Galaer on 1/1/2025 at 16:26
I have 4 FMs that I really loved playing this year:
1) The Art of Thievery (T2) (2001) - giant mansion mission with lots of patrollers and watchers. Ghosting is optional and it's tough. Lots of objectives, loot and secrets, though in some places there is less loot. Also once no kill objective triggered on it's own. No alert objective only works if enemies will go into 3rd alert instead of 2nd alert. There is a lot of ways in and out. Enemies are sensitive and they can hear Garrett's footsteps while he's crouch walking near them. Still I would prefer difficulty being a bit more higher. Verdict: 8,5/10
2) Coterie of Smokers (T2) (2004) - huge mansion mission with lots of guards. Even normal run requires nudging of lady Lotti for loot. There is a bit of going back and forth especially for supreme ghost. There is already tricky nudging of 2 guards to pass. But there isn't too many nudging. Timing enemies can be hard especially when due to player being away they separate. Also light mushrooms can make life hard. High loot objective also makes this mission tricky and getting rope arrows is time consuming. Enemies are sensitive and they can hear Garrett's footsteps while he's crouch walking near them. Also sometimes patrollers can get stuck somewhere. Verdict: 8/10
3) CARDINALS SINS (T2) (2024) - very good daylight mission with tricky patrollers and very little shadow. Settling remarks from neutral enmies in city were weird. Lots of loot. I think it's a bit generous mission with levers becoming unfrobbable after use and keys vanishing after use. Do nothing crazy, but it's fun to play. Verdict: 7/10
4) OBLIVION (T1) (1999) - final and hardest mission of Bear Pits Series. Lots of patrollers and tricky situations with newly spawned AI. Especially Trial #4. It has really challenging ghost. However there is many bugs with AI possible to carry and you can only drop them with "drop" button. You don't need to bless scepter and transform Hammerites into ratmen. Newly spawned AI are non solid and must see you in order to become solid again. There are weird hitboxes of moving planks in Trail #2. But overall it's fun mission to play. Verdict: 7/10
mxleader on 1/1/2025 at 22:10
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Coterie of Smokers (T2) (2004) - huge mansion mission with lots of guards. Even normal run requires nudging of lady Lotti for loot. There is a bit of going back and forth especially for supreme ghost. There is already tricky nudging of 2 guards to pass. But there isn't too many nudging. Timing enemies can be hard especially when due to player being away they separate. Also light mushrooms can make life hard. High loot objective also makes this mission tricky and getting rope arrows is time consuming. Enemies are sensitive and they can hear Garrett's footsteps while he's crouch walking near them. Also sometimes patrollers can get stuck somewhere.
Verdict: 8/10That is such a great mission and one of my favorites.
This year I'd have to say A Very Thiefy Christmas Special is my favorite for 2024, but also that's the most recent FM I've played so my choice is slightly skewed.
hoppervolary on 28/4/2025 at 02:38
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CARDINALS SINS (T2) (2024) - very good daylight mission with tricky patrollers and very little shadow. Settling remarks from neutral enmies in city were weird. Lots of loot. I think it's a bit generous mission with (
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Verdict: 7/10Awesome list! I also loved Cardinal Sins this year — the bright daylight made sneaking so tense. I’d add Death’s Turbid Veil (T2) too, a dark, atmospheric mission with great exploration and some brutal stealth sections. Highly recommend it!
glwhalen on 28/4/2025 at 21:57
A Very Thiefy Christmas was my favorite and, I think, the best I played in 2024. It's the one I most look forward to playing again . . . next Christmas.
Gloria Creep on 3/5/2025 at 23:40
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A Very Thiefy Christmas was my favorite and, I think, the best I played in 2024. It's the one I most look forward to playing again . . . next Christmas.
Me too! :angel:
Lord Taffer on 4/5/2025 at 18:50
Some of the best ones I played in 2024 were: Bloodstone Prison (1999), A Thief's Training (2024), Roque's Lair (2024), Cardinals' Sins (2024) and all three nicked's missions from 2024.
And of course Winds of Misfortune (2024). This was so obvious for me that forgot to mention it at first.
I played The Art of Thievery (2001) in January this year and gotta say it became one of my favourite early era fan missions!
Jonfeldt on 15/5/2025 at 10:21
So many cool missions from 2024, I managed to play them all, my favourites are Rogues' Lair, Thief's Training, Mysteries of Tolham, Winds of Misfortune and A Very Thief Christmas Special. Missions that I played from other years in 2024 that I liked would be Towers of Twilight and The Builder's Paradise.
Eiji on 15/5/2025 at 15:00
the thiefy Christmas special.. gotta be the top one.. most well-made mission ever...
michael a on 15/5/2025 at 18:42
Lieutenant 3: Foreign Affairs (TDM) - huge city mission in which you play as spy. The city has interesting architecture with wery unobvious ways into apartments and houses. It has some small sub-quests. Loot goal is optional. Has some "gotcha" traps.
Cardinal's Sins (T2) - daylight Hammer mission. It's very beautiful but also has complicated architecture and is very fun to play.
Nest of Vipers (T2) - I found interesting the very fact that you are basically robbing local Hogwarts, just more gritty and darker than actual Hogwarts. It was fun to ghost it and progression in general was easy to grasp.
