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DM-Halls_of_redemptionv2

Map Info

File Name	dm-halls_of_redemptionv2.zip
Author	Checker
Gametype	UT Deathmatch
Date Added	05-28-2000
File Version	1.00
File Size	722 kb
Player Count	6-8
Map Description	None
Review Rating	9
User Rating	7
Overall Rating	9

NC2 map imported without screenshot.

Review

Reviewer	FuzzBuster	Overall Score:	9/10
Date	NC2 11-28-2000

Start the Download. :-)

Bastiaan Frank has a clear winner here. After extensive play-testing with my clan-mates and a few friends, we all seem to agree that this map kicks ass all around. Period.

Lighting is done to a turn, as well as the theming throughout the map.. and while some may say the textures are a little repetitive in some places, well, when you make a wall out of WOOD, it's going to look like WOOD. I've taken this minor beef into consideration, but frankly it's (very) minor. The skybox is also very very pretty, and one of the nicest ones I've seen since DM-Vertiginous][.

This place is bizarre .. check the screenies if you won't take my word for it. Bizarre but strangely beautiful. Loaded with eye-candy, everything seems to have some detail to it.. in some cases important details like realism. :-) The place seems very solid for all its other-worldly-ness, and the addition of the ambient sounds is a very welcome change from the normal run-of-the-mill mappage. The background music also very well suits the mood of the place, and if you run without music normally, you are definitely missing out.

Despite the huge architecture, you won't get that 'lost' feeling for very long.. the corridors are huge too. :-) Also despite the huge architecture, you won't suffer from frame drain -- Bastiaan has done an excellent job of keeping the nodes and polys low enough to be playable on the midrange systems, even in the large areas you see to the right.

Also for the careful delver, you can find several traps and tricks spaced around the place.. just the ticket for an interesting and well-paced deathmatch. This version replaces an earlier one where the bots were not killed when caught in the trap. Way to go, Bastiaan for fixing and uploading the changes! The trap is lovely.

I'd like to suggest adding a trap for the redeemer campers, to catch them if they stay there too long waiting for it, but that's just me. Rotten through and through. :-)

Rumor has it that this may be one of Bastiaan's last public efforts, and while it's not his most recent, it may well be one of the last he releases .. apparently someone likes his work enough to snatch him up to map for them. Congrats! But dammit, we're gonna miss talent like this. (Would-be-Mappers take note, and study hard.)

This map shows it too -- attention to detail; item placement is top notch; the bots can get to everything and even trigger the trap!

Get this puppy up on servers -- it was one of UTBooty's most downloaded maps for weeks, and it deserves no less from us. I recommend around 6 - 12 players, although it's do-able with 4; you'll just have to hunt a bit more cannily.

Download. Serve. Enjoy. 'nuff said.

