Mike created a new topic about Reverse Robbery,
On the hard side:
Blackrose Bank (where Garrett kept his most valued belongings - stolen from previous owners) was robbed: someone cleaned out the vault, and City Watch now plans to inspect all lockers to find out what's missing. So Garrett decided to be first and stole his valuables which otherwise would compromise him. The City awaits...

Reverse Robbery is a bit of mixed bag for me: it is difficult, and in both good and not so good sense. What I like most in the mission - is strange menacing and dark mela..., May 25, 2021, 1:30 a.m.

Mike commented a topic about Loser,
Wondeful challenge that really sets all the odds against you:
Well, to some extent it reflects my own thoughts. I didn't expect much from this mission, but I found myself enjoying Loser as some good adventure/keyhunt prison mission with lots of things to do and to deal with, and which is set in exotic island. I found that some people are put off by its strange humour but I wasn't that much distracted., May 16, 2021, 10:42 p.m.

Mike created a new topic about The Hare in the Snare: Part 1,
Detective mystery on the outskirts of big city:
When the poor people and beggars began to disappear, City Watch captain (unable to conduct proper investigation because of pressure from city's finest) decided to hire Jacobs, the thief, to find out what's going on. The traces led to small local inn "The Hare in the Snare", but then Jacobs also disappeared. It's now turn of our hero, Jacobs' acquaintant, - to find out who (and why) is behind those abductions and to clarify Jacobs' fate.

The mission is quite small in scope (several houses..., April 21, 2021, 6:49 p.m.

Mike created a new topic about Second City Bank,
Bank Job:
... Pagans contacted me again. They need some Mechanists' plans set in deposit box in yet another City Bank and Trust. So its time for master thief to get to work.

"Second City Bank and Trust" can be best summed as (smaller) "Life of the party" meets (smaller) "First City Bank and Trust", two of best Thief II missions combined here in one layout. It certainly would fit well into the Thief II Anniversary Contest. So it is divided into two parts: rooftop exploration through the small city s..., April 20, 2021, 2:14 p.m.

Mike commented a topic about Prezent :),
Sadly still imcomplete:
Didn't know you were involved! It is good work even being unfinished. I like his previous mission - Relic (another city horizontal adventure) - and this one feels like Relic squared. Hope some day author will return to this and v2 would see the light of the day..., Feb. 21, 2021, 10:28 a.m.

Mike commented a topic about Return to the Lost City,
Return:
I like its mission for both unusual tomb raider-esque setting and also for its gameplay, challenging but not that keyhunty or frustrating. Overall, good hommage to original level from T1. You might be interested in another similar (more or less) FMs.

First of all, intruder made another underground vertical mission, Journey into the Underdark - which is set in Forgotten Realms world (and inspired by Icewind Dale series). It is a bit unusual mission: instead of three difficulty levels ther..., Feb. 8, 2021, 11:49 p.m.

Mike created a new topic about Prezent :),
Sadly still imcomplete:
The setup of Prezent is very simple yet effective: Garrett recieves mysterious offer for a job in small snowy town. But soon after arrival he was robbed and beaten to unconscious state by "dear colleagues" from local thieves' gang. He wakes up in town's tavern and have several tasks including gathering additional information about job from his mysterious employer. He is alone in town full of mystery, dangers and secrets.

The Prezent essentially is not big but densely packed city (mostly) ..., Feb. 8, 2021, 6:14 p.m.

Mike created a new topic about The Cinder Notes,
Walk in the sunny town:
So far it is last One Million Units contest mission I haven't reviewed. And it is quite hard to write down review since here I have some conflicting impressions. Cinder Notes is semi-sequel (or semi-spinoff) to Sliptip's Ashen Age: Part 1 (albeit I don't know whether Sliptip is the author of CN). Garrett seeks in sunny town for eponymous Cinder Notes, excerpt from Book of Ash (our mcguffin in Ashen Age 1). That is the setup of adventuring here.

Let me start with good things. The high fide..., Feb. 7, 2021, 5:43 p.m.

Mike created a new topic about Nightwalk,
Night jogging:
Another city mission which reminds me of old days of the first T1 fan works. Its basic, angular and with simple texturing and it is obvious ly a debut. Here you are tasked to steal precious vase to pay the bribe to prison warden in order to free your fence. Aside this setup the story is almost non-existent. The mission is short (I completed it in 15 min) but vertical and uses limited space very well.

The biggest drawback of Nightwalk is obvious: the mission is on very easy side - there ar..., Feb. 5, 2021, 1:25 a.m.

