Marlowe45 on 24/3/2024 at 22:58
Just finished the mission on Expert. Really enjoyed it!
A rare daylight mission that works.
Lighting contrast really made the mission atmospheric, as well as level design. It gave off that dingy damp Thief 1/Gold feeling. I could practically smell the mold and decay.
Laughed at the mention of Mercedes being stricken from from the training records. Anything that mentions other FMs always seems to build and bind the Thief world in a satisfactory way.
I liked all the readables. I know some players don't like to read all the books, but getting my hands on books is always rewarding.
After I ran out of the compound with pursers hot on my trail and noticed that I was still 400 short on loot I was worried. I am generally not a fan of loot hunts. But in this case the forced exploration was completely worth it. The loot requirement made me explore and discover the hidden pagan apartment and the last will and testament. This would not have happened without me needing to hunt for loot.
Still haven't found a way into the Psychic's apartment. Will be my goal for next time.
Overall a great mission and a great Thief experience. Thank you!
szabikka on 26/3/2024 at 18:47
I have just finished this awesome mission and here are my thoughts about it.
Even though it is a daytime mission - I generally don't like those - I have to make an exception with this one. The starting area is already full of nice architectural features and it immediately distracted me from the fact that I'm completely visible and a guard is right in front of me (fortunately he was neutral). There is so much thing to check out in the first area that I simply didn't care it was a daytime mission in which the textures look very pixelated.
The readables were also fantastic. The latrine disaster was my favourite with the keeper detailing his dream about the three pillars (representing the three Thief games) coming in second place.
It was also nice to revisit the keeper compund where TDP started with the training section. I was always intrigued what was behind the doors at the end of the training part. Now i got to see a nice interpretation about it.
The secrets were nicely disguised and not too hard to find, so I didn't have to frob everything.
I also liked the church area with the priest giving a sermon. You rarely see this in other missions where the priests usually just walk around or stand in place doing nothing.
All in all, this was a nice, well executed mission.
Thanks for sharing it with us, Snake! :thumb:
karstenpontoppi on 26/3/2024 at 19:55
Snake,
Thanks for a very entertaining mission. :thumb:
Renault on 28/3/2024 at 21:02
@Snake - Awesome job with this. You really captured the feel from the original Thief OG OM. And you managed to tackle two of the most rare of FM categories - 1) daytime and 2) Keeper missions. Really enjoyed the layout, it took me a little while to fully wrap my head around parts of it. Also, the AI placement and difficulty was perfect. I agree that maybe the primary objectives were a bit too out in the open, but the secrets made up for that. Anyway, great work here, would love to see more stuff from you.
Cardia on 29/3/2024 at 09:10
Thank you so much for this high quality mission, I had a great time playing it. Maybe it would have been interesting to give it a night atmosphere setting ? Interesting Kepper constructions. The gameplay is enjoyable and easygoing.
Well done Snake, you did a great job here, hope there will be more to come in the future.:thumb:
karlpet on 5/4/2024 at 15:55
I really really loved the aestethics of this mission, it really scratched an itch.
It's hard to explain why, how you built in holes into some window textures etc
I'm a sucker for the lighting
The orange leaves floor and the cramped feeling to the level, there's something supernatural about the aestethic.
Good shit! Keep it up!
Loved the cheeky little skeleton statue that does a peekabo lol
Snake on 6/4/2024 at 15:44
Thanks for the kind feedback!
Quote Posted by karlpet
Loved the cheeky little skeleton statue that does a peekabo lolI think you are the first person to acknowledge having seen this so well done on spotting it!
Iceblade on 12/4/2024 at 04:20
Secret Hint: The church upper areas are quite explorable inside and out.
Mattsolong on 15/4/2024 at 22:55
Very good training for me to search intensively for secrets and loot. After some searching, I have now been able to find all the secrets. I'm currently only missing 40 loot (I've already found a difficult hiding place by chance). At first I thought it was a secret, because I was able to "blindly" click on the loot of another secret before I actually found it, but it wasn't a secret. Thank you again for this training mission, finding out the secrets and loot brought me a lot of joy :-). I would be happy about more interesting missions from you.
Please forgive my poor English, my mother tongue is German. Best regards.