Thief: The Dark Project hits online games shops!

Downloadable version for sale on Gamersgate. Now go and buy it, curse you!

Buy it and experience some of the greatest stealth gameplay, atmosphere, and story telling to feature in a game. Buy it in memory of Looking Glass Studios, one of the greatest PC development houses to bless this planet. Buy it to explore some of the most memorable levels included in any game, great rambling sprawls with multiple paths through them. Buy it to experience the humour. Buy it to understand my user name.

Look, really, just go buy it. It's a true classic of PC gaming.

Wonder why Good Old Games doesn't have it? This is the kind of game that service is designed for. D2D, Impulse and Steam don't have it either, just Gamersgate.

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Downloadable version for sale on Gamersgate. Now go and buy it, curse you!

Buy it and experience some of the greatest stealth gameplay, atmosphere, and story telling to feature in a game. Buy it in memory of Looking Glass Studios, one of the greatest PC development houses to bless this planet. Buy it to explore some of the most memorable levels included in any game, great rambling sprawls with multiple paths through them. Buy it to experience the humour. Buy it to understand my user name.

Look, really, just go buy it. It's a true classic of PC gaming.

Wonder why Good Old Games doesn't have it? This is the kind of game that service is designed for. D2D, Impulse and Steam don't have it either, just Gamersgate.

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Maybe Gamersgate struck some deal with whoever holds the Thief rights to release it first? I'll get it at a later date. Too many games to play atm.

YES!! PRAISE THE GODS!! YES!! YES!! YES!!
Finally I can play it on my Vista!! Now if only they would come out with a downloadable version of The Metal Project (the best :beam:)!
I think that I will make my first ever Gamersgate purchase when I get home tonight.

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Originally Posted by Just Vuk Again

Finally I can play it on my Vista!!

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Sure about that? I know GOG makes them all compatible but Steam for example doesn't in my experience.

No thanks, I've still got my original Thief and Thief II disks. :3

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Sure about that? I know GOG makes them all compatible but Steam for example doesn't in my experience.

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It will not work for computer illiterate people who don't know how to google.

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=76504

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No thanks, I've still got my original Thief and Thief II disks. :3

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Good girl.

Thief worked on vista for me by the way, no problem at all. You just have to install Thief 2 first, no idea why.

And everything the Frogmod says. This is my favorite game ever, nothing comes close to this absolute masterpiece. Get it, play it, love it. Then play and love the tons of fanwork by a rabid audience of hardcore fans who are devoted to this game even today. You wouldn't believe what some have pulled of with this ancient engine.

THIEEEEEEEEEEF

Also, Gamersgate fails so hard for giving us Thief: TDP but not the superior Thief: Gold.

awesome games, not interested in buying them from gamersgate.

[edit] ooh, just seen the magic phrase: "DRM: DRM Free"

what does this mean in the context of gamers gate?

does it really DRM free, a-la GoG, i.e. just an .exe? [/edit]

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Also, Gamersgate fails so hard for giving us Thief: TDP but not the superior Thief: Gold.

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Mwah, the Thief guild level really sucked.

Heh, taffers who already have the games are exempt from the command to buy. It's the other 99.999% of the population which needs to comply. Any version of Thief is better than no version :yes:

Still got my original Thief, Thief: Gold and Thief II CDs in place next to System Shock 2 and Deus Ex, right on the small section of rack next to my monitor.

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awesome games, not interested in buying them from gamersgate.

[edit] ooh, just seen the magic phrase: "DRM: DRM Free"

what does this mean in the context of gamers gate?

does it really DRM free, a-la GoG, i.e. just an .exe? [/edit]

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Based on the other DRM free games I have from the services, yes. There's no launcher or overall program like Steam or Impulse.

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Still got my original Thief, Thief: Gold and Thief II CDs in place next to System Shock 2 and Deus Ex

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lol, the best games ever, no contest. Why is it that usually people who like one like the others too? :P Must just be good taste. ~;)

Maybe because they are the best games ever???

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Maybe because they are the best games ever???

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lol, absolutely. Too many bubble-gum console addicts in their teens out there. People have forgotten what real games are like!

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Also, Gamersgate fails so hard for giving us Thief: TDP but not the superior Thief: Gold.

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That is a gem that belongs only to those who truly appreciate the game.

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Based on the other DRM free games I have from the services, yes. There's no launcher or overall program like Steam or Impulse.

