I actually liked Thief (2014) and yes I've played the entire series. I also enjoyed Hitman Absolution which got more hate than it deserved as well it wasn't great but not completely terrible as people made it seem, I also played the whole series. The positive aspect of the criticism from Absolution was it brought us Hitman (2016) which was pretty amazing, but remember that people also criticized Hitman Blood Money but compared to Contracts it did have a weaker story. I think like most things people dislike change and new things, then nostalgia glasses may cloud people's judgment, but there are some games where the originals definitely surpass any new iterations especially when the creative direction starts going off the rails.