Thief

[Black Magic Shopkeeper]

There were dinosaurs?

What, no

Thief 2 dropped the mystical nonsense and dinosaurs and focused on the thievery, and was the far superior game because of it.

There were no freaking dinosaurs. You must be thinking Tomb Raider.

and how the hell does a lack of 'mystical nonsense' make it superior? I think it only did a better job because the levels were more expansive and fun to explore. The lore pretty much stayed the same.
It had the Hammerites, the pagans, the Keepers, and the added plot device of the Mechanists. Zombies and ghosts were still a thing, as was the 'mystical nonsense' that Pagans toted around. Especially since they began to play an important role in the story near the end.