Mike created a new topic about Recipe for Turmoil,
Fun while it lasted:
In Recipe for Turmoil we should steal the recipe from a cook living in small and rainy part of Old Quarter. I cannot say much about this mission. It's vertical city mission, with some challenging sneaking and surprisingly complicated plot. The biggest nitpick I have is that it is quite typical and too short (I spent 20 min on it). In my opinion it feels like part of bigger picture that was not completed probably due to lack of time. Aside this, its quite fun and competently made work., Feb. 3, 2021, 3:20 p.m.

Mike created a new topic about A Sinister Night,
Lantern management:
Another horror mission is yet another artefact seeking but this time in abandoned mansion, filled with Amnesia-style monsters.

The mission is very dark, and you should often use your lantern, one of the few inventory objects you have. The main difficulty therefore is to keep the balance between the visibility of locations to you and - at the same time - your invisibility to monsters. It's unusual and hard to master. The bigger problem is that mansion rooms and corridors looks samey and yo..., Feb. 3, 2021, 2:04 p.m.

Mike created a new topic about The Perdurance,
Ghost Ship:
One of two One Million Contest horror missions. The basic premise of Perdurance is simple: you go to the seemingly empty Mechanists' ghost ship to steal some precious artefact. But, as usual in horror missions, getting inside is much easier than getting outside, and the ship is clearly not abandoned.

The main strength of Perdurance is thick and gloomy atmosphere of loneliness, dread and mystery. The fog which surrounds ship, the quiet but unnerving music, the gears, which are still worki..., Feb. 3, 2021, 1:39 p.m.

Mike created a new topic about A Midsummer Night's Heist,
Once upon a time in a Bohn:
Garrett has got a job offer to rob yet another noble, Sir Vasco, but now in a city of Bohn. So begins our adventure. We are to wander in sewers, climb the heights inside and outside of aforementioned noble's posh mansion, read quite funny "tongue-in-cheek" texts, and to have fun from pure ghosting (optional) and solving one particular and simple puzzle (also optional).

The mission itself looks nice, using textures and sounds from Thief: Deadly Shadows and Thief 2 fan made Mystic Gems seri..., Feb. 2, 2021, 3:42 p.m.

Mike created a new topic about The Turning of the Leaves,
Forest like a dungeon:
After successful small robbing, Garrett was unexpectedly kidnapped by other thieves, but happily managed to escape and now he is in the middle of mysterious rainy forest filled with dangers and... with possibilities (especially, in version 1.2 which included all needed scripts). So begins his another journey.

It may be my subjective issue, but really for me the forest here feels more like a dungeon which is just above and not below ground. The sense of mystery, different settlements, fores..., Feb. 2, 2021, 1:57 a.m.

Mike created a new topic about Sabotage in Eastport,
Thief 2 classic lost chapter:
Before his foray into the Angelwatch tower, Garrett recieves information about new type of robots Mechanists designing in their workshop in Eastport. So he should pay a visit to the workshop and in addition to it - "inspect the property" of local inhabitants. Some of them, albeit, have their own agenda in which Garrett plays important role...

Sabotage in Eastport is fine example of small but extremely vertical city mission combined with themes of mechanist missions (and - despite menacing ..., Feb. 2, 2021, 1:21 a.m.

Mike created a new topic about Alcazar,
And down we go...:
It's time for me to express my own thoughts about some of One Million Units missions, and I'll begin with this one. Alcazar is another excellent example of clever using of limited space: I spent almost 2 hours and didn't gather all the loot scattered on the layout. Practically you will have several (sometimes well-hidden) ways to almost every location and you often will find yourself wandering in circles each above each.

The story itself is more environmental that textual: you will not onl..., Feb. 2, 2021, 12:37 a.m.

Mike created a new topic about The Siege Shop,
Into the deep of mountain thieves fortress:
You are the thief hired to infiltrate into the former builders/now thieves fortress somewhere in the mountains and steal some blueprints of new weapons and at the same time you are to find out what's happened to your "colleague" here. And here begins your journey during stormy night.

While the scenario is relatively thin, this mission proposes quite a variety of locations: valleys, mountain caves, mines, and partly underground - partly upground fortress. Heck, you can even fly on balloon (..., Oct. 9, 2020, 12:22 p.m.

Mike commented a topic about Let Sleeping Thieves Lie,
Good Ideas Marred By Awkward Execution:
Yes, enormous loot goals is the main reason why I rarely play missions on expert and play on 2nd difficulty instead., Oct. 7, 2020, 12:34 p.m.

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