Reviewer: BeWilderBeest

Map Name: DM1_1Atlantis
Author: Larry Croft
Map Type: Deathmatch
Date Released: Unknown
Unreal Version: 224
Overall Rating: 2/10

[Download dm1_1atlantis.zip] - 36 Kb

Reviewer's Thoughts:

One of the earliest user-made maps for Unreal, according to the timestamp on the file, and it shows.

Atlantis is your run of the mill new-mapper map (I've grunted out several of these), with a basic, cross shaped layout, intersected by concentric rings originating from the center. The action takes place on one level, and a weapon and ammo in abundance is always near at hand.

Bots aren't pathed, although the author mentions in the readme that he encountered some problems with the AI pathing. Not a big deal, since this isn't the kind of map that is suited to bot play, anyway.

As for construction... well... Basic primitives are used. The rebuild info shows 12 brushes total, with 150 polys. Not a CPU-grinder by any means.

Lighting and texturing needs work. All the lights are fullbright, full radius and cast a sickly green hue upon the stretched, blurred and misaligned textures.

And that's really the extent of the level. Nothing here worth downloading, I'm afraid. There's plenty of other maps in the sea, so they say.

Scoring Breakdown:

Ambience: 2.0/10
Geometry: 1.0/10
Texturing: 1.0/10
Lighting: 1.0/10
Inventory: 3.0/10
Playability: 3.0/10

TOTAL = 11/60