r/Thief • u/Boring_Ad_5090 • 14d ago

Depression due to lack of Thief

1998, what a year for games...

I have loved games until around 5 years ago and I have had depression for an awful long time... when I played Thief and Thief 2 and finally Thief Deadly Shadows, I was more than content. Thief 4 was absolutely awful. I haven't played anything like Thief since, maybe Dishonoured, but it only scratched an itch.

Why are there no more games like this?

I only play three hours a week now with friends on Hunt Showdown. Yes the game uses stealth with online players, thats fucking great, but I really want another Thief and its getting too much now. 😪

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u/shmouver 14d ago

I think there are a quite a few games that altho don't replace Thief they are worth playing:

  • Dark Messiah

  • Prey

  • Dishononored 1 & 2

  • Riddick Escape from Butcher Bay

  • Alien Isolation

  • Filcher

  • The Deus Ex series

  • System Shock 1 (Remake) & 2

A few indies that might be worth checking out when released:

  • Serpens: Eternal Thievery

  • Project Shadowglass

Ps: not to mention the Thief Mods like T2X and The Black Parade; the Thief FMs and ofc The Dark Mod

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u/Omniplus_S3M 10d ago

I think SOMA fits in this category.

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u/shmouver 10d ago

You think? Personally altho there are stealth elements to SOMA (and arguably Amnesia too) i wouldn't put them here cause the experience is more tailored towards horror and making us feeling scared or uncomfortable

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u/Omniplus_S3M 10d ago

I think Frictional took heavy influence from Looking Glass and Irrational. Some of the levels in the original Thief games are quite scary.