Review of Mappack 1 (Part 1 and 2: Pelican Mod and Library)
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 7:34 pm
When I downloaded Mappack 1 tonight and I was amazed. I mean the Library it self is just a great technical achivement and Forest Gulch was just a fun map to play on. But when I got to Pelican Death Island mod, I was a little disappointed. Now I'm not saying it's bad, I mean getting a perfect Pelican model and skin in Death Island is amazing. But it really took away from the amazment of Mappack 1.
NOTE CONCERNING PELICAN MOD: Thank you MonoxideC for this great material. It is a wonderful mod, I'm commenting about the gameplay of it.
Review of Pelican Mod for Death Island:
When I got to the server, I was giddy. I mean flying a Pelican, that's plain cool! I quickly found one and hopped in. After I started flying- Wait, am I flying? It looks like I have to skid on the ground for a few seconds before I start acually flying. Ok in the air. Wow this is cool! I even stopped to pick up two people before taking a ride around the map. After being shot at by the opposing team I quickly took notice to the primary and secondary fire. I mowed them down and dropped off my teammates. After we scored, I took off from our base only to be TK'ed. WTF? Oh, and to make that better he took the Pelican! Ok, so what one time? But it happened to other people too and soon a CTF game became a who-can-get-the-Pelican deathmatch! So it was the gameplay that took most of the blow. People left pissed off and might not return again. TKing took over. People just wanted the Pelican. End of story.
Pros: It's the Pelican! Fun to pick up and shoot people.
Cons: he gimmies took over making the game not fun at all.
Score: 6.4/10
I end this review with a note: This might not be the case on all servers, but be warned!
Review of the Library SP->MP Conversion
I'm going to start out by saying this could be the best mod/map I've ever played on. Not to mention that it's an absolutley enormous technical achivement, the Library is the best map in Mappack 1 in my opinion.
Visuals: As great as the original, but with the scenery additions and new teleporters, it easily surpasses it. My only complaint of the visuals is the level of light. I know that in Single Player it isn't light at all and some may argue that he even made it lighter, but I really had a tough time seeing. I believe that the flashlight could have been made a little more intense and that ambiant lights place in corners.
Weapons: When I first played it, I thoguht that the weapon placement was horrible. But then after a while I figured out that the weapons are spaced out just enough so you get them at the right time. Also I think the NUKE is a great addition to the weapons. The thing that really polished it off was the old StarCraft voice saying, "Nuclear lanch detected."
Gameplay: When I was playing online with this, there were only 4 people there, including me. I have not tested out any other gametypes than Slayer, but I'm pretty sure that Capture the Flag is a blast. There are so many tunnels and teleporters that there are endless possiblities of getting the flag. I'll bet that that is one of those times you wish we could have a 32-player limit.
Pros: IT'S THE LIBRARY FOR GODS SAKE!
Cons: Dark, not many people online.
Score: 9.8/10
Any flames, questions, or comments direct to me on the forums, not in email form.
~dg945~
NOTE CONCERNING PELICAN MOD: Thank you MonoxideC for this great material. It is a wonderful mod, I'm commenting about the gameplay of it.
Review of Pelican Mod for Death Island:
When I got to the server, I was giddy. I mean flying a Pelican, that's plain cool! I quickly found one and hopped in. After I started flying- Wait, am I flying? It looks like I have to skid on the ground for a few seconds before I start acually flying. Ok in the air. Wow this is cool! I even stopped to pick up two people before taking a ride around the map. After being shot at by the opposing team I quickly took notice to the primary and secondary fire. I mowed them down and dropped off my teammates. After we scored, I took off from our base only to be TK'ed. WTF? Oh, and to make that better he took the Pelican! Ok, so what one time? But it happened to other people too and soon a CTF game became a who-can-get-the-Pelican deathmatch! So it was the gameplay that took most of the blow. People left pissed off and might not return again. TKing took over. People just wanted the Pelican. End of story.
Pros: It's the Pelican! Fun to pick up and shoot people.
Cons: he gimmies took over making the game not fun at all.
Score: 6.4/10
I end this review with a note: This might not be the case on all servers, but be warned!
Review of the Library SP->MP Conversion
I'm going to start out by saying this could be the best mod/map I've ever played on. Not to mention that it's an absolutley enormous technical achivement, the Library is the best map in Mappack 1 in my opinion.
Visuals: As great as the original, but with the scenery additions and new teleporters, it easily surpasses it. My only complaint of the visuals is the level of light. I know that in Single Player it isn't light at all and some may argue that he even made it lighter, but I really had a tough time seeing. I believe that the flashlight could have been made a little more intense and that ambiant lights place in corners.
Weapons: When I first played it, I thoguht that the weapon placement was horrible. But then after a while I figured out that the weapons are spaced out just enough so you get them at the right time. Also I think the NUKE is a great addition to the weapons. The thing that really polished it off was the old StarCraft voice saying, "Nuclear lanch detected."
Gameplay: When I was playing online with this, there were only 4 people there, including me. I have not tested out any other gametypes than Slayer, but I'm pretty sure that Capture the Flag is a blast. There are so many tunnels and teleporters that there are endless possiblities of getting the flag. I'll bet that that is one of those times you wish we could have a 32-player limit.
Pros: IT'S THE LIBRARY FOR GODS SAKE!
Cons: Dark, not many people online.
Score: 9.8/10
Any flames, questions, or comments direct to me on the forums, not in email form.
~dg945~
