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Iron and Stone by Jax_Gator
Reviewed by Besty
Filename: Jaxdm8
Iron and Stone by Jax_Gator is a small but open map designed for a player load from 2 to 4. Having only recently discovered Jax_Gators previous map Kiss of Death I was imediatley suprised by just how much better this map is in terms of visual impact. The whole map is constructed in a texture pack called dismal solace which has been designed by Evil_Lair, its an excellent "old gothic metal" texture pack.
Iron and Stone is full of excellent features such as the small water filled pits under the mega health and the rocket launcher, these pits arent deep enough to slow the player down but they alert everyone of your position making players think before they grab! The teleporters are another great feature of this map, designed by Stecki, they remind me of the old "startfield" screensaver and are a perfect match for the texture set.
The blue neon type lighting effects on the weapon and armour locations are another neat touch which tie in nicely with the blue jump pads. The maps layout consists of two very large open atriums ringed by a walkway. The two large atriums are joined at both ground level and at the walkway, creating two large loops in a figure of eight shape.
The walkway is not a continous loop around one half of the map, this means that players have to make quite difficult jumps to get across the walkway and collect either the red or yellow armour. This is great for lan games and on the net but ive yet to see a bot make any of the jumps which limits them, and gameplay, to the other half of the map.
Gameplay with human players is intense due to the open layout of the map, this isnt the sort of map where you can run and hide...its fight or die. Even with just two players you very rarely have to search for your opponent so overall theres never a dull moment in Iron and Stone!
Grab it now
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