
By Jonas
N.P. Lindstrom 4/23/98
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"Makron
is dead, in the eternal struggle for power in the strogg society leads
us to believe that an ancient installation has been retrofitted and made
operational. Doing so the Warlord Angron hopes to gain power and command.
The installation is a great threat to future operations and should be destroyed.
An advanced search and destroy team is missing. Your mission is to destroy
the installation"~Jonas N.P. Lindstrom
With
the impressive Sadlark series for Quake1 (see The
Palace of Sadlark, Temple of Amon-Sadlark,
The
4 Runes of Sadlark among others) under his belt Jonas now turns his
creative juices loose on Quake2. With Quake1 Jonas was able to take the
standard themes and create magnificent egyptian and inca styled pyramids
filled with clever traps and exciting gameplay. Now with Quake2 Jonas takes
the usual base styled look and creates a seemingly ancient massive solid
stone and iron fortress complete with retro electronic gadgetry.
Destroying
this installation is a treat. The architecture is simply astounding. The
stone and iron look helps to create a very believable setting. It also
serves to make this level (actually two separate Bsp's) very distinctive
and original from anything being independently produced for Quake2 currently.
The sophisticated electronics which look futuristic in the traditional
base styled map seems somehow more akin to 50'ish Buck Rodgers camp. Aaaah,
a map with character, thank you Jonas.
Gameplay
is fun with interactive tasks to accomplish (flip switches, retrieve power
cubes, open hatches). Combat is tough and furious, but health and weaponry
are available in abundance which enables you to concentrate on inflicting
maximum carnage, you can always backtrack and scoop up that bypassed health
if need be.
Angron
Installation is a must download and fills a much need stylistic niche'
missing from Quake2. Now if we can only convince Jonas to treat us to a
series of Angron maps like he did with the Sadlark series.
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Fresh original
look stands out in a world populated with look alike maps. |
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Hmmm, perhaps
those who get disoriented in maze-like sections might be a bit put off
in some of the hallways. |
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An absolute
blast of stylistic fresh air. A must download! |
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