'nuff said. 

It only borrows the vibe, but looks neater.

The vibe is good, so why not. 

...is the ultimate Quake-related appreciative comment 

So was this made by JF Gustafsson? It's quite a treat getting a new release from him, his Q2 map packs were two of the best custom releases and Black for q1 was great.

I loved this pack. Some of the levels were a bit plainer than the first couple of base maps and the start map, but overall it felt just like it could have been a 5th episode. 1996 style secrets, gameplay, design and layouts. All the standard ID textures. Awesome! Overall it wasn't very difficult. There were a couple spots with Shamblers and some bigger fights but usually there was a quad nearby or you had good opportunity to get infighting and use grenades/rockets.

The end level was pretty easy with the quad and I went in with full nails/cells, also slightly underwhelming being mostly the main game boss level without Shubby.

The secret level is accessed via E5M6, right at the end I think it is where you ride a short platform across lava then get off at the slipgate exit. If you instead hop back on the platform it takes you to the second exit, the secret level e5m8. Which is suprising coming from the worlds most useless secret hunter. It is probably the weakest level in the pack though, over in 6min and it's just the deathmatch level with monsters in it.