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thebigh
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27 maja 2021

Opis

Just another sneaksie taffer. TDM enthusiast and map author.

Likes:

* Ghosting
* Difficult but fair puzzles
* Missions that are short to medium in length
* Constructive criticism

Dislikes:

* Forced combat
* Obscure riddles
* Crate-stacking puzzles
* Daft criticism


  Fanmisje

Kolekcje    Utworzone (1) Obserwowane (0) Obserwujący

bookmarks Inspirational
Study these and become a better mapper.
T2X: Shadows of the Metal Age   (2005)   T2 FM
A House of Locked Secrets   (2015)   TDM FM
Requiem   (2013)   TDM FM
The Accountant 2: New in Town   (2016)   TDM FM

Grafiki    Wszystkie (315)


Ostatnie oceny    Wszystkie (447)

★ 4 / 10     Lady Lomat's Flute, 30 września 2025

★ 2 / 10     Lord Lomat's Flute, 30 września 2025

★ 3 / 10     Lady Mossy, 30 września 2025

★ 3 / 10     Canvassing the Neighborhood, 30 września 2025

★ 8 / 10     Double or Quits, 30 września 2025

★ 4 / 10     The Swindle Job, 28 września 2025

★ 8 / 10     Penny Dreadful 2: All the Way Up, 27 września 2025

★ 8 / 10     A Reputation to Uphold, 26 września 2025

★ 10 / 10     Requiem, 24 września 2025

★ 9 / 10     Lords & Legacy, 23 września 2025

★ 5 / 10     Not an Ordinary Guest, 23 września 2025

★ 6 / 10     Nightwalk, 21 września 2025

★ 6 / 10     Old Habits 2, 14 września 2025

★ 6 / 10     Gathering at the Bar, 13 września 2025

★ 3 / 10     A Winter Holiday, 13 września 2025

★ 5 / 10     Godforsaken Locale, 13 września 2025

★ 5 / 10     Lord Alexander's Mansion, 8 września 2025

★ 4 / 10     Lord Vernstien's Manor, 8 września 2025


Wpisy    Wszystkie (116)

message   Annoying
temat o   Lady Lomat's Flute (2013)   T2 FM
thebigh    1 października 2025 01:10

This mission is a re-release of Lord Lomat's Flute (2001) that adds a cool briefing and extra loot. The mansion's layout and geometry haven't changed significantly from the original 2001 vintage.

This mission would be merely a forgettable, mediocre mansion heist if not for the fact that the guards' sensitivity has been dialed up to 11, and t...

message   Great map ruined by obtuse puzzles, pacing and , bugs
temat o   Morbid Curiosity (2016)   T2 FM
RakuNana    21 września 2025 19:16

OVERALL: 4 (5)/ 10 THE GOOD: The map is huge and there's plenty of secrets and hidden loot throughout the city. The city is the best part of the mission in my opinion! T...

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thebigh    28 września 2025 04:03

I suspect RakuNana might not have the new mantle on. You indeed cannot get out of Benny's hideout without it, and I think the same might be true of the wells and the canal thing.

And there's really no need for that rudeness.

message   Great map ruined by obtuse puzzles, pacing and , bugs
temat o   Morbid Curiosity (2016)   T2 FM
RakuNana    21 września 2025 19:16

OVERALL: 4 (5)/ 10 THE GOOD: The map is huge and there's plenty of secrets and hidden loot throughout the city. The city is the best part of the mission in my opinion! T...

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thebigh    22 września 2025 01:56

When I tried to play this map I soon found myself with more keys than a grand piano, about twelve locked doors, and none of my keys opened any of the doors. I had to bash everything down. I felt bad for not liking the map considering how great it looks and how amazing all the reviews were, but I was frustrated and bored by it too.

message   Aged like fine wine
temat o   Mad's Mountain (2010)   TDM FM
thebigh    14 września 2025 00:42

Commissioned to find a stolen painting, you infiltrate a cave complex inhabited by a gang of thieves. It's a simple setup, no fuss, just straight into the action. There's a lot of nice touches that emerge over the course of the mission: a really cool spider cave, the nasty things some of the thieves have been up to, and plenty of buried hidden ...

message   Do not play this
temat o   DREAD COMPLEX 1: THE CHAOS BEGINS (2006)   T2 FM
thebigh    29 sierpnia 2025 23:14

This is either the result of someone derping around with DromEd for the first time and unwisely choosing to release the product, or someone pretending to be doing that as some kind of joke. I suspect the latter based on going to the TTLG forum and trying to figure out what was going on with this bucket of strobing vomit. It makes about as much ...

message   Very linear but not horrible
temat o   Ravencourt's Mansion (2002)   T2 FM
thebigh    29 sierpnia 2025 23:03

This mansion mission consists mostly of a linear chain of rooms. It's very one-directional, with only a handful of side rooms or any kind of alternate routes.

Aside from that it's an OK mission. Looting is fun, the guard patrols are fair to both ghosters and blackjack-happy thieves, and the mansion rooms are put together pretty well.

On a...

message   Ha ha, very funny
temat o   Throne Room (2002)   T2 FM
thebigh    27 sierpnia 2025 14:06

This is T. Nagy Levente's number two mission and I think it's come out pretty well.

