Matt H
Dark Trooper Phase 1
Joined: 24 Sep 2003
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 Posted: Apr 17, 2004 18:08 Post subject: Archon Raider (* * *) |
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Archon Raider by John Johnson (* * *)
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Barry Brien wrote:
A level by the author of Betrayed, and the Ruins of Talos series.
MISSION:
Commander, the Rebel Alliance recently intercepted several sensitive Imperial transmisions. We are afraid most of this information has already been passed on to the Rebel High Command. It is no longer possible to prevent them from using the data, however the Emperor believes we might still obtain a copy of the data hidden in a relatively small rebel base on the moon Archon. Don't let the size of the base fool you, it is well protected. Your mission officer will fill you in further when you reach the moon. Beta team will provide cover for your escape. Our mission is primarily damage assessment now. Recover the hidden data tape and meet up with Beta team outside the base.
Rpg feel typical to John Johnson's levels, as well as the somtimes sloppy appearance. Walls with a sky texture against a real sky backdrop do not create a great illusion.
Boring texturing, bland lighting. Plain architecture. Also the waxes used by John Johnson are really bad looking. I don't know if he deisned them or not, but they are flat looking. No depth or shading to them whatsoever, plus jerky animation.
Much of this mission is just shooting down loads of enemies.
The table tennis players are a nice touch.
My main problem with this level is that most of Johnson's addons look like they were drawn in ms paint.
The bathing room is full of mostly naked men, yet they are carrying blasters. Quite strange.
The sewer creature logic swimmers are a good idea.
At one point you find Jeb Porkins in the kitchen fixing himself a sandwich. Nice funny little touch there.
Quite a repetitive level. No sense of aesthetic. Haphazard texturing boring architecture.
The appearance of the Emperor trying to 'encourage' you is a fantastic touch. Just a pity that it looks so flat and plain. It could have been done in a much more dramatic way.
[Message edited by Barry Brien on April 01, 2002]
Sheldon wrote:
I did like this level, despite the shortcomings. JJ is really adept at new WAXes, and I thought they were facinating. And the shower scenes were cute - one with almost naked ladies, the other with almost naked guys. But like you said, it was so stupid to have them shoot at you. If only JJ put some thought into how to disarm them. Especially with the ladies. It's very insulting to go into a nice shower room with near naked women, and instead of saying "hi babe, why don't you stick around we have lot's to do" they take out a gun and shoot at you!
Barry Brien wrote:
Ah if only.....
There were plenty of different waxes which wasx great, rather than having the same few over and over, it's just that they were badly made, and there were too many of them
As for the showering people - reeyees2 logic would have sorted that out.
[Message edited by Barry Brien on April 06, 2002]
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