Thief: Deadly Shadows
| Thief: Deadly Shadows | |||
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| Studio | Ion Storm Austin | ||
| Publisher | Eidos Interactive | ||
| Senior Developer | Randy Smith (Project Director) | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
 May 25, 2004 June 11, 2004 |
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| platform | Windows , Xbox | ||
| Game engine | Unreal engine 2 | ||
| genre | Stealth action | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| control | Mouse & keyboard , gamepad | ||
| medium | CD-ROM , DVD-ROM , download | ||
| language | English | ||
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Thief: Deadly Shadows is the third installment in the Thief series . Unlike the two predecessors, it was developed by the development studio Ion Storm Austin . The game was released in Germany for Windows and Xbox on June 11, 2004 by Eidos Interactive .
action
In the third part the faction of the Guardians is the focus of the plot. Friar Artemus gives Garret an order to steal an artifact from the Hammerites and one of the Gentiles. In return, he should get access to the prophecies from the order. Garret learns that the Dark Age was long predicted. The information from the order also suggests that the so-called Compendium of Shame holds further information on the prophecy ready. During his investigation, Garret continues to discover that there must be a traitor in the ranks of the Order.
Gameplay
Thief: Deadly Shadows , unlike its predecessors, either from the first-person or third-person perspective are played. Between the missions, the player can explore the city for the first time, which is split into several individual maps, and shop there at dealers or accept side missions. As a new movement command, the main character Garret was able to lean against walls similar to Splinter Cell .
Development history
Thief: Deadly Shadows is the first title in the Thief series that was no longer developed by series creators Looking Glass Studios after it was disbanded in 2000 due to financial problems. Instead, rights holder Eidos commissioned the development studio Ion Storm Austin with the development. Randy Smith was the project manager . With the Xbox version, the series was also released for the first time on game consoles. As with the recently published Deus Ex: Invisible War, the technical basis of the work was the Unreal Engine 2 . Unlike its predecessor, the game was not dubbed for the German-speaking market.
reception
Thief: Deadly Shadows received mostly positive ratings. The PC version performed slightly better on average ( Metacritic : 85 out of 100 / Gamerankings : 84.21%) than the Xbox version (82 / 81.51%).
Reviews in gaming magazines:
- PC Games 07/04: 88%
- GameStar 03/05: 85%
- PC PowerPlay 04/05: 93%
- Computer picture games (price / performance): Very good, 95%
Web links
- Thief: Deadly Shadows at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Metacritic : Average rating of the Windows version , based on 45 articles. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ↑ Gamerankings : Average rating of the Windows version , based on 45 articles. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
- ↑ Metacritic : Average rating of the Xbox version , based on 61 articles. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ↑ Gamerankings : Average rating of the Xbox version , based on 56 articles. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
- ↑ Test result of the PC Games for Thief: Deadly Shadows
- ↑ http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/thief-deadly-shadows-/test/thief_3,33499,1346351.html