PaulHumph
Joined
Sept. 30, 2024
About
After playing thief and Thief 2 when they were first released, I had a very long hiatus and then discovered the fan missions a year or so ago
As i appreciate the amount of hard work that goes into the creation of a mission, good or bad, I'm unlikely to leave a negative review. I do try to leave reviews and ratings for the missions that I enjoy. I will rate low if I think the mission deserves it.
I like: -
Good architecture, good gameplay, atmosphere, puzzles that aren't wildly difficult or obscure to solve, vertical missions
I dislike: -
zombies or any other undead (can't see the point in Thief), getting stuck in windows or other small places, jumps between ledges that require pinpoint accuracy and 100 attempts, readables that go on for several pages and add nothing to the story, doors/trunks that require several changes of lockpick & take half an hour to open, puzzles that are totally baffling to anyone but the author.
★ 5 / 10 Vampire Skull, Oct. 19, 2025
★ 7 / 10 Etude of a Street Corner, Oct. 18, 2025
★ 8 / 10 The Free Press, Oct. 16, 2025
★ 6 / 10 Lady Mossy, Oct. 12, 2025
★ 8 / 10 Payback, Oct. 11, 2025
★ 7 / 10 The Auldale Chess Tournament, Oct. 10, 2025
★ 8 / 10 When Angels Refuse to Die, Oct. 8, 2025
★ 9 / 10 Off to Milhorn Manor (Overhaul Edition), Oct. 4, 2025
★ 10 / 10 Venomous Ambition, Sept. 30, 2025
★ 10 / 10 Cracks in the Glass, Sept. 20, 2025
★ 8 / 10 The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living, Sept. 17, 2025
★ 10 / 10 Legacy of Knoss, Sept. 11, 2025
★ 1 / 10 DREAD COMPLEX 1: THE CHAOS BEGINS, Aug. 30, 2025
★ 9 / 10 These Unfortunate Ones, Aug. 13, 2025
★ 6 / 10 Godforsaken Locale, Aug. 10, 2025
★ 6 / 10 Havenhold's Retirement, Aug. 9, 2025
★ 6 / 10 By the looks of things..., Aug. 9, 2025
★ 8 / 10 Rockpool, Aug. 4, 2025
I loved this mission for all the reasons that you have stated. The first time I played it, I got to 9 hours and basically broke the game! It kept crashing back to desktop. It was annoying as I'd almost completed the mission.
I posted on TTLG about the crashing and Nicked suggested it may be something to do with memory leakage as I was taking so long. As I have no idea about dromed and the creation of missions, I took his word for it. Someone else posted that they'd played for a simil...
I started this mission a while back but gave up fairly quickly as I'm not a big fan of undead.
After reading your review, I decided to give it another go and I'm very pleased that I did!
Firstly, I found that the mummies were reasonably easy to evade and secondly, without having to resort to getting hints off TTLG / YouTube I managed to complete the mission on expert (bar 200 ish loot and two of the "secrets").
I really like missions that have puzzles which are difficult but not i...