Black parade is overrated and kinda sucks

[CIGMAN]

Too much unnecessary worldbuilding and way too many enemies, still at the first level tho, but from all the praise this fan expansion is getting i was expecting much more. Also there was an entire mansion that had no loot whatsoever.

[chakkman]

Can't help myself... are you trying to be controversial for the sake of it?

[Yet Another Tacitus]

Well its hard. The mansion I ran into during the first level did have loot - not a lot but some. I only got about half the loot playing on normal on the first level. I am playing on the 2nd difficulty level on the second level and am missing one of the objectives (a vase).

[chakkman]

It's true that the mod is harder than the original games were, like literally every FM I ever tried, for Thief Gold, Thief 2, or TDM. But, it's definitely doable. I'm not an expert play either.

What I found hard is the missions architecture. They're mind boggling complex for the most part.

[Messer Talbot]

You came to a full overview of a campaign made by various level designers just by jumping around the first mission? That's some serious foresight. Personaly, I enjoy very much the surreal worldbuilding, It's very atmospheric and a lot of it are not just for show and can be accessed in order to hunt for loot. But each to their own, I guess.

Originally posted by chakkman:

Can't help myself... are you trying to be controversial for the sake of it?

Your comment reminds me of a old ice cream cone connoisseur. Some people just can't take conical turrets.

[chakkman]

Well, saying that a game or mod generally sucks, because you have some single subjective points of critic seems a bit overblown, don't you think?

Apart from that, a single mission without loot is surely not something which makes the whole game suck. The original Thiefs had 1 or 2 levels without loot as well, if I recall correctly.

[Klax]

I gave you what you came for, you can leave now.

[Messer Talbot]

Found this gem in the dark depths of an old hard drive .Good memories.

https://imgur.com/a/7tDaa6h

[JarlFrank]

Originally posted by The English Assassin:

Found this gem in the dark depths of an old hard drive :ss1toxic:.Good memories.

https://imgur.com/a/7tDaa6h

I did not expect to see this Iron Eagle classic on the Steam forums. Amazing.

[Maeks]

Another day, another moment of Steam forums amusement. Thank you for this review.

[ULTRA]

I dunno dawg, it seems like a product of pretty high quality, the only things really annoying me at the moment are Hume's, uh, disruptive grunts, and some of the doors are absurdly narrow and THICK given the authors' apparent mastery of the level editor

[thirdkeeper]

Play through the game before summarizing.

[香巴拉]

Personally, I think the campaign is very high quality and no very difficulty. I was expecting something harder after reading the introduction with the new mechanics and you can find harder FMs than The Black Parade.

Except maybe two minor things:
- the last mission but because I never liked supernatural elements (a lot of custom enemies) in Thief the Dark Project and I feel the level design isn´t the same level than previous nine missions.
- the ending but I suppose there can´t be two master thiefs...

[Quick Draw Macaw]

I just finished playing the Black Parade and it was fantastic. Keep playing it because some of these levels will blow your mind. If you're a Thief fan, you are in for a treat.

[chakkman]

Originally posted by 香巴拉:

Personally, I think the campaign is very high quality and no very difficulty. I was expecting something harder after reading the introduction with the new mechanics and you can find harder FMs than The Black Parade.

Maybe, but, it's definitely quite a bit harder than the original games.

Most if not all FMs are, unfortunately.

[Nice to Have]

Originally posted by chakkman:

Most if not all FMs are, unfortunately.

You can play on a lower difficulty.