History VideoGame / Thief2014

*** TruthInTelevision: In our own history, thieves have been sentenced to death. An English girl was sentenced to hang for stealing bread for her child, but she got sent to Australlia instead.

* TheObiWan: Garrett starts out the game as this to Erin.

* GenreSavvy: The moment Garret sees a group of robed figures gathering inside the Baron's mansion, he comes to the conclusion that things are getting ''way'' too complicated for his tastes and tries to abort the heist.

* CorruptCop: While most are just following the Baron's orders, there are some city guards who clearly enjoy abusing their position.

* MadArtist: One of the collectibles in the game is a series of portraits by an artist named Montonessi. He spent some time at Moira Asylum, and a letter in his home implies he was sent there for killing his family. Montonessi was DrivenToSuicide before Garrett returns to the city, [[DeadArtistsAreBetter driving up the value of his works]].

* {{Transgender}}: Madame Xiao Xiao, who runs the House of Blossoms, appears to be a MtF transsexual. (That, or she's an extremely masculine woman who happens to have a male voice actor.)

* MadArtist: One of the collectibles in the game is a series of portraits by an artist named Montonessi. He spent some time at Moira Asylum, and a letter in his home implies he was sent there for killing his family. He was DrivenToSuicide before Garrett returns to the city, [[DeadArtistsAreBetter driving up the value of his works]].

* MadArtist: One of the collectibles in the game is a series of portraits by an artist named Montonessi. He spent some time at Moira Asylum, and a letter in his home implies he was sent there for killing his family. He was DrivenToSuicide before Garrett returns to the city, [[DeadAristsAreBetter driving up the value of his works]].

* DownerEnding: Retroactively for [[spoiler:the "original" Garrett (named in-universe as "The Sneak Thief"), who was incarcerated in the old prison benearth Moira Asylum - and whose mechanical eye the "new" Garrett can find - and whose fate is left unresolved]].

** The combination for the Baron's Great Safe is written as '30.11.98'. This is the release date of 'Thief: The Dark Project', the game that started the series.

* ZombieApocalypse: [[spoiler:What would happen if Orion's plan to cure the Gloom with the corrupted Primal came to pass, by way of the Forsaken being everyone in the city.]]

* ClimaxBoss: The Thief-Taker General in Chapter 6, after multiple [[ItsPersonal personalizing]] encounters. However, he's a SkippableBoss.

** There are 15 side missions the player can complete for Basso, which can be done early in the game and require obtaining certain pieces of loot for clients.

* HellIsThatNoise: The Forsaken.

* AwesomeYetPractical: The new Swoop mechanic, which allows Garrett to "jump" from cover to cover quickly. It not only can be used to rapidly sneak up on guards and take them out, but it also allows the player to cover ground more quickly in hub areas (Garrett is able to Swoop five times in quick succession before he becomes audibly winded).

** Averted through player action - whereas in the previous games, you could kill or knockout random citizens you find in the various levels, you get a NonStandardGameOver for killing any beggar you find in the hub level.

* WalkingArmory: While Garrett is only able to use his sword, blackjack and bow, he also carries several implements that would be lethal blade or blunt weapons in their own right, including a wrench, prybar and large razor.

** On the other hand, you will hear Guards bragging about doing horrible things, such as putting the white cross (symbol for "Gloom here,") on the door of a squat a thief ran into, and how they've strung up thieves who only stole something to eat, amongst a host of other atrocities, minor and not-so-minor. It won't be long before a vengeful player is ''bemoaning'' Garret's lack of a lethal means of dispatching these guys that doesn't involve expendable resources.