Thief of Thieves: Season One
- November 10, 2018
- Rival Games
Based on the comic book series of the same name created by Robert Kirkman of The Walking Dead fame, Thief of Thieves: Season One can’t make its mind up if it wants to be a stealth or a modern-day equivalent of a point and click game.
Get on Xbox Games StoreThief of Thieves: Season One is a story of heists and the people behind them. It's time for Celia, protege of master thief Redmond, to make the leap from apprentice to master. A new continent and a new team, will you make the cut?
Nintendo Switch
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Reviews
- The cel-shaded, comic-book style graphics are visually appealing.
- The voice acting and writing are top-notch, creating an engaging cast of characters.
- The game offers beautiful comic book style cut scenes that enhance the experience.
- Gameplay is tedious and clunky, with broken AI and inconsistent mechanics.
- The Switch port suffers from technical issues, including blurry graphics, framerate problems, and long loading times.
- The storyline is forgettable and lacks imagination, making the overall experience disappointing.
- gameplay7 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 29 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The gameplay has been criticized for its numerous technical issues, including significant framerate drops, long loading times, and game-breaking bugs. Players find the mechanics tedious and clunky, particularly in the stealth segments, which feel poorly implemented and frustrating. While some appreciate the voice acting and character development, the overall experience is marred by these gameplay shortcomings.
“The voice acting and writing had me invested in these characters, and I enjoyed my journey with them; I just wish it had less of the stealth gameplay, which isn’t exactly great since this is a stealth game.”
“The stealth gameplay feels like those forced, half-baked stealth sessions in other games, as the mechanics are clunky... and then some.”
“There are also a handful of unforgivable technical issues; noticeable framerate problems, a bug that crashes you back to your console's homescreen, and overly long loading times that break up the gameplay far too often.”
“Tedious, clunky gameplay, broken AI, annoying characters, lame dialogue, and a boring story, along with framerate issues, loading times, and a bug that crashes you to the homescreen.”
“The stealth gameplay is like those forced, half-baked stealth sessions in other games, as the mechanics are clunky... and then some.”
- graphics4 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- -25 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's cel-shaded, comic-book style graphics are praised for their beauty and artistic quality, complemented by great writing and voice acting. However, the Switch port suffers from significant issues, including blurriness in handheld mode and pixelation when docked, which detracts from the overall visual experience. Additionally, some technical glitches and a lack of a free-form camera during stealth moments further compromise the graphics quality.
“Its cel-shaded, comic-book style graphics are a strong point.”
“Great writing, fantastic voice acting, beautiful art style.”
“The cel-shaded art style is cool.”
“Its cel-shaded, comic-book style graphics are a strong point, but they're compromised here by a weak Switch port that's too blurry in handheld mode and horribly pixelated when you dock it to play on a big screen.”
“Blurry graphics, especially in docked mode, and no free-form camera for stealth moments, along with some port glitches.”
- grinding3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and clunky, plagued by broken AI, frustrating dialogue, and uninteresting characters. Additionally, technical issues such as bugs, inconsistent framerate, and long loading times further detract from the experience, making the overall grind feel even more laborious.
“It's tedious and clunky, has broken AI, awful dialogue, miserable characters, and a boring story that has absolutely nothing of interest to say or add to the heist genre.”
“[tedious, clunky gameplay, broken AI, annoying characters, lame dialogue, and boring story, framerate issues, loading times, and a bug that crashes you to the home screen]”
“[too many bugs, inconsistent framerate, tedious gameplay]”
- story3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The story in the game is widely criticized for being tedious and unengaging, featuring broken AI, poor dialogue, and unlikable characters, which detracts from the overall experience. Reviewers find the narrative forgettable and lacking any meaningful contribution to the heist genre.
“It's tedious and clunky, has broken AI, awful dialogue, miserable characters, and a boring story that has absolutely nothing of interest to say or add to the heist genre.”
“Thief of Thieves has a gratingly sassy heroine and a completely forgettable storyline.”
“[tedious, clunky gameplay, broken AI, annoying characters, lame dialogue and boring story, framerate issues, loading times and a bug that crashes you to the homescreen]”
- emotional2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The emotional aspect of the game is largely criticized, with reviewers highlighting tedious gameplay, broken AI, and unengaging characters that contribute to a lackluster story. The overall experience is marred by technical issues, including framerate problems and crashes, further diminishing any potential emotional impact.
“It's tedious and clunky, has broken AI, awful dialogue, miserable characters, and a boring story that has absolutely nothing of interest to say or add to the heist genre.”
“[tedious, clunky gameplay, broken AI, annoying characters, lame dialogue, and boring story, framerate issues, loading times, and a bug that crashes you to the home screen]”
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game's stability has been criticized for issues such as blurry graphics in docked mode, a lack of a free-form camera during stealth sequences, and various glitches in the port.
“Blurry graphics, especially in docked mode, significantly detract from the experience.”
“There is no freeform camera for stealth moments, which limits gameplay options.”
“I encountered several port glitches that disrupted my gaming experience.”
Critic Reviews
Thief of Thieves Review
Instead of pulling off a perfect heist, Thief of Thieves: Season One was tackled at the door by a 6ft tall cockroach wearing a security guard uniform. It may look nice, but no single element of gameplay works properly.
20%Thief of Thieves: Season One Review
Thief of Thieves is an awful video game. It's tedious and clunky, has broken AI, awful dialogue, miserable characters and a boring story that has absolutely nothing of interest to say or add to the heist genre. Its cel-shaded, comic-book style graphics are a strong point, but they're compromised here by a weak Switch port that's too blurry in handheld mode and horribly pixelated when you dock it to play on a big screen. There are also a handful of unforgivable technical issues; noticeable framerate problems, a bug that crashes you back to your console's homescreen and overly long loading times that break up the gameplay far too often. In short, this is a crime-heist caper that's out to rob you of your time and money and is, in every conceivable way, much more of a snore than a score. Avoid.
30%Thief of Thieves: Season One (Nintendo Switch)
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