Random_Taffer on 19/9/2022 at 04:25
Top release of 2022 so far.
Marbrien on 19/9/2022 at 13:42
In Shiver Me Timbers (on Expert), I don't know what to do in the red tunnels outside the ship which are presumably supposed to be the innards of some creature. I have the matches you can throw and a barrel of gunpowder. I've tried blowing up the large blue crystal heart (if that's what it is), and the red spider, and the small watery hole at the end of a downward sloping tunnel. In every case nothing happens and the mission does not end.
OK, for anyone else stuck here, you have to explode the barrel of dynamite beside the giant blue crystal, nothing much seems to change but you then have to proceed to the small watery hole at the end of the downward sloping tunnel, and the mission will end.
A.Stahl on 19/9/2022 at 16:49
What am I supposed to do in the 2nd mission? I mean, what is the goal?
Ok, found: Take a key from the corpse hanging from the mast. Why? No idea. What happened next? End of the mission.
Galaer on 19/9/2022 at 19:48
Mission 3. Where is Tony? I was everywhere and I can't find him. I also used his toy everywhere, but it didn't help. I also noticed that I can hear some AI, but I can't see them. Is this a bug?
Edit: All right, I think it was a bug. I downloaded dark.cfg from Bracelet of Melody and finally rest of objects showed up. Plus AIs are visible. But even with this I can't still find Tony.
Edit 2: Nevermind, I found him and finished this mission.
michael a on 20/9/2022 at 00:03
Quote Posted by ticky
While this set of missions had a couple of very great moments, I think the focus and the thinking of the author changed a lot since the beginning.
Remember the first missions of the author, mostly for T2, from 2005-2007?
The Broken Hammers was quite nice, with readables and story that made sense. Same goes for Heretics and pagans, which had a nice landscape and also good custom AI.
Remember The Lost Crusade back in 2007? It was a not superpolished, but a very well done mission with a uniqute atmosphere and a lovely setting of
a daylight, lively small port town with tastefully placed ambient sounds. The tomb area was supernice as well, and the readables had actual stories, made sense, there were actual story and actual characters.
Then something might have happened, because since the truly disturbing Upwards Spiral (2018),
penis-shaped swimming pools, (real life) mass killer manifestos in readables, dumb bad language (stupid, short readables all about feces, semen, blood, masturbation and any other similar references) and little to no story/plot took the lead, while the architecture became super-polished compared to The Lost Crusade. As for gameplay, in certain missions since 2018, supersensitive enemies outnumbering the player make it as non-Thiefy as possible. Very weird and unique. I don't know if the author seeks attention with this "rebellious" language used in the readables and objective texts, but I must add - it doesn't make these "new era" Spoonman missions much better for me.
One thing's for sure: I don't wanna disturb artistic freedom and ways of expression here, but I wanted to highlight some actually weird and a bit disturbing elements of these missions.
I recall his excellent Dark Mod mission
Full Moon Fever. After that his missions began shifting towards more eerie, labyrinthine and plot-light experiences: TDM FMs
Ravine (which I like) and
King of the Mountain (I have mixed feelings about that), and that trend continued in his recent Thief Gold affairs.
A.Stahl on 20/9/2022 at 06:04
Quote Posted by Galaer
Edit 2: Nevermind, I found him and finished this mission.
Is he hidden? I've made a few circles through the forest but never saw anything Tony-alike except the dead burrick.
Galaer on 20/9/2022 at 06:40
Quote Posted by A.Stahl
Is he hidden? I've made a few circles through the forest but never saw anything Tony-alike except the dead burrick.
So you saw him.
Garrett TMT on 20/9/2022 at 19:44
hello party people :3
where is the last coin in the mission with the big skeleton? (end of the line) :3
Galaer on 20/9/2022 at 19:49
Mission 4. What do do in red cave? I brought explosive barrel and tried to explode water hole and big blue crystal, but it didn't work.
Garrett TMT on 20/9/2022 at 20:19
The crystal stops glowing after the explosion. He will not be rly destroyed. After this.. the water hole is the exit :3