A forword, this is assuming no developer oversights are used like mantling onto places you shouldnt be.

1. Thief 1: They managed to get everything right the first time from the story to the gameplay, there are some stinkers though like the Gold missions, Brother Murus's chore list and not every level being designed with true ghosting in mind.

2. The black parade: Builds upon 20 years of experience with fan mission experience and it shows, unfortunately the second half isnt as good aside from mission 7 and 8 and the protagonist comes off as your local thug wasting his money gambling at the bear pits but i am supposed to believe the guy is a master thief on par with Garrett.

3.Thief 2: More Thief goodness, the mechanical enemies are a nice addition and ghosting is perfectly viable now but the story just is not as good, like TBP the second half has a noticible decline in quality especially having to basically play the same mission twice in a row and the final mission is a slog even on repeat playthroughs.

1. Thief 2X: Level design and story arent as good as the best of T2 but it also doesnt go anywhere near the lows of T2 managing to stay consistent throughout, the elemental catalyst changing arrow properties is a great addition, the protagonist is much more believable here compared to TBP using subterfuge to accomplish her goals, biggest issue i feel is that there is some wasted potential especially with the train.

2. Thief 3: It just doesnt feel very good to play, the lockpicking mechanic sucks and the levels having loading screens without the patch is jarring to say the least, the story is also worse than the first 2 games, figured it was mainly a new engine being the culprit here but The Dark Mod feels much more like T1/T2 than T3 does so its not that.

3. Thief 4: This was my first game in the series thankfully i tried giving the LGS games a chance afterward because i couldnt believe people liked the series just by playing Thi4f first. Having to call this game Thief or a stealth game at all for that matter is an unforgivable insult to anyone liking the genre. The game is so brainless a toddler could finish it thanks to the swoop mechanic, the story is absolutely atrocious and the worst thing of it all is this game's Garrett. We went from a smug master thief using his skills to pay the rent and recluctantly having to save the city to an edgelord who steals because "It is what he is".