I believe this was the first attempt at a full campaign of fan missions. And I gotta say, for a first attempt, they almost stuck the landing perfectly!
STORY: 6/10
The story is good but I have a few nitpicks. A simple plot about avenging your cousins murder sounds good on paper but, The writers chose to keep most of the mission objectives theft based. This, in my opinion, creates a disconnect with the player's actions and that of the main characters. The main character is clearly out for blood but, most of the games objectives are to steal things???? Even once you figure out who done it, your master plan for revenge, is to have a group of Hammers do the dirty work. They should have went the route of an assassin character. I think the main character sneaking into places of those potentially involved, searching for connections and assassinating underlings would have made much more sense. The main characters stealth training is also questionable. Again being trained by a pagan sounds cool on paper but, why train her in stealth when pagans specialty is ritual plant magic? I think a keeper that defected from the Keeper's would have made much more sense. I think those are my main gripes with the story. Other than that , I think it serves it's purpose reasonably well.
MAIN CHARACTER/GAMEPLAY: 8/10
Zaya - Zaya isn't all that interesting as a character. She feels like "female Garret" the character, instead of her own. Zaya does get some cool abilities though, like pagan magic and emps , which makes her a lot more fun to play as! The ice arrows in particular can freeze water into platforms! Which is very Zelda like and certainly helps separating Zaya from Garret a little bit. Her voice actress also does a very good job with her line delivery as well.
LEVEL DESIGN: 9/10
Most of the maps in the campaign are very easy to navigate through. This is one of the few fan missions where the map actually shows what room you're in , and most maps are complete when you start the mission. I honestly think these are easy to recommend to a player of any skill level. You never feel like you don't know where you are, or what you're doing. Making these some of the most pleasant maps to traverse!
PRESENTATION: 15/10
The first attempt at a full campaign, that's fully animated and voice acted . Has fully rendered cutscenes, Full mission briefing with series accurate stills, custom enemies , custom ingame voice recordings, custom ai behavior , custom music and a fully completed story.........All done for free by fans that truly love this franchise. Well Hot damn! It's not a perfect game/mod. But it is a perfect love letter to Thief and Looking Glass!
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