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The Good - Wow, a splendid collection
delivered by INTRUDER. First of all, I must comment on the
maps themselves. They’re great! This collection has two death
match maps that were converted to single player (Sam’s Club
and AKA Coliseum) plus two original maps, which I won’t name
for surprise factor. They’re well designed, the architecture
is flowing and fun, the lighting is marvelous and there are
many locations for INTRUDER to frag the player in many nasty
ways.
Talking about fragging, the mission part is
neat too. I always ALMOST ran out of ammo and life, to find
a health box or battery waiting by to save the day. The game
became more spiced by the high amount of secrets, some of
them not very secret (for example, when NETRICSA tells you
about them) but they made me continue playing till I found
each and every one.
Talking about NETRICSA, it’s not really the
cute computer we all remember from The First Encounter… It’s
INTRUDER inside your head! Either that, or the good ol’ plate
is losing its sanity. It developed a most hideous sense of
humor, constantly points out when something bad will happen,
and takes out all of the fun in random chaos and death :)
You better listen to it, though, because it tells you vital
tips for survival. Without the plate you have no chance of
completing any of the levels.
Talking about the levels themselves, the first
ones are quite average- move around, blast meanies, collect
armor, throw axe at dwarf, etc. The last map is the ùåñ. It’s
enormous, containing a complex several stories high, and big
wide spaces for you to run and die in. You’ll have to collect
keys, trigger bumpers, and teleport all over the place before
you manage to finish it, draining a lot of your time (and
even more of your brains :).
The music is utilized perfectly. I almost
heard the right tone in the right time, making the atmosphere
more intense or more violent as required.
The Bad - Unfortunately, there are
some minor technical details that prevent this pack from becoming
bovine:
* Small critters. Many parts include small,
microscopic critters for you to kill, and in vast amounts.
It’s a nice refreshment every once in a while, but after several
minutes it starts to annoy.
* Low FPS. Sometimes the screen becomes flooded
with tons of creatures that shoot dozens of projectiles per
second. Killed my poor 450mHz almost immediately, and when
the Small critters joined the fun it was too much.
The Ugly - Me Like! :) Can’t wait for
the sequel.
The Pool - There’s no pool in neither
one of the maps :( PEOPLE, if you want successful maps, add
pools. Pools are the source of all good. Pools are life, and
life means pools. ALL YOUR POOLS ARE BELONG TO US. Land of
pools, home of the spice. Pull me up, Scotty. Pool, pool,
give me your answer do. One pool to rule them all, one pool
to bind them. If you wanna pool, pool, don’t talk.
-Iirion
Claus-
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