Wow. It's very hard to believe that this is Ictus' first publicly released map. He spent a great deal of time in the forums with the community, tweaking here and there, and the result is stunning.

Start downloading now. 'Nuff said.

What? Oh, you want details? okokokokok, details you shall have, then.

Aberrance Facility is straight from the book of l33t, chapter and verse. There's a few very very small errors but you'll be hard pressed to find 'em, and they don't detract from the map any.

Bots kick-ass here, even on adept. Pathing is quite well thought out, and the bots pretty much go everywhere and get everything, and occasionally make a surprise move like leaping down off the redeemer nook to get the minigun, or piston-hop up to the Udamage.

Very tightly themed, using the RichRig textures, and architecture is great, aiding and abetting the flow quite a bit. You Z-axis lovers will have a bit of fun here, although there isn't a huge amount of it. There was one oddball thing but you'd only notice if it you were flying around.. the radio tower is floating on air. Being a 'completist' myself, I always felt that for realism, things should look as solid as possible, even from the air. The rest of the level does, however, look extremely solid and real. The skybox has a nice touch, what with the ground having terrain features, which is something I've only seen in one other map so far.

I would have liked to see a good evil trap in here, but considering this is his first released map, it's more than forgivable. :-)

Lighting is clean and pure, coronas aren't overwhelming, there's a darker niche or two to lurk in briefly but you won't be hidden for long. Sound is subtly used, and complements the map. Ammo placement is a little sparse, with only one cannister of ammo near to the weapon spawn points, forcing players to cruise for more ammo (which is a good thing).

The playability is hampered somewhat by some high polycounts.. as much as 450 in a spot or two. You'll need some higher end hardware for this pup, but it's still more than playable on my G3/400 and Voodoo3 3000, so the rest of you insane bleeding-edge tech geek0rs should have few problems.

While not exactly perfect, it's damned close and I'm considerably impressed. j00 other newbie mappers could learn a thing or three from Ictus' efforts at communicating with the community prior to releasing his map to the public and posting it here for you to download. Nice job, mate!

My clan-mates and I have played this map quite a bit, and there wasn't a single unfavorable response from any of them. Major fun-factor ownage. :-) I expect to see this map on servers NOW. Get me? Server admins, host this pup!

Recommend 5-12 players. 16 would be a pure insane spam-fest, but if you like that stuff, go for it.