The Dark Walkthrough
Thief is a tricky and terrifying game. Although it may resemble a first person shooter, it requires a completely different method of play. Entire evenings can be lost to one level, trying to strategically plan and then execute the perfect heist. Allow us to soften the blow slightly and train you up to become a master thief, whilst also stopping a religious battle threatening the destruction of all humanity. So that kind of makes you the good guy, ironically.
We'll assume that you've completed the training mission and absorbed the information therein, and that you're used to the first person control system. You should be able to move Garrett as if he were an extension of yourself, as your reactions will be tested regularly when it comes to avoiding those guards. We'll also assume that you won't be utterly petrified when it comes to the undead levels, especially the Return to the Cathedral. We're wrong in that assumption, but we'll make it anyway. If you're the sort of person that hides behind a cushion when watching films like Alien, you're probably best off just uninstalling Thief and saving yourself the embarrassment.
Oh, and as the subtitle suggests, it's Dark. Really dark. So I'm afraid our screenshots look rather like black splodges until your eyes have adjusted to the sheer lack of light. Apologies on behalf of opticians worldwide.
Contents
- General advice
Tips for novice sneaky types.
- Mission 1: Lord Bafford's Manor.
A classic bit of housebreaking to lighten the pockets of a nobleman.
- Mission 2: Cragscleft Prison.
Release your fence from the Hammerite prison situated above a haunted mine.
- Mission 3: Down in the Bonehoard.
Indulge in a spot of grave-robbing to pay the rent. We've all been there.
- Mission 4: Assassins.
Show off your new lockpicks by taking on the guy who ordered your assassination.
- Mission 5 (only in Thief Gold): Thieves' Guild.
Honour among thieves doesn't come into it: steal their bounty before they get the chance to divvy it up.
- Mission 6: The Sword.
A commissioned steal of a magical item from a large mansion with twisted rooms and an even more twisted owner.
- Mission 7: The Haunted Cathedral.
The beginning of the primary Thief storyline; it's time to go after the Eye.
- Mission 8 (only in Thief Gold): The Mage Towers.
Master elementalists guard the first of the four talismans.
- Mission 9: The Lost City.
Deep underground lies a buried civilisation... and the Fire Talisman.
- Mission 10 (only in Thief Gold): Song of the Caverns.
Exact revenge on behalf of the old owner of an opera house, and take the Water Talisman on the way.
