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Review: Containment Area |
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Title: Containment Area
Designed as a tribute to the original Doom E2M2 level of the same name, SailorScout's Containment Area is, simply put, about the best thing I have ever played for Doom2. The original Containment Area was one of my favorite non-Inferno levels, and this new revision blew it away completely. Don't expect this new one to be just a rehash of the original. Every single aspect of the original level was somehow recreated in this one, from the divided player-start rooms to the green-marble halls to the cement-area that followed and even the secret passages (and of course, the crate scenes), but that only plays a small role in the overall level: all of the modern level-design influences can be found throughout this level also. The thing I liked best was the feel it had. Somehow it managed to perfectly reconstruct the exact same mysterious environment as the first one (the original Containment Area music helped a bit too) and take that mood to an all-new level that you'll notice right from the start. It was like playing Doom for the first time all over again, and all in one huge level, complete with 4 Cyberdemons; each right when you least need them ;) The other thing you'll notice is the increased difficulty level - right away you will be fighting Cacodemons and a Mancubus, and it just gets more intense from there. You'll be stuck without the double-barrel shotgun until the very end of the level, and with a whopping 668 baddies in this level on Skill 4+5 (522 on Skill 3 and 343 on Skill 1+2) you'll be occupied just killing things for at least an hour... not to mention navigating your way around the huge areas of this level. I can't think of another level I've played which covered such a vast area (area that wasn't wasted on open courtyards/oceans, etc.) There's not an extreme amount of backtracking in this level which keeps the adventure fresh. About the only downside was a shortage of ammo near the end of the level on skills 4+5, as well as a very small amount of technical stuff that most people are not going to care about anyways, so just go ahead and download this baby now! (and start begging Sailor for a tribute to Mt. Erebus next ;) ) Overall: 9.5 / 10 |
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