Thief 1: The Dark Project - AI Upscaled 4K - All Cutscenes, Intro, Ending

- 640x480 to 4K
- Framerate not modified
This took way longer than it should have. Cutscene order SHOULD be correct according to this:
thief.fandom.com/wiki/Briefin...

[@dragdragon23]

With all the people of all ages still interested in this game series, It's becoming legend!

[@DarkStar-pe8nb]

Me being 16 and also loving the games

[@timolockpisser400]

i just finished the first 2 games and iwas fken awesome, it wasnt like anything ive that ive played before truly immersive

[@vembdev]

best game ever

[@dragdragon23]

@@vembdev It's still different from games today, it does better putting you in another world as well.

[@adeveth]

Still loving this game

[@moribundtoot8183]

The sound in this game still gives me chills 20 years later. The game is pure genius.

[@cdiqueen]

I think its very clever that Garrett is scared after the trickster reveals himself. It's a good depth to his character; Garrett, always blasé, always money centric, accidentally awakens the devil and is scared shitless.

[@Torgo1969]

So many games have a part when the protagonist gets captured and knocked down several pegs or at least loses nearly all of his gear. Half Life, Deus Ex, Bioshock, Dishonored, etc. Thief was my first game and that cutscene gave me the shivers and I had to take a break for several hours. No other "capture" cutscene from another game can equal it. The only one that comes close is in Bioshock Infinite.

[@gronndar]

Current era Garret would be smacking some jokes when Constantine reveals himself

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

But also kinda dumb considering he's regularly depicted as more competent than the "smart" faction of the city and somehow isn't aware of what's going on after reading everything saying that this dude is evil

[@Atrahasis7]

Not really, constantine is weird, but I think Garrett just thinks hes a weirdo pagan rich dude with some magic power, in a city filled with more dangerous people. Just shows hes brave dealing with such characters, he just didnt expect Satan appearing in front of his eyes. I think that would leave anyone a bit shaken.@@ULTRAOutdoorsman

[@anonymousmcanonymous3055]

@@ULTRAOutdoorsman I mean, he says so in the following cutscene : he never expected the Scriptures to be real. It's all too easy to assume the Trickster is a stand-in for sin in general, like sloth or whatever.

[@lordkiller977]

I played at its release. I'm 46 and still feel the same feelings I felt that time. Incredible.

[@digiman76]

Same here. I am 47 and Thief will always have a place in my heart. Incredible hours playing Thief 1 & 2. I remember a LOT of the levels and details.

[@edwinrich3185]

lordkiller you are my best friend

[@mower2008]

The Thief cutscenes were ahead of their time. Mixing real actors/actresses with 2D animation and remarkable background paintings and drawings. I've never seen another franchise push the envelope like that.

[@bushidon]

This is actually pure gold. Brings back memories. Still over 20 years, and current games still don't give me the shivers this one does, mostly regarding the cutscenes. Simply amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[@LokeshThakur]

25 years this year

[@Chris_WG]

LOOKING GLASS STUDIOS...come back to us

[@nickpetrillo8300]

I used to tell my brother he had to be quiet too or else the game would hear.

[@Curt_Randall]

I love the pacing of the story in this game. It doesn't just dive into the main story like most games do. In fact it's not until around the sixth mission (the Sword) until the story really starts developing.

[@polpettaio]

This game is a gem. Played and replayed many times as a kid. The fear when you heard the zombies moaning, or the whispers of the ghosts was incredible. And the difficulty also increased in terms of game objectives. Then the story was fantastic. Every time I watch gameplay on KZbin I get teary-eyed.

[@Nr4747]

What this game still has over most other games - even to this day - is great aesthetics. Everything just oozes gothic moodiness, noir mystery and both occult and religious themes.

[@chroniclerPT]

Thank you for this. This game changed my life when I was a kid and made a significant impact on my taste in other types of media and it still does.

[@user-qb1sm3rk9r]

Same here. Thief became more than just a cool video game to me, in the same way that Beethoven is more than just catchy tunes to me. It's a mood, or a feeling. An immersive experience.

[@DanielJimenez-vq5gw]

GORGEOUS! Thanks for including the scriptures, in my opinion they have some of the best fictional quotes of all time. And he did say, "Shall we not use this power, as our enemies used it into us? Do we not carve their wild forests into our beams and boards? Do we not tame their raging streams to carry our boats?" And in their youth and foolishness, did his brothers say, "Yes, let us."

