is thief III any good?

[C0ckney]

i was walking around town the other day and i decided to have a look in game in swansea, something which i haven't done for ages, to see if anything good had come out. anyway i'm browsing the shelves, nothing very interesting i think, and then i catch sight of it 'thief', but it's £30, it must be the new one i thought. so i had a look at the box and it seems to look very much like the other games but obviously a lot better, pretty hefty system requirements but what can you do. i loved both the thief games but i didn't buy the new one because my computer is on the blink and i'm very skint.

but i would like to know if anyone else has brought it, what they thought of it and is it worth spending £30 on it when i get myself sorted out?

i heard it was originally going to be a lot more free, sorta like a medieval grand theft auto, is that right or is it still the traditional mission structure?

[C0ckney]

nm, just found out you need XP to run it, what a pile of ****

[alva]

You can run it on 98 and ME too, IIRC there is a patch or a mod for that.

[Zero]

countdown till Skanky spotting anyone?

[Arnelos]

In answer to the question of the thread:

YES, Thief III is quite good. I loved it.

[Skanky Burns]

Howdy.

Sad to say, I still have yet to play this game past where the demo gets you to. I got to town and kind of lost interest at that point. Apparently if you force yourself to play through the town part and get to the actual missions, they are fun.

[alva]

You still have not finished it ????

[DrSpike]

Me neither. I thought I was just getting uber-picky about games, but maybe it's not me if Mr No1 Thief fan over there also didn't really get into the game.

[Kassiopeia]

I haven't played I or II much so I can't say, but III was fun. It was a bit finicky near the end, but altogether it was great. A GTA it ain't, the City is pretty cramped and prowling is limited to dodging the guardsmen and the hostile faction of the day. I did burglar a few houses and a tavern, but the spoils weren't much. There's also a clear set of missions you have to pass, one after another, definitely traditional.

[Arnelos]

I played through Thief III twice.

Skanky, get past the opening town... it's well worth it.

[Skanky Burns]

The City aspect between missions let the rest of the game down, and I still haven't mustered up enough willpower to force myself to play through it to get back to the good bits of Thief III.

A Four Fat Chicks review sums up my feelings perfectly.

Alas, what should have been the most thrilling aspect of the game is in fact the one most desperately botched: the rest of Deadly Shadows is a solid nine out of ten. The City is a two. [...] As it is, it's your rancid and undercooked mussel, and you will run, not walk, to get your errands wrapped up so you can move on.

[child of Thor]

i got it last week from Game, they had it on special offer for £19.99(xbox) if you bought something else over £5.00 in the store.

Strangely my experience was much like Skanky's - now it sits gathering dust, waiting for a rainy day while i get on with Mech Commander(PC) and LMA manager(xbox)............ i liked the first one as well, so i dont know whats going on? It just hasnt grabbed me yet - but at the same time i'm glad i got it

[Arnelos]

I do have to agree that the missions get a solid 9/10 while the cityscape doesn't fair very well by comparison...

Some of the missions are just awesome, though... it's well worth getting to them.