Satanic Dark Wrath Castle - Dunkelschwamm

  

    Welcome to the most evil map of Sven Co-op. Enter the big chompy mouth and then attempt to explore.

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Author: Robootto

Date of final release: 2005

Maps in package: 1

Map review of Satanic Dark Wrath Castle

(originally posted on SCMapDB)

by dunkelschwamm | October 9, 2022 | 1673 characters

    Satanic Dark Wrath Castle is a map by robootto to, I presume, show off some esoteric brushwork ideas. The map begins with the players outside of the titular castle, which is entered either through a chomper trap front door or a higher up entrance that players ascent blocks to reach. Once inside, the map is dark save for some intense colored lighting and some strobes. The inside and the outside of the castle, alike, are mostly nonsensical structures which are a bit interesting to look at, the way geometric shapes tend to be from time to time, but drenched in eye-searing strobe.

    Players can find doors that open to the word "Hell" emblazoned on brushwork. Sometimes, players can find teleports to rooms with he word "Hell" written even larger, and sometimes there are enemies too. Thankfully, at the beginning of the map there's a bunch of water with some garden variety weapons in them.

    I can't really recommend this map. It's pretty pointless, it's meandering, it's got weapons with no real use for them, it's got eye-bleeding lights. I feel like the satanic angle and the brushwork would make this one of my more favored robootto maps, but it's kind of just a cluttered mess that feels especially pointless.

Pros:

• Interesting brushwork attempt at an interesting concept

Cons:

• Crummy textures that look made in mspaint
• Strobe lights
• Meandering, pointless feeling map without any flow or goal
• Secrets are unclear and not worth it

Score: 2 / 10