Thief Guild

Look, I’ve never been a fan of puzzle-driven missions in Thief. It’s not how I envision optimal Thief gameplay, nor the flow that makes for a great FM. That said, this is the be...

cowking Feb. 28, 2025, 1:19 a.m.

> I also felt that the mix of beautiful custom ambient music with the worn-out OM tracks didn’t always work

For me the music is what forced me to give this 7 instead of 8. It was simply too loud, omnipresent and drowned out the game sounds to the point of making you want to blackjack everything.

EAX tags

cowking July 20, 2024, 2:24 a.m.

You know what would be nice? EAX: Yes/EAX: No tags here on thiefguild. I so hate having to open missions in dromed to figure this out when it's not mentioned in the readme.

Awesome but borked
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T2 FM

veryepicthiefgamer Jan. 18, 2024, 10:23 a.m.

I had a lot of fun with the first mission! Finding all the items, key hunt style, is a bit annoying but exploring the environment is really fun and I managed to get all the way ...

cowking July 12, 2024, 9:17 a.m.

No problems for me with T2Fix 1.27e + fmsel + following the info advice about not saving during conversations. I did have common script modules installed from tfix but not sure if that's relevant, as well as uber_mod_path .\OSM in cam_mod.ini.

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.

- drags on and on long after main objectives have been ticked, far too big for it's own good and the plot just isn't there to drive it through multiple sessions, nor ...

Washed
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TDM FM

cowking June 1, 2024, 6:25 p.m.

An enjoyable basic mission that doesn't outstay it's welcome, good for someone just getting into TDM.

I enjoyed the stealth gameplay despite feeling quite easy to due to over-reliance on ambient light, which unfortunately makes this fm look quite washed out and bland in many places (probably unplayable with ambient dropped to 0). Still solid ...

The Black Parade (based on mission 1-5 so far)
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TG FM

Matt Dec. 2, 2023, 11:36 p.m.

- Fantastic attention on details, lots of great scenery and little environmental storytelling moments. - The cinematics are really good, they set the tone quite well. The anima...

cowking Dec. 7, 2023, 8:09 p.m.

As for your last point I had the opposite experience, the maps in M4 gave you nearly perfect information. I agree it was visually intimidating due to darkness and verticality, but navigation certainly wasn't a problem (or maybe I misunderstood your point). I completely agree it was needlessly large and dragged towards the end.

Really want to play puzzle missions. Help me ;)

69Taffer69 July 17, 2023, 11:06 p.m.

Love the puzzle missions in Thief. It's like the game engine and the game itself was just meant for that. Help me pick up a puzzle missions in the thief(as many as you can =) ...

cowking July 25, 2023, 7:40 p.m.

I would recommend Lingering Whispers (from a quick glance it seems you haven't played it), the gameplay is quite compact and puzzle based. You could easily spend an hour on the puzzles alone.

Another one is The Dragon's Claw, most players get annoyingly stuck within couple minutes I think (me included). Just be aware to make some hard saves in the first mission, one of the puzzles can get bugged.

Both missions are actually high tier and visually appealing, but definitely not for everyon...

Decent city mission
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TG FM

cowking April 19, 2023, 10:18 p.m.

Problems:
- incomprehensibly bad lighting, zero chance I'd play this as is (your mileage may vary)
- bad readables really put me off which is quite rare
- very generic, you could say it lacks imagination except for some of the brushwork which is actually very nice
- overall the city feels quite flat due to it's size despite having slo...

Underlit and irritating
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T2 FM

cowking Nov. 4, 2022, 10:04 p.m.

Gameplay:

On my first attempt of this mission I looted a wall showcase which then alerted the KO-proof captain of the guard who apparently raised alert levels? of those around him, causing everyone to freak out from the smallest sound 100 yards away. This mechanic (that you are given no warning of) would by itself ruin an ironman run, ...

Looks good, plays bad
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TG FM

cowking Sept. 22, 2022, 7:04 p.m.

Very difficult on expert if played ironman, took me 5+ tries blackjacking every guard inside. Ghosting this ironman on first try would be unreasonable.

The mansion itself is small and tight where you are constantly "pushed" into uncleared rooms with no ability or time to figure out what you're heading into due to constant guard pressure in cr...

Endless night
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T2 FM

69Taffer69 Aug. 8, 2022, 3:33 p.m.

Definitely one of the most well written and mystical FM. I always find music/ambient the most important component in FM and for genres like horror its especially important. Un...

cowking Aug. 10, 2022, 2:28 p.m.

If you like the fm then you shouldn't include such immersion breaking gameplay spoilers for those that haven't played it.

New to Modding

FlipYap May 27, 2022, 12:38 a.m.

I'm new to thief FM's my main FM loader i use is the "AngelLoader 1.5.4" But some fm's are in a PK4 file which angel loader doesn't see from what i know... How do i use a PK4 fm...

cowking May 27, 2022, 6:39 p.m.

All those missions are for "The Dark Mod" stand-alone game (google it), and it's missions are launched from the TDM game client. AngelLoader has no support for TDM.

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