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Oh? So if I buy SoaSE on Impulse, I'll have to download some useless program such as Steam to play it? Terribad, seems that I'm going to buy a non digital version then :-(

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Oh? So if I buy SoaSE on Impulse, I'll have to download some useless program such as Steam to play it? Terribad, seems that I'm going to buy a non digital version then :-(

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If you want patches Sins is tied to Impulse regardless. My version of Sins is the retail box one and patches can only be obtained via Impulse's automatic update system.

Outside of updates, you can completely ignore Impulse. You can launch games without it and it will not launch itself to run in the background at the same time like Steam insists on doing. Nor are you required to go into a special mode to play without an internet connection.

NB: This information is good for the basic Sins game. Don't know if it's been changed with any of the expansions or the trinity version.

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lol, absolutely. Too many bubble-gum console addicts in their teens out there. People have forgotten what real games are like!

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Hey I am a console kiddie, pc gaming let me down :shame:

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Hey I am a console kiddie, pc gaming let me down :shame:

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lol, I got nothing against people who play consoles, I was referring to a certain brand of them (the mainstream one at that :P). The thing is that honestly, less and less people are interested in serious games with any sort of depth, storyline, or anything else that requires thinking. They want a mind-numbing escape from reality where they don't have to think at all. Or at least that is what a look at successful console titles would make you believe.

Mwah, games have gotten much better overall, but you can't expect true genius to emerge every year. Thief touched a nerve of a niche audience, and it still does, it's amazing how much fan-support such an old title still has. We are insane!

But with Thief I understood immersion for the first time, I could almost feel the walls, feel the moist cold of the night, truly hear and even smell the city, it was an amazing experience to be sucked in so much. You were really there in that twisted alternative reality these idiots at looking-glass thought up.

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Based on the other DRM free games I have from the services, yes. There's no launcher or overall program like Steam or Impulse.

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cheers.

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Mwah, games have gotten much better overall, but you can't expect true genius to emerge every year. Thief touched a nerve of a niche audience, and it still does, it's amazing how much fan-support such an old title still has. We are insane!

But with Thief I understood immersion for the first time, I could almost feel the walls, feel the moist cold of the night, truly hear and even smell the city, it was an amazing experience to be sucked in so much. You were really there in that twisted alternative reality these idiots at looking-glass thought up.

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Technology has gotten better I will agree. Graphics have gotten better, huge strides have been made to allow you to do more things in games, etc, but for all of that, games still stink. :P When it gets down to it, what makes a game isn't fancy graphics or being able to put 50000 people on a map at any one time, it is the immersion, the depth, the atmosphere, way that the game plays through. That requires creativity, not just crunching numbers. I honestly think that designers just do not put enough creative energy into their games. They do not have to, they know that if they put a lot less energy into it and a little more polish that the easily pleased modern gaming crowd will throw away thier money on it.
Games like Deus Ex and Thief weren't just game mechanics with a random world wrapped around them, they had real soul. They were games that were driven by a storyline (other in the case of Thief 2), by a feel, and by a world, and the game mechanics were meant to compliment those. It is like a movie, would you make a movie based on some filming technique or CGI that you want to try out, and then add in storyline and characters? Of course you wouldn't, and Roleplaying games should be no different.

There are still plenty of good games, but the PC got treated badly, it's happening on consoles nowadays. But it will never be the same. The last imho true pc game was STALKER, right up there with Deus Ex and Thief.

I just purchased Gold, Metal Age, and Deadly Shadows from GAME for £15. Huzzah!

Play it, love it, join us

join us nowwwwwwwwww

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Play it, love it, join us

join us nowwwwwwwwww

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Yeah, but throw away Deadly Shadows. ~;)

Froze on the training mission. A bad omen?

Edit: Nothing of the sort. Thief just doesn't like dual processors. First level was good stuff, though before I get any further I'm going to start again on Expert.

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Yeah, but throw away Deadly Shadows. ~;)

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QFE. Seriously, just QFE.

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Froze on the training mission. A bad omen?

Edit: Nothing of the sort. Thief just doesn't like dual processors. First level was good stuff, though before I get any further I'm going to start again on Expert.

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Open the Task Manager, right click your Thief process, choose Set Affinity, uncheck all but one CPU.

Surprisingly, I never played this. Based on what I'm reading here, and what my brother mentioned long ago, maybe I should. I like being sneaky/stealthy etc. so it looks like something I might like. Are you sure the dated graphics won't be too much of a detraction from what otherwise seems to be a first-class game?

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Surprisingly, I never played this. Based on what I'm reading here, and what my brother mentioned long ago, maybe I should. I like being sneaky/stealthy etc. so it looks like something I might like. Are you sure the dated graphics won't be too much of a detraction from what otherwise seems to be a first-class game?

