Thief 1: Thief: The Dark Project is a first-person 3D action/adventure game that puts you in the role of a master thief relying on stealth and cunning. Utilising the revolutionary new Dark Engine the game will transport you into a dark and immersive techno-fantasy world of stealth intrigue deception and combat. You will embark on a series of adventures that are woven into a compelling story of seduction betrayal and ultimately revenge. In order to survive you must use stealth and evasive manoeuvres to progress through a world where shadows are your only ally trust is not an option and confrontation usually results in death. Thief 2: Slip through the shadows. Steal to survive. On the streets and rooftops of a darkened city where the forces of a corrupt sheriff loom it takes someone with a soft touch and even softer step to stay ahead of the law. For a master thief like Garrett the choices are clear: profit or perish. Thief II: The Metal Age expands on the smash-hit "first-person sneaker" Thief: The Dark Project demanding a whole new level of stealth strategy and skill to survive.

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Played on Windows Vista 64 bit. Run as Admin. Compatability windows 2000. Supports single core machines only. If you have Dual core, then do this: load up the game->press Ctrl/Alt/Del to bring up task manager->Select Processes tab->select "show processes from all users" ok-> right click the game name in the list, and select "set affinity" -> Untick all the boxes, EXCEPT "cpu 0" -> click ok, and you are done, enjoy the game ;0)

I remember playing Theif 2 & 3 clearly, but 1 was a bit hazy. I could had sworn i had played it, but having just completed it today via this sold out game pack, it didnt seem a familiar story, after all.

However it was still a cracking game for its age i thought. I highly reccomend playing the short tutorial at the begining, just to get your self aquanted with the game. It's a FPS perspective, and you play the role of the Thief(Garret) mentioned in the title. You will need plenty of patience, as it mainly involves sneaking and hiding in the dark, to loot items & complete objectives. There is combat here, but it is usally used as a last resort mainly, and good combat gear(gas mines/arrows etc) are VERY expensive, which proves my point. The gear you buy depends on the amount of loot(converted into gold) you got at the end of the last mission, and it stacks up until you have to spend it on your own gear for the next mission.

The overall in game graphics are very good still, likend to Morrowind I would say, maybe better. But the cut scenes are a bit blurry, but you can still see what is going on and it looks good. The missions have varied locations, although the goal is similar as you would expect from the game title.

Palying Thief 3 deadly shadows now, and looking forward to Theif 4!

Can anyone tell me if this double pack version will run on Windows Vista? I bought Deadly Shadows (fantastic!) and completed it over Xmas so tried loading up my old versions of Thief 1 and 2 on to my new PC - which runs on Vista - both crashed. I assume its because of that - can anyone help or point me in the right direction for a version that I can play on Vista. Thanks

I have started replaying these classic old games as my old 1.2GHz Athlon PC with ATI 4x 256Mb AGP graphics card just couldn't handle the action on the newer Thief III: The deadly shadows. Game play in the thief series is pretty unique, you (the thief Garret) must creep around in the shadows, pick locks and pockets, stealing whatever comes your way unseen. You can knock out the odd guard etc. and drag him into the shadows (as if his body is found the alarm will sound). In most cases everything you steal can be sold to buy more weapons at the end of each mission. So no gung-ho charge with a BFG here, as in most cases you will be overpowered and killed (you can fight back but often at heavy cost to your health). The totally convincing stealth aspect is unique to the thief series, and the recreation of a rather surreal medieval Europe (with gothic engines and electric lights) is engrossing. It's a world steeped in dark magic, holy scripts and religious fervour.

There are many missions in each game, often in cities or inside mansions, with occasional trips to lost cities and dark caverns (which are a welcome break in the game relieving any feeling of repetition). The game play isn't too hard, unless you decide or are forced never to harm anyone, and you can save anytime for difficult sequences. You do get the odd glitch, like I have never been able to get Thief II: The metal age to run as it says `No game CD in drive', eventually I cured it by putting in the first CD Thief I: The dark project. In this double pack you get one CD with one game on each side.

Those with fast modern gaming PC's should definitely also try the latest Thief 3: Deadly Shadows as it has better graphics and even more developed AI and storyline. Not that these games haven't got decent graphics though, they look pretty good if a little sepia toned - no Doom II pixellated images here. Gameplay is atmospheric and goes very creepy when zombies and spiders are about - although you can chill out in the shadows if no-one sees you go there or bumps into you. The Dark Project is probably the best of the two games, with more desolate graveyards, abandoned cathedrals, catacombs and scary zombies, compared to the Age of Metal's infernal Mechanist's machines. The latter has better graphics though and more challenging game-play.

These older games here aren't as XP friendly as Thief 3:Deadly shadows though, and may take some work to get running (you must see the Thief forums at www.ttlg.com/forums), but both are available so cheaply in this Thief 1&2 double pack from Amazon at the moment it is hardly much of risk buying them. They seem to have the latest patches already applied. Besides other than the `can't find CD' problem these games have worked faultlessly on my XP Pro PC. So a great pair of games if you have an elderly PC or onboard graphics, and now going for a bargain price.

Beware that, even though these games will play under XP with the tweaks suggested by above, recent drivers for nVidia graphics cards (91.31) may render this game unplayable. System Shock 2 is similarly affected, and AVP 1 went the same way a while ago.

Don't even think about it, just BUY THIS GAME! It will be the best purchase you ever made.

Playing a thief needing to keep up with the rent, you travel around breaking into mansions, castles etc. doing different jobs for your employers such as stealing precious artifacts, framing an employee and getting them arrested, or just stealing all of their wealth! The AIs are very realistic, so watch out on the tiled floor! Waiting in the shadows then leaning out and knocking out a guard with the blackjack, then hiding the body will be the most fun you ever had!

Don't let the age fool you, the graphics are still mint (well, at least on the second one ;) and the gameplay is fantasticlly immersive. It will keep you going for ages, this is my best game to date and some levels still send shivers down my spine.