The Anomaly 3: Tower

Seriously good map: It's mysterious, inventive, subtly off-putting, and occasionally mystifying in all the right ways. Pulls the rug out from under the player once in a while, but never in an overly disruptive way. The progression flirts with being obtuse, too, but digs skillfully avoids falling into that trap. A near-perfect balance of all the elements here, IMO.

Only found 8 secrets on my first run-through (and missed a handful of kills), so I'm sure there's a bit more fun to squeeze out of the map. But it'll likely live long in my Quake memory even if I never revisit this.

How could I forger to rate it? I've played it when it came out!

Digs is one of the elders, well known for weird "anomalous" stuff. Well, this map is no exception! It's weird and twisting and challenging. And it's great on its own terms - hard to compare it to anything else; Dig's maps are comparable only to Dig's maps, lol. Go play it! It's unique experience. You would love it or hate it - there's no other choice!

Awesome map with crazy verticality, nice surprises and secrets.
I really enjoy the destructible environments AD brings to the table and that this map uses to great effect, let alone the AD monster/weapons roster that brings great variety.
It amazes me that most modern maps such as this one offer much more intricate and complex level architecture than most modern FPS, for a fraction of the poly count.
The combat is rather easy and put the emphasis on exploration and progression instead.
I had trouble obtaining the gold key being barred from both sides in its small alcove. Not sure if it is a map bug, a port bug (used latest vkQuake) or just me not understanding how to get it. I ultimately had to noclip briefly to be able to advance in the map.

Though I missed a crucial ladder that descended when I either killed a baddie or pulled a switch and ended up stumped for a while, I really liked this map. It was one of the first ones I played when I switched to vkQuake from Ironwail so I could enjoy the AD eye candy. It's well-designed maps like this that keep me Quake-addicted.

Well, what's to say?

This is the absolute top quality, that i have learned to expect from Digs. And whitch is delivered so consistingly, that anything else would have been a great suprise...

Riddles, secrets, flat-out murder, traps... everything. If i look around in the corners, i'll probably find the kitchen sink too.

Very, very well done!

Thanks for your efforts (You make it look so easy. Until....) and thanks for sharing!

Full of surprises on first play, I actually thought the map was broken at points . Lots of replay-ability.

finally, also officially available here on slipseer.
Great map and has become one of my favourite AD maps.

Yes, good that it's archives here. Played this two times and will play it again now, hope to find some more secrets. Best AD stuff.

Played this a while ago and it's excellent, glad to see Arcane Dimensions getting some top notch maps. Really recommended!

Very happy to see this here. Loved it on release, some of the best progression out there if patient. Unique and playful, would love more.

Just want to copy my old func_msgboard comments here:

This is excellent, one of my favorite maps so far this year. Just constantly surprising/amusing/beautiful. Love it!