With 1998 now officially over, Thief is without a doubt my Game Of The Year. Where other games like Unreal and Half-Life promised revolutionary gameplay, Thief delivers. It's quite unlike anything else out there at the moment, both in terms of gameplay and style. Gestalt disappears into the shadows. There's a soft fizzing as a water arrow puts out the light above your head.
Soft footsteps echo across the wooden floor, then a dull thud sounds from across the room.
You turn to look, but Gestalt is behind you and whacks you upside the head with his blackjack.