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Big on Stealth, Small on Fun
Published on June 13, 2004 By mittens In PC Gaming
FileFront posted a review that I did on the new "hit" game Thief: Deadly Shadows. I really didn't find a whole lot in this game fun... I mean, it was cool sneaking around for about a half-hour, but that's really all the game had to offer. Anyway, read the snippet, check out the full review if you want.

I'll say this now, and get it out of the way: Thief 3 retains the stealthy-ness and stealing-ness of its predecessors. From the moment you start a new campaign in the game, you're taught to conceal yourself from guards in the shadows, once said guard has his back turned then it's your job to blackjack him into submission, steal any valuables you find on his body, then toss his unconsciously-limp shell of a body into a corner somewhere far away from where anyone would ever look. Oh, yeah, and if there is any blood on the floor from your encounter, and if you did your job correctly there shouldn't be, then be sure to take a water arrow to the pool of blood… You know, to clean it up. If you don't, the remaining guards (you know, the ones you haven't gotten around to clubbing yet) are going to notice that bloody mess you made.

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