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Playing it myself currently. It is pretty good and there is a little of the Thief games in it, although it's not as... developed... in it's stealth as the Thief games were(there is no concept of being 'in shadow' or the like, the stealth is entirely based around not being in a sight cone of guards, which effectively means that provided something is in front of you, you can get more or less as close as you like to a guard and he will not see you. It also leads to the slightly absurd addition to the mechanics of leaning. If you are behind an object, but then lean out to have a mooch, a guard can be staring at you from a foot away and he will not see you). If you expect a really cultured stealth game like the Thief games were, you might be disappointed.

However it is a fun play and I've enjoyed being stealthy on it so far. The game gives you numerous options for each mission and gives you enough tools to play as you might like - I believe you could play this game as a pure stealth no kill player, a stealthy lethal player, or even a whole Rambo approach (though the latter would require some skill and would make things noticeably more difficult). So far I've managed to a no kill run (the game is good about providing you with non-lethal avenues for dispatching even your targets) and it's been satisfying. I do think the game is keen on you to be stealthy lethal, as it's tools are far more focused on that route, and seems to be setting up the way I'm playing it as a avenue for a more challenging second play.

Very good all in all, I'm about half way through the second mission proper and must have got at least 10 hours in so far. I could see you being chop your way through it far quicker but I'm taking my time with everything and exploring everywhere.

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I was actually considering naming the tread the "misspelled" way, but Americans programmed it (guess) so I suppose it's their call

Arkane Studios are behind it, French. They probably got the title on the back of the major market being the North American market.

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  • 2 months later...

Fantastic game, my favourite of the 2012.

Was a little disappointed at first, thought i'd made a massive mistake as the first level was a bit boring but from then on it just got better & better & better.

I'm halfway though my second playthough, 1st time using stealth & non-lethal takedowns but this time i'm killing everything with a bodycount like an 80's "Arnie" movie.

thoroughly recommend it & at around £20 at the moment.. it's bargain

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  • 1 year later...

Just thought I'd give this a bump, it's XBox's 2nd free game this month for Games With Gold on Xbox Live.

 

Just downloaded it and played through about an hour of it so far, really enjoying it - and I don't usually like these type of games!

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