dda - Dunkelschwamm

  


    The map description for this reads: "This is the fun map. but its too darky from the room." The first half of that description is a lie but the second half is true.

SCMapDB page

Author: Robootto

Date of final release: 2005

Maps in package: 1

Map review of dda

(originally posted on SCMapDB) 

by dunkelschwamm | December 11, 2021 | 1951 characters

    There are many things which are enhanced by the dark. A nap is better in the dark. Lovemaking is often regarded as more romantic and classy in the dark. Watching a film in the dark.

    Fighting respawning bullsquids is bullshit in the dark. I mean, it could be fine- if you had the appropriate armaments for dealing with respawning bullsquids in the dark (maybe a shotgun and an M16, plenty more ammo, or maybe instead uzis? Something, anything) but the map supplies the player with only a glock with a tiny helping of bullets.

    Rushing through the map will eventually lead to rooms with many vortigaunts, which, if you've been running from the bullsquids this whole time, will kill you much faster than you can take your time to eliminate them. I guess if you have an avalanche of players with you you could maybe soldier through and just slowly erode your way through the melange of enemies unseen in the shadows.

    Brushwork is large, vague, minimalist, brutalist in ways, nonevokative of any real-world architecture.

    If you are running a server, you could add this to your rotation to just piss off your players at an obscure timeslot. I don't recommend actually playing, though.

Pros:

  • There seems to be a deep level with plenty of progression
  • There's certainly never a dull moment

Cons:

  • Respawning enemies who are all among you even in player respawn
  • The player is ill equipped for this many enemies all at once
  • Because the enemies respawn it often feels like there's no progress being made
  • Level is generally ugly to look at when you can actually see it
  • Most of the level can't actually be seen because it's in the dark, which is a terrible place to fight respawning enemies
  • There's never an enjoyable moment.

Score: 0.2 / 10

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