Fantastic stuff, a smorgabord of bases. This is somehow the outing of Alkaline that's truest to the feeling of late 90s near-future FPS.
The combat in this mod is stellar, makes great use of the Alkaline bestiary. I got several incidences of Dreadnaught infighting in my playthrough — very exciting.
Enjoyed the 'tbc' map, and the messages with long duration. Can't wait to play the follow-up!
I did notice a minor bug:
In Shipping Problems, in the corridor extending to the left of the blue key door, there's an untextured brush behind the crates:
Overall, really cool pack of tasteful Alkaline goodness.
Some critiques: a lot of the combat consists of bunched up monsters just sitting, waiting in the next room/corridor. It works really well with secret quad-damage rewards, but otherwise, it falls a bit flat. The ammo and firepower give to the player is enough to blast through the enemies, so it never feels tedious - just a bit lacking in creative "emergence" of combat.
A lot of platforms are a bit finicky (most often in the 3rd map), and some of the small brushwork on the floor and walls gets in the way of running around (especially on the 2nd map).
The first map was definitely my favorite. I broke progression
by jumping to the red armor secret via the lift (which is itself another secret), then getting through that secret door got me way ahead of where I was "supposed" to be.
It didn't really break the map though, and I was encouraged to go back and explore, since finding secrets in these maps was really fun.
Thanks for these RickyT. I'm definitely looking forward to Part 2 of this pack!
Yeah - I figured it would allow sequence-breaking, but it's a tricky jump, so I left it in, for the runners! Some people can just jump straight up there :D
In its subgenre of ultra-vanilla stuff this one is perfect imo. Absolutely no modern shit. Looks and feels like '90 for real. And plays just as nicely as one may expect. Encounters aren't that much elaborate, quite predictable. But layouts & monster placements are truly thoughtful and fights are multidirectional & demanding-a-strategy - I mean you really need to think & decide how to beat the enemy. That's cool. Not dull. Oh and Alkaline expanded roster is just perfect - mobs even look more or less vanilla blocky. All in all, if you're not looking for modern visuals, then it's an absolute must-play. Really loved it
Just played this all the way through for the second time since it's come out. You might think this is all ludicrous powerful enemy spam, but there must be a method to the madness as I didn't die more than twice during this whole thing. I did know the maps before though.
These maps bring the player back to the mid-to-late naughties when RickyT was rocking the Quoth mod, making these intricate base maps populated by the powerful Quoth enemies. This is a new Alkaline version of that. Ricky's only consolation for the loss of the gug is he gained access to the lieutenant, and he may be the enemy's biggest fan or second only to Shadesmaster.
When you're in a tight corridor with two doors those open revealing grenade drones, hunters and a lieutenant, you feel some sort of way. But I still didn't die there. 2/5
RickyT tech base maps in 2023 is a treat, Ricky has been making tech bases for over 15 years now so he definitely knows what he's doing. Retro aesthetics that still feel modern, lots of running and gunning and plenty of ammo to create high packed action episode that is a blast all the way through!
This is an excellent set of maps with some great environmental storytelling. I especially loved the transition from getting in the back of the vehicle to arrive at the Containment Facility.
Some of the spaces felt a little cramped, but I imagine that was due to the imposed limitations more than anything. Regardless, it makes some good use of the space. The secrets were a lot of fun to find. Ammo wasn't much an issue; I was worried it was going to be since sometimes, due to the size of the rooms, you have no choice but to pick up the boxes while moving around.
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