they made system shock 2 and then this and then they effing died

Fantastic sequel to another amazing game. The game-play is essentially the same, but with enhancements to the graphics, writing, voice acting, level design... just everything really. I especially enjoyed the story here; consequences of the events of Thief 1 directly tie into the story here. And you can hear / read about why things happen in this game. The motivation for everything to unfold is there. It's just incredible. New enemy designs made for some tense moments. They're unnerving from the way they move and what they say. The loud, droning footsteps make their approach feel alarming and scary.

There is some discourse over the last level- lots of people agree that it's the worst level in the game, and I have to agree. It was by far the most time I spent in a single level. One of the problems is that you cannot get enough resources to incapacitate all of the enemies, however, on that level I found an exploit that can make them incapacitate themselves so I had free reign to run everywhere I needed to. Without doing that, I can see it being incredible tedious to crawl throughout this massive, multi-layered level. Even then I had trouble finding everything I needed.

The ending felt a little lackluster to me. The animation at the end felt unclear, even though I knew what should have happened. Thief 1's ending was more satisfying.

Just like the first game, I used a mod, TFix, which enables widescreen. I did not use any other graphics-enhancing or game-play mods. My first play-through was ~40 hours, almost the same amount of time I spent in Thief 1.

Despite some slight shortcomings, this is still one of my favorite games. The game-play is fantastic, tense, and rich with character and story.

Game of the Millennium