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Even when completing the optional objective, which gives you a big bunch of extra loot, I still came 200 short in the end. I revisited every single area three times, and still h...

nanao. July 26, 2025, 11:48 a.m.

*Spoiler*
AFAIR there is a statue in the Keeper compound that carries like a 250g tiara (where loot in general is very meager in value)

Atmospheric
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TG FM

Valky Sept. 11, 2022, 1:30 a.m.

Is the word I would use to describe this mission. It was dripping in atmosphere. Garrett is invited to a haunted and mostly empty castle for a job. The gfx and sfx were very wel...

nanao. July 25, 2025, 8:40 p.m.

An interesting one indeed. I believe this is by far the author's best mission.

Fun mission held back by a ridiculous loot objective
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T2 FM

Thirteen1355 July 25, 2025, 5:50 p.m.

Even when completing the optional objective, which gives you a big bunch of extra loot, I still came 200 short in the end. I revisited every single area three times, and still h...

nanao. July 25, 2025, 8:34 p.m.

The loot objective is indeed somewhat high (2800 out of 3300, so 83%?), but not downright unfair. Have you swept the lower levels?

Unforgettable, albeit somewhat clunky
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T2 FM

Thirteen1355 June 23, 2025, 9:52 a.m.

Near its start, one readable said "30/03//386". I also read the name "Truart". I immediately thought: ah okay, so this takes place shortly before Thief 2 itself. You can thr...

nanao. June 25, 2025, 10:48 a.m.

Well if weed is your 1st association ;-o I always interpreted it as just smoking to kill time (cool enough as is). Mechanists are there apparently on notice to collect bodies for their certain project...etc.

Unforgettable, albeit somewhat clunky
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T2 FM

Thirteen1355 June 23, 2025, 9:52 a.m.

Near its start, one readable said "30/03//386". I also read the name "Truart". I immediately thought: ah okay, so this takes place shortly before Thief 2 itself. You can thr...

nanao. June 23, 2025, 12:58 p.m.

The plot (or a system of fleetingly connecting sections of different plots in a day in the life of the City that Garrett is fleetingly visiting) makes perfect sense. Read the readables/hear the conversations/observe the details. Do not bother connecting everything to the basegame timeline or making a sacred cow of it. Thief at its core is best as dark fantasy which many authors nowadays trying to be faithful chroniclers of a non-existent world instead of creating their own enrichments of it (...

Quakey
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T2 FM

nanao. May 21, 2025, 6:27 a.m.

Despite the FM title this is a quake-style arena coming from 80's trashy SF flicks that is aptly removed from all things Thief into distant space. Nice visuals and soundtrack but it all gets tedious fast. By far the most interesting thing about this mission are the in-game cameos of not just the author but also of (some well-known) contributing ...

Turns Thief into something greater; a complete masterpiece
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T2 FM

Thirteen1355 May 20, 2025, 7:23 p.m.

I hope this mission won't dull the impact other fan missions will have on me, for this is a near-perfect product of sheer ambition. It uses the framework of Thief to create some...

nanao. May 20, 2025, 9:10 p.m.

Ok now all the other classic (ie pre-ca. early 2k10s) FMs :-) My tentative suggestions: Rocksbourg series, L'Arséne+Emilie Victor series, Calendra series, and as special bonuses Ruins of Originia, Dark Messiah, Dancing with the Dead & more...

The good stuff overrides the problems of this mission
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TG FM

nanao. May 5, 2025, 11:23 p.m.

A surprisingly sound mission for its vintage (and given it was author's first) gameplay- and storywise and in how the narrative and worldbuilding is done through readables that stand in for the basic visuals. (Almost) entirely sneakable (I found some doors need to be bashed and one special case plus the obligatory assassination) if at times dema...

Ambitious for its time, and still a joy to play
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T2 OM

Thirteen1355 May 5, 2025, 3:26 p.m.

The strength of this mission lies in its variety. There is so much to see in Life of the Party. I remember being disappointed with the linearity of the first half, four years ag...

nanao. May 5, 2025, 4:55 p.m.

Only the last stretch of the approach is linear, the vast majority of it isn't.

Pure garbage, no redeeming qualities (really. No, the concept isn't cool either)
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T1 OM

Thirteen1355 April 23, 2025, 6:05 p.m.

