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W00t!
1st post ;)
Will review them in next couple of days.
If they are good enough. ;)
nice idea necros...
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I Like E1M1.
#2 posted by
Shambler on 2003/04/25 02:02:34
Especially the amount of secrets.
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And.
#3 posted by
Shambler on 2003/04/25 02:04:54
The outdoor bit was nice.
And it`s got quite a bit of exploration.
I think it sets things up really well for Quake.
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Necros
#4 posted by
Kell on 2003/04/25 02:54:27
anything that comes in a download called 'oldones.zip' belongs on *my* hard drive.
there's some neat pieces of design here actually - the use of the floor-grill texture angeld at 45* for the first iris door I really liked. and the underwater sections were intersesting - the first rotfish made me jump...I'm such a wimp really.
well, that was my first hit of Quake for the day :)
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Thanks Necros
#5 posted by
metlslime on 2003/04/25 05:16:17
for giving us some news other than LvL updating again!
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Wow, that was fast.
keeps me busy. ;)
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For Giving Us Some News Other Than LvL Updating Again!
#10 posted by
Shambler on 2003/04/26 03:04:38
Ummm.
Isn`t anyone searching around and finding interesting mapping news??
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Uwf
#12 posted by
Vodka on 2003/04/26 23:22:28
what do you think u doing eh ?
spoilers galore reviews
dont go into details about innovations and all the custom (mod) stuff
dont describe surprizes plotted by mappers
never describe ending battles/situations
NEVER
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#13 posted by
starbuck on 2003/04/27 06:55:29
don`t mention the name of the map either, and for gods sake dont include any screenshots!
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#14 posted by
Kell on 2003/04/27 08:06:44
and FFS don't provide a download link :P
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Speedy
I dont really understand what made you upset?
Maybe you could give a specific example from the review?
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#17 posted by
Vodka on 2003/04/27 23:06:49
from different reviews
"Once the doors are unlocked, there is a small neat little final ambush at the end, before the final exit is reached."
Isnt that a surprise plotted by the mapper ? And u just spoil it
"Two fiends block your way to the exit, but one unfortunately gets trapped on a rockface, which makes the already easy challenge, even simpler."
"The final battle is against a custom dragon, but this is made considerably easier by a pentagram of protection..."
Consider this like you`v told how the movie ends in your review. It partly ruins the interst if you already know what happens in the finale. And as a mapper I would`nt like all my original ideas and surprises to be told to a player before he start a game.
Review doesnt need to describe the entire map to the end, nor its point to give feedback to a mapper.
You read game and movie reviews ?
ps
Maybe some folks here dont care cause they get to play the maps before the reviews are written.
sorry for clumsy engrish - I`m half asleep, hope its clear what mean
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,,,>=_=<,,,
#18 posted by
Kell on 2003/04/27 23:34:21
Speeds is right - the point of a review is to analyse a piece of work to help people decide if they want the whole thing, not laying out the entire experience - saying things like 'this unexpected thing happens at that point' is not really on. Movie reviewers would get their knuckles rapped for doing that.
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#19 posted by
pushplay on 2003/04/27 23:46:24
Movies cost money to see, you read a review to see if it's worth that money. Even though downloading the map takes a whole meg of bandwidth, I think anyone who reads the review before playing the map is just silly.
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Pushplay
#20 posted by
Vodka on 2003/04/28 00:58:32
doh
Maybe you dont have many quake1 maps now, but when alot of levels get released you need to know which of them are worth checking. Look at LvL
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Speedy
point taken.
I will try not to give any spoliers in future.
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Humm
#23 posted by spentron on 2003/04/28 14:08:17
I read the review because I couldnt play it at the time. By the time I play it I will have forgotten anything specific, including the spoilers repeated in this thread ;) .
And time for a round of downloadings it is.
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Responses:
#24 posted by
R.P.G. on 2003/04/28 15:37:10
Speedy: I agree.
underworldfan: Thanks.
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Speedy
#25 posted by
pushplay on 2003/04/28 17:11:26
I do look at lvl. Religiously. I just skim to get a sense of whether the level is worth the download, and if it is I play it and then look back at the review to see how my own impressions compare. I do the same thing with uwf's review.