One mission sees you repeatedly luring a frustrated baker from his store so that you can swipe a series of increasingly impressive cakes. Some missions involve distracting guards so you can skulk past without being noticed. Though it might look like a platform-puzzler at first glance, the game's context-based pop-ups and item management systems owe a debt to the point-and-click genre. To do this, you'll need to acquire certain key items, unlock doors, and trigger mechanisms, all while keeping a low profile. Tiny Thief, the genre-straddling adventure puzzle mash-up from 5 Ants Games has enough charm to rescue an entire battalion of macho, grey cover shooters from their gravel-voiced funk, and still have a bit left over to make a funnel web spider look cute.Īs the title suggests, you take control of a pint-sized pickpocket whom you must guide to an exit without being spotted. In the often humourless, frequently bullet-riddled world of gaming, a little charm goes a long way.