Thief has suddenly become a... I can't even explain it. It strays away from actual stealth completely, it strays away from complex level design as well. On Normal, this was pret...

nanao. April 23, 2025, 7:54 p.m.

This mission may be a guilty pleasure of mine but I respectfully disagree. The level itself is actually pretty complex and I discovered that it's best (and probably meant to be given Garrett's situation and the slightly soured relationship with his principal) played entirely "revenge style", ie using the means you get that are actually very accurately dosed to be just enough (on Expert) to dispose of ALL enemies in the level in any ways imaginable in the Original Ghosting ((C) Civvie) style ...

Past due
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T2 FM

nanao. April 10, 2025, 6:35 p.m.

Ok. First for a bit of context - this was a mission I tried a looong time ago and never finished as I didn't like (even then) by gut feeling the (primitive) starting graphics and architecture, the zombies (go figure) and the fighting tools you get. Then I rediscovered it here and reminded myself of that loong overdue playthrough finish, also no...

How can people dislike tomb raiding after missions like this one?
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T1 OM

taffer-kun Jan. 7, 2025, 9:38 a.m.

One of my absolute favorites from The Dark Project. From the creepy Trickster song in the briefing to the first view in the beginning, it sets the vibe immediately. And even the...

nanao. April 1, 2025, 4:58 p.m.

BTW if you're into the burrick/horn trope try a nice FM that (partly) explores it - Forgotten Tomb.

Deliberately unserious good night jaunt
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T2 FM

nanao. March 21, 2025, 6:44 p.m.

If you are tired after a hard day's toil and looking just for a bit of switching off in your default thief browser, this may be your go-to for the evening. A couple of varied environments and a bit of wanton childishness fill the menu and bring you safely to your well-deserved rest.

An eclectic campaign that takes you for a ride
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T2 FM

nanao. March 19, 2025, 8:46 p.m.

A varied campaign of storming (if that can be said to be within Garrett's capabilities) a mighty enemy's keep in four parts, with lvls 1 to 3 all architecturally similar (ie relatively basic, w mission 3 a first notable step forward) but all sharing the same kind of amateurish charm that may appeal to an adventurous thrill seeker with both ann...

Now
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T2 FM

nanao. Feb. 5, 2025, 12:44 a.m.

that this mission has finally reached the recognition it justly deserves, can we talk about the hideous ambient horn wailing most of the time? Just the memory of it makes me want to kill the clarinetist/oboist?, the score author and the whole band repeatedly over and over. Always when I feel like going back to this mission I recount the wailing...

How can people dislike tomb raiding after missions like this one?
topic about Down In The Bonehoard (1998)

T1 OM

taffer-kun Jan. 7, 2025, 9:38 a.m.

One of my absolute favorites from The Dark Project. From the creepy Trickster song in the briefing to the first view in the beginning, it sets the vibe immediately. And even the...

nanao. Jan. 8, 2025, 1:37 p.m.

If one would be really nitpicky it's not entirely undead (souls are a different matter altogether) so you may "do want you're blackjack because those burricks won't boink themselves"

It's a long way down...
topic about Down In The Bonehoard (1998)

T1 OM

thebigh

Oct. 24, 2023, 4:07 a.m.

With Bonehoard, the Thief game really hits its stride. While the previous two missions had three-dimensionality, this is the first mission in which the vertical direction was us...

nanao. Jan. 7, 2025, 12:07 p.m.

?? Guys it's definitely a some version of TFix thing, I still have TDP to this day as my main installation and I only additionally install what is absolutely necessary to make it work (and play FMs) on a "modern" system, ie afaik TFix.

The ride never ends...
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TG FM

cowking June 26, 2024, 1:36 a.m.

There are two misconceptions that plague the fm scene, one is inability to see anything = scary/atmospheric, the second is bigger = better. This fm falls in the latter category....

nanao. Dec. 17, 2024, 2:31 p.m.

Rose Garden is not necessarily a good culprit here, I would say it's just as tightly packed as it gets for the amount of gameplay on offer. The coup is that it FEELS that way (ie big) at first by design choices. But yes, the prime notorious examples for unnecessarily big just for the sake of it are many and numerous. Looking at you, Feast of Pilgrims.

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