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AS-Arrival

Map Info

File Name	as-arrival.zip
Author	KJ_Olson (MoUtH4WaR)
Gametype	UT Assault
Date Added	03-26-2001
File Version	1.00
File Size	1.77 mb
Player Count	8-14
Map Description	None
Review Rating	7.5
User Rating	7.5
Overall Rating	7.5

NC2 map imported without screenshot.

Review

Reviewer	Varpu	Overall Score:	7.5/10
Date	NC2 08-08-2001

Bad news: Star destroyer hovering over Mother Earth

Good news: We can destroy it

As I found the story in the readme pleasant to read I will quote it here:

It's been 57 years since we first detected the alien star destroyer headed towards our home planet. All long-range scans of the vessel's armor and destructive weaponry indicate that their intent is hostile, and they have the ability to destroy our world.

We assembled the largest, most powerful fleet in history. We allowed the aliens to intercept falsified transmissions leading them to believe that the hub of our defensive grid is located on a small renegade moon on the outskirts of the solar system. We built a jamming device on the moon which, when activated, would temporarily disable the ship's engines and destructive weaponry, leaving them vulnerable to attack for 10 minutes.

However, the fleet was destroyed on route by an unexplained warp core breach in the flag ship. Those of us who were sent ahead to prepare the moon for battle are now the first and only line of defense. Our only vessel is an unarmed cargo ship. We have no long-range weapons, only side arms. Our only option is to infiltrate the ship and destroy it from within. We have made modifications to the jamming device which will, hopefully, activate the star destroyer's tractor beam and allow us access...

-CapTaiN_DipShiT

The map is not original, it has a bit rough looks BUT once You get the idea, You're gone. The map is very immersive and it has some features that make it stand out of the crowd. Namely, this map is FUN TO PLAY.
You have two different ways to penetrate the ship including brute force (not recommended), sneaky group attack (recommended). The sniper rifles, how unusable they may first feel, are the best weapon to do the trick. Try it, the gameplay is well worth the download.

Map Comments

Deathwing	Rating: 8
Looks are good, not great, but this map is a ton of fun!
X-0	Rating: 6
I've always like this map a lot, but it couldn't catch on in the online world, since it has a bug in it that causes everyone connected to the server to crash when the map is finished. If the bug were fixed it might be a useable map for servers :)
DocEDo	Rating: 8.5
Very nice map 8.5. This map does have original features and the ending is nice. But, Varpu, is this a REVIEW or a TRIBUTE? :-)
M4W	Rating: 10
Thanks Varpu, I've been waiting forever:) It's my first and last map and I'm marginally proud of it. The brushwork and texturing and lighting are akward as hell, but I think it's pretty fun. I know about the online bug and I'm pretty sure I've fixed it although I have no way to really test that. Since a few people might actually download the damn thing now maybe I should release the fix. Yes, I gave my own map a '10'. Sue me;)
Mister_Prophet	Rating: 6
;) If only I still played AS, I might have appreciated this more.
David 'DAVIDM' Münnich	Rating: 0
even 'cause of the gamemode it gotta get a zero :P
FlakHarvester	Rating: 8.5
good map
CountFagula	Rating: 5
its overated at 7.5,the layout is ok and the teleport is nice but the rest is just blaaaa
ayJay	Rating: 10
Nobody, ya scumbag, some people like AS. Heck, I like all game types except LMS 'cause it's pointless. So I'm giving this a ten to balance out your Zilch.
Leto II	Rating: 10
I didn't play Assault very often before, but now I got the assaultbug in me man !! GREAT !!
Neal_H	Rating: 8
This is the first user feedback I've ever sent, but i nedded to say that I like AS very much (don't understand why there is people who don't like it),and AS-arrival is good. As Deathwing said, the map is good, not great, but is very fun!!
Airdack	Rating: 8.5
i think the maps deserves more than a 7.5, i have had so much fun with it that i think it desrves it 8.5
Minister Fish	Rating: 7.5
I think the score got what it deserved. I just wish M4W didn't stop mapping.
Noodles	Rating: 7
Suicide mission! I love it! I havent seen a suicide AS map since......well....never i guess. I probably have, its just i cant think of one. I like the idea of the tractor beam, but the canyons look kinda crappy. Overall, i give it a 7.
ReconScout 01-30-2003 10:06 AM MST	Rating: 2
I give this a 2 because of the potential of the map and because other people can obviously get it to work with their games..... But I'm not prepared to give it anything near a pass mark, because half of the bots just sit in the first room without even attempting to assault the objectives or get stuck before they clear said first room....if a map doesn't work for whatever reason, it usually gets a big fat Zero in my book. Having said that, I envy everyone who got this map working the way it obviously should....took a look through, seems like it could be a real good AS map.
Claw 01-30-2003 04:05 PM MST	Rating: 7
UT is a multiplayer game. Bot support counts toward a map socre allright, but saying "the map doesn't work" because of lacking bot support and indicating this normally means a zero score is just slightly laughable. Then again, you are no reviewer, so whatever you feel like is ok I guess.
SealClubber 01-31-2003 01:05 AM MST	Rating: 10
lookin good
Shock6822 01-31-2003 02:26 AM MST	Rating: 10
Giving this a 10 because of the idiots who gave zeroes and 2's for no bot support only...great map from my friend Mouth4War, mouthy u need to map again! Actual rating is around a 7 or so cuz I love Assault :p
FragBait 07-08-2003 11:24 PM MDT	Rating: 9
Very Very nice map... Only complaints are (1.)underside of ship is very plain and uninteresting (cmon at least put an engine or something) (2.)I cant make maps like this (yet) I thought the bots worked fine but w/e i give a 9 cause small things could have been better
deepower 09-28-2003 08:28 AM MDT	Rating: 6
The lift beam is fun but it`s not so well made. Cool with the automatic cannons...
Taydawg 09-28-2003 01:10 PM MDT	Rating: 8
Nice,... but needs bot support
Slim 11-19-2005 09:10 AM MST	Rating: 5
If it didn't all look so blue, drab and boring it would be a fairly average Aassult map at least worth some sort of recognition. Or to put it another way, it looks crap, but has long enough game play to nearly make up for such short commings. Although the gameplay itself isn't without flaws; the bottlenecks that occur at just about every objective pretty much eliminate this map as a major contender to the title of 'Best Assault Map for UT'. But then again Assult never really was about fair gameplay so perhaps you could fogive it on that basis.
]TJ[Robbie2431 12-14-2004 03:11 AM MST	Rating: 10
WICKED MAP! I played it and i think its the pretty good. I dont know what your going on about the bots dont work they work fine in mine silly people.
Sherpa 09-11-2005 11:39 AM MDT	Rating: 10
I liked so i give it a 10
FreedomSR 09-11-2005 04:58 PM MDT	Rating: 8
I give 8....
Rakiayn 09-12-2005 03:03 AM MDT	Rating: 6
I didnt liked it much