Sightseeing Thread

Yuletide [xmj21_scythe], part of the 2021 Xmas Jam
 

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[ad_test3.bsp] Rotation and Exploration by MFX (2015)

As the .bsp name implies, this is actually one of the test maps from Arcane Dimensions, intended for level designers to see how the new entity stuff in AD works. But if you had not known that, I'm willing to bet you would have never guessed it, as this map is just as beautiful, well-designed, and fun to play as many of the "real" maps Arcane Dimensions has to offer, that it's basically criminal to just call it a test map. Tight, atmospheric, and does an excellent job of mixing medieval and industrial vibes into a cohesive setting.
Thank you. I never played one of the test maps. Good!
 
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The egyptian map I like most.
In spite of the sarcophagus puzzle. This time it worked with 2.0 and vkQuake. But IMO it doesn't look good.
But otherwise, what a wonderful map.
 

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Temir-Kam Keep by Pulsar, 2025
mc_traps_pulsar.bsp from Map-Center's Traps Jam (aka Map-Center's Arcane Dimensions Traps Jam 1)

This level is very dark but oh my, it's bloody gorgeous (and quite tricky!)
 

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Ter Shibboleth: Drake Redux. Possibly the most experimental maps I've played, together with Spiritworld. Sometimes oppressive scenery. Abysses that can make me dizzy. I'm not sure how successful it is, but it's certainly ambitious and exciting. A great vision. Too slow on the old PC at the time, so I'm playing it again now.
 

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oms_3 and oms3_2 by ORL.
Some of the most impressive scenes I saw in Quake and definitively worth to be explored again. And again ...
 

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jamx_bloodshot.
Great gameplay with some really spooky sounds.
 

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qbj_radiatoryang
Full of colour and light ...
 

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And so, after DetroHogga's Industrial Dreams reminded me, I'm playing RRP again. What a hell of maps. I just saw that there's a V 1.03 that fixes bugs in Telefragged. But first: A Locust in August.
 

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shamsp2, Warmth of a Dying Sun.
IMO, a very good Egyptian map, perhaps a little sparse in terms of features.
Also I will never understand how all these knights and grunts ended up with the pharaohs.
This time I finished with secrets 8/12, and I don't think it's possible for me to get any more than that.
I never solved this one:
 

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e1m1rt23 - The Slipgate Massacre.
IMO not a so much a remake of e1m1, but a e1m1 inspired large base map.
 

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Necrobestial Analbuttsex (babs.bsp) from vr1_002.
When I tried these maps after they were released, I couldn't really warm up to them. Now I've taken another look, mainly because of a lack of new maps. And again, I didn't like some of them.
But then I found babs, which I didn't know before, and I really like it. A toxic atmosphere of pipes and gas tanks, or whatever they are, with a good soundtrack.
The title sounds a bit esoteric (or technical?) to me, I can't interpret it :devilish: Maybe because I'm an old-fashioned guy, just a plowman in the mostly fragrant gardens of Quake.
 

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