SP: Haunted House

[Baker]

Map Name: Fall Cleaning
Author: Scragbait
Year Released: 2003



Review: Underworld Reviews
Download: hhouse.zip @ Quaddicted.com

Ok, the name of this map is actually "Fall Cleaning" but it is a haunted house map (hhouse.bsp, right?), heh. :d :d

This map is outstanding, to say the least. It is challenging and dark -- when I say dark, wait until you get trapped in the basement. This map has atmosphere. The house has an attic and a basement. The attic looks like an attic and the basement, well, it looks like Freddy Krueger's furnance room, heh

Note: If you downloaded the Undergate, you already have this map. It is in the Recent Reviews section.

[scar3crow]

This map does have good pacing and good ammo distribution along with the monsters I must say. The gameplay itself is very fun and a bit tense. The brushwork and layout is also marvelous, as the somewhat cramped house just feels bigger and bigger, even though it isnt physically changing in size. This map features the best use of scrags to date (just wait for the third floor).

However, I do have one big complaint with the map, and its a big complaint cause Scragbait shows so much skill elsewhere. The lighting. You have this wonderfully creepy house, with cool architecture, particularly on the windows and how they look into the rest of the building. But it doesnt matter. The insides are brightly lit, sometimes without any visible source. This doesnt sit well with me at all... I would rather have a dim place, with streaks of light coming in through the slitted windows, it would be so much more intimidating that way. But it isnt... Like I said though, really good gameplay and definitely worth a download, but the lighting was a let down considering its potential.

One last note, monster in fighting is definitely your friend on this map.

[Hiden-Teck]

cool map , i like it , very fun and cool map