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Teacups: That was a very hard map. I wasn't able to complete it, even on easy. The map looked nice, though.
Egypt: Wow. I've been waiting for another epic. The ending felt a little disappointing, but I was playing on easy. Missed 2 kills, and found 3 of the 8 secrets. It also toook me over half an hour, but I got lost once, and I played like a complete pack rat. I'm writing this directly after finishing the Egypt map. It is a challenging and interesting level. The architecture was good and grand scale. Very nice looking through the whole map. I liked the textures very much also.
I played on normal skill and the combat was very tough. I died several times. I don't like maps with monster counts of 200 that much and I don't like quoth monsters either. There were many good combats but some unlucky monster placement also. For example knights that could be killed from water or ogres below/above you that couldn't hit you. Ammo was a bit sparse and I had to run away from monsters very often because of this. I didn't find any armor before the final fight (a red one would be good) and I had to cheat to finish the map. I liked that I could skip some monsters during progress but didn't know that I will meet them on the way back. I guess I have to play the map again on easy :P Teacups: Good looking small map with nice IK textures, but too tough gameplay. No skill settings and a general lack of ammo, weapons, health and armor. The overpowered Quoth monsters didn't really help this scenario. I also experienced progression problems early on.
Egypt: A huge, impressive outdoor map in the temple style that inherits a lot from Tronyn's earlier works. Lighting, textures and brushwork really fit together and form a believable place. Minor visual nitpicks were the slightly odd skybox, some lighting issues underwater, various thin brush seams and the occasional stretched or z-fighting textures. The underwater issues are caused by limitations in the ambient sunlight due to a finite number of "suns" and can probably be reduced by some ambient point lights. Build quality was otherwise excellent, especially considering the size of the map. That it also seems playable basically in any engine is a clear indication of careful layout and good support from the Quoth QC entity management. Gameplay was good on Normal; all resources felt sufficient. I'm also not very fond of the strong Quoth monsters, but at least the Gaunt felt visually very well suited in the open environment. Secrets were bountiful but pretty hard to find; I only managed 5/8 without resorting to QuArK. Especially the penta secret could've used some visual clue, maybe that was originally intended? Thanks for the effort, guys! It looks like most of you liked the map I made of Drews scraps. Thanks!
Ankh: I'm surprised that you didn't find any armor before the endfight! There are several around the map to grab! AguirRe: But there are a visual hint to where the teleport to the pent are! But maybe not good enough. Zwiffle: Please don't hide the buttons to use in future maps as you did in this one 8-)! Otherwise a nice little map even if it was a bit hard! I have expressed myself not clearly. Of course I found at least 3 armors on my way, but I have used them up until the final fight began. I guess I had a bad day for playing quake and took too much damage :)
Great sprawling structures with massive obelisks and intricate details. Well lit throughout and good ambience. Huge map! All of it was splendor wrapped in a bsp package.
Gameplay was lovely. The final three enemies were beligerent and I had to cheat. :( Quoth enemies were well used and fun (except perhaps the very end). I found 4/8 secrets, but I also managed to get the pentagram even though I think my method wasn't sanctioned (see the demo). Very fun and worth playing! The best fun I've had in a video game in a while. It was great to relax and play this. Thanks for the map, Hrimfaxi! Demo (60 minutes long, 2-3mb): http://rpg.leveldesign.org/files/egypt_rpg1.dz Hrimfaxi, there was some other way to get the pent, right? Did a lot of people use my method?
I don't remember anyone getting the pent in any of the demos I have seen, so your method was a first allthough not the way I had made!
Want to know how? Spoiler for anyone who want to find out on their own Look at the light textures in the next area with the lift, one of them is rotated, shoot it!
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