Mumble, Grumble, etc... ^
by Paul - Monday 04 January 1999 @ 07:13
As reliable as ever here are this weeks reviews two days late =). 3 MPQ regulars, Pingu, Mr Ed and Vondur, return with 3 new maps, all of which are well worth a look. The 21 Quake maps reviewed in December have been now.
I'm going upload the top 10 Quake maps of 1998 later this week. I've nearly finished them, I just want to get the pictures done first. I have a problem with the Quake 2 levels because there are loads of levels with just one vote each. Any suggestions on how to sort that out would be welcome.
I have a question. Do people want CTF2 reviews? If the answer to that is yes, then we need someone to review CTF2 maps. I've tried to contact Darkseid, our current CTF2 reviewer, but he has not replied. Email me if you want MPQ to continue to review CTF2 maps. If nobody wants them then it'll disappear.
The qboard is proving to be extremely popular probably because its mirrored by 7 sites. Messages are pouring in there and I really recommend people go there.
Mr Shambler has moved his site to Planetquake. So go visit TEAMShambler Quake Level Reviews. (Nabbed that from Fribs page) Speaking of Mr Shambler he was the only person to have a go at guessing which maps are in the MPQ logo. They were, from left to right, GenDM2, XL1DM2, DM2 (Explosion, gibbed head) and some Dapak map. Can't remember which!
Bit of none Quake ramble. I recently got bought an N64, the reason being I want to play Zelda 64. Unfortunately no shop has a copy of the damn game. They've all sold out and Nintendo don't intend on releasing any more copies till mid January at the earliest. So I bought Goldeneye and Turok 2. Its probably just me but these two games are complete *CRAP*. Turok is the worse of the two, with the levels just seeming too dark. It could be the fact that the PC has the BEST 3D games that I find these games so disappointing. It could also be that I can't get to grips with using the N64 pad =P. The rumble pak is something to be desired as well, the motor in the thing is so loud and has little effect, the pad hardly shakes. And the dam thig needs batteries! The Playstation Dual Shock pads are much better. So I'm a little disappointed in my N64 at the moment, suggestions as to any good games I can get for the machine would be nice.
I also started to play Blood 2. Although it doesn't match Half-Life in the slightest for the excellent single player experience, it does have some nice features. The gameplay is just like Quake 2, solve puzzle, blast enemies etc. It also seems to have lost its comic edge that the original Blood had. What makes it stand out is the brilliant maps and weapons. Kable, MPQ the site designer, now runs his own Blood 2 news site, Calebs Crypt. The site is sort of a rival for PlanetBlood because they both have the same news. Who's copying who?
