Retro Revival, Part #30 - Thief Gold (2012, GOG.COM)

[Beelzebubb]

4:07 What was that you ask? It was Demiath beating the shit out a lamp.

[Demiath]

@Beelzebubb Yeah, I loved that. Haven't played Thief 1 in many years and it was a big WTF moment for me (I first thought the servant had a metal helmet or something...) until I realized what it was that I had *actually* hit with that blackjack...

[ArbitraryWater]

Thief is by far my favorite stealth game from the time when stealth games were super punishing. Of course, I never did beat it, partially for that reason.

[Demiath]

@ArbitraryWater After struggling with it for quite some time, I blazed through Thief 1 during three intense summer days back in 1999. Thief 2 is probably the game in the series I spent the most time with (frequently starting over etc.), but I actually never finished that one.

Punishing or not, Thief is one of the few stealth series which actually make sense and have reasonably logical and transparent rules (although part of the game's charm is also the emergent silliness which can ensue).