General discourse on this is both too harsh and unfortunately accurate. It's a bad Thief game, for sure, and the story is an absolute mess from front to back. The gameplay updates also feel generally clumsy throughout, as though they had some vague ideas they thought could work and then never took the time to properly groom them into something fun. Beneath all the fumbling, though, I do think there's a glimmer of an interesting take on Thief in here. Crystal Dynamics nail a pretty unique tone every once in a while (i.e. the asylum level), and I actually have some fondness for the hub world despite the janky map system. The world degrades slowly, and all you can do is sit by to watch it crumble while stealing just enough to make a living. The other games did it better, but I appreciate the effort regardless. Probably would have benefitted greatly from a sequel - as it stands, I completely understand why it didn't get one.