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This was my second map, and just by looking at the screens
I think you can tell that I learned a lot since sykodark!
This time I have implemented curves, doors, staircases,
buttons, and more detail. On that note, lets start by
looking at the looks of this map. I'll say one thing --
it certainly is not eye candy. With it's size, the amount
of detail I have could be considered minimal. However,
I have used lasers, models (lamps in particular), doors,
and clipping rather than rotating. These are things that
improve the looks from my previous map. Of course, there
is the whole missing wall mystery. If you go down the
hallway where the mega health is, you will reach the room
that has the wall on the right missing. I checked in the
editor and it was there. Somehow, I lost a wall in the
process of its building, but oh well. That hurts the looks
section, especially because it leaves a spotlight just
floating there. =( Before I talk about the aesthetics,
I would like to comment on the name, "excessiveness."
Is that a word? I dunno myself, but if it wasnt before,
it is now. =) I called it this because of the pure excess
of guns and items needed. There is more than enough health
and armor to go around, and every gun in the game is located
in this map. Aesthetically, the map is pretty good. It
is an indoor, nighttime, map, that is futuristically themed.
I used a lot of shiny metals as well. The level flows
well and you can get around quickly for the most part
It consists of a large room, two levels high, a BFG room,
and some other smaller rooms/hallways. The bottom leve
of the main room has shallow water in it, and the top
has holes to get to the bottom and a bajillion items and
guns and things. Getting from top to bottom is very easy
and can be done many ways, including the (very long) set
of stairs, jump pads, and the bots' favorite, a ramp.
The BFG is hidden away in a room on the upper level of
the main room. But why wont the door open?! Lol. There
is a button on the main level that you must push to open
the door to the BFG room. Once you push it, you only have
about 4-5 seconds to get to the room, so hurry up! The
only thing that I took off of the aesthetics points for
are the rooms at the end of the mega health pathway (the
one with yellow lighting.) It holds a red armor, a grenade
launcher, tons of ammo, health, and last but not least,
an invisibility. See, there's only one way in and one
way out of that room and hallways coming out of it, and
almost no action goes on there. So by the time you snag
the invisibiliy, and run out to the main room to get some
sneak attacks in, the invisibility is almost gone, due
to the fact that there is only one way into the room.
Minus 3 aesthetics points for that. =) This map offers
a lot of fun at first, but as you get used to it, you
become to aware of the bots repeated movement patterns
and start to frag them without thinking, and it actually
starts to get boring. The high level of playability, which
I'll get to in a minute, and the nice flowing design keep
some fun always there for you. The map does indeed play
very well. The good aesthetics contribute to that, im
sure. The bots play the full map and use everything in
it, and you will never find yourself without a gun nearby
and having to fight with a machine gun. And of course,
the Quad Damage Trap adds to the surprise, fun, and playability.
When you grab the quad (only in its spawning point), you
get shot at by five rocket launchers on the walls. They
come at you from the sides, the back, and from above.
So when you get the quad, RUN. Im not going to tell you
which way to run to avoid taking damage, because that
would ruin all the fun. If you get killed lingering around
on the quad spawn point, someone else will grab it, and
have a fragging advantage, so you see, it really is important
to the way the map plays. Thats about all I have to say
about this map. All in all, it is a pretty good map, and
a fun one at that. But, it lacks something in the looks
and the chronic fun departments. In other words, not bad,
but not great. However, I suggest you dl it to play for
even a little while, its a load of fun at first.