<Username> on 6/7/2025 at 10:35
Stats:
* Normal difficulty
* 1 hour and 54 minutes
* 1506 of 3128 total loot
* 0 hints needed
Elements I liked:
* Gorgeous City skybox.
* Nonlinear mission design with different paths to explore.
* Lots of points where you can use rope arrows.
* Some rooftop action with some great views.
* The journal of the person who watches the sealed-off section from afar was intriguing.
* The undead who lunges at you through a cracked window in the sewers startled me.
* The collapsed walls and ruined interiors in the sealed-off section are wonderfully decrepit.
* Gruesome sights of body parts and piles of human flesh scattered throughout the mission.
* A variety of undead types. Some even have ranged attacks.
* I spotted a Necromancer in Hawtrey Manor going into a room, picking up a crate, and then carrying it to a different room.
* I spotted a necromancer in Hawtrey Manor hoisting a corpse to shoulder level, carrying it to another room, and laying it on a stretcher.
Could be improved:
* I wasn't sure where the voice in Hawtrey Manor was coming from. At first, I thought I was supposed to follow the will-o'-the-wisps.
* The hammer on the crate next to the disappearing corpse of the Necromancer in the sewers will float slightly above whatever surface it is dropped on.
Other observations:
* The missions appears to be a homage to The Haunted Cathedral.
* The Excellent Gazette mentions Rocksbourg, the titular city from the fan mission series.
* The phrase "house of bad dreams" might be a callback to the Shalebridge Cradle from T3. Garrett ends his introduction to that mission with almost the same phrase.
Barking Goose on 2/8/2025 at 18:39
Great mission. I liked it on my first playthrough, but now, after my second one, I think it's become one of my favourites. The atmosphere is amazing, the city section is fun, and the manor looks eerie as hell. The brains in the bathtub and the basement area with all the body parts lying around were a nice (if I can use this word in this context) touch.