""Thief is the single most terrifying, immersive, and rewarding game I have played and the one single-player game I continue to replay. In addition to the overriding stealth gamestyle, it is loaded with unique elements that hold one in the world. I love the setting, a medieval tech fantasy world that owes less to D&D than to such literary lights as Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance and Michael Shea. It has a spare, but well-crafted storyline, eccentric NPCs, brilliant verse, and unparalleled sound design. Then there are the enormous, intricate levels: Sprawling towns (both populated and ruinous), haunted crypts, bizarre mansions, lost cities, and the finest subterranean sequences in any game the climactic level being a surreal descent that convinced me I had scrambled many miles towards the earth's core. There are countless books I wish I had written; Thief is one of the few games I wish I had worked on." - Marc Laidlaw, Valve (writer/designer: Half-Life)"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thief_(series)
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Thief (series)
114 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Thief (series) →
Related Quotes
""In the beginning we lived as thieves, Stealing fur and fang of beasts for survival. Then came the Builder who brough…"
""Builds your roofs of dead wood. Builds your walls of dead stone. Builds your dreams of dead thoughts. Comes crying l…"
"Hadst I a hammer, wouldst I hammer in the morning. Wouldst I hammer in the evening, all over this land."
""The ancient corruption was again contained. To do more would have upset the balance, but we knew to remain ever vigi…"
"Mechanist Guard: I hearken unto they fearful heart: "thump, thump!""
""History is written by the observer. Propaganda is written by the victor." - Keeper Archives"
""Darn boots...stupid toe-pinchers...." - Guard"
""You know... you should really have that looked at." "I am looking at it." - Guards"
"Tell you what. You keepers can plant a few shrubs about town and I'll take care of me. I'll find my own way home."
""Come the time of peril, did the ground gape, and did the dead rest unquiet 'gainst us. Our bands of iron and hammers…"