Love this title from way back, but… ***Updated*** w/ more positive feedback

My imac DOES meet all the requirements listed in the App Store… but when I start the game, it warns me that I "don’t meet the requirements” for an unspecified reason and it might be glitchy. Well, yes, it is glitchy. The game refers me to the feral website to learn more about minimum requirements. A) it didn’t refer me to that info, just the front page of the company website., and B) I couldn’t even find the info after 5 minutes of looking. However, that shouldn’t be the point, should it? The requirements are clear enough in the App store. And like I said, my iMac meets them all. Meanwhile, the download itself caused a problem, that took a while to fix. Then the game started out fine, but froze up after about 5 minutes of play.

Very dissappointed and I hope they fix this because Thief is my all time favorite game. This one looked every bit as awesome as the original… until it froze up. If they do fix this issue (seems like a big one, unfortunately) I would love to come back and review the actual game, becasue like I said, it looked tremendous for about 5 minutes.

*UPDATE* to this review: I’ve had the game for a couple of days now, and tried playing it again after it froze up. I’m happy to report that I’ve moved through the first 2 “chapters” without another glitch occurring. I have not attempted to play online, just offline. But for whatever reason, after a lot of early frustration, the game is working fine now. It still tells me that my computer does not meet the requirements every time I start up. But, it works.

Now that it is working and I could play it for more than five minutes, I can tell you that the game is really good. Obviously I haven’t progressed too far into the story yet, but the gameplay is just as much fun as the oriignal. If you like “stealth” games, this is a great one.

So to sum up:

Con - it took forever to get the game downloaded and running. The system requirements are confusing (pay close attention before you buy, and even if you meet them, it may tell you that you don’t when you finally try to play it.). It was certainly glitchy for a while. Hopefully your mileage may vary with these problems and it will work great. But that’s what happend for me.

Pro - It’s a great first person stealth game. Looks beautiful, gameplay is engaging and smooth.

I’ve changed the star rating from 2 for the first day’s experience, to a 4 for what I’ve seen since then. Hopefully it will continure to work. If it works perfectly for you, you might want to give it a 5.

Stevie13x about Thief™: Shadow Edition