Wow, I was expecting this to be around the 85% range but apparently a lot of complaints come from technical stuff like the AI. Damn, I wanted this game to be good.

I'll still pick it up and try it out since I'm a sucker for stealth games.

 

[Sub Zero]

Currently playing Dishonored and having a blast, such a fun and rewarding stealth game. Looks like Thief has some good values which are overshadowed by some major problems like bad level design, weak story and average AI. Will wait for the eventual Steam Sale to get this

 

[SJRB]

If the scores were 3.5/10 Derrick would've been right. False prophet.

 

[SkyTurnsRed]

I played Thief II for the first time about a month and a half ago and it was arguably one of the finest stealth experiences I've ever played. I decided to wait to play this before going back and playing Thief I and DS. Man, do I regret that decision.

I'll still play this... but man. It hurts. The Dark Mod is in my future, it seems.

 

[Dawg]

www.4gamers.be/reviews/34205/1/Thief

77/100

 

[FHIZ]

You'd think everyone gave it a 4/10 by the reactions in here...

As someone who wasn't really a Thief fan before, this looks fun, I need something to play, and since I had no real expectations, I'm in.

 

[Shake Appeal]

One day we'll get a first-person stealth game worthy of the name.

One day.

 

[Radec]

Yikes.

 

[shinobi602]

About what I expected. A lot of 6s, but I expected a lot of 7s. Some 8s are nice. It looks fun, I'll enjoy it once it hits around $30 or so.

 

[iMax]

I see Kotaku aren't holding back any punches.

Thief is a woeful disappointment, a bowl of stealth gruel best pushed aside in favor of tastier fare. Let it sit, let it grow cold, and let it be rinsed away.

 

[KORNdoggy]

knew it would be devisive.

you have the guys who wanted a re-tread of thief 2 (unrealistic expectations much?)

and you have the guys who never cared or who are open to change.

pre-order kept.

 

[antitrop]

Adam Sessler gives it a 3... out 5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny1wtt8NaiU

 

[Corpsepyre]

Edit: Nevermind. Link's broken

 

[Sendou]

You'd think everyone gave it a 4/10 by the reactions in here...

You really have to do something special to be able to get 4/10 scores. 6/10 is the low end of the rating scale with video games.

Videogamer: 7/10

http://www.videogamer.com/reviews/thief_the_dark_project_review.html

You may want to check what you just linked.

 

[bryanee]

Scores are fine. You'd of thought it had got twos and three's out of ten.

 

[Oersted]

We never deserved him.

 

[jett]

Welp.

 

[zerokoolpsx]

Higher than expected.

 

[antitrop]

You'd think everyone gave it a 4/10 by the reactions in here...

As someone who wasn't really a Thief fan before, this looks fun, I need something to play, and since I had no real expectations, I'm in.

A 6/10 for a AAA game is about as low as they will ever score. That puts it at Medal of Honor: Warfighter tier.

 

[PoweredBySoy]

Watching the game being streamed for 20 minutes told me everything I needed to know. Rental at best.

 

[Aaron]

Watching some of these video reviews, I'm not sure which is worse, the AI or the dialogue.

 

[Liha]

GameStar PC version
78/100

R.I.P. Thief

 

[Wag]

Well, considering I only paid like $7 for the game I don't feel too badly about this. It's about what I expected.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Good not great seems to be the consensus? I'll redbox it sometime, I guess.

 

[RaikuHebi]

My expectations were obviously really low because that's better than I expected and Ludwig gave it a decent score and I trust his word.

 

[Hurley]

Totalbiscuit seems to like it in his WTF is video.

Really wasn't expecting that.

 

[Deadbeat]

Adam Sessler gives it a 3... out 5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny1wtt8NaiU

Game is that bad? Thats astounding.

 

[Orayn]

$5 on the 2014 Christmas sale it is! (Not gonna waste $10 this Summer.)

You'd think everyone gave it a 4/10 by the reactions in here...

As someone who wasn't really a Thief fan before, this looks fun, I need something to play, and since I had no real expectations, I'm in.

7-10 review scale. 6 or 7 is the lowest they'll ever give to a high budget game from a big publisher in most cases, with 5 and under usually being reserved for shovelware and joke reviews.

 

[kitschbeam]

Truly didn't expect this.

 

[Nirolak]

Yeah that sounds about how it looked.

 

[MrCookiepants]

I was expecting a lot from this game. Oh well. It's not like there aren't other games to play in March.

 

[Sendou]

Game Informer: 8/10