Spires, The Wailing City

Reviews 4.70 star(s) 16 reviews

Great looking environments and overall map layout is excellent. I Don't know what black magic happened with all monster encounters that they just didn't work for me. Fiends jumping off ledges, getting stuck everywhere. I assume I was just extremely lucky with rng pathing that nothing worked right. Corner vores posing no threat and so on. Overall combat could've been spicier.
Skill
Hard
Great map! Superb architecture with vanilla id1 textures that constantly made me look up, well balanced combat and well hidden secrets. Thanks for the work!
Skill
Hard
A really nice, lovecraftian-medieval, small map (though still took me over 30mins to finish). Great for a quick Friday relaxation.
Skill
Normal
thanksvon
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Skill
Normal
Wonderfully balanced and carefully crafted. This was a treat to play!
Skill
Normal
...The stars stands right in the night sky, and one of the Great Old Ones has awoken from his sleep deep under R'lyeh...

Very nice to have you back, Vondur! It has been a long wait.

The map is certainly worth waiting for: Classic Quake, and classic Vondur! Excellent craftmanship and a fertile imagination!

...I hope we won't need to wait nearly as long for the next one...

Thanks for Your work, thanks for sharing, and welcome back!
Nice colors and progression. 3/4 secrets but I'd like to get the spoiler about the last secret with the Knight in the octagon, since I can't find any legal way to get there :giggle:
Skill
Normal
Great playing. Excellent map structure.
Recommend it.
Skill
Nightmare
Really enjoyed this map. Plays smoothly, has a nice atmosphere (especially the night sky texture), and the combat encounters are vanilla if not slightly harder. Lots of room to maneuver.
Skill
Hard
Looks great, plays smooth and fast, one of my always-favorites: castle labyrinth. I found only one secret because of my impatience to proceed, but of cause will play again. This made my evening. Thank you.
Skill
Easy
great map, nice id1 look with some classic vondur architectural style. wish there had been a few more ambushes, but overall, the combat and balancing was excellent. just a fun solid map, glad to see you mapping again vondur
Skill
Hard
this was great in term of visual and gameplay after such a long break thanks a lot to create something new and oldschool :)
Skill
Normal
Wonderful map. I liked the neat, pleasant design. The combat was neither too weak nor too strong for me. Just the way I like it. There was an opportunity to both fight and look around leisurely. In some places I liked to make long jumps, but these jumps did not shorten the path, but gave variety. The same map seemed pleasant to the touch. Thanks for your work!
Found only 2 secrets out of 4
Pure vanilla greatness. Good encounter design, nice level flow, some surprises ... map feels like the original vision of Quake's gameplay without the modern day doo-dads attached.

Lovely map, highly recommend!
Skill
Normal
Return of the legend! 🤘
Skill
Nightmare
Best of the best. Vondur is Quake community legend, and this map simply confirms his legendary status. MUST PLAY definetly!
Skill
Hard