[@xxxxx8200]

"The stone cannot know why the chisel cleaves it; The iron cannot know why the fire scorches it. When thy life is cleft and scorched, when death and despair leap at thee, Beat not thy breast and curse thy evil fate, But thank the Builder for the trials that shape thee." --The Hammer Book of Tenets

[@Torgo1969]

@@xxxxx8200 I quote that Hammer passage all the time, along with "The essence of balance is detachment".

[@ConfusedandFrustated]

I've always loved the ending. Garrett makes a show of leaving the keepers and the response, "I will tell them nothing has changed. All is as it should be." I love that Garrett is this incredibly cool character in a world that really couldn't give a shit about that.

[@samisaker7008]

Eidos' Golden age : Thief, Deus Ex, Tomb Raider III, Urban Chaos, Legacy of Kain Remember the English trip hop by the end of 90's Gold at its purest

[@katslitterbox]

It still has a special place in my heart. Deus Ex. Crusader: No Remorse, Unreal Tournament all had one of the same artists (Andrew 'Necros' Sega). Lots of tracker scene guys. The Deus Ex UNATCO theme still gives me shivers.

[@ShoppingBored]

Hitman silent assasin, contracts, blood money.

[@Tuckerslam]

@@katslitterbox Listen to nervous_testpilot remix of it.

[@Mazut0]

Pure art, the whole artstyle, narration, voice acting, sound design... I should not even start about how the game was THE first in so many aspects. What I love the most is the problem solving, without relying on violence like 99% other FPS games.

[@casualcadaver]

First played this game around 2013. It quickly grew to become one of my top 10 games ever of all time. This game has more ambience and atmosphere than games that are 24 years newer. Currently playing through Thief 2X right now.

[@Uno-mv7wz]

My favorite games, along with Fallout and Half-Life. Wish the first Thief game would get a remake etc

[@Ephisus]

I guess you and me can be pals.

[@hplovecraftmacncheese]

It's not easy to remake a masterpiece.

[@Uno-mv7wz]

@@hplovecraftmacncheese That´s right! :)

[@numinous123]

Eidos tried to remake it in 2014. It was garbage. Dishonored is almost a good adaptation. At the very least it was heavily inspired by the first 3 games. Thief 2014 is just horrible.

[@numinous123]

@TsunzucchiniTzatzikiSan The controls were really terrible.

[@gabriel0742]

"I never robbed a god before, it'll be a challenge"

[@Torgo1969]

Garrett may have lost his eye but he's got his confidence back!

[@gabriel0742]

@@Torgo1969 imagine if they took both his eyes

[@numinous123]

I remember the first time I saw the opening video. I got chills, and was blown away. It's still one of my favorite games.

[@migproductions4045]

This was, is and always shall be PURE GOLD. Made better by your skill and love Katko, chapeau! Not a single flaw, this is pure professionalism..I hope you work in the industry! xxx

[@HHFan420]

Decades ahead of its' time

[@Edimonde]

I remember playing the demo of this game that came with a computer mag cd. It blew my 12 year old mind. Not only is the game positively dripping with atmosphere, its AI and gameplay mechanic can stand up to any stealth game today.

[@deanpflaumer7837]

This is amazing. Thank you so much.

[@chrisgarret3285]

To this day I go by Garret in games...

[@Samophlan]

It's always my avatar.

[@kotwturbanie]

Absolutely amazing!

[@shanesthief]

Beautiful work mate it looks amazing 👏

[@tomwatkins8598]

I'm so glad you made this.

[@erikahuxley]

Didn't even know this technology is already available. Awesome going back and watch upscale fmvs of my fav games.

[@MARKHENSTROM]

Dude - you've no idea how long I've wanted someone to do this. Well done! To the extent remastering of these cutscenes *should* be done - this would be how to do it. Use all-original assets, running on modern tech. I find myself wondering what this game could/would look and feel like if given a complete overhaul. Would it be a mess? Not necessarily. Those remakes of Crash Bandicoot and Spyro were very well-received - so maybe it IS possible to overhaul the entire thing and make it shine. Oddworld New 'N' Tasty was an *awful, awful, awful* take on the original. However, that Fallout 4 New Vegas mod currently in development looks WAY better than the original game. Dune 2021 - is lightyears better than the original film adaptation. Then you've got something like these cutscenes. Could they be remade from scratch - and the result be better than the original? Possibly! AI upscales will suffice until someone comes along - and does a worthy overhaul. Thanks a bunch for taking the time to do this. The cutscenes, sound and overall atmosphere in this game was freakin' incredible.

