message   Amazing fanmission!
topic about The Bracelet of Melody
author:   LuckyCharm4_ | June 12, 2022, 4:59 a.m.
First of all, amazing story, every detail, the readables are very nice to read and interesting! The city is beautiful (and has also some creepy faces in the walls ahah), but I really enjoyed playing this one! I hope it gets some kind of part 2, I will play it for sure. Thanks for this mission, I ...

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message   Enjoyable but With Issues
topic about The Bracelet of Melody
author:   MarcusFlintlock | June 12, 2022, 12:01 a.m.
This isn't going to be super formal since I'm not a professional reviewer, so bear with me. Starting off, I think this is a genuinely good mission. I gave it an 8/10 after all. The textures are obviously very nice since they're custom, the city layout is pretty good, and most importantly, I wa...

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message   Mystic and menacing city adventure
topic about Rose Garden
author:   Mike | June 11, 2022, 8:12 a.m.
I would not call Rose Garden "the best fan mission for Thief games ever made", but it certainly keeps me hooked during several hours each time I replay it. The main cause I guess is how deceptively impenetrable this mission seems at first look and how unobvious could be the ways of approaching yo...

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message   In the midst of winter
topic about Circle of Stone and Shadow 1: Gathering at the Inn
author:   Mike | June 3, 2022, 4:55 a.m.
Circle of Stone and Shadow series are usually known for the second installment - Mission X, grandiose and posh casino/hotel heist and sabotaging. The prequel, Gathering at the Inn - is much smaller and less discussed among players, and I think it deserves a bit more recognition. The plot here is...

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message   Lots of heart (and lots of technical issues)
topic about An Old Friend
author:   Matt | June 10, 2022, 3:10 p.m.
I'm a big fan of bit-sized missions, so there is a huge chance that (even if I cannot be not critical towards the many problems this one has) I've enjoyed it out of biasedness. The architecture is nice, but the streets are definitely too narrow; sound propagation and ambiance issues; at least ...

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message   The quintessential city mission
topic about Endless Rain
author:   Matt | June 7, 2022, 10:58 p.m.
Endless Rain is one of those fan missions that A, is an undoubted fan favorite - for a good reason; and B, puts the city maps of the original missions to shame. What you get here is most of the time "exactly" what you'd expect from a well crafted city mission - but the more interesting aspect ...

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message   Far from flawless, but a fascinating attempt for sure
topic about A Journey Into the Underdark
author:   Matt | June 6, 2022, 6:48 p.m.
Playing a Thief fan mission that tries to do something different is always at least somewhat exciting, I think. Even though the chance of the attempt ending up not so succesfull is always there, I usually mind that less than playing a technically better mission doing the exact same things every o...

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message   Masterful visuals and ambience... annoying keyhunt, arrogant mission design
topic about Eclipsed
author:   Matt | June 5, 2022, 2:01 p.m.
Whenever I see a fan mission crafted with such efforts like Eclipsed, I really hate to point out how the end result as a whole ultimately falls down. Mostly, because it is quite clear from the very beginning that the creator had a fantastic vision. The map is shone by its beautiful colors and arc...

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message   Sturmdrang Peak
topic about Sturmdrang Peak
author:   SPIDIvonMARDER | June 5, 2022, 12:35 p.m.
Misja robiąca wrażenie pod kątem wizualnym... ale nie do końca. Z jednej strony to wiele zróżnicowanych przestrzeni, bardzo rozbudowanych i opakowanych w nowe tekstury, a i mnogość tematów powinna zainteresować. Ale bardzo tu pusto i w efekcie nudno. Projekt architektoniczny sobie nie równy. Z je...

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message   Lovely bit-sized mission
topic about Elemental Excursion
author:   Matt | June 3, 2022, 11:49 a.m.
There is an often overlooked beauty of a small, but skillfully crafted mission, and I genuinely think Elemental Excursion is a great example of the genre! As far as I can tell the creator has a great talent for constructing small scaled maps using the available space as much as possible (I loved...

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message   My all time favorite Thief (not just fan) mission
topic about All For A Night Sleep
author:   Matt | June 2, 2022, 11:30 a.m.
I'm aware of that there is not only one type of Thief player. Some look for hardcore thieving challenges, ghost runs, etc. - I'm not one of those. I just want to enjoy a well designed level. But for me this mission is a master class of design. Seriously, I can not name any other mission that does...

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message   One of the best small scaled Thief missions
topic about Precious
author:   Matt | June 1, 2022, 3:06 p.m.
Fan mission creators should make notes, because Precious is - while not a ground breaking experience, but certainly - an exceptional example of how to use space well. Also, the secrets are fun to discover too. Those who look for hardcore thief experiences may get disappointed by this mission, but...

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message   Being Thief 2: Exile
topic about Being Thief 2: Exile
author:   SPIDIvonMARDER | June 1, 2022, 1:48 p.m.
Nadrabiania zaległości ciąg dalszy. W pierwszej chwili FMka mnie nieco zniechęciła, gdyż wszystko wydało się jasne jak w dzień, przez co klimat mrocznych uliczek nie istniał. Zdecydowanie lepiej czuję się w szaro-czarnych klaustrofobicznych zaułkach TDP, niż brunatno-płowych TMA. Niemniej p...

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message   Ambitious but disappointing
topic about T2X: Shadows of the Metal Age
author:   Brodo Swaggins | May 2, 2021, 6:40 p.m.
After hearing this was a must-play as the first major fan campaign, I was surprised by how poorly T2X has aged – though the HD texture pack puts a lovely sheen on it. It features a new protagonist, exploring different parts of the City more as an assassin than a thief, and nearly everything i...

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message   Oversized (and a bit shallow), but admirably ambitious
topic about The Bridge
author:   Matt | May 1, 2022, 4:05 p.m.
I like a lot what the author had been going for with this mission. The custom textures, the geometry of the streets, and the unique assets create a very interesting atmosphere. It's Deadly Shadows - but it's not. It's a shame the mission often feels empty, and after a while, it becomes pretty ...

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message   90s adventure game in spirit.
topic about What've You Found Little Fly?
author:   Goblin_Grease | April 26, 2022, 9:28 p.m.
Xorak has made a mission that looks great and has a intriguing story and given it the gameplay of a 90s adventure game, your inventory will be full to the brim with all sorts of items that you'll desperately will use on anything you find to solve the many puzzles the mission offers, expect A LO...

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message   A Pleasant Surprise
topic about Silence
author:   Matt | May 1, 2022, 3:28 p.m.
Short, but well made mission (actually, it's two). Although some readables seem a little bit unnecessarily wordy, overall I had a great time with this one. There are lots of nice attention on details - and the modified Auldale map is especially well done!

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message   Simulation galore
topic about The Scarlet Cascabel (v2)
author:   Kubrick | April 27, 2022, 5:25 a.m.
I adore big mansions or buildings realistically depicted. It is the pinnacle of the inmmersive sim that Thief helped popularize. The second mission is one of those incredibly detaliled spaces, this time a hotel; the kind of building that permeates other very well regarded FMs. This is one of them...

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