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Academy by Troll
Reviewed by RawShark webmaster of RawShark's Quake2 maps
Filename: academy.pk3
I was putting off reviewing this map simply because I don't know who the author is (I like to give credit, y'see) but then I noticed that it appears as one of the top downloads here on Quake3Stuff.com, so I thought I better get my ass in gear and review it before Ged fires me! Soon afterwards I discovered the identity of the author and gave him an earful about including .txt files in .pk3 files!
This map is great for about 4 players and would go down well at a small LAN party - plenty of fun is to be had. The author seems to want the main weapon to be the Lightning Gun, but when me a few m8s tried it out the Railgun was most definitely the weapon of choice. Other weapons include the Plasma Gun, Shotgun and Rocket Launcher. There's red and yellow armour and a fair bit of health - I've no complaints on the item/weapon choices.
Buildwise, the actual layout is perfect for a small DM, plenty of bounce pads causing most of the action to occur in the air - great fun! It's the gothic texture set because the map is supposed to be some kind of gothic castle - but the choice of some of the textures is questionable, particularly the bounce pads I mentioned before. I also think that the map should be a bit darker, some parts are just far too bright.
Overall, it's a really neat map and definitely worth downloading - but most people seem to know that already :)
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