I consider this mission worth to be approached from two directions:

1. It's filled with puzzles and secrets - including some keyhunt as well, but fortunately, not the most horrible you can imagine. On the highest (Impossible) difficulty, it's mandatory to find all of them, so - just as Mike did in his review - I recommend to play the mission ...

Gigantic, boxy rooms with bunch of monsters and awful texturing everywhere, most of the mission is basically that. On Normal and Hard difficulty, you "just" need to collect some loot and find the exit (the latter one is the easy part), while on Expert, you gotta collect a vase as well - which involves some key hunting. In a nonsensical maze.

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Usually, I'm not a fan of Hammerite missions, so there is a little bit of negative biasedness on my part, and that probably affects my perception on Rotlock Prison - but still, I think this is an undoubtadly solid fan mission with high quality brush, texturing and sound work. It's somewhat of a reverse "Break from Cragscleft Prison", though it s...

I consider Adeveth one of the most intriguing FM author. Their previous (debut) entry, Interregnum, is a unique piece of art, a rough diamond, a confusing mission that challenges the player's patience. I gotta be honest though, I failed at playing it through, but still admired the end result.

Closing Hours still has many of its predecessor's ...

I love when fm authors go absolutely insane and don't care about conventions, or "nice" aesthetics. Xen did that, and the end result is a fantastic ride. Also, I love the respectful and enthusiastic nod towards "bad" missions (read the note in Bafford's basement office). I agree with Xen, there is a (probably unintentional?) surreal quality in t...

I really-really like this one! It's relatively linear, but has a strong atmosphere and a good couple of fun platforming challenges. Also, I enjoyed the mushroom hunting optional objective (managed to find all of them) a lot!

Somewhat of a SPOILER:
While I was trying to find the 10th mushroom in DromEd, I've accidentally stumbled upon a reall...

If you like to check out humble first attempts, A Barrack Heist is a nice 5 minutes wonder. Nothing is overcomplicated, the scope is bit-sized, the difficulty is pretty low, even on expert, and the geometry is quite simple. I'd say the lighting is the best part of the overall map, but I liked the little courtyard as well. Lots of rooms for impro...

Previous reviews have summarized the major pros and cons of this mission really well, so I just want to add something the other members haven't mentioned - as far as I can tell: >It's completely okay if you don't finish a fan mission< - whatever are the reasons. Mine was that I don't like when a mission focuses this much and this way on keyhunt ...

Etude of a Street Corner might not be the best looking fan mission you can play today (wouldn't really call it ugly either, the brush work and texturing are actally very competent!), but trust me, the layout is a lot of fun. By the way, it's a relatively small and short mission, and enemies won't cause too much trouble for you - but I'd say the ...

AntiMatter_16 is probably my favorite active Thief FM creator. Sure, Michael's missions are humble - but, in my opinion, they are fantastic examples of how much you can do in DromEd, on such tiny scale.

About this mission: I love it. Well crafted, cozy, full of enjoyable little secrets you can find, and has a simple, but interesting story (w...

Eye of the Sea is the kind of mission I probably like playing the most: it's short, but not too short, has enough content, but respects my time; occasionally challenging, but never annoying; the story is not overwritten, you can easily piece it together from short readables scattered around; the setting is unique and even has a little twist.

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I've never really been a big fan of Mechanist themed missions, but the Builder's Paradise is undoubtedly a huge improvement over Sabotage at Soulforge (which I personally found one of the most exhausting and unpleasant missions from the Thief 2 campaign). The massive amount of effort that was put into it genuinely amazes me: the brush work, voic...

If you want to play a decent one from the early days of Thief fan missions, The Skull of Herzeloyde can worth your time. It has one funny moment, and a couple of nice puzzles, but don't expect anything special. The brush work is boxy, but I didn't mind that - the layout on the other hand can be a bit dull and too symmetric sometimes. Overall, no...