More of the same, but this time is not necessairly a bad thing.

Despite the age of the game, I still recall how awesome it was to look at so many years ago...anyway, onwards with my review; The graphics are in use with an old graphics engine, but they still provide finely detailed regions and town locales, as well as decent character models and scenery. Likewise, sound is also well executed, with clomping footsteps on marble tiles to the light thud of landing heavily on a plush carpet. the metal beasts are also very believably done with their crackling "Wax cylinder" voice recording speech. With this game based on stealth, you must play the game with utmost care unless you wish to get slain by a couple of guards because you decided to run in a bathroom while the door is open, the loud clacking will attract plenty of trouble. Your tools are varied and all have their uses, some obviously greater than others, but you tend to find yourself start saying "Damn, I could really do with a 'X' right now!" I have managed to play through it three times without getting bored, as there are so many routes that it's surprising how taking out one simple guard that you normally had trouble with on a different room can be made simpler with such aminor alteration of which corridor to take. The enemies range from your average human guard and screaming civilians, to mechanical tank guards and ape-men with blowguns. Overall, I suggest anyone with patience and an adventurous disposition pick this game up and try it for yourself....just be wary that you will need to take steps to make it compatible with some XP machines, but a quick visit to www.ttlg.com has all the info and patching references you'll need...pure gold of a game.… Expand

Thief 2 (along with its predecessor) will shine on as timeless gems in the PC goldmine that is the turn of the millenium - apart from its chilling sound base, Thief 2 carves its own niche in the art of level design. This is one of the only 1st person games with a truly realistic environment - entire wings of a building may contain no leads, no loot, no nothing. Or it might just hold a secret. As a gamer, you are left guessing, until you take the time to explore it. Forget polygon counts, forget sloped terrain - Thief 2's calibur of level design, in and of itself, makes it a winner.… Expand

An amazing sequel to the original Thief: The Dark Project. Thief II: The Metal Age takes everything that made The Dark Project great and expands upon it. Even bigger levels, more items and more ways of traversing the environment to get the loot you desire. The game also has a great story.

A huge step up in atmosphere and depth over the original. This game is gold plated. And remains the pinnacle of the series. And yes, these games have not aged that well - however compared to other games released in 1998, what is on show visually is still impressive once you put aside the blocky models.

One of the few cases, where the sequel of a game or movie is even better than the original. The originality of the setting, the characters and the story are accompanied by some of the best levels ever seen in computer game history. Places like Angelwatch stand way above any other experience any game in the last eleven years since "The Metal Age" has provided for players. Almost a decade after this release no other game (maybe except Deus Ex 1) even came close to the value of Thief 2. For me this is a masterpiece according to which all games should be made. It is sad Thief 3 failed and Thief 4 probably will fail to recreate the undeniable greatness of Thief 1 and 2. The time such games were made is regrettably a long gone one.… Expand