Map Comments

fragswill	Rating: 5
cool birds :/
Akuma	Rating: 5
Checker's recent maps are immeasurably better than this :) "one of UTBooty's most downloaded maps for weeks" is this a reccomendation or a warning?
Shock6822	Rating: 7.5
Shyaddup Akuma :P
BangOut_[EH]	Rating: 1
Definitely a warning
PSYCOJOHN	Rating: 8.5
This beaut's been on my HD since its first iteration way back in april, with V2 added and enjoyed since june. I consider this map a keeper, with an added wish that it could (would) have made a GREAT DOM map, too!!! ;)
Willis	Rating: 6
definitley not a 9.5....... Look at the attention to detail (if there is any)..... -Willis
Dai	Rating: 4.5
yay - another Matterminator reviewer lucky us.
Agent X 12-21-2002 10:50 AM MST	Rating: 5
Edit, I changed my opinion, it's too big for UT, but would probably play better in UT2k3... hopes for conversion
[--x--]LurkerBot	Rating: 6.5
repetitive texturing, blah overall. hit or miss, this ones a miss. :(
Nightmare	Rating: 10
j00 guys are all insane..... This map is easily the best UT map that ever graced my hard drive. It's a KEEPER baby!
DarkMantis	Rating: 8
The map looks and runs great overall. I didn't think it was that big of a map, in fact, it could have been a little bit bigger. I'm not a big fan of these castile/corridor type maps, but I was impressed overall with this map. The only thing I wish this map had was some sort of surprise to it.. but thats just me.
Sen045	Rating: 5.5
9.5 for textures, 9 for architecture... wtf where you on?
crazy_roger	Rating: 6
This map use triggers well, but it's not beautiful, not funny. 9,5 is tooooo much !!
Chris Knight & Ken Hatfield	Rating: 9
This map rocks!!
David 'DAVIDM' Münnich	Rating: 5
CHECKER, now help me to clean up the vomit!!!!11
Mike3894	Rating: 9.5
.....
RiDdLeR	Rating: 6.5
This map doesn't compare to other Nali City maps which have scored this high. Textures are repetitive, and worse, everything is the same color, like an old Quake-II map
Joeman	Rating: 8
The only problem I have with it is the textures. I would benice if part of the map had looked a little different. It's a good map, and it's got an awsome trap! Eights my rate.
Faz 'OshadowO' Khan	Rating: 8
It's a cool map but those textures. Sure the glu lam beams looks pretty damn good but all that brown uggh.
Paullywad	Rating: 8
Pays attention to some details like: great item placement,nice trap under the belt,good z-axis,polycounts don't get too high. But I can't get away from the overall browness of the level.Yuck! Fun to play but not worthy of a 9.5
Ulukai	Rating: 5
9.5? Run for the hills. Why did you dig this map of Checkers' up from March 2000? He does way better stuff than this now.
(^eBf^)coomman	Rating: 9
all-roung good level
FranÃois	Rating: 4
I don't like this map at all.The textures are always the same(same old brick).This map could have been better if the textures would have not been the same.
RevlonSpamKing	Rating: 6
Nice layout but...texturing is UGLY! Lighting is OK. The basic architecture isn't too hot either.
_UE_Hunter	Rating: 6.5
Pros: Skybox is nice (lighting and birds) Trap is neato Cons: Repetitive texturing Bad texture alignment in many cases Somewhat high poly counts Architecture lacking in some departments Scale quite large (deck16 style) He's trying new things with these seldom-used textures. It could be better though. 6.5
Deathwing	Rating: 8
Not too fun to look at, but plays well.
Moving Target	Rating: 7
Looks good but not enough weapons and a bit too spread out. 9.5 is way too high for this map. What's with the bird sounds? The elevators are too slow as well.
UT_Centurion	Rating: 7
The lighting doesn't fit the map. If it was more dramatic, this map would be dreamy. As it is, my vote is a 7. Don't overrate your maps, Fuzzbuster
Jarrad	Rating: 6
Good map, could have made your own textures though, and it gets boring after 5 mins...
ryanbrucks	Rating: 9
Beautiful texturing! I dont know what anybody here is talking about, the way orange lights were used with the wood is simply magnificant to look at. Plays well too, the redeemer isn't overly-corny on this map.
Plasmodicspazulator	Rating: 9.5
From the moment i saw this i was in the love. It's huge and it's got the collest trap ever and and and..... By the way what the hells wrong with the textures!?
Blooddog_sweden	Rating: 6.5
Not so good. Bad texturing and detail. Good Architecture!!
NoBoDyNoPrOoF	Rating: 9
to all it may concern ----start downloading
BloodyL	Rating: 5
This map has absolutely no theme whatsoever... It's just a bunch of architectural experiments jumbled together and called a dm map. It's very amateurish compared to ther maps of this rating, and does absolutely nothing to help the UT mapping community from the hell of mediocraty. Bleh...sometimes I wonder what you NC guys are on..
Hysteria	Rating: 10
VERY GOOD :);):);) hysteria@coolemail.com:)
Sol M Kag Jr.	Rating: 10
This is definitely one of my all time favourites. As soon as I played it for the first time I knew this was something special and ever since I keep looking for a map of a similar kind. Now listen, all you tasteless people out there : There's NOTHING wrong with the textures, plus, architecture and layout is just fucking brilliant ! I LOOOVE this map !
garrett	Rating: 5
do i have to say anything?
Bootycall 12-19-2002 04:25 AM MST	Rating: 7
[OMC].. do you play UT? Good flow on the map if you get rid of lifts an put in ramps.. good gameplay
darthnili 12-20-2002 05:51 AM MST	Rating: 5
definitely not his best - neither in looks nor in gameplay - dissapointing
Mxtrmntr 12-21-2002 06:05 PM MST	Rating: 4
doesn't play too great and is rather ugly nowadays, while definitely not representative of checker's work.
[IMD1]KillRoy 12-21-2002 08:02 PM MST	Rating: 6
I don't know, but I still believe that the socalled trap in the stairs is just a BSP hole in the map... Did not like it so much, It's too wide and open. I liked the trap hallway!
Mann 03-29-2003 09:10 AM MST	Rating: 10
This map rocks!!! If you don't have it, get it now. Me and my mates play it all the time.