DM-Summit_V2_Ecliptic
Map Info
	File Name dm-summit_v2_ecliptic.zip Author Nathillien Gametype UT Deathmatch Date Added 02-22-2003 File Version 1.00 File Size 3.61 mb Player Count idealf Map Description None Review Rating 5.5 User Rating 7.5 Overall Rating 6.5
Review
Reviewer Shadowlurker Awe Score:  2.5/3 Date 07-27-2003 Build Score:  1.0/3 Review Schema Cast Score:  2.0/3 User Point:  +1 Overall Score:  6.5/10 In Short: Strange (But pretty good) looking map with jumpad influenced/lowgravity gameplay - not for those who want quick frag. Nathillien has released quite a few versions of DM-Summit. There was the original, similiar to the sequel. Then there was DM-Summit_V2, nearly identicle to this version except brighter. This version is dark, and when I say dark I mean very dark. It seems to be set on a floating alien... thing in the middle of a desert. Hard to describe, its a jumble of walkways, stairs and jumpads. Texture use is strange, with a few pillar textures used for flooring but it works quite well, and there are few visable misalignments - the dark lighting in the level hides any there. There quite a few nice little touches, like the little fires in the skybox, and you can see smaller versions of the level in the distance. It does help give the feeling of depth. As I mentioned earlier, the level is dark and that does hinder my impression of the lighting. While it is all sourced there is the small problem of it all being the same colour. The map has a decent helping of atmosphere - ambient sound is everywhere and gives the map a eerie, dark feeling, especially when coupled with he lighting. The gameplay in this map is really taste specific. It reminds me of those awefull lowgrav space type levels in quake3, where you took jumpads to transverse the level with little cover. Long, unprotected walkways offer the adept sniper a kill, and when you do take one of the jumpads it often results in you either taking a lot of damage or missing the landing target. The map seems larger than it really is too. Some may like this type of gameplay - I for one do not. The item placement is decent enough - prehaps a little sparse. There are a few single health vials which come across a little pointless. in the center of the map inside the structure you can press a little button which effects the armour - a nice touch though it reeks of gimmick. One feature I do like is the array of teleporters that allow you to return skyward if you fall. It helps gameplay flow a lot better. Brushwork is mostly clean if a little blocky and there are very few flaws in the map. Bots play well, and obvious care was taken there - having opened it up in the editor I was overwealmed by Fearspots. They can be used to tell bots to avoid the edges and ultimately avoid falling to their doom. The bots do use the jumpads quite often which is a nice bonus. Ive played Nathilliens other maps and this is very similiar to them - its reaching out for a particular type of player, one who has more time to learn the map, one who doesnt mind veried gameplay. For those who just want a good frag Id avoid this. If you are one of those people who like flying around a map, testing all the features - this map is for you.
Map Comments
[morpheus] 07-28-2003 08:38 AM MDT Rating: 9   The map of the week. A little dark, don't forget to adjust brightness;)... To the reviewer-adjust the brightness, damnit. Rattler 02-23-2003 10:53 AM MST Rating: 8   Great map. I can't believe this guy never popped up anywhere before, this is quality work! Obviously lots of work went into this map. Looks great, plays great, the bots are pretty good, keep it up storm 03-27-2003 11:25 PM MST Rating: 7   wonderful nathan im glad to see another one of your quility maps hitting the screen gameplay really works but i find it really hard to reach the damage amp and the shield belt your way dousnt tell me in english only in mumbojumbo but i still say this map rocks rattler: it aint his first maby if you spend some time looking around then you will see dm-neandertalus currently on the nc hotlist is his map and if this map is good by your standerds you look up the authors profile to see if he has done more than one map ya kapper Moonrakeron 06-27-2003 09:46 PM MDT Rating: 2   BOOO--RING!This level isn't big enough for me RamboSnakey 08-04-2003 10:24 AM MDT Rating: 8   Nice map only a bit dark. UArchitect 12-01-2003 02:30 PM MST Rating: 9   one of my fave maps of all time, call me sucky but i like the theme and the eerie darkness the ambient sounds in this are really sexy!..gawd... its a matter of taste really, some people wont like it coz of its floating quake3 space thing going on, but this map is great and i love the little pod thing which you can drop into to save yourself if you fall off the edge, thats a definate good'un..although i noticed sometimes i recieve damage or even die when i get saved by one ;P overall..i really like it i wish the author made more ut maps :( mortimator 02-06-2004 02:35 PM MST Rating: 9   When I first played DM-Summit_v2 it looked like a UT2k3 map to me!Nathillien is surely one of the best UT mappers. This map is the dark version of that map.It uses the same kind of `jumpads` that adds more complexity to the gameplay and there are many teleports now that makes falling into the gap harder. Finally the botpaths are improved compared to these on the previous version of the map. IronMan 05-27-2008 08:09 PM MDT Rating: 7.5   Third time is the charm for this map. Very well done.