Hidden Hands: Vitalic Fever 20/07/2019

[chakkman]

I just finished this. The mission was a lot of fun, just like your Blood & Metal campaign.

I found a few problems:

Spoiler

There's an unfrobbable piece of loot here:

Also, the 4 gems from "Applefinger" obviously show up in the inventory, but, they have no icon or desciprtion there, there are just 4 empty spaces.

Got stuck in quite a few places as well, but, I didn't take note where.

 

Overall, I really like the style of your missions, and that you always put some adventure like riddles into them. Like in the Blood & Metal missions, I found the readables and conversations to be lacking. At least they're not up to par with the quality (gameplay, visuals, audio) of the rest of the mission.

And, like in 2 missions of Blood & Metal, I missed an essential key which was on an A.I. I knocked out (the inventors keys to his office in the upper floor). Not easy to keep track of the keys A.I.'s are carrying, especially without a lantern (I didn't really understand why I started without lantern and  magnifying glass either).

The spiders were a very nice twist, I really liked that.

 

[datiswous]

Subtitle files. Not sure if I tested them. I might update them later and re-upload.

 

hhvf_subs.pk4

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[JackFarmer]

On 4/10/2025 at 1:19 AM, datiswous said:

Subtitle files. Not sure if I tested them. I might update them later and re-upload.

hhvf_subs.pk4 10.71 kB · 1 download

Thank you. Will check during Easter weekend.

 

[JackFarmer]

Mission has been updated to version 5. Check OP for changes.

[Eirinjas]

Pretty good. I played on expert. I think there should be more regular arrowheads available.

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Venturing into the basement, I dispatched the first spider with 4 arrows. The other two spiders came out and I gassed them with an arrow. There is an objective that requires killing them. The author's intent was that you kill them with the environmental traps. Whoops. Okay, well, you can't lift and carry the spiders to the traps. You can't beat them to death with a blackjack. You have no sword. I had exactly 2 arrows left - one for each to dispatch them. If you don't pick pocket or find the arrows, or if you waste an arrow somehow, and you gassed the spiders like I did, you might be boned on the objective.

 

[JackFarmer]

On 2/15/2026 at 10:54 PM, Eirinjas said:

Pretty good. I played on expert. I think there should be more regular arrowheads available.

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Venturing into the basement, I dispatched the first spider with 4 arrows. The other two spiders came out and I gassed them with an arrow. There is an objective that requires killing them. The author's intent was that you kill them with the environmental traps. Whoops. Okay, well, you can't lift and carry the spiders to the traps. You can't beat them to death with a blackjack. You have no sword. I had exactly 2 arrows left - one for each to dispatch them. If you don't pick pocket or find the arrows, or if you waste an arrow somehow, and you gassed the spiders like I did, you might be boned on the objective.

 

Thank you for the feedback, there are two other ways to kill two of them:

 

Spoiler

A fire arrow can be found on the attic.
A mine can be found on the second floor (the floor with the Builders).

 

Apart from that, I agree with you, using the traps is not that easy, though I think using at least one of the two possibilities (trap door OR gas fire leakage) should be doable.

I think I will make these objectives optional in the next update because you really have a point.