Reviewer: Tronovision

Map Name: DmBlackheart
Author: Alex "The_Rat" Portegies
Map Type: Deathmatch
Date Released: September 30, 1999
Unreal Version: 224
Overall Rating: 7.5/10

[Download DmBlackheart.zip] - 564 Kb

Reviewer's Thoughts:

This is another nice little castle-style map containing a very epic-esque design. It seems that there was considerable time spent planning the layout of the map and it shows with the multi-tiered walkways, ramps and bending cooridors. I think the most stunning feature of the map is the nice geometry, keeping things interesting with the addition of retaining walls, supports and beams as well as nooks and bends. However starkly opposed to the nice brushwork is a lack of investment in texture alignment which seemed to be highly ignored before release. Some areas had great lighting (see picture on left) and others not so much (center picture) because of lighting that was way too bright effectively bleaching the entire area. I liked the inventory placement however, ammo was sort of clumped in areas and under abundant in other areas. Chances are If you liked dmElsinore you will like this one.

Scoring Breakdown:

Ambience: 7.5/10
Geometry: 8.5/10
Texturing: 6.5/10
Lighting: 7.0/10
Inventory: 7.0/10
Playability: 7.5/10

TOTAL = 44.0/60