Azaran on 11/8/2011 at 09:47

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I just finished this campaign. Wow!!
...I loved everything about it :D

The textures are gorgeous (especially in the mansion, the gold doors are magnificent; the first 2 levels are huge with so much to explore - it took me 2 hours to get through the first one, I was just discovering more and more new areas, I loved it.


But what I most loved (I almost fell off my chair when I was teleported there :cheeky:) was the sudden return to the Old Quarter mansion where the torc was in T1 - The Haunted Cathedral was one of my favourite T1 missions and it was great to go back there and explore new areas. The new Keeper hideout in the last one was great too. I love it when people take classic Thief levels from the original games and create new areas for exploration. It's something I'd like to see more of.

I'll need to replay All Torc again now, it's been so long since I last played it, I barely remember it. :erm:
Thanks R Soul, keep'em coming. :thumb:

poronty on 11/8/2011 at 14:11

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I can only agree with all the praises above - I had a BLAST with this gorgeous mission.

There was one thing that kept nagging my brain thoughout the whole thing though: all these beautifully detailed and intricately mapped locations just BEGGED for a lot more secret goodies! Hidden levers, wall banners concealing stashes of treasure, secret rooms... there was plenty of room and opportunity to place dozens of these into the mission. Although searching for hidden stuff is like crack to me, so this pretty much applies to all missions as far as I'm concerned :p

But apart from that, this was tons of fun, thanks for making it!

Acolyte6 on 11/8/2011 at 21:33

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S something...Do I just avoid him or do I need to get in that office on the top floor? If so how do I get him out of there? Where the letter I need to destroy? In the evidence locker? if so where is that? I looked near the sleeping quarters, but I sure can't find anything frobbable. I have the key...:confused:

The Watcher on 12/8/2011 at 11:23

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I'm obviously being dense or missing something, but where's the key for the evidence locker? I've dealt with the letter, got the key for the main switch room (not that I've worked out how to get there yet, either), found what I assume to be the evidence locker safe, but can't pick it and have no key for it. What am I missing? :erg:

The Phantom on 12/8/2011 at 18:45

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We had to wait a long time for the sequel to All Torc but finally its arrived.

Just finished Mission 1 and very much enjoyed it. The best time I had was when making my way, unnoticed, through the power plant and entering the city streets. You end up in a deserted street, hear a dog barking, and read a notice about a murderer on the loose. It sets the mood and that's when things really begin! Before you is a lovely industrial city to explore, with broad streets, some beautiful English lattice houses, plenty of admissable buildings, and a nice open layout. The texturing is varied and some of them look very realistic. The indoor market was pretty cool! While Robbington misses the architectural complexity and marvelous texturing of towns like Rocksbourg, its still very well made. There's a large variaty of textures used (of which some look very realistic), the ambient music is lovely, the city scape fits very well, and - from what I can remember - it's a signifcant improvement over the city mission from All Torc, Welcome to Robbington, which felt very empty.
Many important aspects that a succesfull thief mission should include, are present in Late Payment: a classic briefing movie at the start, a straightforward start with many unexpected plot changes later on, freedom to explore, a camvator sequence, and not to mention (auto)maps. It's evident a lot of work was spent on this and the result is worth it. Great job, Robin :thumb:.
There are also some critical notes: I found it a bit too easy personally (even on Expert while ghosting it wasn't much of a challenge) and the way the route to the prison is invisibly blocked at first is a bit silly (although I understand it's neccessary). And is knocking out the murderer really an option? As soon as he wakes up, he most likely starts killing again :ebil:(unless some city guard finds him first).
But the way the story evolves (with a lot of tension guaranteeded), the exploration of the city, and the brilliant attention to detail (from automapping to the moonlight that shines on the houses at night) make this a very memorable and entertaining mission. I spent a good 2 hours and 31 minutes exploring, with only 10 short of loot.

And that was only the first mission :D Now lets find out what Proof has to offer.