Apex Legends vs Thief: The Dark Project

Apex Legends is a free-to-play battle royale built around squads of “Legends” with unique abilities, praised for its fast, fluid movement, gunplay, and ping communication system.

Thief: The Dark Project is a groundbreaking 1998 first-person stealth game developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. Players step into the soft-booted shoes of Garrett, a master thief navigating the grime, political intrigue, and supernatural threats of a sprawling steampunk metropolis known simply as The City. Relying on light, shadow, and realistic acoustic propagation rather than brute force, Thief revolutionized immersive sim design. Players use an array of specialized arrows, light-sensitive visibility gauges, and careful footstep management to outwit guard AI, pull off daring heists, and unravel an ancient conspiracy.

• Excellent gunplay and movement
• Free to play
• Great non-verbal comms
• Strong hero design

• Revolutionary light, shadow, and audio-based stealth systems
• Incredible environmental atmosphere and compelling world-building
• Nonlinear map design offering exceptional replayability
• Innovative difficulty scaling that alters objectives and enforces non-lethal play

• Squad play can frustrate solos
• Grindy cosmetics
• Steep aim skill ceiling

• Combat-heavy monster missions late in the campaign deviate from core stealth
• Dated 1998 visual presentation without community graphics patches
• Steep learning curve and challenging movement controls for modern players