Thief FM "The Bluecoat's Training Facility" Mar. 11/03 - by Thief13x
The Phantom on 12/5/2008 at 15:19
Enjoyable excercise. Finished in 1 hour 15 minutes and 26 seconds, with 3254 out of
3689 loot.
Good insight in the training of the city's finest, with lots of readables that give information about the regime and hierarchy inside the training complex :thumb:. Some were pretty amusing, like the list that indicates how much food a person gets, depending on it's rank.
In case of design, the place doesn't impress. Layout is simple, and some textures are overused.
Also, there's not much of a challenge with only one difficulty setting. KO or kill restrictions would've been welcome.
Luckily the story is detailed enough to keep things interesting. And some good reading/searching is needed later on to complete the objectives.
The way to figure out the vault combination was a nice idea. Unfortunately, the confusing hint made it difficult to get the first cypher.
About the sleep walking servant: it's too bad he doesn't walk around near the broken lamp, when the player enters the room :laff:.
The mission feels a bit unpolished with the sound issues, some small bugs, and the choppy performance on my system. But for a first mission it's not a bad job.
Too bad (
http://geocities.com/thief13x/Eyesbetrayalmainpage) the sequel was never completed. It would like to see the story about
the Fool's Gold continue. And the locations seem to be more detailed and variated then in TBTF.
Thief13x on 13/5/2008 at 15:27
WOW! thanks so much for the recognition on this, it's been years and it's awesome to know that it's still being enjoyed:D! I appriciate you moving my sequal to the Abandoned FM's list, it's a damn shame I never got around to completing it but life, even this summer with an internship, has me far too busy. Thanks again for playing, I desperately need to dust off my discs and fire up the Thief box again, probably tonight. Thanks again!
Tim
Queue on 17/8/2008 at 19:13
I just finished this one, and wanted to add my praise for this well-done first mission. Excellent job, Thief13x! I'm sorry to read that you've abandoned a sequel, as I would like to see a follow-up mission. But--
My only two complaints are finding the key to the workshop, and getting into the "entry room" of the facility where the two guards are stationed on each side of a fireplace. It's bloody impossible to enter that roomwithout being spotted, or raising alarm on the guards part-- especially if you shoot an arrow to turn off the light switch, this alerts every guard in the vicinity. I snuck in through the underwater passages in hopes of being able to ghost this one, but found that I couldn't because of this spot. Otherwise, it seems possible to ghost this.
Also, I've discovered a great hatred for stumbling across a large number of lockers and finding not a damn thing inside of any of them. I remembering encountering this in another mission, but for the life of me can't remember the name, and, for me, the mission was spoiled by the pointless searching. I understand the "thrill-of-the-hunt-but-not-necessarily-getting-a-payoff" aspect, but I'd rather not be able to open the lockers at all as opposed to rummaging like I'm on a scavenger-hunt . But, that's just me.
Other than that, I really liked the winding passage, one that could almost be missed, leading off to the servant's room. That was a nice touch.
webe123 on 5/5/2012 at 03:32
What is the vault code?
Samantha1 on 19/7/2020 at 16:14
I just finished this fm and loved it! Very original and definitely sth. new! (even though it´s already 17 years old) :cheeky:
Had to come to the forum for the loot, cause I too was short on about 300:rolleyes:
CrumblingMap on 21/2/2023 at 04:06
Quote Posted by Samantha1
I just finished this fm and loved it! Very original and definitely sth. new! (even though it´s already 17 years old) :cheeky:
Had to come to the forum for the loot, cause I too was short on about 300:rolleyes:
(Thief13x here) - Thanks and very glad you enjoyed it! Sorry that the loot was tough to find. I have fond memories building this but admittedly don't remember where I put everything anymore :cheeky:.
