"So far, I have only played this game through the first couple levels, and I must say, these guys have done a great job keeping it real. Everything in it is great - graphics, sounds, AI is decent, everything. I remember pirating the first Thief back when it first came out, and I couldn\'t afford it due to the fact that I was just entereing high school."
Overall: Wow, what a great game. Excelent story line, that's the best thing in the game. I haven't finished the game yet, i want to know what's going on, but i don't want to end the gameplay. Gameplay: Very nice. The shadows are excelent, as the case sais, real time shadows, and its true. Even though this is supposed to be in medievel times, there is electricity. Graphics: Nice visual nothing Ninja gaiden like, but the cutscenes are really good. This is a visually nive game. Sound: Great sounds. This game is obligated to have great sound because you need to hear the footsteps of your enemies. Suggestions: Hope, your sequel will be better than this one, with a better storyline than this one, wich will be tough.
Overall: i am new to the thief series, but familiar with the stealth genre... thief: deadly shadows is a good game, offering an athmospheric, fun and challenging game... it is no splinter cell, but few are... a good game overall Gameplay: gameplay is easy to get used to, and doesnt seem as but complex as splinter cell (which can be good or bad, depending how you look at it), and it lacks moves, like the rolls, jumps and stealth manouvers you can perform in splinter cell. gameplay is enhanced by an optional 3rd or 1st person view point, and both work prety well... although there are sometimes problems regarding the camera angle in 3rd person. enemy AI does not seem to be great, and enemies repeat the same things alot. frame rate is sometimes slightly slow, but not to the extent that gameplay is effected...
the game also boasts a good physics engine, like that of deus ex, but it is quite slow to respond to movement and actions.gameplay is good, and is similar to that of deus ex, and is only let down by being slightly repetative... but the pros outweigh the cons... Graphics: it is again visually similar to deus ex, which is no insult... nice lighting effects, and great textures make this game great to look at... but there are no real visual effects, it all seems like fancy textures and lighting, i would have liked to see some nice water effects, and grass and trees responding to wind... but that is less of a complaint, and more of a suggestion... for what already is a very nice looking game. Sound: sound is good, and will let you know if you are being heard... effects are good and varied, like when walking on wood you hear that hollow clunking sound, when on metal you hear a light tapping noise, and when on gravel, that crunching sound... overall, it does what it is meant to do... and it does it well... however characters voice acting is quite sarchastic, and exactly great... but that is a small complaint, sound is good. Suggestions: in this game there is very little replay value, and if you want to compete with the likes of splinter cell you will need a multiplayer mode... and i would sugest using a better engine, but this game will probably not only be on xbox and pc for its next outing, as EA are probably buying eidos out... shame
Overall: its a good game, im jsut not one thats into the stealth as much, so i guess it wasnt really a game for me, but i still enjoyed it Gameplay: the gameplay was good, the ai was surprisingly good, and the controls were fine. the stealth was better than in lots of games ive played in the past, and i didnt feel the need to just go and kill everyone i saw, like i do in most stealth games. the one thing i didnt like, was how i could almost never climb on anything with the climbing gloves. it said climb any wood, metal or stone surface, but 9 out of 10 times, i couldnt climb at all, and it cost me lots of life Graphics: very good visuals. garret looked exeptianally good, lots of detail. thers not much to say about it, they were just good. Sound: the music was a more silent creepy music, jsut to get u into the whole stealth mood, but the voice acting was good. the conversations u can listen to, can be quite entertaining as well.
Overall: A fun, althogh hard, game that really snuck up on me later in the year. The cool lighting and physics engine really make it cooler than most stealth games. Gameplay: Awesome gameplay, although I found the controls just a bit odd. There is also an action aspect that really makes it cool. My favorite is the arrows you shoot at enemies. Graphics: Excellent lighting effects and physics, but the framerate from this game really lags it back a notch. Sound: Good, the ambient effects are good and sounds from stabbing also sound realistic. Even when you hit men in the chest with arrows, they scream, very real if you ask me. Suggestions: Make another one but please do something about the framerate.
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