downwinder on 24/12/2022 at 06:24
i forgot to mention one thing to add to mission a bag of spice, unless i missed it in a secret i missed???
Bosh on 24/12/2022 at 06:37
I do love seeing a new FM released! Congrats on your mission Vortex85 - and thank you. Downloading and off to play :)
griswold on 24/12/2022 at 10:15
Merry xmas :thumb:
Aemanyl on 24/12/2022 at 11:13
First of all, thank you very much for your hard work and effort. In my opinion, this is surely one of the best Thief 2 fan missions of the recent years.
Pros:
+ Amazing level design.
+ Classic atmosphere that reminds me of Blackmail and Masks (but without annoying cameras and combat bots).
+ Enjoyable gameplay that keeps you absorbed and glued to the screen as you progress from one floor to another.
+ Interesting storyline.
+ Inclusion of supernatural elements and elemental areas that make this mission more than just a regular mansion sneaker.
+ Fun and not irritatingly difficult puzzles. I have noticed a few completely original ideas, as well as the author's novel approach to ideas already known from other fan missions.
+ No bugs and no grammar errors in the readables (kudos to the beta testers!).
Cons:
- I absolutely don't want to be nit-picking, but I would love to see a few more ambient loops in different sectors of the mansion. It's not that the sound design in the level is bad (because it is just fine), but this is only a tiny suggestion that could make it even better.
Score: 10/10
Karras35 on 24/12/2022 at 13:07
This is great news and making today even better!! :angel:
Merry Christmas!!:)
downoading...
Gonna play it now!!:cheeky:
RJS66 on 24/12/2022 at 13:16
FANTASTIC MISSION!!
2 hours 27 minutes. finished with only 4 of 15 secrets, I have some more exploring to do.
JarlFrank on 24/12/2022 at 13:39
Finished it. Enjoyable FM that reminds me of mid-00s "mansion with secret" FMs. It's good overall but it had some things I didn't enjoy.
- only one way to reach the backyard of the castle, should have been able to reach it by going around the castle too (this got me stuck for a while cause I missed the only door leading there)
- dimensions are a little big, it's not a big problem but a lot of spaces feel a little oversized
- I absolutely HATED some of the challenge rooms:
The wind stone area was torturous since I couldn't always hear the wind clearly even when I was on the right path. I ended up opening Dromed to look up the solution. Terrible.
The darkness stone area was a cool idea, but navigating through the darkness again felt more tedious than fun to me. Super linear corridors with tons of dead end rooms attached, just find the right path then run back. Meh.
Earth stone area felt uninspired, same concept as the darkness area except not dark. Just find the stone and run back out.
The castle was good, but those areas dragged the mission down for me. Really didn't like them. Still rated it a 7/10 overall, but on a replay I would probably just stop when I find the sword and knock out the sorceress and have to tackle the tedious elemental areas.
fortuni on 24/12/2022 at 13:55
Finished at last, and what an extraordinarily good mission this is, so much to do, so many things to find with nothing too difficult, too obtuse or just plain weird as some authors are sometimes prone to deliver. The castle is huge and genuinely top drawer design, it's even got a gift shop....:D
It's got a great plot, simply steal a sword but to do that you have to find a number of special stones each in it's unique environment, which of course have various traps to avoid, my favourites being the traps in the Stone of Light area, and the Stone of Darkness area, both brilliantly done with some superb scary moments to enjoy.
My other favourite area has got to be the evil Dewdrop courtyard, being both fun and pure evil all at the same time, and your reward, an item you don't even need in the first place, now that's what I call evil.
Overall the mission is up there with The Violent End of Duncan Malveine in size, quality and ambition, and seeing this is only your second mission, releasing something that is a good as what Nicked would make is a stupendous achievement, so a huge congratulations and thank you for this hugely enjoyable FM.
frobbin hood on 24/12/2022 at 14:59
Ok, my turn to ask for help...
Where's the switch for the air portal? I found the door.
Edit: In time honoured fashion, I found it just after posting!
nightchild on 24/12/2022 at 15:12
congratulation and thanks!!!!
