DARK UNIVERSE-part 1

I absolutely loved this mapset! The atmosphere was nailed perfectly; the tight corridors, tunnels, access ways, hanger bays, door controls, etc. made me feel like I was actually on board a UAC space ship. I played this with the bleeding edge version of Project Brutality 3 at the time and I felt that it worked well with this mapset. Dunno if part 2 in is the works but this was an awesome ride!

A well-paced atmospheric space themed mapset.  Just the right amount of detail to be interesting, and with plenty of secrets to helpy you along.  I thoroughly enjoyed it!

with the snazzy screenshot shown on the cacowards page and the obvious premise of the wad being a journey through space with multiple enemies to tackle, there's no denying Dark Universe its award. for once, i'm glad this one isn't incredibly long, with just six levels, only two of which were actually big to any extent. and despite the GZDoom features around, the gameplay was intended to be more in line with classic gameplay without a shitload of DeHacked fuckery. and that's a great thing. naturally it's atmospheric, a bit like Doom 3 at times (which isn't a bad thing either).

the detail draws you in, the gameplay draws you in further. watch your step, the space could actually suck you out in some levels.

"Dark Universe" is what I would consider "small but powerful". The amount of levels can be counted on one hand and even the initial playthrough is over before you know it. Yet, "Dark Universe" oozes with atmosphere and makes you come back to it, because its levels feature so many nooks and crannies that you just want to see everything. The incredible texture work, lighting and map detailing have to be seen to be believed. If you consider yourself a tech base fan, then give this one a go. The Star Wars influence is huge, yet not so pronounced that those maps wouldn't run fine with stock monsters or other gameplay mods.