To complete his business for the evening, Garrett needs to make his way into the throne room. This alone isn't enough however; he's also got to find the means to wipe away all traces of evidence.

It's a quick object hunt consisting of a quick trip around a...

message   Decently spooky little diversion
temat o   Samhain Night (2011)   TDM FM
thebigh    27 sierpnia 2025 11:01

Your goal is to steal a precious ruby from a tomb on the spookiest night of the year. No biggie, right? Nah, it can't be that simple. Getting the gem is easy, getting out with your life is a lot trickier.

This speedbuild mission is short but flavorful. It's very linear, but each room presents a difficult challenge to solve and there's plenty...

message   Buggy but good
temat o   Right Up There in the Mountains (2005)   T2 FM
thebigh    27 sierpnia 2025 00:14

Lovecraftian horror and Thief work really well together, even in a tiny mission like this and even when Garrett is transported to the modern day.

The atmosphere is relentlessly sinister and, even though the most difficult part will be the loot hunt, you're still kept on edge by the mysterious happenings around the cabin. I was really impress...

message   Better than you'd think
temat o   The Tower of Karras (2001)   T2 FM
thebigh    26 sierpnia 2025 00:21

This is a very crudely put together map, an immense cylindrical tower in the middle of a square courtyard with only a handful of guards patrolling, and nothing much in the interior.

The best part of the mission is that rope arrows have been replaced with a grappling hook, which lets you deploy a rope from any vertical non-metallic object. An...

message   Awful
temat o   The Crazy Maniac Mr Timms and the Wooden Shack (2008)   T2 FM
thebigh    25 sierpnia 2025 23:41

It's just a boring combat gauntlet with no stealth and lots of tile floor spam. It's even worse than Deceptive Sceptre.

message   Nothing much to say
temat o   Niggster's first FM (2009)   T2 FM
thebigh    25 sierpnia 2025 23:28

* Faithful reproduction of Komag's famous DromEd tutorial. I've made this exact same level myself several times :)

* Completely inappropriate username

message   Small and kind of weird
temat o   Footloose museum theft (2025)   TDM FM
thebigh    23 sierpnia 2025 00:21

This little five-minute heist has you sneak into a museum to steal the mummified leg of the last Kaiser, and then make your escape through an unguarded cellar.

The mission is somewhat badly constructed, with architecture that makes little sense and large empty open spaces, and the sound propagation is wonky which makes it hard to properly tr...

message   I made a small website where you can compare your ratings to other taffers on ThiefGuild!
chilling    17 sierpnia 2025 22:18

Hey folks, I've built a small website where you can compare one taffer's rating to another's, check it out if that sounds interesting. It was originally something very ugly and...

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thebigh    19 sierpnia 2025 00:03

At some stage when you're not fielding all the "Add me! Add me!" requests, it might be interesting to be able to further filter the data by game. For instance, comparing my ratings with Morente's it *looks* like I give higher ratings to T1/T2 missions than they do, and they seem to rate T3 missions a bit higher than me. It'd be interesting to get a better look at that data.

message   I made a small website where you can compare your ratings to other taffers on ThiefGuild!
chilling    17 sierpnia 2025 22:18

Hey folks, I've built a small website where you can compare one taffer's rating to another's, check it out if that sounds interesting. It was originally something very ugly and...

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thebigh    18 sierpnia 2025 12:45

Hi there! Can you please add me? Thank you.

message   Guess I'll have to eat some downvotes again...
temat o   Compulsory Egress (2019)   T2 FM
Arktander    3 czerwca 2025 03:02

The premise seemed reasonable: find out why the locals are being rousted out of the area and clean out a bank vault while you're at it. Fair enough. I was dropped into a city e...

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thebigh    8 czerwca 2025 00:27

>"Even FM authors: Why implement useless non-KO objectives? It makes no sense at all."

Yeah, this is something I've changed in how I build my own fan missions. I no longer include no-KO or no-kill objectives unless they're specifically story related (don't kill the guy you're trying to kidnap, don't let the watch captain know about the breakin, that sort of thing).

I also won't force combat or blackjacking; there'll always be a way to ghost it.

message   Guess I'll have to eat some downvotes again...
temat o   Compulsory Egress (2019)   T2 FM
Arktander    3 czerwca 2025 03:02

The premise seemed reasonable: find out why the locals are being rousted out of the area and clean out a bank vault while you're at it. Fair enough. I was dropped into a city e...

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thebigh    6 czerwca 2025 23:49

There's a couple of things that go into this.

First, getting through a whole level undetected and unsuspected provides a real sense of satisfaction.

Second, blackjacking guards throughout a mission makes it easier as you progress. So you have this weird inversion where the difficulty ramps down instead of up over the course of the mission, and finishing it feels anticlimactic.

Third, you're not supposed to get spotted. It's kind of the point. If you alert guards, sure, you can go on...

message   Cool concept, poor execution
temat o   Escape! (1998)   T1 OM
thebigh    21 kwietnia 2025 04:45

In Escape, Garrett has reached his lowest point. Betrayed, maimed, and imprisoned he has to suffer the indignity of being rescued by the Keepers before trying to make his way back to safety, wounded and disoriented. In some ways this mission feels the most personal of the first game; for once Garrett doesn't know more about his surroundings tha...


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