Your game makes me really want to steal something! A fan of the series from the start, what do I say...more of an addict indeed....I can´t begin to praise what you have achieved here. But let me be precise, I have to control my excitement and simply make a list of the things that took my breath away in the last 3 nights when I played through the available missions. 1. It feels real dark (I love that) 2. It not only matches the quality of the first 3 (Yes I count in Deadly Shadows even if that is going to get me into some trouble) but in many ways surpasses it (the obviouest being a total eyecandy by the standards of 21st Century game graphics) 3.The Audiopart is equally great: Where could I get the suspense of not being seen and at the same time p...ing my pants, while overhearing the total Monty-Pythonesque conversations and statements of the guards, which btw are all beautifully synchronized (cudos to the voiceovers). The music is delicious, congrats to the composer, the tune of the menu with the musicbox being winded up makes me wanna hide under something, hehe 4. The new Inventions: Lockpicking, Combat and object manipulation are really heavily to master, but you feel from the start: they are all worth the effort and you get rewarded by not having instantly to panic when you are spotted. My only question is, how could you achieve such quality without a huge budget? Was it luck, was it destiny, was it for a good purpose? Don`t know but you are really giving Eidos a hard time, cause when they mess the franchise with the 4th part up -which I fear, watching their new politics to make their games unmodable and not caring for the community and buyers of their game, when they see no profit in it- and they will come crying at your door and begging you for the secret recipe how to make the mother of all stealth games, you will simply turn the lights out and sneak off. So my wishes for this years Xmas have totally come true, no wait... what would be great: A thief Advent calendar around December where every day you can open a door and start a mission. Counting on you Map-Artists out there.
