Thief II: The Metal Age

I love this game. Unfortunately however, it's an evolutionary dead-end, a genre outcompeted and extinguished. Like Neanderthal DNA in modern humans, some elements of its design live in modern games, but we never had the fortune to see where the genre might go had it thrived. The third-person cousin managed longer through the likes of MGS and Spliter Cell, but that's also gone the way of the dodo at this point. RIP Looking Glass Studios. Thief 2 Gold and beyond lives in our hearts and through the creativity of modders.

I was blown away at how great Thief Gold was and now I'm finding that Thief II is giving it a run for its money. These games are so fantastic. So many secrets to find, areas to explore, trinkets to steal...and the levels so far are very cool too. I would highly recommend these games to any stealth lover. These are the crème de la crème.

Incredible continuation from Thief Gold, easily equally as good and containing some of the best missions across both games. Gameplay is expanded from the first game with more tools, new enemies and obstacles. Story continues from where the last game left off and is much more interesting thanks to Karras being a more interesting villain than Constantine. However like its predecessor, thief 2 also has some really bad levels especially towards the end. Still a must play and has already cemented itself as one of my favourite stealth games of all time.