[@Samophlan]

I remember first playing this game with my 5.1 sound blaster setup. I was blown away. This game ruined me from enjoying other games for many years.

[@brkkrkya]

This is pure art for me. From visual art to writing. Everything feels perfectly mysterious and timeless.

[@reddhead2948]

This is NOT thief the dark project it's thief gold

[@martinmyggestik292]

It’s absolutely fantastic to watch it like this ❤

[@user-om8bn6in8b]

A masterpiece!

[@willianjohnam]

This need to be included on Tfix mod (which is basically the best way to play Thief Gold on modern systems).

[@mechanicalpants]

Such an amazing game (and the sequel) very few games have ever had this level of atmosphere and story telling. It's surprising that a movie was not made, it could really be an excellent film if done right!

[@raskolnikov6443]

Don’t give them any ideas. Modern movies mostly suck.

[@mechanicalpants]

@@raskolnikov6443 I agree with you there! But I think it it had been made 10 years ago by competent film makers who respected the source material, then it could have been great, because the story is all there. But as you say, most likely modern Hollywood would seriously F it up.

[@MrJerryUltra10000]

1 like for knowing how much time and harddrive space this takes on a computer.

[@katslitterbox]

The biggest part was trying to get them into a format I could process and tweaking the AI settings. But it took a 2-3 days computing time to upscale them all.

[@5kN9]

@@katslitterbox what upscaling software was used?

[@MrFarkasOfficial]

Woooooow, good job!!!

[@PROSTO4Tabal]

Looking Glass Studios we miss you

[@goaway23113]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2178">36:18</a> Pure art

[@JohnDoe-iv7yu]

Masterpiece of art.

[@rodrigorojas9565]

I still have the cd, Sometimes I had nightmares with the soldiers chasing me

[@kenhutch7727]

I LOVE this game, I've played so many times I cant count, since it first came out. I made my kids play it before they are allowed to play any games

[@DaveDexterMusic]

I'm sure you can visit the room where Garrett's eye is torn out, although it's not as splendid in-game.

[@GarretsShadow]

It's the room where you start in the mission directly after that cutscene

[@DaveDexterMusic]

@@GarretsShadow Yes, but in the prior sword mission you can find it.

[@theastralcowboy]

Well, done! 💎

[@dustymetso]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="584">9:44</a> Is the best cutscene, the mission "Assassins"

[@rayblack2004]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="485">8:05</a> - I LOVE the symbolism in this short 10 second clip!

[@MorgenthauMusic]

"The essence of balance is detachment. To embrace a cause, to grow fond or spiteful, is to lose one's balance, after which, no action can be trusted. Our burden is not for the dependent of spirit." Thief and Thief II are masterpieces of gaming, atmosphere and poetry. These two games are the most beautiful creations in gaming history. Best world building ever - because it doesn't say too much about it, but enough ... the letters, the lists, the books, the conversations, you explore the world as it unfolds ... and you can imagine the rest.

[@adamuser8246]

i played this on first release, and when the dialogue began about the first heist, I still remember it ...just as if it was now.

[@PROSTO4Tabal]

that's a nice cutscenes for remaster version like on Kex engine for example. Dear Santa...

[@raistakilhara]

looking glass studios, we miss u

[@biserborislawow]

great job!!! best game ever!

[@tivvy2vs21]

You can tell what my favorite cutscene is from my profile picture, but i had a thought, I really wanna see what a thief game with art direction from david lynch would look like, watched twin peaks recently and still obsessed with it, and i can see some similarities

[@3igen3ggy]

What program did you used to upscale? Thanks!

[@Valkium]

I wish a good Director makes a live action film someday.

[@adeveth]

Waiting for someone to make a new Thief game... maybe, just maybe it won't turn out to be like Thief 2014

[@PlasticSorcererTheOriginal]

This is the one replacement mod that i do use

[@LukeTramps]

So many classy people in this comment section, it's delightful. I've got to admit, though - as impressive as the technology is - thief's cut scenes lose a bit of their mystique due to the clarity of the picture. Just a little...

