An homage to Thief OMs like Lord Bafford's Manor, but with its own strong identity. The ambiance is fantastic, and the layout is inventive and fun to explore. One of the few FMs out there with such high production quality and tight focus on gameplay.

The ambition of this project seems to be about scale, but it's not clear to what creative end. Great impression made by the ambiance ultimately gives way to lack of focus, clunky navigation, and cringe-worthy damsel-in-distress story.

+ Huge room for exploration horizontal and vertical
+ Hilarious moments scattered throughout the roofscape
+ Solid 3 hours of content
+ Explores lore and future potential
+ Tons of secrets
+ Side-objectives are story driven and immersive

- Deadend/fake doors hinder immersion.
- City is more fun than the main objective area.
- Main obje...

Show Off is a definite step up from the author's previous mission from the Thief 1 contest, but it still isn't quite there yet. The main attraction of the mission is a vast museum in the middle of town where you must steal a few trinkets while avoiding triggering the security systems.

The player starts in the city and it is quite clearly the ...

DISCLAIMER: one of the authors is working on The Black Parade and is one of my close friends. I tried to review the mission with an objective mind.

Feast of Pilgrims is one of the best Life of the Party-like rooftop missions (where you can't get off the streets). In that sense it pulls off several thieves' highway trails quite masterfully, wi...

I was very impressed by My Favorite Year, doubly so when I read it was made in under three weeks. I've seen many people say it's a run of the mill mission but I disagree, in my opinion My Favorite Year is one of the best missions in the contest and where a mission like Fierce Competition is fairly mundane, My Favorite Year shines.

The premise...

There isn't much to talk about Time for Change considering it is a newbie mission, but it's not too terrible and I would love to see more missions from this author. Kudos for participating with their first ever mission.

The main issues with the mission are that it's insanely linear and lighting is very so-so. There is no real atmosphere to s...

DISCLAIMER: All four authors on this mission are working on The Black Parade and are close friends of mine. I tried to review the mission with an objective mind.

The Builder's Paradise is one of the most impressive missions I've ever played, in addition to being one of the best Mechanist missions ever. It's interesting how Thief 2 doesn't hav...

Fierce Competition is a very small mission that shouldn't take you very long to complete. Garrett is hired by a third party to disrupt one of his rivals' affairs, and also rob him otherwise that wouldn't be fun. There isn't much to talk about Fierce Competition: the mission is divided into two parts, the streets and the mansion, and the story is...

DISCLAIMER: Both authors are working on The Black Parade and are close friends of mine. I tried to review this mission with an objective mind.

Into the Odd is the least Thief 2 out of all the missions for the contest, in fact it feels more like something out of Purah or Sperry's minds, and while it feels very removed from Thief 2's aesthetic ...

The big and sprawling Painter’s Wife is truly diamond in a rough. It is classic city sandbox with all the nooks and crannies to explore. There is not one plot, but many – which often are interconnected in unpredictable ways and making the full impression of living district. There is a lot of variety of its locations – from big manors to small co...

OGDA's first mission, One Man's Treasure is an aptly named, small manor mission in which we have to break into an antiques shop run by a somewhat eccentric man and steal some emeralds that recently came in. It's a well guarded and well lit house, with some sneaky tricks up its sleeve, but all in all it is a fairly generic fare. The mission was a...