Get in, sit down, and shut up!! We're goin' for a ride. CTF-TerraMines will keep you on the edge of your seat; it's a nice, symmetric CTF map.

Most of each base is carved into the mountainside, hence the mine theme. In between the two bases are more mountains with carved out tunnels and rooms. What I like about the map, besides the way it looks, are your choices for returning a flag: You can try your luck with the direct route, i. e., running back through one of two cutouts in the central mountain and then home, or you can run into the enemy base, teleport to the central mountain and work you're way back for a point. Both routes are equally challenging. Snipers usually are posted right above the flag on a catwalk, and bots are usually guarding the tunnels inside their base. Dodging the bullets from the snipers isn't super bad, but then you usually run into bots in the central mountain that are intercepting your movements.

The bases have a strong look to them, complete with block and lots of steel. The outdoors has plants, grass, and a good mix of mountainous textures, all aligned very nicely. Metal crates are here and there, and provide good duck and cover, and even a challenging blind spot sometimes. I did notice a BSP error by the red flag, up on an ammo ledge. It's difficult to notice, because of its location and it's dark there, and it doesn't seem to affect the gameplay any.

The bots know what they're doing. They run through the warp zones when they feel like it, snipe away as they should, and generally try to cover all the bases so the match isn't a walk in the park. The item placement worked fine: Not too much health, and plenty of long-ranged stuff: miniguns, sniper rifles, rocket launchers, and shock rifles.

The lighting was also good. The author, Kain, created light fixtures that were heavy looking, so they augmented the theme. These fixtures, although of the white light variety, did the job and were befitting the surrounding lighting. There is music, ambient sounds, including the circling birds, and lift sounds in this 6-8player map.