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lol, not at all. They are nothing to modern graphics, but they get across what whey seek to represent. The game will draw you in with its sounds, shadows, etc. It is the best gaming experience out there.

Yes! Oh yes, my woodsie love <3

How I love this taffin' game.

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Yeah, but throw away Deadly Shadows. ~;)

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The graphics were dated when it came out, get some mods for character models, but the Dark Engine has the distinct quality of feeling real. Graphics, no. But the sound has still to be beaten even after all these years, there is nothing like trying to map something out by just listening. If you are patient and methodical you will not die, you are in fact not allowed to kill on highest difficulty, and we hardcore Thief fans, well they never even noticed we were even there in the first place, we call it ghosting. We just took the loot, the guards possibly getting fired next day is our satisfaction.

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lol, not at all. They are nothing to modern graphics, but they get across what whey seek to represent. The game will draw you in with its sounds, shadows, etc. It is the best gaming experience out there.

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^- second opinion.

And if you think we are dripping with fanboyism, wait what the rabid fan community comes up with, TONS of missions of amazing quality. Reading novels and poems goes a bit too far for me, but you should have gotten it by now.

http://www.thief-thecircle.com/ <-- our bible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28sQGe5BfiA <-- first mission intro, such class

Thanks for the replies ... not sure why I never played this one. I think I was so overboard with Shogun that I just missed it and never caught up. I am now about a year or two behind in all games, which I think is a good thing 'cuz I save a lot of money enjoying games that have been out a while but are "new" to me. And my PC is aging too, so the newest games probably won't run well on it. So, $9.99 for a ten-year-old game that has withstood the test of time with flying colors like this sounds like a winner indeed.

Now I have to see if I can find my ninja suit, it's been a while.

Ah, more converts. Excellent :rubs hands together:

Be sure to post your impressions ... and let me know when you meet my cousins :frog:

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Thanks for the replies ... not sure why I never played this one. I think I was so overboard with Shogun that I just missed it and never caught up. I am now about a year or two behind in all games, which I think is a good thing 'cuz I save a lot of money enjoying games that have been out a while but are "new" to me. And my PC is aging too, so the newest games probably won't run well on it. So, $9.99 for a ten-year-old game that has withstood the test of time with flying colors like this sounds like a winner indeed.

Now I have to see if I can find my ninja suit, it's been a while.

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Thief: The Dark Project was one of the first games to genuinely freak me out. In the second mission, where you have to go into a Hammerite factory/cathedral/prison, you start out in some mines. But not just any mines... oh no. Haunted mines with zombies. Not just any zombies... unkillable (kinda) zombies.
But the true test of any gamer's underwear color is to make a blind run into the Return to the Cathedral mission. Not going to spoil it, but if your pants aren't brown by the end of RTC, you're a better gamer than most.

Trust all of us when we say that this is 10 dollars WELL spent. And the life of the game increases when you download and play fan missions. Of course, I prefer to do a Lytha run of the game before starting fan missions, just to squeeze out as much enjoyment as I can.
(I am such a geek for knowing who Lytha is)

(I am such a geek for knowing who Lytha is)

Could be worse, I am not really that much of a geek

And oh god yes. I made the mistake of picking normal skill level first round, and I was all 'what the hell is a hammer doing here', whacked it on the head anyway because it's fun but it didn't go down and chopped me up good.

JOIN US........JOIN US NOW

dear god, didn't touch the game for months after that, and that place still freaks me out today.

but this helps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC2P8IpwZfU

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(I am such a geek for knowing who Lytha is)

Could be worse, I am not really that much of a geek

And oh god yes. I made the mistake of picking normal skill level first round, and I was all 'what the hell is a hammer doing here', whacked it on the head anyway because it's fun but it didn't go down and chopped me up good.

JOIN US........JOIN US NOW

dear god, didn't touch the game for months after that, and that place still freaks me out today.

but this helps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC2P8IpwZfU

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lol, nice vid. :P
And yes, RTHC was one of the finest missions in the game. Another nice one I would say is the Hammer Novice one (I forget the name, haven't played in too long...Strange Bedfellows?). That was my favorite Thief mission of all time.
Frag is right, it is the sounds in Thief that really create the experience. They are soft, subtle, powerful, and as creepy as heck. I remember nearly jumping out of my seat at moments playing that game. :P

My favorite mission is The Sword, it starts out harmless enough, cutscene should have hinted you that this isn't your everyday's job. You break into a normal looking mansion but what you find is complete insanity. Honorable mention goes to Life at the Party in Thief 2, the scope of that mission is bewildering. I missed that feeling in Thief 2 of actually traveling to a place, and Life at the Party delivered in spades there. That one mission is bigger then the entire city of Thief 3. Gah to Thief 3.

