Fan Expansion
After Looking Glass Studios went out of business, a group of fan developers under the banner of The Dark Engineering Guild created an extension to the Thief universe.
In 2005, the result was an unofficial Thief II expansion pack titled Thief 2X: Shadows of the Metal Age. The game presents a new protagonist, a young woman named Zaya. She has journeyed to the City to meet her cousin Kedar and start a new life. Things take an unexpected turn though and she soon gets drawn into a murky world of crime and deceit as events spiral beyond her control. The story takes place approximately the same time as the Thief II timeline. The game has features similar to those in retail Looking Glass games: complex level design, a lengthy campaign, pre-rendered introduction and ending sequences, original music, new voice acting, original artwork, and animated mission briefings.
Thief2X received significant gaming press coverage prior to and after release. PC Gamer stated it was "one of the most impressive achievements of any fan community for any game." In a discussion of game modding in general, Computer Games Magazine called it "arguably the biggest and best mod of the past year."
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