I must say I am surprised at the number of the highest accolades this mission pack has initially garnered because this is clearly a beginner effort although with sparkle and many clever ideas. The pack gives heavy nod to some of first Thief's most loved missions of which I would specifically point out Cragscleft and The Sword and especially the...

Lots of empty space with areas that lead nowhere and waste your time, some strange methods of progression that aren't clear, a few unusual moments that intend to incite the surreality of The Dark Project but come off as weird just for the sake of weird, poor level design decisions, and cramped, linear progression that bores and feels restrictive...

"The Widow's Ire" is everything that was great about The Dark Project.

Ironically, it is those things that are so often criticized about the game. While The Metal Age polished out Thief's weird bits (resulting in an excellent game in its own right, don't get me wrong), for many of us it is precisely those "weird bits" that stick in the mind a...