Thief II: The Metal Age

Thief II: The Metal Age is a first-person stealth video game developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in the year 2000.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Steampunk setting is still fully intact.
 * 2) Like with its predecessor, the cutscenes are amazing.
 * 3) Great graphics and lighting.
 * 4) Complex plot.
 * 5) Garret is a great protagonist.
 * 6) Like with the original, the levels are very open ended and expansive, allowing for objectives to be accomplished in many different ways.
 * 7) The light/shadow meter is still in the game.
 * 8) Expansive maps that encourage exploration.
 * 9) Challenging yet fair.
 * 10) Stealth is more polished than in the previous game.
 * 11) Unlike The Dark Project, the game is 100% stealth focused this time around and there are no more dungeon crawling stages with monsters.
 * 12) Lots of robotic enemies that are interesting and add to the challenge.
 * 13) Eccentric villain that is a mysterious and interesting character.
 * 14) Superb atmosphere and immersion.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Less level variety than the original.
 * 2) There is a level that requires the player to "ghost" the whole thing that is annoying and pointless.
 * 3) The robots become far less intimidating once the player realizes that they can be destroyed with a water arrow or sword.
 * 4) While the game is a upgrade from the original on a technical level, Thief: The Dark Project remains a superior game both story and immersion-wise.