jerrysheppy
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Thoughts on maps as I'm playing them:
(N.b. I am playing through them without pistol-restarting, and on Skill 3, just because that's my default.)
Map01 (Bashed Base by pcorf): Some interesting visuals, especially the V-patterned alcoves in one room with the snipers in them. Funny thing, I found myself bitching at the first rush of demons--"Fuck, how am I supposed to kill these with a pistol and thirty bullets"--then remembered there was a berserk pack. :P I'm so used to playing maps with plenty of ammo (and megawads where I have the chainsaw for most of the time) that I tend to think of the berserk as a health item more than a weapon. After that it was a very fair map, though I never did find a shotgun which probably made it harder for me than it should have been.
Map02 (Nukem by Captain Toenail): This map makes gray textures look good and is an almost perfect example, IMO, of economy of detail in a "vanilla" map. Gameplay was excellent overall for a map02. The chaingunner trap made me jump but wasn't unfair, which is just the way it should be. The second trap... not so much. :P
Map03 (Iron Mike by Snakes): Only 43 monsters on HMP is something I actually really like; it's refreshing to see a map that concentrates on looking good instead of making the player kill 300 monsters to beat it (ironic considering my map28, I know). Again texturing was fantastic, detail at a perfect level, and once again silly me tried to avoid taking a berserk pack and later wished I had. I was fine but mostly because I wasn't pistol starting.
Map04 (Granite Base by Captain Toenail): This time there wasn't a berserker pack here (that I saw). There sure was a chainsaw though! Again a very nice looking map. I liked the fact that the player has the option of doubling back for optional key doors in addition to the main path through the level. I would've liked a bit more warning that I was about to exit, but that's a pretty minor nit to pick.
I'll write more when I play more. Really excited to finally be playing this!
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01-10-11 02:01 
