Plus you can collect many gems and toys from the Christmas tree.

I actually tried it some years ago during the Christmas days and I'm just writing a review just now. I wouldn't suggest spending it in this FM, but it's a fine little thing/present.

Half an hour mission. I like that it's structured in such a way, that you have multiple ways to achieve the main goal. And one of them is quite cinematic. It's the mission's stronger aspect. Other than that, there isn't much interesting in terms of level design or loot.

Joking aside, it's a bit crude and wasn't play-tested enough, so I went completely off the intended path by climbing some roofs in the beginning. Overall, it's a decent rob-a-mansion '99 experience. Blocky, janky, but with good structure and beginner's charm. Locations make sense and feel like an actual place. I liked it for what it was.

I liked the spooky area and overall storytelling/journey in this largely linear and short experience. While simple, it's fun little adventure, that holds up quite well. Worth checking out.

Started playing FMs in order of release and this is the first one with great environmental storytelling. There's life in almost every corner. Something happened or something is going on. Friendly inn is having fun time. Bursting with life. Dock worker with a lantern. Various items that tell you something about a place. Everything feels lived in ...

On the surface it's an OK mission, there are some interesting secrets and surprises, especially for it's time. Yet key hunting and loot on expert are exhausting as hell. Searching pixels is annoying. Environments are dull and unremarkable. Picking locks takes ages. There are many doors, that lead nowhere. I don't want to hate it, but I do. Overa...

2 doors don't open despite having all keys available. To be honest, the mission is so ugly and uninspired, that I have little desire to research further.

One of those sort-of-a-joke missions to mess with the engine and the editor. No reason to bother with this one outside "gotta catch 'em all". Granted, perhaps it's the only mission where I saw guards running into a pool and drowning there.

Only blue, with poor lighting in comparison to the original and rain. Didn't notice any other differences. Skip.

It's a well-made mission from '99, but the most memorable part about it is searching loot on expert. That last little ring drove me crazy.

Readables sucked, but the overall idea of a corrupted church felt awesome and reminded me of some B-movie about cults. Human heads served for dinner, undead, a pool of blood, dark sorcery. Unfortunately, the execution overall is quite crude and unpolished. The author had a vision, but limited ability to realize it properly. The result is an OK e...

I always appreciate when environments have element of believability. Kitchen, barracks, training ground, reading floor, holy temple, archive - all that stuff feels like an actual place with a bit of fantasy twist. And it's rather rare in early FMs. Sure, it's blocky and basic, but there's enough variety and routes to keep things interesting.

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Trying to be as kind as I possibly can. I used a guide to finish this one. I had zero desire to figure out this... thing on my own. Buggy as hell, endless, without any logic or structure. Trash. If you even remotely value your time, avoid like a plague.

In comparison to majority of shlock from '99, this one is done well. Outside a few bugs, including one preventing you from finishing the mission (since the final gate doesn't open), it has competent layout and structure. Visuals are simple (as expected from early missions), but there's enough variety and function. Readables are good. A little bi...

This mission is designed to hate you. Outside endless unremarkable corridors, lengthy as hell unlockables, tiny hidden loot that you spend an hour searching, it's downgrade from Escape from the Bear Pit. Even if it's a bit more polished. What a wretched thing. The only thing it's missing to be completely insufferable - marble everywhere and no-b...

What does it demo? You pick up a hammer from a pond and throw it into a zombie. Then kill a guard. That's it. 1 minute. Avoid.

Shortie (15 minutes) from '99. Infiltrate and assassinate. Crated with care, it's rather polished and grounded in realism in comparison to majority of it's peers from the era. Enemies have good hearing, though. So it's one of those times, where you can't sneak on them full speed. You need to crawl.

Played on impossible. You can't kill or knock-out anyone, so the mission turns into cat and mouse chases against guards. Thankfully, there are keys to lock them away and various routes to get in and out of the bar. It's a small map, but ,thanks to a great layout, you can experiment a lot. As one of the earliest FMs, it surprised me in positive w...