![]() It is the actualisation of a very specific fantasy – the outlaw shadow, Robin Hood by way of Batman – and more broadly representative of a particular type of fantasy, a gothic marriage of Hexen's para-medieval grotesquerie and '90s-era steampunk. It stands for the idea that 'first person' doesn't imply 'shooter': the original BioShock might be its great-grandchild, but Amnesia and Gone Home are Thief's descendents too. ![]() ![]() It is the grandfather of stealth on the PC, part of a design heritage that links Quake to System Shock 2, System Shock 2 to Deus Ex, and so on. Thief – the series – has been many things.
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