Thief: The Dark Project receives a brand new, fan-made enlargement

A crew of committed fanatics worked for seven years to deliver an all-new enjoy to Thief, the game that popularized the stealth genre returned in the late 90s. The Black Parade is tons greater than just a "easy" enlargement because it additionally uses present day AI to reinforce difficulty.

When it become released in 1998, Thief: The Dark Project challenged the then-famous mechanics of the primary-character shooter (FPS) style with modern, slower "first-person sneaker" gameplay. Players took manage of a grasp thief trained through a secret society, finishing a hard and fast of goals in every undertaking whilst seeking to avoid being detected as a lot as possible.

Thief blended unscripted degrees and complex AI algorithms to deliver one of the earliest emergent gameplay reviews on PC. Developer Looking Glass published an improved version of the unique recreation in 1999 (Thief Gold) with changed missions and some new stages.

Thief: The Black Parade is an all-new, fan-made campaign with the aid of Feuillade Industries that provides a first-rate amount of recent content to the 25-year-old collection. The growth consists of 10 additional missions presenting a emblem-new protagonist and a darkish tale of "crime and conspiracies."

The Black Parade additionally introduces four new equipment sold thru the underground marketplace, numerous tweaks to the unique AI that make the game a bit extra hard but nevertheless fair, and a brand new "banter" device for humorous interactions between AIs. The growth features 28 voiced characters with more or less 1,800 new strains of debate, together with half-hour of hand-drawn cutscenes and complete English subtitles.

Additionally, The Black Parade introduces a new AI-primarily based movement machine designed to make the denizens of The City – the myth town the original recreation is set in – appearance more "alive." Last but now not least, the growth brings a few adjustments to the conventional Thief gameplay, providing a singular revel in even for the most pro Thief gamers.

The Black Parade may be downloaded totally free from the TTLG (Through the Looking Glass) forums. The bundle calls for the NewDark replace, a fan-developed patch designed to enhance the Thief revel in on modern PCs.