The bug didn't affect me too much, as I played the first run-though on normal anyway. I won't play through again for anothr month or so.
However, I think they did a superb job with the game. I'm not easily impressed, particularly lately with the crud that's out there. But Thief III was great.
On the contrary to what Ray was complaining about, I didn't mind the "purple mist."It was something recognizable, you knew what it was when you saw it. Here's something to know though, the "purple mist" is pretty much either; as in, if you find a spot with missing textures (I only found a couple), you'd see the same purple mist. So, the "purple mist doors" were probably areas without any textures or polygons.
I think they ket the same feel of the original ones. Sure, I would have LOVED larger maps, but I each map was complex enough so it didn't bother you. It wasn't like IW's maps, which one entire map would be a friggin alley between 2 other maps (that was horrible). They idd an aright job with the small maps, and the load times weren't that bad on my system.
The climbing gloves were "alright." I missed the rope arrows, but climbing globes were ok. They don't work on any surface (only stone), and even only on some stone surfaces at that. Sure, you could use them to get away (climb up to a shadowy spot), but it's not as bad as people make it seem. I mean, come on, if you don't like it, then don't use it unless you ABSOLUTELY need to.
As for the performance question, it's definately not smooth as silk, but it's pretty decent. I look at the Thief games as slow-paced: sneak around, walk slowly, don't take people head-on, etc. So I was probably only getting a little over 30 FPS on my Intel 2.4 GHz, 1024 RAM, ATI 9800XP at 1024x768. But that was good enough for me (and I don't tweak my system, so you might get better).
Pentium 4, 2.4GHz w/ 533Mhz FSB
1024MB PC2700 Crucial RAM
ATI Radeon 9800XT
Windows XP Pro
"Space. It seems to go on and on forever. But then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you."
-Fry, Futurama