A chilly atmosphere with temperature well below the freezing point of water.
Thin coat of ice on windows, cold north wind rumouring around... my teeth
are still chattering.

A very immersive map with great atmosphere. If You have the gear to run this
map (500MhZ + SR) start downloading it now. You will not be sorry for doing that.
And do not miss the -chimeara--.txt, it is an essential part of the general impression.

The map is not low poly and it requires at least 500MhZ machine if using SR, lower
CPU rates may be acceptable with good 3D hardware. All the player starts are in good places
and their direction has been taken good care of. There is a minor issue with the name of the
music file, Mindtrap.umx, as it may conflict with the name of a texture pack carrying the same
name. However, the map DM-MindTrap, that uses it, is well worth the recycle bin. Just delete
the texture pack and the map.

Bot support is not even near the quality of this map. It was surprisingly buggy with many
loose ends. Especially the translocator and jumpspot setups were incorrect at places, making
the bots refuse from using them (missing lift exit). Also, the lifts were missing the appropriate
tag (Event->Tag) and their mode was left to BumpOpenTimed which makes bots believe them as doors.
I didn't see any bots hooked on these but that is only a matter of time when they do that.
The bots could get all the powerups and they were surprisingly eager to do that. Especially the
invisibility seemed to be their favourite !

The map flows very well. It has no dead ends and You can tell where You are just by looking around.
There is some z-axis and generally the drops can't hurt You. There is a pair of these whirly
teleporters which I could not find any excuse of them being around. Certainly they do nothing to
help the flow of the map. Would have been better without them. The desing of the map encourages
camping, rushing around here is a certain way of loosing the game. Very hardcore oriented, I'd say.

Items are very nicely placed. The ammo is usually somewhere in the vicinity of the weapon. However,
the Rocket Launcher has it's additional ammo (4 of them) lurking around the level. This teaches a lesson to the
RL addicts as they will run out of ammo in no time. The amp is located in a place that is a good candidate
for camping, preferably with a weapon that throws the victim like the ripper secondary fire. The same
applies to the invisibility as it is under water and there is a biorifle nearby. LOL to this green floating
stuff. The third powerup, shield belt, has a voice signal on it. Another campable place as You can
tell if someone tried to get it =O). The health comes in pairs (Med Boxes) or groups of vials. Just
a suitable amount IMO.

Textures are just perfect. They suit the theme and they support the architecture and vice versa.
Lighting is used to enchance the experience. A seamless interplay with the lights, textures and geometry.

The map is rich in sound having both static and dynamic sound setups. The only missing part is
the echo setup which would have added more to the experience. Music track is a very good one and
it is supporting the theme.

To the author:

This is a wonderful map and I would suggest You to redo the pathing. There are many of us (like me)
who like to play offline against bots. Also, the echo would be very nice giving aural limits
to the rooms. Suggested reading: Unreal Creature Care and Feeding Guide.

Thank You for a very nice map. It was a pleasure to review it.