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I always thought it was great as well. Rougher around the edges maybe, but full of iconic levels that stick in the mind.
Elder God Shrine Palace of Hate Azure Agony Nameless City Pain Maze And I vaguely remember parts of the amphitheater level and the base level. The only thing that I really didn't care for was the way to the secret level. It was just a bit too clever.
And fuck Tar babies. They can be used but not in a really wide open place, they need to be in a level where they can be funneled a bit. They just move too quickly and randomly otherwise. You know what would be awesome? Quoth DMSP... there's a ton of various extended monsters for the mod plus maybe it could use the worldspawn flag for the maptype (base, rune etc) and spawn only theme specific monsters.
And that is why most DLC content purchases are an evil concept in my opinion.
Imagine a Quake where the Rune\Sigil is either won by fighting through 8 or 9 levels or can simply be acquired through a purchase. It defeats the purpose of getting it in the first place. The successful journey is the reward. Bad decisions should be punished to some extent while good decisions are rewarded. Things like what you linked to are really just cheats with a price tag. The sad thing is that, like most cheats in games, the only person cheated is the person who bought the cheat. Alternatively the game is intentionally made so mind numbingly boring that getting beyond certain "Gates" in the game play is appealing enough to the casual player to be worth the extra (relatively smaller cost compared to the original cost of the game) cheats to make it seem worth it to see what happens next. This is even more evil in my opinion because the base design decisions must shift to making boring games with spaced content worth viewing as long as you pay for it. I'm not averse to DLC in games as long as it's done correctly. Specifically games like TF2 where the community can sell hats and stuff, vanity gear etc.
I'd love it if id software released a version of Quake that I could sell maps/map-packs/mods on, I know I'd definitely buy them too. And wouldn't be nice to earn some cash for your efforts? Unemployment sucks. I went through that last year. Time goes slow but rent bill shows up fast.
When your working you think off all those things you would like to do if you had the time. When you have time your broke. As Magneto clearly explained in X-Men 3:
"In chess, the pawns go first If Necros is the Albert Einstein of mapping (he is), he should gently tweak others work after it is largely completed, supervising the effort.
He should be grading the homework, not doing the homework. Many know how to map, the rules, etc. Necros best contribution isn't that, it is how to put the cherry on top of the ice cream. Others can make the ice cream first This is why Tronyn enjoys reviewing maps.
He looks at others work and figuring out how it could be improved. How others could progress up the ladder. /End (un?)insightful [short series of] beer post(s). speaking of which, there should be some reviews coming soon. Been busy, but I have been doing some mapping. Plus I finally tried Skyrim. Pretty sweet so far.
Sad to see you are done with Quake and mapping, but thanks for leaving us with such a cool map.
I hope you pop by from time to time to see what's going on. |
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