The mission looks ok and certainly feels alive. The amount of npcs with custom behavior is amazing. The loot is great too, its fun to discover secrets. The objectives are really really horrible and were only made to stretch the playtime. find 5x find key x... Its a grindy keychase, nothing more. That you have to use your blackjack on things is nowhere described... frankly the final bossfight is really really bad even tho alot of work was put into it.

Without a guide you will waste precious lifetime here... :/ This mission has no chance to ever stand up to furious flames or shadows of death.

But its still one of the better thief 3 fms! 0 bugs.

I seem to have enjoyed the key hunt more than you. I liked that there were always clear hints where to go next. I never got stuck.

Despite this, I would still rate the gameplay slightly lower than the 9/10 you assigned yourself. Searching the village got tedious after 5 hours. The janky battle arena at the end also detracted somewhat from the overall experience.