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I've been playing Thief since The Dark Project, huge fan of the series. I bought Thief 4 despite all the negative talk about it, since I love the series so much I had to see for myself.

And I like it. What it is missing mostly is the Thief lore, and has a weak story line. But I found a lot to like. The actually 'thiefing' is well done. It has the most fleshed out city in the entire series. Graphics are good. People complain about stuff like loot glint, but I just turn it off so that everything isn't so obvious. Loading screen carry overs from the console port can be annoying, but there ya are.

I didn't buy it at release, I bought it a couple months ago. So maybe it improved from the initial reaction. I think people, and gamers in particular, tend to look at things through nostalgia-tinted glasses. Some are unable to take things at face value and instead base their judgement on their expectations.

For me, just looking at T4 as a game standing on it's own, I found it well worth the money I paid for it, even if perhaps it doesn't display true fidelity to the games that came before.