Seeing as it was developed under the auspices of Ion Storm, expectations have been high for Thief: Deadly Shadows, especially when you consider that Ion Storm created the genre defying title Deus Ex and its PC and Xbox sequel Deus Ex: Invisible War. Now, after many years (and with a new development team at the helm), Garrett makes his stealthy return in Thief: Deadly Shadows. In what is still, to this day, a rather intriguing twist to the genre, Garrett, the main character in Thief, just wasn’t a particularly good fighter. While Metal Gear and Tenchu offered gamers the chance to control protagonists who had access to huge amounts of useful equipment with which to maneuver out of sticky situations, Thief made the player rely much more on watching, waiting and, more importantly, avoidance. Though everybody remembers games like Metal Gear Solid and Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, memory is not so clear towards, arguably, the most influential title in this genre – Thief: The Dark Project.
This new genre was predictably given the title ?stealth action’ and, while it was an appropriate name, only certain games within this genre would be well remembered.
In the late 90’s, a new, shadowy, gameplay experience was beginning to emerge, much to the excitement of many gamers.
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