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Thief: The Dark Project Demo Released

Looking Glass has released the demo for Thief: The Dark Project. It is a revolutionary first person action adventure that introduces stealth, subterfuge, and mystery to a tired genre of mindless shooting.

Thief: The Dark Project Demo Released is the story on November 29, 1998, and it is one of those late-1998 PC gaming updates that says exactly where the scene is right now. Looking Glass has released the demo for Thief: The Dark Project. It is a revolutionary first person action adventure that introduces stealth, subterfuge, and mystery to a tired genre of mindless shooting.

As Garrett, a cynical and world-weary master thief, you must make use of stealth and intellect to complete your missions. You live in an ancient city of a fictional past where magic and primitive technology coexist uneasily. Your victims are the city's corrupt and privileged nobility, whose wealth is at your disposal as long as their guards don't see you, at least not until it is too late. If you have been waiting to try it, patch it, or finally see it on a shelf, this is your nudge.