pavlovscat on 5/2/2009 at 04:13
My first FM was T2X. I was completely blown away by it. Nightwalker encouraged me to try the others and helped me get going. She recommended Christine's missions, so those were the next ones I played - Lord Ashton, Night Falcon, Curse of the Falcon and the Lady Lotti Series. Given those were the first ones I played, it's no wonder I was so easily hooked! :thumb:
SneakyJack on 5/2/2009 at 07:54
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My first FM was T2X. I was completely blown away by it. Nightwalker encouraged me to try the others and helped me get going. She recommended Christine's missions, so those were the next ones I played - Lord Ashton, Night Falcon, Curse of the Falcon and the Lady Lotti Series. Given those were the first ones I played, it's no wonder I was so easily hooked! :thumb:
That is an amazing way to get your start in fan missions indeed - 13 incredible missions in a row will certainly get you into the community I'd think. :laff: I didn't play thief 2x until far after it was released, but soon saw the error of my ways after my first playthrough, thats for sure.
I believe my first fan mission could have been a Christine mission - I'm still trying to remember which one it was. That being said - I think I'm going to make my way through Christines missions next for screens and impressions - its a tough job but someone has to do it! :laff:
All joking aside, playing through her missions and series will be pure thief gameplay heaven mission after mission. I'm looking forward to it. :D
jiansonz on 5/2/2009 at 08:18
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Anyone remember the first fan mission that really hooked them and got them into the fan mission scene?
The first FM I
played was Willow Island. I thought it was good, but it didn´t really hook me.
I don´t really remember which mission actually hooked me. I think it must have been somewhere among these four (those were up next, I don´t remember the order...):
Bloodstone Prison
Hush, Hush, Sweet Harlot
Cult of the Resurrection
Lord Edmund Entertains
Melan on 5/2/2009 at 08:31
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Also: Anyone remember the first fan mission that really hooked them and got them into the fan mission scene?
Well, I first played
Gathering at the Bar. But what really hooked me was
The Death of Garrett - which is understandable, since when I discovered The Circle, I started to download the missions based on their hammer score rating, and at the time, TDoG was on top with a score of 9, if I recall correctly. It still holds up very well, I believe - there is some cool architecture, the gameplay is good and accommodates different playstyles, and there is also a good background to it.
Later on came
Lord Edmund Entertains,
The Vigil and, of course, the
Circle of Strain series (the third part being probably the best). That, and
Calendra's Cistern, which has remained my personal favourite over all the years. Interesting how those early FMs tended to have briefing movies much more often than they have today.
Jah on 5/2/2009 at 09:49
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Also: Anyone remember the first fan mission that really hooked them and got them into the fan mission scene? I've been really trying to remember what the first fan mission was that really got me but I'm having trouble coming up with which one it was. I know it must have made quite an impact on me for me to be posting screens and thoughts on them years later! :laff:
I first started playing FM's in late 2003 - I remember going through quite a few around New Year when I was recovering from pneumonia and confined within four walls. I can't remember what the very first one was - I'm generally terrible at remembering the names of FM's, anyway - but a couple of early ones I remember were The 7th Crystal and Saturio Returns Home. I remember one prison break mission (Bloodsports, maybe?) and one that was entirely in greyscale, with a female protagonist, where the enemies included haunts that used the spider soundset. Can't even remember whether it was a T1 or T2 FM. LoanStar played Garrett in quite a few missions in those days.
Theker on 5/2/2009 at 10:06
I love this Thread, SneakyJack. :D
The first FM i played was "Hammerhead: Return to the Docks " for Thief 1 by Gongchong , a really good FM.
And for Thief 2 was "Alliance" by HipBreaker my first FM, which i played.
Thanks HipBreaker for this really good FM. :thumb:
jiansonz on 5/2/2009 at 11:16
Quote Posted by Jah
one that was entirely in greyscale, with a female protagonist, where the enemies included haunts that used the spider soundset. Can't even remember whether it was a T1 or T2 FM.
This must be Ranstall Keep, by Dashjianta. It´s a tough a tricky FM to find your way through. Originally for T1, but there is a T2 version out as well. I think I´ve played it, but I don´t remember if was in greyscale as well.
Saturnine on 5/2/2009 at 11:17
Death of Garrett was my first FM too :thumb: I remember being impressed at the grand scale of it, very high ceilings and wide corridors, good stuff.
The Order of the Vine was my second FM and is still one of my all time top FMs today.
And third was Calendras Cistern, I love that mission, I remember I emailed Purah (didn't know him before then) and asked 'how does she get up into that tower when theres no stairs?'
and he said 'I don't know.....magic?'
but I think he meant 'f**k off* :thumb:
SneakyJack on 5/2/2009 at 21:52
Great responses everyone - its interesting to read where everyone got their starts in the realm of Fan Missions. There are so many (obviously in the hundreds) that I'd imagine most everyone starts out somewhere different.
Another thing I was thinking of is the moments in fan missions when you are truly stunned at what the author has pulled off.
I think the first example of this for me was Sterlino's "Horns Of Canzo" mission with the in-game shop. I don't know why I thought that was so awesome but it had been something I always wanted to see in a fan mission, and seeing it come to life was great.
Things like in game cutscenes and the camvator tricks were really cool every time they were used too, I was always very amused by the camera trickery that you can pull off in dromed. Then you have missions like Broken Triad, Ink and Dust and Mission X that completely bend the dark engine until it almost breaks but somehow manages to keep it together long enough to show us something amazing.
I think my favorite fan mission trick that doesn't get used nearly enough is AI vs. AI battles that turn out different every time. I really like seeing them play out and predicting who will win. Seems like the older fan missions used this much more than the new ones - and I'd like to see those AI battles make a return.
What kinds of Fan mission special effects, scripting or trickery do you enjoy?
gunsmoke on 5/2/2009 at 23:26
Playing Seven Sisters for the 1st time. Holy crap! This is a great mission, so far (finished Prologue and an hour in Night One). Incredible, huge city w/lots to find and do.
I don't want it to end.
Anything similar that can even hold a candle to this?
