Thief Gold

Learning to forgive myself for knocking out every single guard. By Ted Litchfield

Old games, new perspectives RELEASE 1998 DEVELOPER Looking Glass Studios PUBLISHER Eidos LINK gog.com/en/game/thief_gold For 15 years, I’ve felt like a fake immersive sim fan. My relationship with Thief, one of the earliest imm-sims and PC stealth games, resembled the stereotype of an adult trying to finally finish that copy of Moby Dick they keep by the bed: I kept Thief and its sequel, The Metal Age, permanently installed, would try to begin a new playthrough of one or the other every few years, and I’d always stall out somewhere in the campaign, usually about a quarter of the way through. I’ve developed a history, love, and nostalgia for Thief and Thief 2, but I’ve never rolled credits on either – until now. After gelling with New Blood’s Thief-inspired sneaker,…

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