You are a thief who must collect all the coins in the room and exit, all the while avoiding the patrolling police officers!  Tricky Thief is a puzzle action game that’s like a cross between the sliding block puzzles from Zelda dungeons, mixed with the parts of Zelda games where you have to sneak past guards.  It’s available on all current consoles, but reviewed on PS4 here.

Your thief can zip quickly up, down, left, or right, but he won’t stop until he hits a wall or a tile on the floor that has a footprint on it.  You must use your limited move set to figure out how to get all the coins in a room and open the exit to the next level.  But all the while, the police are patrolling the area.  You can see their path and their line of sight, and if you get caught by them, you must start the level over again.

The game features minimalistic graphics, but I did like the jazzy music.  It starts out pretty easy, but gets difficult very quickly, after level 10 or so.  Aside from that, my only other problem was that the line of sight for the police seems to extend farther than what you think, and they can even catch you if you zip behind them close enough.  So it’s a bit misleading.

Kid Factor:

Even though you’re a thief and can get caught by police, when that happens the screen just fades out and you start the level over.  So nothing violent here.  Reading skill isn’t needed, but younger gamers may find it too difficult.  Tricky Thief is rated E for Everyone.

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