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Unregistered user “overlord” posted:
There’s a pretty good set of base enemies here, reskins or not. I would take this roster over pretty much anything else, rubicon 2+, nehahra, quoth etc (and i love quoth, just not its human enemies)
Tomb of UM is a really cool level. I got 8 out of 9 secrets (plus 1 not-secret) and somehow, 175 out of 173 enemies. If there was one thing that let me down, it was not using an actual Guardian there, but instead using it as a subpar boss the next level.
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I like the gameplay changes, textures and architecture. You really have to remember the layout of the maps to progress. The combat is unfortunately pretty bland, most enemies are right in front of you and the plasma gun melts.
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I can’t say it aged really well. For example Rubicon aged much better. Nevertheless the amount of efforts is so high, that 5 stars is the only honest score. Recommended to play if you’re interested in history of Quake customapping
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No doubt the scripted stuff must have wowed people back in the day. But gaming has moved on and these days it all just looks a bit amateur. What we’re left with instead is not the looks or the sugar on top, but just the core game-play. As a first-time player of Urth-Majik in 2023, I’m not prepared to take it easy on the mod on account of it not being a commercial release or some such, as people did by default back in the day. There have been a number of community releases over the years that have matched and even surpassed commercial Quake.
The core experience is this - competently designed but ugly techbase maps that go on too long, with clunky attempts at a narrative and cutscenes, with some good gun-play involved but with a lot of repetition of the same enemies; albeit the new enemies do spice things up. There are also some altogether cheap encounters that you will be forced to die in again and again and again until you finally survive them.
Sounds like your cup of tea? Go right ahead, for sure you can do worse. Not for me though. 3.2/5
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Feels like almost like a spiritual sequel to Zerstorer, but like that map set, I though this was a mixed bag. Ignoring the janky cutscenes and snarky text/comments that come off as awkward nowadays, the maps are a bit meandering at times but still okay fun. Nice aesthetic progression over the course of the set. The Doom plasma rifle is a good addition here.
3/5