Following Garrett's previous adventure, the repercussions of his actions have changed the political landscape. The Hammerite religion has crumbled and a new leader named Karras has risen up to convert many of these fanatics over to the mysterious Order of Mechanists. Meanwhile, a new Sheriff has arrived in town and has been effective at cleaning up crime - maybe too much so. This is bad news for Garrett, whose profession of master thief puts him on the wrong side of the law. As the risk increases however, so too does the amount of treasure available to a skilled thief.

Thief II: The Metal Age keeps much of the same gameplay and abilities from the original Thief: The Dark Project, but also offers a few new items for the protagonist to use. Among them are scouting orbs, which can be thrown to see around corners and flash mines. The heart of the gameplay is still stealth, made up of Garrett's ability to stay quiet, stay hidden and keep signs of trouble out of anyone's view. Garrett's main weapons are his sword, his blackjack and an assortment of arrows, each with a special power. Each level features a variety of objectives as well as several items which don't belong to the protagonist, but are nonetheless valuable and can be stolen.

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Alternate Titles

"TMA" -- Informal title
"Thief II: Эпоха металла" -- Russian spelling
"Thief 2" -- Informal title
"Dark Project II: The Metal Age" -- German title
"Dark Project II: L'Age de Métal" -- French title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Thief II: The Metal Age	Windows	$2.20
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User Reviews

An inspired masterpiece that surpasses the original. An a most excellent farewell gift from LG	Zovni (9426)
Great game only gets better with sequel	Chris Gordy (4)	unrated
Classy and original but you can see why it didn't sell	Shazbut (158)	unrated
Thief II : Is it better then the beer-coke/pepsi-pizza combo? Yep.	Jeremy Johnson (638)
How did Looking Glass go out of business with games like this?	Cyric (50)	unrated
Immersive, incredible gaming	Terrence Bosky (5238)
Brilliant!	Daniel Martin (17)
Atmospheric stealing...	Heikki Sairanen (105)

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The Press Says

games xtreme	May 11, 2000	9.2 out of 10	92
Gaming Age	Apr 16, 2000	A-	91
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Jun, 2000		90
PC Gamer	2000	89 out of 100	89
PC Player (Germany)	Apr, 2000	87 out of 100	87
GameSpot	Mar 24, 2000	8.6 out of 10	86
GameStar (Germany)	Apr, 2000	86 out of 100	86
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Apr 21, 2000	85 out of 100	85
Gamekult	Jul 29, 2000	8 out of 10	80
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Apr 03, 2000		80

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Shadows of the Metal Age	13	St. Martyne (3562) Jul 04, 2008

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Trivia

On many of the menus used in Thief 2, you can see moving gears and machinery through the glass which may look familiar. In fact the Thief 2 menus are identical to those of the original Thief: The Dark Project, only a faceplate ("fancy covering") has been added over the graphics of the machinery. As a result the sound of the machinery is also muted. I suppose this represents progress.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Will D (791) on Apr 01, 2000.