[@vladimirmatveyeff8027]

game of all times

[@phyrr2]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1696">28:16</a> "Eeeyyyyeee am the Woodsie Lord!" Wakka wakka EYE see what you did there guys!

[@vembdev]

t1-t3, best games

[@adrianalexanderveidt344]

They don't write games like these and the Legacy of Kain anymore.

[@psiclone4142]

This music sounds like Machines of Loving Grace

[@Cagliostro0589]

Capolavoro

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

But what the hell did Constantine mean when he said the wine had a restorative effect

[@Jack_Slate]

Wish I could import this into the game. These cutscenes are terrible at 2k res, which is a shame for how good they are.

[@GepardenK]

You can, download here: www.moddb.com/mods/thief-gold-esrgan-pack/addons/thief-gold-esrgan-sd-cinematics-pack-v21

[@wykapanyTata]

Was it ever explained what that Trickster's ritual would do? I don't remember.

[@katslitterbox]

according to here (last post in thread) he was planning on removing technology and "light". Man used to be afraid of the dark and that fear motivated him, and now with technology that fear is gone. And the Trickster's plan to revive the darkness, is, the titular "Dark Project" quote: "I have conceived of a plan to revive the darkness, to bring a resurrection of the ability to fear and dream. And, once my dark project is realized, they shall know again to fear and love their Lord."

[@wykapanyTata]

@@katslitterbox Thanks for explanation :)

[@ArcturusOTE]

@@katslitterbox So literally enveloping the world in vanta black

[@Torgo1969]

@@katslitterbox Trickster really showed his true colors and I wish there had a been a more brutal and personal way to end him in The Maw.

[@krzysztofp.4816]

Best game 👍

[@matthewmartinez3907]

Decoy eye he tricked the trickster lol

[@elgatochurro]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1715">28:35</a> "Our hammers" am i hearing that right???

[@mokkamake]

omgomgomgomg

[@elgatochurro]

I still dont understand the brandy... did they try to poison him? kill him?

[@JT-nd6qp]

The brandy was sprouting green shoots... once it sprouted inside Garrett's body, perhaps it would have allowed Constantine/Viktoria to control his mind?

[@Jcushing5]

It's time for NightDive to step up... again.

[@DThron]

The non-canon intro! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHuXaqN5i7aUnJo

[@katslitterbox]

holy crap

[@midshipman8654]

unfortunately these cutscenes do t play for the steam version.

[@AFSFlash]

Tfix on steam community

[@midshipman8654]

@@AFSFlash I know, but still, if they are selling a game, id think they would fix such a glaring problem with the base version.

[@belforge]

Thief 1 & 2 are legendary, others crap..

[@RetroDeathReviews666]

3 is great too even if it missed the mark in a few ways.

[@Torgo1969]

T1 and T2 really put the hook in me. I played both in my first year of veterinary school and it is nothing short of a miracle that I graduated on time without ever going on academic probation in those 4 years of gaming...and study.

[@TheAlexKhvorov]

Make it run 60 FPS while you at it

[@katslitterbox]

I experimented with frame adding ones but they ALWAYS looked like complete butt because they don't understand the kind of movement the artist intended. (Maybe with modern "deep" AI they can be better). Imagine a guy stopping, and you add a new frame. Does the guy keep going? Does he stop immediately? Does he slow down linearly? With a curve? Those are all variations real artists use, and AI--especially without all original source layers to go on to tell them apart--have failed in my tests.

[@lolstationvita5922]

Guess I'm the only one who laughts at intro. Because it's too edgy! 🤣

[@Anayoth]

“The path of thief and God are worn as one in the Earth.”

[@falconeshield]

I love how all the gods in this universe (save Thi4f) exist except the builder. Even the terrenian (refuse to call them pagan its stupid) gods are real. Not the Builder. I wonder if its satire on Christianity.

