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Thief Gold adds 3 new levels: Thieves Guild, Mage Towers and Song of the Caverns. Thieves Guild is arguably the worst level in the series (not counting the abysmal 2014 reboot,) often makes people rage-quit the game and it's put inbetween two of the best levels in the original campaign (Assassins and The Sword.) Mage Towers has a more mixed reception with some people who hate it and some who think it's just okay. I find it a slog on replays personally but your mileage may vary. Final added level Song of the Caverns is fantastic and one of the best levels in the game. These levels also kinda fuck-up the original games pacing which is a shame. Thief Gold also has some tweaks and adds different textures to some levels, most notably Down in the Bonehoard as well as removing the famous Return to the Cathedral door skip. They also added some Mages to The Lost City level, which plus a few other changes makes that level weaker in most peoples opinion. However the secret area (Little Big World) added to The Sword is fantastic if you can find it and a great addition.

So yeah, you're best off playing Thief Gold despite it adding some problems, just because Song of the Caverns and the secret area in The Sword are so fucking good. Just know that if you hate Thieves Guild and want to rage-quit, don't worry so does everyone else. Just grin and bear it.

For mods you want either TFix Lite or NewDark. Full TFix changes a bunch of shit, which honestly makes it a different experience, even if you uncheck everything in the installer. Mostly it's stuff from Thief 2, textures and AI 'improvements'. Problem is that Thief 1 didn't support colored lighting while Thief 2 did so the textures look bland and boring in the older version of the engine. The bigger problem is the AI which was tweaked for Thief 2 but honestly works worse than the original AI when put into Thief 1. Thief 2 had a lot of wide, open areas whereas Thief 2 was more confined to corridors and enclosed spaces.

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It's worth noting I actually prefer Thief 1 but it can filter people. Also worth noting: the version you've got is Thief: Gold which adds 3 new missions and changes up a couple of the other ones. I'm very torn as a couple of the changes and at least one of the new levels are fantastic, however the rest is, in my opinion, a downgrade and really fucks up the pacing of the first game. Especially the first new level, Thieves Guild. Fuck Thieves Guild. It's the worst level in either of the first two games, it's incredibly frustrating, labyrinthine and full of bullshit design choices. So if you hate it and feel like dropping the game, don't worry everyone feels that way. Just get through it and enjoy the rest of the game.

There's a mod called Gold2Dark which is supposed to convert Gold to the original Dark Project but it doesn't quite work properly (especially The Lost City) and hasn't been updated in years. If you want to get the original campaign you're gonna have to find a copy in the wild. But since you've got Gold already just play that.

Same deal applies to Thief 2. Get either T2Fix Lite or NewDark. However the changes in full T2Fix aren't anywhere near as bad as in Thief 1. A lot of them are for fan mission content - there's a fuckload of good fan made levels for Thief 2 so if you enjoy the games you're going to be spoiled for choice. Some of them are even better than the original levels and there's even full fan made campaigns to check out.

If you're still interesting I'll tell you how to set up Thief: Deadly Shadows and a couple of other games if you want

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