Arma-Egg-On - GrandmasterJ

 


    "I've got you now Sonic!" Then the big grinder turns on, blades spin, lasers emit, and lava boils up from the floor. This is a one-room map that ends when players defeat Eggman's machine.

SCMapDB page

Author: ZpElmO

Date of final release: 2018

Maps in package: 1

Map review of Arma-Egg-On

(originally posted on SCMapDB)

by GrandmasterJ | July 8, 2022 | 2213 characters

    I saw the screenshots and I was endeared. There was Eggman sitting in his little control booth. The textures were mostly default Half-Life stuff but done up in a colorful way that emphasized the caution black and yellow stripes. The result is a single room map with a fun Eggman trap complete with looping music and laser effects.

    The entire gameplay of the map consists of avoiding Eggman's machine in the middle of the arena. It has spinning blades at ankle level and another at just about head level. Two platforms rotate around the middle at about shoulder height, standing on the platform puts the upper grey spinke at ankle length. The floor of the arena is a see through grate allowing players to see lava far below and a big Eggman shaped turbine down below. The spikes stop rotating the the turbine starts rotation, lava rises up periodically forcing players onto the floating platforms. There are lasers at the corners of the device. It took a while we figured out we were supposed to attack the laser emitters, after that attack the base until the core is taken out and you win!

    I found I could cheese the map and avoid the traps pretty easily. Stand in the corner next to a pillar in a corner and you can avoid the big grey spikes. When the lava rises up jump onto a mid level platform and then onto the now-stationary grey spikes. Remember to attack and stand on the lasers as well.

    Overall the map had a lot of style. It put in a lot of details to make the map look Eggman themed and I think it paid off. The Eggman turbine was fun, the custom model of Eggman briefly in the control room, and the annoying but also kind of charming looping music.

Pros:

  • I liked how Eggman themed the map is
  • I gotta say I love to cheese maps with platforming
  • the whole sequence was very well done and very cool

Cons:

  • It wasn't quite clear on what I had to do at first
  • the map is very cheeseable and that does negate most of the challenge
  • You don't get to personally murder Eggman

Score: 6 / 10

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