This game represents the pinnacle of xbox gaming. Thief – Deadly Shadows is truly more than the sum of its parts, and what great parts they are.

First off, let's start with the look and feel of the game. The graphics (although best played at night time as it's all very, appropriately, dark) are beautiful. Let me think of an appropriate superlative… well, awesome will just have to do. The sound is good too, with nice vocal work from the cast – despite the often cheesy accents. All together the sound and graphics build an atmosphere that I don't think I've encountered the like of before in any other game.

Game play is fantastic – sneaking around makes for a good change form the usual smash-em and bash-em of other games, and the great AI means you really do have to play by the rules, or you're dead meat. I found he game to be the perfect mix of difficulty – not too hard that I found it frustrating, and not so easy that I got bored.

The story – well, it's not fantastic (but then it's no RPG), but the movies are nice and the plot is original and clichés are noticeably absent.

All up, it's a winner. This game nails it's chosen genre. You're a thief in a grimy mediaeval city, and it all feels appropriately urban and dirty.

Fantastic.

Thief – Deadly Shadows on Xbox is an amazing game to hit the stealth genre. You control a shady/evil looking character called Garrett, the “Master Thief”. With Garrett, you move through a storyline that seems to be set in an ancient time to; save lives, steal, slay and vanish into the shadows whilst learning about Garrett on the way.

The best and only thing I like about this game is the dynamic lighting and shadow system. Something of a first to me in Xbox games. The dynamic lighting and shadow system is a unique graphics feature used in the creation of this game, and is an outstanding feature.

The reason why I liked it is because the characters, backgrounds and objects all look so life like, and most objects in the environment are interactive and react to events just as they would in real life, which adds lots fun to gameplay.

The only thing I dislike about the game is the time it takes to save. Maybe it's just the xbox I played it on, i'm not to sure. But it was a little disappointing because I was slowed down at times when I felt the need to save frequently.

This game is one of those ones that gets your heart beating fast on the frightening parts. Overall it is a pleasure to admire the graphics and enjoyable to play.