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My favorite mission is The Sword, it starts out harmless enough, cutscene should have hinted you that this isn't your everyday's job. You break into a normal looking mansion but what you find is complete insanity. Honorable mention goes to Life at the Party in Thief 2, the scope of that mission is bewildering. I missed that feeling in Thief 2 of actually traveling to a place, and Life at the Party delivered in spades there. That one mission is bigger then the entire city of Thief 3. Gah to Thief 3.

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Yeah, Thief II was my favorite. I liked Life of the Party because there was just so much to do and explore, but my favorite Thief II missions were S&R and the Bank Mission. Those two are my standards of what great Thief Missions should be like.
And yeah, Gah to Thief 3 (I would say something else to Thief 3, but I want to keep it PG :beam:).

S&R was boring imho, I am not that fond of Thief 2 despite it being the second best game ever made, I adore it for the fan-work but the campaign didn't do it for me. A few very good missions, and the Bank is absolutely awesome in every taffin way with all that marble floor, found the eater egg? It about a vault.

Lord Bafford's is and was my favourite from the series. A perfect showcase for the game's core gameplay, it had a certain purity to it. There are levels which do every single element better - bigger, more complex, more humourous, more atmospheric, more challenging. Yet there's something about sneaking into a snooty oaf's mansion to steal his pretentious loot ...

"I'm going to the bear pits tomorrow. You wanna come with?"

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S&R was boring imho, I am not that fond of Thief 2 despite it being the second best game ever made, I adore it for the fan-work but the campaign didn't do it for me. A few very good missions, and the Bank is absolutely awesome in every taffin way with all that marble floor, found the eater egg? It about a vault.

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lol, S&R boring?! ~;) I loved it because it was such a sand box experience and because it had so many options (like Life of the Party) to do so many things in so many different ways. In fact, I was such a noob that I played the mission over about 30 times trying to get into every little place possible (as well as all the ones that are supposed to be impossible to access. :beam:). And yeah, the Bank mission is my fav in Thief II. I remember one time I got this bot after me and was running like crazy. I thought that I had just lost it and I snuck up some stairs and opened a door, and there his big fr***ing eye was looking me in the face! I was so sleep deprive, it was so late, and I was so on edge that I completely freaked out. :P I honestly have never been scared or startled in any game except the Thiefs and SS2. :P (actually that is not true, Killing Floor managed to freak me out a few times too :P)

Ah what to say it's Thief, you are either absolutely in love with it, or are an idiot, or you haven't played it, that makes you an idiot as well.

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Ah what to say it's Thief, you are either absolutely in love with it, or are an idiot, or you haven't played it, that makes you an idiot as well.

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lol, yup. Either an idiot or raised on a desert island. :P

I see what so many of you mean regarding the game's use of sound effects. Haven't had a lot of time free to play it, but I just started up the Haunted Mines. Didn't half jump when I heard that first groan. I mean, I knew there were zombies.. but I was expecting them to be there when I rounded a corner or something, not right under my bleedin' nose!

great mission

Where's my thief 4 at?

All 3 of the games are great, even thief 3, which many people complained about because it was cut down to fit on xbox 1.

Hated Thief 3. Not that interested in Thief 4 really, it's just never going to be the same.

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Hated Thief 3. Not that interested in Thief 4 really, it's just never going to be the same.

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+1
I really have low expectations for Thief 4 (to the point that I am not gonna buy it unless I hear some really good reviews from Thief fans who I trust), and Thief 3 was aweful. I don't know, maybe it would not have been bad as its own game, but it is not a Thief game.

There was one reason and one reason only to not completely hate on Thief 3:

Shalebridge Cradle.

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There was one reason and one reason only to not completely hate on Thief 3:

Shalebridge Cradle.

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To be completely honest, I like that mission, but not as much as I like most Thief I and II missions. I think people like it so much because it was the only bright spot in a pile of dung, so it really stood out.

The cradle makes that little bit of difference between me hating the game and strapping up a bomb-belt.

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The cradle makes that little bit of difference between me hating the game and strapping up a bomb-belt.

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lol, my sentiments exactly! :P It was a great mission, but would have been much better if it was built in a real Thief game.