The main critique of Thief 1 & 2 is the jumping, latching, and climbing before the inevitable slipping, falling, and dying. There's a certain amount of skill to it, but the Dark engine will always feel like trying to parkour while giving a shoulder ride to someone covered in soap. You should be okay with saving & reloading repeatedly to play these games, because sometimes the jump you want to make will take a few attempts.

Moving on. I was always more familiar with Thief 2, and I'm honestly here to play The Black Parade. The Thief games make literally every other stealth game seem completely incompetent by comparison, that's just how immersive and engaging they are. I'm only about half way through this totally free mod campaign, and you know what? I already suspect The Black Parade has just about the most jaw-dropping level design I've EVER seen. Every level stretches astonishingly deep and not an inch of it is wasted, looping back through itself repeatedly, always some new path to discover. I never get bored after hours in each one, and somehow usually never feel lost.

Anyway. The original Thief Gold campaign is fantastic too, but I'm a bit hazy on it to go into much detail. Incredible games, the third one's okay too. Play The Black Parade.

Unplayable on my machine:
- On the first mission, the game crashed when a guard was about to fight me, twice
- Some meshes become invisible at various points, which I don't mind, but it interfered with gameplay when I couldn't see the things that I could hide behind

Meh