Reviews

The sewage map I must agree is pretty crappy. Bermuda Circle on the other hand was a genuinely good romp. It was definitely lacking aesthetically, but played quite well, and would score quite well on the RS scale in my opinion. Personally, I'd ditch the sewage map and focus on improving BC.

Although the architecture and texturing (especially in Bermuda Circle) are lacking somewhat, all the fundamentals are there. I suggest revamping the maps in VML, both are reasonably lackluster.

After last time, I'll try to keep this one short. After a quick gloss over in solo-mode, I found the aesthetics rather lacking. There are some very inspired uses of detail here, but on the whole these maps aren't too pretty. Actually gameplay, however, more than makes up for the fact. There's a great variety in gameplay here, there's oldschool rocket carnage (Shower of Quanta) and some really modern feeling bullet play (Before the Beasts, Neural Reroute.). Before the Beasts in particular stood out because of how AR centric the gameplay was. Not even PD brought the weapon to the fore like this. Another cool thing the mapmaker did was limit certain types of ammo on the maps to balance out the differences in strength between weapons. A good example is Neural Reroute, where this is used to keep the shotgun from overshadowing the SMG and AR. Powerup use was generally good, though the 2X on Before The Beasts was unreachable, and there was an invincibility on Haberman Hoedown. Definitely worth downloading, Cranchwire is a Magnanimoussely Amy-able map pack.

Immediately after downloading the pack I played through the majority of the maps on the metaserver. I liked this pack when I first reviewed it, and I like it more now.

As far as I can tell all the issues with ammo/weapons were fixed, although the majority of the games I played were duels so I'm not sure if there is enough ammo for larger groups. The script you used to start each player with an AR and SMG, which helps.

None of the maps are overly detailed, but where they do use more detail they use it very well. Almost all the maps are able to maintain visual interest for me through the general geometry and good use of shading and texturing. The one map I still find relatively bland is Lotus Blossoms & Water Lilies, though there is also a specific section in Wildest Hour of Tragedy which is a bit of an eyesore. For the most part each of the texture sets was used just how it should be, though you are notably stronger with the jjaro set.

I have never encountered any problems with the flow, and enjoyed playing through each of the maps. Where detail is used it is kept out of the way of the player, and at no point did any of the maps feel cluttered.

My only problem with the pack now is that there isn't quite enough variation in the maps. Although some are stronger than others, many feel like variations of the same map.

Finally, I'd like to thank you for the update, it is appreciated.

All the prior reviews really capture most of what I have to say about this net pack. However, I do feel that the shapes patch on Haberman Hoedown is dangerously unnecessary. The recharger just doesn't look like a recharger, more a switch. I applaud you for using a shapes patch, though. Also, the two 1x rechargers on The Up-And-Out just seemed ridiculously unnecessary.

However, I would've given this pack a 3.5 (had I been able to) if not for the map Shower of Quanta. If one reading this review would take the time to play the Apotheosis netmap Call It Death? I mean, they do look awfully similar, now don't they? I guess the fact that you've revamped and added to it is a saving grace.

In short: good. Nice and classic (it seems that people like that sort of thing now, and I even tend to agree), but not good when it comes to plagiarism. The rest of the pack is amiable and I applaud you for putting such effort in.

I personally, think it is pretty amazing. The ammo and health packs were abundant, but the way the gameplay was, you needed most of it. I did find one HOM on "The Asphodel Meadows (III)" where one part of the water was not textured, but it is a Beta and there will be mistakes, glitches, etc. Overall, It is definitely something all Marathoners should play. The abundance in enemies and allies made it feel like a realistic, albeit chaotic battlefield. This scenario is something I am looking forward to.

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That is AWESOME! 50,00,000 stars! Quite the desirable Christmas gift...

God bless us, everyone.

Although there was an odd line-skip problem with Depo7, and Bi7umen had an invincibility and an infravision powerup (although the latter may be acceptable), the pack itself was actually very well made and blissfully simple.

I applaud you greatly for actually using entire M2 textures on Spiroche7e. Nice one.

Overall, Cesspi looks like a great collection of maps. The snow effect is supper effective. Spiroche7e is clearly the standout map. Everything is done in a beautiful minimalist style reminiscent of the original Marathon architexture. You can clearly see the evolution from earlier works like Werefrog evident in these new maps.

noclip isn't as funny as I thought.

I tried the script, and I'm going to tell it how it is. No malicious spikes or prods specifically designed to 'undermine' with a malice of forethought. Just facts, basically ignoring the reasons given in the unnecessary readme.

The functions were too lacking to actually be enjoyable, namely the function of most games. I mean, the 'confirmation that you could have another clip (but aren't getting one because I hate you)', the 'rage kill myself' and the 'waste my time' functions are a bit free-radical and maybe should be combined with other real cheats to serve a good purpo... oh. Wait.

Anyway, at least you showed some kind of enthusiasm and put in some kind of effort into this little item and that deserves a pinch of 'meh', anyway. Keep trying with content creation and don't be such an arse about it.

This script can only do two things: teleport you to the first level, or kill you.

I didn't even try the script, because, like your last, I'm sure it's horrible. The readme, however, was a masterpiece. A beautifully composed exposé. Before reading it, I would have never realized what a useless, ungrateful bastard I was for not groveling at your feet after you released a script where you just copied and pasted bits from other people's scripts and added some sparse coding of your own. Furthermore, I didn't realize the sheer amount of time and effort that endeavour had cost you. You, sir, have truly opened my eyes. Regrettably, I had to take off a star for some minor spelling and grammatical errors. However, if you revised it, I would gladly give you a 5. EDIT: Upload to Pfhorums

I didn't try it out, but I read this script and the 2.0 script, and the scripting that you implemented that wasn't from other people was pretty elementary. You had some neat ideas such as the here() and goto() functions, although you could have also used the x,y,z coordinates as well (it won't automatically use the teleport animation though, so you would have to use a screen fader). You seem to have a good understanding on how to use variables. Also, I don't remember anyone choosing Dis to be the ambassador of the A1 community. If you want to post some of your content creations you've made and you are just learning how to or want to get some advice from others before a public release, I would recommend you post it in a thread in the Pfhorums first. There will always be people putting your work down, sometimes for your own good and sometimes they're just plain mean and sometimes both, but that does not mean that you have to take offense to it.

haha, well, at least noclip is funny.

Very fun to use. Btw any1 who gets knocked out a window just go back through:)

It's better than shitty.