April 20, 2021, 2:14 p.m.   (Last edited: 3 years, 7 months ago)

... 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 section; and the Bank. The first part is a bit linear and not that original for me: typical trudging through noble houses, towers, warehouses. It slightly lacks imagination of its predecessor and feels like prologue to the second half, mansion of Randall and the Bank itself - which are much more interesting and challenging. We again are greeted by Mechanists and their bots, security cameras and their "companion" turrets, guards, marble floors... I had lot of fun, slightly, step by step, cracking the bank security systems and solving simple puzzles devoted to accessing the Bank vault and avoiding security in the vault itself - just like in the original Thief II mission.

Another small nitpick is lack of details especially in city part of mission. Otherwise it's fine nostalgic romp, which combines rooftop sneaking and little puzzle-solving.