Thief Bundle: Thief 1 and 2 (PC)

ASIN: B00007KLI1 Item Weight: 5 ounces Media: CD-ROM Release Date: December 9, 2002Review:What more can be said about the geniuses that were Looking Glass Studios? First the brilliant sci-fi, 1st person, cyberpunk, action, horror games "System Shock" and its better "System Shock 2" (greatest PC game ever made) and the two Thief games here. After the 2nd game, LG folded and much sadness filled the land...Well Thief 1 & 2 are amazing examples of intelligent game design and story.You'd think that sneaking around the corners and shadows would be boring but playing Garrett's role as master thief is a unique adventure.The array of weapons and tools are impressive. Lock-picking and keys give the game an edge I've never seen before except maybe the "hacking" in the System Shock games.The characters and story lines are very intricate and engrossing. The dialogue jumps from modern-ish (Garrett's monologues) to Medeival (all else). Stephen Russell does a terrific job for the voice of Garrett (he also did voice overs in SS2) as well as the rest of the actors giving the characters life. Some of the dialogue is funny (Here chicky, chicky...) but not silly (except for the drunkards). The passages, letters and signs are well written giving the "religions" in the games depth.You're hard-pressed to find more engrossing games than what Looking Glass created. Deus Ex comes close because it takes aspects from all 4 games (sneaking,cyber-punk, hacking, weapons, shadows, great voice-over actors) and makes a terrific game as well.Find any of these and I'm quite sure you'll never stop playing these games till your eyes bleed or butt falls asleep."Brilliant! What else yah got?"