[@katslitterbox]

(KZbin lost my original comment) Interesting idea! I don't think I see it the same way though. I think the Builder, if not real, could be a man-made manifestation of the ideals of man toward technology. A personification/embodiment of man's thinking and infatuation with its own achievements (much like the gilded age, gilded ... gilded metal... "metal age"... wink wink). It could also be a false god used as a tool to control people. There's very much this air of hubris that man, through technology, has no need for nature or gods anymore. It's almost as if they took "the (christian) devil" and split him into two different devils. One, chaos, the trickster God. (Thief 1) The other, is order, (machines and people in heavily defined roles and positions). But both kind of represent a "gift" of knowledge to man. The Pagans (or Terrerians as you call them), nature and magic, trees grow everywhere they go with many warm creatures, building natural villages. The Builder, representing order, megacities made out of square plates of cold metal and tall cities. But as far as we've seen, The Builder, if real, works behind the scenes. Then again, who would have thought the Trickster God would have been real until face to face with the demon himself?

[@Torgo1969]

@@katslitterbox Humans come from Nature's bounty of material and energy but we never forget (but so many people do forget) that despite these gifts Nature is also constantly trying to kill us with natural disasters and parasites and other organisms both enormous and microscopic. This game is magnificent in provoking the most primal existential questions. Such as the Dionysian/Apollonian struggle so well described by Rush in their song "Hemispheres". BTW, thank you for compiling these cutscenes. I have been playing Thief soundtracks as I fall asleep lately.

[@Anayoth]

Pagan is a more apt term for essentially hippies.

[@Plutonia001]

I'm going to be in the minority and say that I hate this. These are my favorite games, and their original cutscenes are good enough as they are. I'm not saying that as someone insisting on some nostalgia trip. 240p video shows in maximum fidelity exactly what it can and nothing more. It's not much but it's enough. 4k that is upscaled from 240p shows in extreme high fidelity something of which 99.07% is uneducated guesses by a dumb, unthinking computer that doesn't understand what it's looking at. You are just zooming in on machine-generated noise to see it as clearly as possible. The original had no misinterpretation. You could only see exactly what Daniel Thron wanted the cuscene to show, in low fidelity. An upscale consists almost entirely of misinterpretations, ones that are clear for everyone to see in extreme high resolution. I don't want to view indecipherable machine-learning-generated rubbish written on the side of Constantine's wine bottle in 4k. I want to not know what it says due to it being rendered in 240p.

[@DaveDexterMusic]

you're picking on minor examples of text (despite the fact that the original art was certainly clear enough to read but then compressed for the videos, so returning it to clarity seems fair - and this version is readable, so quite how it's indecipherable or machine-learning-generated-rubbish is beyond me) to condemn an entire upscale? you think Thron wouldn't have made this a lot clearer if late 90s tech had allowed it? you genuinely think this consists "almost entirely of misinterpretations"? what, is garrett suddenly wearing a funny hat in half of these? where details are not simply noisy mush, the upscaling is excellent with a certain amount of grain, smearing and woolliness. hell, compare the live-action silhouette shots in the originals to these - fuzzy, noisy outlines compared to crisp, dark ones. why would you be ok with the loss of information and clarity forced by the transfer of the original art to the animated low-res versions, but not ok with restoring that information and clarity as best as possible? oh it's pointless

[@Plutonia001]

@@DaveDexterMusic It doesn't restore the information. It creates new data between small pieces of surviving information, and that creation is only informed by what is available. Very little is available and the system that creates the new data is not intelligent enough to interpret it correctly due to how little info there is. Saving from the original production clarity to low-res game assets produced things like aliasing effects, and instead of recognizing those as what they are, the computer interprets those effects as movement and creates high-res wobble in its stead. That is just one example, but the principle is the same across the board. I'd rather see exactly what was originally shipped with the game in low res, than see what a stupid computer misinterpreted and reproduced in extreme detail. A movie that ends abruptly without a proper conclusion is still better than an extended cut of it written by a 6-year-old.

[@CACOE_]

Your original low res version is still available for you to appreciate, as now this is here for others, everyone can be happy, no need to sweat it.

[@TNAA]

"No, pal, we don't accept ANY input with a SLIGHT insinuation." This is not your hugbox. Get a grip.

[@uteruspuncher4619]

Jesus, played Thief when I was a teenager. Loved it so much. Now I'm pushing 40 and it still gives me the chilles. What a fucking masterpiece.

[@Ancient_Keeper.369]

Old games = gold games

[@Greybow864]

Im playing now Thief Dark Parade and remember old times!!!