Your task in this FM is to break into the headquarters of the bridge guard and steal a valuable book from their boss. While you're at it, at least on Expert, you also have to steal four death-themed paintings strewn across the map. You can find a note that gives their rough locations (which floors and rooms they're in), so it doesn't devolve int...

Just played through a DarkMod FM that had an in-engine first person sex scene with a nude female model (lol). I saw that same model in another FM before, and there's a bunch of nude models across several Thief 2 FMs too.

That made me think it would be a useful genre tag to have, as some people might want to avoid it, while others may want to ...

This was an interesting one. It took me three attempts to actually get started. In fact, I tried to get into TDM two years ago and this was one of the first FMs I tried, and it made me bounce off initially. Now that I finally got through it, I'm glad I gave it another chance.

It's very janky and feels similar to some over-ambitious Thief 2 FM...

This wasn't terrible, but I didn't enjoy it particularly much. You start locked in a cell within a mine, have to get out by stealing a key from a patrolling haunt, then make your way out and towards a tower high above. There's a good amount of verticality, some rope arrow action, and a decent amount of variety as you ascend from the mines to the...

The Painter's Wife is, as far as I'm aware, the largest single map made for any Thief game to date. I was informed by one of the authors that when it came out, it hit the engine's entity limits, which were subsequently increased in later versions of the game. Theoretically, that means we can get maps even bigger than this one - twice as large, e...

This is a great entry into the "mansion that has more to it than it initially seems" genre, akin to Ominous Bequest and Rowena's Curse. Out of the three, Rowena's still remains my favorite, but Seeking Lady Leicester is a worthy addition to that illustrious little genre. The mansion is well-designed, there's a lot of story to piece together, and...

This feels like a throwback to the popular mansion heist genre of the mid to late 00s that used to dominate T2 FMs, in all the best ways. It has visually pleasant architecture, rooms that connect in fun ways (ventilation shafts/attic spaces), tight guard patrols, and a unique mission goal (place a message in the lord's bedroom but don't KO him o...

This is a pretty solid mission, though here again like in many TDM missions it feels like it relies too much on the modular assets of Dark Radiant, which turn the inn's interior into a too regular and unremarkable place, with ninety degree angles everywhere, all hallways being rectangles and all rooms squares. It's not a bad-looking house, thoug...

A very early TDM FM - according to thebigh who reviewed it before me, it even seems to be the very first FM ever made for the game. As such, it does its job: showing off the basics of what TDM can do. You have to find a key (its location is very obvious), kill a guy, steal a few items, and reach a loot goal. Completing all of this will take you ...

Iris is as massive as its reputation promises: a large city block - in fact, two city blocks - with many buildings to weave in and out of, plenty of secrets to discover, and a love for detail in every corner. I could have kept exploring further but got pissed at myself when I realized a guy I had knocked out died, even though it didn't fail the ...

This is very good for an early TDM mission: you get a small section of city with plenty of houses to break into. Almost every house is accessible. There's a sewer, too. You also have a tavern with guests sitting around having drinks. Very good early showcase of what kind of variety TDM can offer.

I rated it a 6.5, but since thiefguild doesn't...

This is an FM with quite a few custom assets and plenty of variety in the places it lets you break into. Your main goal is to enter Lady Volta's manor and steal a recording she made of a visiting nobleman. Your client wants it for whatever reason, be it blackmail or something else. On the way there, you can break into several other buildings and...

This one reminds me - in very positive ways - of oldschool city/manor Thief missions from the mid-late 00s, before Tall Buildings LMAO™ became the dominant style of city mission. Here you will mostly traverse the map on ground level, with occasional jumps and climbs up to open windows that may lead to a small rooftop area or somebody's apartment...