isaacpop23 wrote:...The hell did I just play? It was certainly something else. Here, have a list of my thoughts.
- Relatively simple texture scheme, I'm assuming you're going for a specific feel to the level. A bit disconcerting, but nothing fatal.
- Oddly shaped rooms, though there seems to be no reason for it, and it feels off. Frankly boxy hallways would be more welcome.
- The overwhelming health and the fact that there is no cap for it is simply weird.
These weren't awful, certainly not something I'd go back to, but the following were the things that broke it:
-The weapons. This was the #1 problem. They are simply unusable, they have so much kickback that you can't properly do anything. Didn't help that they looked visually off as well. At one point I just gave myself all the weapons to see if there was a weapon without the kickback, but there wasn't, unless you count the ones that were untouched, it just got worse with more and more kickback.
-The monsters/allies. I could deal with the sped up monsters, but I simply skipped a level upon seeing the "face" monsters looking like they were created using jpg.pk3 as a reference. And the amount of allied marines given when they were there was simply ridiculous.
You obviously know how to use things like DECORATE and a Map Editor, but maybe try and make more conventional maps and getting good at that before trying more eccentric things? That way you'll have an idea of what (not) to do and create something more cohesive.
Thanks for the feedback, realising stuff after seeing what you've read, i'll tone down the kickback by a ton, thought it was funny. The textures are still being worked on myself, i'll try to fix that in the next few days. It wasn't that hard to take a few doom textures and repaint them, as seen in the mod. I was honestly too lazy to properly texture, but i actually will now. My friends recommended me a ton of stuff and i followed up, adding new stuff myself. Thanks for your comments.
The monsters in map03 were indeed crappy and i'll find a way to retexture those. There is a healthcap of 10K, but i'll tone that down too, then.
I was too impatient to simply take my tame to put a few good maps together, so i started doing something stupid. And i did. I'll look into what you've said more tomorrow and fix whatever.
EDIT: Some rooms were made to be really off, in the way of design. Sometimes i just added a few spikes to make it look funny or odd. That was really the point.