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Beyond the veil

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A large base overrun by two enemy fractions at the same time - emergency lockdown has been initiated.

This map was originally supposed to be the first (second, actually) level of an entire episode started in mid-2004 in order to shorten the wait for Doom3, but did not advance beyond 1.5 maps (surprise surprise!). After sitting around on my HDD for five years, I decided to put some finishing touches on and release it along with an early WIP version of the fourth map (E1M4 - not playable, only included for archival purposes). Maybe I will get around to continue working on the episode some time, but at the moment it seems unlikely.
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NuMetalManiak

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kinda lame actually, easy to get lost. there's an E1M4 as well but it has no monsters.
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Highly detailed map. Looks good at first sight, but the copy&paste factor is too high. Gameplay consists of visiting a lot of initially mostly empty rooms and trying to open doors which do not (yet) work. The switch-hunt gets very annoying quickly. Overall despite the effort: meh.
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scifista42

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Even though the visuals are technically good, the frequent repetition and lack of contrast makes them dissatisfying. The same negative points apply to gameplay, which is also too flat. There's little action and practically no excitement, also there's no point in exploring dead end corridors without enemies. My impression got slightly better as the map progressed, but only very slightly, possibly because I accustomized to the style. The map is just average at its best. 3/5
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Disappointing compared to the author's insane Quake levels, but a solid late-nineties style level aside from all the annoying-to-open doors .
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Almost legendary 4/5
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Quality work here. A bit too much ammo though. Nice texture alignments. Play it if you like nostalgic E1-styled Doom maps ! 5*
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good work but there was a minor bug that i found. when sitting on some boxes in the cargo room, my health would deteriorate. too easy btw. 3/5 -JOKER
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The crate in question has an unknown sector effect which for some reason causes some engines to interpret it as 10-20% damage, and some to crash. Apart from that, there's a problem with a Baron who prevents a door from opening in vanilla ports (on skill 3 and 4). I've fixed both of these bugs, the updated version is available on my website. Download if you want to play the map with Chocolate Doom. -negke
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Great job. Had some problems though: Couldn't get to red key for some reason the door in front of it didn't move (was using prboom+ complevel 3). The crate attacked me like that other guy said. A bit too easy as well. Oh and you can get passed those crates in the tunnels if you persist. I got the plasma after killing everything. Still 5/5
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typical newschool map, contains tons of symmetric details and superfluous switches, but no substance behind. **
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i really like the maps from this author. good map in e1 style, but got also some e2 texture stuff in the outdoors. 4/5
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The design of the levels rule (even if too big and repeatitive). The fights are ok. Evaque thing didn't work out. For some reason I couldn't open some doors or areas with sector tag 1 and 2 where for all of them you had to be from the other side. Too much running around and hitting switches. But still, I think it has potential as a design. 3.5/5 - Optimus
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Quite easy which is not surprising given that the base had been overun by "two enemy fractions". Two enemy factions might have made it a bit tougher. My fraction is 3/5 ;-)
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This map is incredibly detailed, but something is lacking that I can't quite put my finger on. The interiors seemed bland, despite all the detail. Maybe it's the lack of color? There also wasn't much of a challenge, and ammo was overly abundant. I am not too keen of the symmetrical rooms, either. On the plus side, I felt that the outdoor areas looked magnificent.
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Detailed but soulless, and lacking flow. Quit after 60 seconds and finding myself with nowhere to go. 4/5 for effort. -- cjwright79
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Fun 15 min. romp thru a crisp and cleanly detailed tech base.A little too much ammo,but that's not a bad thing.4*-d.d.koop
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15 min of greatness. I liked the realistic flow: some areas held enemies, other areas did not. Thanks.
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Not that great, but not that bad, either. I liked the realism, but disliked the lack of flow and the switch-huntiness that often left me wondering "OK, where am I supposed to go now?" Still, not bad.
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Good oldschool map, due too many hitscan gunner, too much ammo, so it's too easy. And too much switch-hunting. 3.5/5 -playerlin
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