An FM that alone rivals a main game add-on in scope, story and detail. A well-designed narrative that expands the story of the original and brings back the Mechanist sect with all its steamy splendor.

Especially the first third is very well done with not only a handful of interesting new arrow types right from the get-go, which completely sub...

Nicely designed short mission.

I would've found all loot but accidentally smashed a gold vase with my sword. I didn't realise it at the time otherwise I would've reverted to an earlier save. I just watched a YouTube video to see what I missed as I was only a smidgen short of the total.

Anyway, me being clumsy and somehow smashing gold sh...

Reasonably easy (I didn't ghost) mission. All loot found.

I struggled for a while to find an important switch but that's how a mission should be.

Recommended if you have half an hour or so to play a short, pleasant mission.

I second Matt's review wholeheartedly. The whole level is intriguing in visuals, acustics, atmosphere and layout.

The puzzles are only wayfinding-related but I felt clever with every hidden entry and dark alcove I found.

Resources are very scarce but sufficiently balanced.

There were a bit too many locks to pick that had just nothing of...

This mission tasks you with investigating the disappearance of Lady Agutt’s husband, who vanished after visiting a befriended family’s mansion. The house itself won’t impress you unless you’re particularly fond of cosy and compact spaces, but it hides several secrets waiting to be uncovered, along with a nice stack of loot to collect.

The unu...

An excellent mission with bits of everything thrown in.

I couldn't fault anything. I didn't get stuck, had just the right level of difficulty, didn't have ladders that you can't step back on to. Very polished.

Some humour as well but in hindsight I should have blackjacked those singing drunks when I first encountered them...

that this mission has finally reached the recognition it justly deserves, can we talk about the hideous ambient horn wailing most of the time? Just the memory of it makes me want to kill the clarinetist/oboist?, the score author and the whole band repeatedly over and over. Always when I feel like going back to this mission I recount the wailing...

At it's best, this mission features some amazing atmosphere in combination with fun gameplay. It makes extensive use of in-game cutscenes to progress the story which itself is satisfactory but could've been fleshed out slightly further. Parts of it are actually incredibly well made and impressive even over a decade later, yet the total experienc...

This one is short, so don't hesitate much about trying it out. There is not much in terms readables, or too much in terms of a story. Nothing about the mission's architecture is spectacular. But it pulls off the atmosphere superbly. There is just enough suspense without unnecessary drama, that you keep going until you're done. I just enjoyed it ...

The lack of human presence , whiny burricks, patronizing manor lord, patrolling guards, hubbub of the tavern and modern steampunk boiler hiss , industrial machineries and clattering electrical generator makes this mission very zen. You are presented with an old building full of mold & moss, and withered trees. These beyond-repair structures/bui...

Fun, short, and unique.

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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With a cursed ship.

30-40 minutes long. Unfortunately, it lacks challenge and interesting game design. It's a very relaxed experience. Simple geometry, but not without charm. The island itself is quite neat. There's a small dig site with a twist as well. Among memorable things - golf yard and the lighthouse that you need to fix.

The missio...

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...

I'll be keeping this review quite short as I still have to process the absolute masterpiece I have just played. One of the few things I can say is that during my walk to the mission's exit after having completed all my objectives and spending well over 4 hours (without any major interruption) traversing the city I was still hoping that I had not...

One of the first things you'll notice when booting up the mission is that darkness is pitch black, even if you crank up your gamma to the max. This is done to incentivize the player to use the lantern, but I believe this gimmick has aged quite poorly. The light looks very unnatural and in one section some objects do not work well with the lanter...