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i’m impressed for 1997. however, the secret map progression seemed backwards? wrong? something. i got the pentagram of protection after all the monsters were dead.
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It’s an alright map pack. The new levels are fun enough, and the new monsters have been used pretty competently.
I quite liked the dragon monster and would like to see it used in more levels. The raptors, on the other hand, are pretty much just reskinned fiends and don’t fill any new niche in the monster roster.
The secret level is quite a bit blockier than the regular levels, and I couldn’t figure out a way to get out from the gold key besides rocket jumping.
Note, that after you finish the final level (Nostalgia), you’re directed to the author’s previous maps Slime Ground, Altar of Pain and Spawn City + Water World. (Maybe that’s the reason the map’s called Nostalgia, because it takes the player back to the old levels, dunno.) I don’t really recommend playing through them, since they don’t seem to have been updated for this particular pack.
Overall, I think I’d rate the pack around 3+.
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I played this one because I was drawn in by the raptors in the screenshots (I am palaeontologist in real life), Sadly, as Esrael said above, they really work just like fields. Overall, both maps are classic 1997 fare: block and simplistic by modern standards, horribly overlit, and with nonsensical progression. They were still fun, and I wavered over whether to give a very generous three stars; but in the end I went with two.
Average map that makes use of some custom entities. The snakeman and Armagon scorpion enemies are just too annoying and sap fun out of every map they are in. This is no exception.
It has a big stone face that is pretty decent but, overall, the map isn’t very pretty either.
Has a secret exit portal.
tef_io.bsp - Link to Nightmare 100% walkthrough: https://youtu.be/Wc6OxuxDvrY
It’s one of those maps where they put you in a big room and then throw every enemy at the player, at the same time. Terrible
tefsm1.bsp - Link to Nightmare 100% walkthrough: https://youtu.be/W3preIYngzA
Not a great map. Again, the custom enemies aren’t a great addition, plus the whole map flow is unappealing.
tef_no.bsp - Link to Nightmare 100% walkthrough: https://youtu.be/6IlwaRIrYv0
Overall, a bit below average. A shaky 3/5.