Is it good or not? What do you like about it? What could be done better?
I have just recently finished my first playthrough of this map (and am now watching Biden’s inauguration :)), so I can’t give a full review here, but I will start with some of my first impressions.
The art direction in Dartmoor is excellent. It looks fantastic inside and out. The music fits very well with the story and is quite atmospheric, I like it a lot.
Mission design, as far as I can tell is quite good. Lots of ways to move around the manor as well as the outside. Lot’s of secret to be found.
I am also quite impressed by the characters and little stories within the story.
Looks like there’s a good amount of diverse disguises (important) and the detective mission story, at first glance, seems to be very flexible and open. I have not tried it yet, but I’m hoping the real detective can actually solve the case as well.
I am looking forward to playing more of this mission a lot. The first playthrough was quite a treat, and I can already imagine this becoming one of my favorite missions if the rest of it is just as good.
seems pretty good definitely Paris-like, but thats a crude comparison. it really feels like its own thing
nice secret passages, just enough NPCs, and an amazing atmosphere that feels cozy and grandiose at the same time.
and Diana and Grey’s lines while youre exfiltrating the mission is chilling… the way Diana’s mic glitches out and the music just goes silent. it’s so tense up until the point where you hear Grey getting shot at and then the tension turns into panic
On first impression, I think I liked Dubai just a bit more, at least in terms of atmosphere and exploration…until I got to the end. Without giving anything away, I’ll just say that I found the way my version of the murder mystery wrapped up to be tremendously satisfying. And then, of course, exiting the level brings it’s own drama.
If the next four levels are anywhere near as good as the first two, I am tremendously happy.
Just had my first playthrough of it. I’m shaking. The map was phenomenal, as was Dubai. Hoping all of the other maps are as good as these two. And the story. Wow.
I too love the art direction and the secret passages. I still have alot to explore but enjoying it so far definitely. I like that there is only one target and assuming the code stays the same, getting the file shouldn’t be too much bother.
Gave me lots of Golden Handshake vibes, at least with the atmosphere.
Murder mystery was super obvious, though the map may have more potential with the other mission stories and contracts… I’ve only played it once so far, and it was pretty good, but compared to the other levels it didn’t really have much of an impact on me. The only thing that really stood out to me was the follow up cutscene.
Spent there about 1.5 hours exploring the area.
Well, it wasn’t that bad.
But I poisoned some random glass and in a while target found herself dead.
Too easy
Did one playthrough so far, using the detective story, which is enjoyable enough and gives some nice Poirot vibes. I finished it by pinpointing the real killer, so I´m gonna mess around with the other options as well. Was a bit surprised by a certain opportunity that presented itself at the end of it, or rather the lack of consequences for taking it…
I definitely enjoyed the level, and especially the atmosphere of it (definitely has the Bank vibes) and the amount of NPC dialogues in it, but still have plenty of digging to do before I pass a more “definitive” judgement.
I understand the whole “Grey getting shot” part of the narrative, but WHY exactly do we not hear from Diana for about 3 missions? I know the Constant’s talking to her about Providence, but what reason does she give 47? Has she been ambushed too?
I’m missing a single clue in zachary’s room and each of the suspects room. Its driving me nuts! What am I missing? I cant find anything with the camera or 47s vision. Is there some hidden clue mechanic?
Did you scan the wine glass next to the bed? Game kind of gave prompts for everything else in his room except for that on my playthrough. Generally try scanning wherever the map shows a camera icon
The tutorials make it seem like scannable objects will be highlighted in the camera view but you do actually have to look for them yourself. I don’t think I would have found some of them without the minimap icon but in retrospect they do make sense as things you would take photos of, as a spy/detective
The Constant cuts her off from 47 & Grey just before the attack happens, so she thinks the mission is over & they’re on their way back while 47 is going around Absolution-ing on his own.
That’s certainly true, but it’s not a bad thing for me. Thing is… I’ve got SASO master in my, idk, 4-5th playthrough and i’m a stupid dumb person when it comes to generate SASO strategies, so i’ll guess it was easy.
Somehow this is still my least played mission, if we’re not counting Romania. It might be easy, but it’s great! The first run was quite fast because I wanted to play through the whole game yesterday evening. The second time I solved the murder mystery and it was enjoyable, though easy, which was predictable. I expected the murderer to be the only member of the family who wasn’t related to the victim by blood and got that right. It was easy to solve the case by just questioning everyone and investigating all places of interest. I still missed something because I wasn’t able to find out something that could have been used to lie that the death was actually a suicide. I’ll have to search more thoroughly. It’s pretty funny how you can also blame the butler but I didn’t try that out yet either. Good thing solving the case properly got me both Edwards’ file and a kill opportunity, it took its time. I’m excited to go back to figure out the rest of the opportunities. Seems like they’ve brought back dropping explosives down chimneys so that’s great!
definitely Paris-like, but thats a crude comparison. it really feels like its own thing
It might be easy, but it’s great! The first run was quite fast because I wanted to play through the whole game yesterday evening. The second time I solved the murder mystery and it was enjoyable, though easy, which was predictable. I expected the murderer to be