UdoKrawallo
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German Thief player since the release of Dark Project in 1998.
Mostly enjoying casual playthroughs. Not a fan of ghosting.
Likes:
- good custom soundtrack and textures
- large and well made missions
- small but fine missions
- atmosphere
- awesome architecture
- if someone really understands how to make a good blend in a mission - be it with stock textures and sounds, custom ones or both
Dislikes:
- overcomplicated riddles and keyhunts, in general too frustrating to fulfill objectives
- on the other hand very non-challenging missions
- forced ghosting and other unnecessary restrictions
- quantity over quality
- boring and long readables(just let that be) and obnoxious fanon stuff(sorry folks, but Garrett and Victoria weren´t romantically involved, so don´t annoy me)
- obnoxious sounds, be it custom ones or just placing stock sounds in the wrong place with unfitting loudness
- FM makers who can´t handle criticism
My Thief games ranking:
1. Thief Gold
2. Thief 2
3. Deadly Shadows(although I don´t like it much)
4. Is there really another Thief game...?
★ 1 / 10 One Man's Trash, June 4, 2024
★ 3 / 10 The House of deLisle, Oct. 22, 2023
★ 9 / 10 The Sword, Sept. 24, 2023
★ 1 / 10 Killing Time, Sept. 24, 2023
★ 9 / 10 The Mage Towers, Sept. 24, 2023
★ 5 / 10 Casing the Joint, Sept. 19, 2023
★ 1 / 10 Robbing the Cradle, Sept. 19, 2023
★ 6 / 10 Reverse Robbery - Director's Cut, March 28, 2023
★ 8 / 10 Quinn Co. Part 1 - La Banque Bienveillante (Remake), March 21, 2023
★ 3 / 10 A Score to Settle, March 20, 2023
★ 4 / 10 A House Call, March 20, 2023
★ 7 / 10 The Outpost, March 20, 2023
★ 5 / 10 Order of the Dew, Aug. 2, 2020
★ 8 / 10 Catacombs of Knoss, July 29, 2020
★ 1 / 10 Downtowne Funk, July 29, 2020
★ 1 / 10 A Tough Night, July 29, 2020
★ 9 / 10 A Better Tomorrow, July 26, 2020
★ 4 / 10 Loser, July 26, 2020
I don´t mind humor, quite the contrary, but it should be good.
Therefore my comparison with the movie "Meet the Spartans". Like this mission, this movie is full of unfunny jokes - not just because they are just not unfunny, but also because they wear out their welcome. E.G. there is a parody of Britney Spears. I found it a bit funny for the first 30 seconds. But then it dragged on for several minutes, when it already had become annoying.
@Matt: Don´t worry, if a mission is really that bad, I will give it the deserved review. Although I hope that there aren´t too much duds left.
@Konrad: TBH I can´t see how anybody with a basic taste can see good in this mission...
I don´t share their opinion but I can accept if people like missions I gave tough ratings like Feast of Pilgrims or OM Cradle.
But this one? Nah.
I stand with the given 1 points, because for me it´s legit.
Atmosphere: It´s not "Thiefy" at all, and a bunch of silly noises aren´t automatically creepy.
Story: Like said, it doesn´t fit in the Thief universe, and there are more interesting stories than the usual asylum stuff.
Gameplay: Also not that challenging. The enemies can be easily dealt with and this running around with "oh, there is this and that object to collect/dispose" is not exciting.
I don´t see it as masterpiece and don´t like it. Tastes are different. What has Escape to do with that? That´s another story.
Note that opinions can be very different. I don´t care about some kind of consensus or what some gaming magazine once wrote.
It´s my opinion and they can have theirs. And yes, while I wouldn´t use that wording IMO it´s really trash.
Many people don´t like Mage Towers. I like it. To each his own.