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''Stolen'' is a stealth-based game developed by British video game company Blue 52 and published in 2005 by Hip Games for [[Play Station 2]], Xbox and Microsoft Windows.
''Stolen'' is a stealth-based game developed by British video game company Blue 52 and published in 2005 by Hip Games for [[PlayStation 2]], Xbox and Microsoft Windows.


The player assumes the role of [[Classy Cat Burglar|Anya Romanov]], an acrobatic, high-tech professional thief living in the [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|futuristic]] [[Dystopia|dark metropolis]] Forge City. Her initial mission is to [[What the Hell Hero|infiltrate a high-security museum and steal items therein]]. She is assisted by the computer expert [[The Cracker|Louie Palmer]], who communicates with her through an [[Comm Links|earpiece]]. Later on however Anya is framed for murder she didn't commit and finds out about a sinister conspiracy involving a ruthless corrupt politician [[Sleazy Politician|Richard Killian]] and her own deadly female ninja rival known only as [[The Rival|Breeze]].
The player assumes the role of [[Classy Cat Burglar|Anya Romanov]], an acrobatic, high-tech professional thief living in the [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|futuristic]] [[Dystopia|dark metropolis]] Forge City. Her initial mission is to [[What the Hell, Hero?|infiltrate a high-security museum and steal items therein]]. She is assisted by the computer expert [[The Cracker|Louie Palmer]], who communicates with her through an [[Comm Links|earpiece]]. Later on however Anya is framed for murder she didn't commit and finds out about a sinister conspiracy involving a ruthless corrupt politician [[Sleazy Politician|Richard Killian]] and her own deadly female ninja rival known only as [[The Rival|Breeze]].


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* [[Action Girl]]: Anya, Breeze.
* [[Action Girl]]: Anya, Breeze.
* [[Classy Cat Burglar]]: Anya.
* [[Classy Cat Burglar]]: Anya.
* [[Cyberpunk]]
* [[Cyberpunk]]
* [[Cyberpunk With a Chance of Rain]]: One can argue that half the time it's simply night out, but [[Blah Blah Blah|yeah]].
* [[Cyberpunk with a Chance of Rain]]: One can argue that half the time it's simply night out, but [[Blah Blah Blah|yeah]].
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] at one point by Anya. "Ah, Forge City, [[Deadpan Snarker|in all its glory]]."
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] at one point by Anya. "Ah, Forge City, [[Deadpan Snarker|in all its glory]]."
* [[Deadly Gas]]
* [[Deadly Gas]]
* [[Dystopia]]
* [[Dystopia]]
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]
* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: His name is ''Killian''.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: His name is ''Killian''.
* [[Fan Service]]: I do appreciate the descending neckline on your [[Spy Catsuit]], Anya, I really do. But won't that big patch of DD skin stand out when you're trying to do stealth stuff?
* [[Fan Service]]: I do appreciate the descending neckline on your [[Spy Catsuit]], Anya, I really do. But won't that big patch of DD skin stand out when you're trying to do stealth stuff?
* [[Hacker Cave]]: Louis Palmer's place.
* [[Hacker Cave]]: Louis Palmer's place.
* [[Highly Visible Ninja]]: Everyone sees you in direct light, but the second you step into the tiniest shadow, even a two foot region of shade next to a filing cabinet in an otherwise brightly lit room, you become completely invisible. Even when someone is standing right in front of you staring right at you.
* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: Everyone sees you in direct light, but the second you step into the tiniest shadow, even a two foot region of shade next to a filing cabinet in an otherwise brightly lit room, you become completely invisible. Even when someone is standing right in front of you staring right at you.
* [[Gas Chamber]]
* [[Gas Chamber]]
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Every security guard in the entire game. Justified with the overweight museum guards, but the police aren't any smarter.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Every security guard in the entire game. Justified with the overweight museum guards, but the police aren't any smarter.
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** Uh, there was that thing at the end where Anya used a heavy object to smash Breeze through a window and she falls to her death (maybe). Anya says "Nice knowin' ya!" and demonstrates no regret over this. Would someone like to explain that?
** Uh, there was that thing at the end where Anya used a heavy object to smash Breeze through a window and she falls to her death (maybe). Anya says "Nice knowin' ya!" and demonstrates no regret over this. Would someone like to explain that?
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]
* [[What the Hell Hero]]: You realize, for half the game, you're technically the villain, right? Thief.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: You realize, for half the game, you're technically the villain, right? Thief.
** Yeah, because there's never been any game where you're worse than a thief...
** Yeah, because there's never been any game where you're worse than a thief...


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Latest revision as of 13:53, 11 August 2014

Stolen is a stealth-based game developed by British video game company Blue 52 and published in 2005 by Hip Games for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows.

The player assumes the role of Anya Romanov, an acrobatic, high-tech professional thief living in the futuristic dark metropolis Forge City. Her initial mission is to infiltrate a high-security museum and steal items therein. She is assisted by the computer expert Louie Palmer, who communicates with her through an earpiece. Later on however Anya is framed for murder she didn't commit and finds out about a sinister conspiracy involving a ruthless corrupt politician Richard Killian and her own deadly female ninja rival known only as Breeze.

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