I can't deny the craftsmanship that went into this FM. The city is well made, along with a fantastic map, and it is a great romp throughout. Subjectively, I'm a wet blanket when it comes to undead missions. Although in a lot of cases, undead missions should be better to me because there is no restriction on killing undead so it should be easier ...

I enjoyed the room with books named after the author's other fan missions, and the gramophone and readables, although the latter were immersion breaking for Thief. The carrot easter egg was neat too but also immersion breaking.
Over all, I played this mission right after the author's Invitation to Castle Morgoth FM, and right off the bat there ...

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 well done to enhance the spooky feeling in this mission. There were some undead, but all of them could be easily dispatched with your sword. There was somewhat a feeling of ...

The CoS campaign is very simple, the first two missions took me about 40 minutes each and the third took me about an hour. These are bite sized mansion burglary missions that are simple yet not offensive. There are a few spiders and undead in somewhat optional areas, and the third mission clearly shows the author's growth as it becomes a moderat...

The more FM's I play, the more different themes I see, in things like architecture, location, elements, and visual direction.

There are missions out there that emulate the MC Escher style of bizarre buildings like the original Thief mission The Sword. Small town missions, mansions, banks, sewers, snowy areas.. The uniqueness and breadth of sc...

The hook that pulls you in easy and patiently; Garrett has rented a room at a hotel and is planning on robbing the inhabitants blind. It was supposed to be a simple job. And it is, at first. The hotel is small and smartly laid out, everything is deceptively easy to pull off. And then he finds a passage in one of the rooms..

Without spoiling m...

This was a pretty solid FM throughout. There were some very nice features like the logbook keeping track of keys, and all of the keys you obtain going on a single ring. The map was quite large, but not complicated to the point of making you lost. The Thief 1 atmosphere shone through with the pagan elements, a nice bit of flavor that wasn't overb...

Ascend the Dim Valley is a shining example of what the culmination of 20 years worth of FM's can and should lead to. I clocked in at a bit over 4 hours, trying to explore the entire map, and even then I ended up with ~4700 with 1000 loot missing.

The map is massive, placed within a small valley where two opposing lords in their mansions/cast...

The map design was pretty nice. You are in a small village and the map area itself it not very large, but there are many rooms making it compact, so there will be a decent amount of time spent playing. It took me 2-3 hours to complete. I was totally lost trying to understand where some switches were at a few points and regrettably had to use a ...

I'm making my comment here because it's the most up to date version, even though I played the 2000 release version. Calendra's Cistern really stood out to me as the first FM I played that was on the level of polish that I would believe you if you said it was made by the official LGS team. The mission area is huge and lasted a good 2-4 hours for ...

This was one of my first FMs, and overall it was good, but felt a bit empty and aimless in places from what I remember. The most memorable feature of it that stuck with me was introducing the concept of verticality. So while it's not among my top FMs, the idea of verticality left a lasting impression with me.