Melan on 18/9/2008 at 12:27
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Where is Frobman Truart and how do I kill him?
Then
grab him and drop him into the lava.<Username> on 18/9/2008 at 13:02
Thanks Melan. I finished with the bonus objective and 4612 in loot.
Gameplay: This mission is a tribute to The Sword from the original Dark Project campaign. Ideas lifted include asymmetrical corridors and inverted rooms. A number of often-reused artifacts like the Serpentile Torc and Bafford's Scepter are placed in the different areas, as well as a substantial amount of loot. Usually you have to avoid traps and enemies before being able to steal those things. Sneaking up on enemies is nigh impossible due to the rooms's layout and a total lack of shadows to hide in. You're better of shooting everything in sight with several thousand arrows from your starting inventory. In that regard this mission ignores central aspects of the classic Thief experience, more closely resembling an entry from 2006's Total Crap Contest.
Design: The architecture in this mission is really bland. The Sword presented you with a mansion that did look ordinary at first but got weirder and weirder the deeper you explored it. In this mission however, everything is out of whack right from the get-go. There are some good ideas to be found later on, among them giant skulls eyeballing you and a puzzle with a room that comes in two sizes. Overall, the environment here looks unpolished. I should note this mission crashed to the desktop twice and one time I had to restart the whole system.
Story: There doesn't seem to be a story at all. The title seems to originate from a quote from the briefing of the first Bafford mission in the original game.
thief0 on 18/9/2008 at 19:00
don't forget, the author mentions (in the text file) that this mission is also a tribute to Blooper Reel. that might explain some of the wackiness...
Esme on 18/9/2008 at 19:21
it was a bit too surreal for me, nice showcase of things dromed/dark can do, but why you'd want to do some of them I'm not sure
<Username> on 18/9/2008 at 21:30
Quote Posted by thief0
don't forget, the author mentions (in the text file) that this mission is also a tribute to Blooper Reel. that might explain some of the wackiness...
I get the Blooper Reel reference. As I see it, the author focused on the shenanigans while gameplay became secondary. That's why it would be more suitable for the Total Crap Contest.
MrMunkeepants on 19/9/2008 at 01:10
Thief has now crashed-to-desktop several times, and crashed my system once - so badly so that I got Error messages in French!
I also experienced the never-leave-home problem
I really liked the Alice in Wonderland room, but the rest is annoying in every aspect :eww:
where is the sword, and how exactly do I get to Truart?
<Username> on 19/9/2008 at 07:52
Quote Posted by MrMunkeepants
where is the sword
Quote Posted by MrMunkeepants
how exactly do I get to Truart?
canetoad on 21/9/2008 at 00:32
This mission is like being on drugs. Oh wait - I was on drugs.:eek: :eek: :eek:
Lightningline on 21/9/2008 at 02:08
:tsktsk: I can think of another contest this mission would have been great for and maybe won....a Slugs mission maybe ? Since when has a guard himself been loot..lol
Whatever it is you took when dreaming this up please send me some..I will give you my address when the contest is over.
clearing on 22/9/2008 at 04:21
That's really funny mission! :cheeky: Cool :D :thumb:
Reminds me of the Total Crap Contest though.
