*) Info:

A 1.29 MB download for 10-14 players.

*) General:

This is a mine that got abandoned, but read the background story in the readme for details. :)

It lies at the bottom of a mountainrange at the coast. Winding, beautiful eye-candy inside sections connect various outside sections with one another.

It shows of skill, imagination, determination, and an excessive creative urge on the mappers behalf.

*) Worst:

There is nothing even remotely bad about this map. However: Some of the outside sections see polys go up into the high 200s, but I guess on today's average computer even that should not realy be much of an issue.

*) Bad:

Lighting is somewhat strange here and there. Nowhere too bright, or too dim, but how comes all of the green lamps emmit white light? Cones & subtle coronas here and there all nicely arranged. In some outside parts the lighting seems somehow washed-out, but the setting is night-time, and I am willing to take that as 'excuse'.

Another issue is the behaviour of the bots. This map is quite large, and for the most part they master it without any trouble. At a very few spots though, they got stuck even at masterful. Unfortunately one of these spots is an underwater pipe where the Invisibility lies: they always drown there, because they can't find their way out of the pipe again. The author put ambush points at wonderfully "campy" spots, however almost too many of them. At one point I spectated six bots, and they ended up at six different ambush points waiting for each other for eternity...

*) Good:

Flow is surprisingly good. At first the huge layout of this map is a bit confusing, but once you get a grip on that it flows very nicely indeed. Dangerous "dead-ends" for the powerful pickups like amp or shieldbelt, and some tunnels so narrow that no two can walk abreast might not be everyone's taste, though...

Another good aspect of this map is the sound. Music chosen is Colossus, which of all the tracks that came with UT is the one that fits this map best. (Though there was one or two in UNREAL that would have been worth importing, that would have suited this map even better.)

The ambient sounds are professionally executed, though left me wishing for a wee little more of them.

*) Best:

Theme is arguably as good as it gets! (I don't give 10s out of principle, see...) The atmosphere of this map is just incredible. Just the right amount of eyecandy, never getting stylish or too much. Some of the most beautiful lifts I ever saw.

Movable mining-carts are a fun to ride; weeeeee!!!!!

The last aspect I'd like to point out here is the texture work the author presents here. These are by far the greatest textured rocks I ever saw. And the inside, as well as the outside parts sure live up to that high standard as well.

*) Summary:

If you don't download this map right now you're either brain-dead, or one of them funny folks only playing Assault... (which is the same to me anyway :P )

I truly dare doubt you'll get that much fun out of a mere 1.29 MB download again any time soon.