Hello everyone!
It’s time for another Map of the Week, and this time we’re not highlighting a SockPuppet map! Crazy, I know. Don’t get me wrong, his maps are amazing, but it is really refreshing to have some variety in the map’s creators every once in a while.
This week’s Map of the Week is “Postponed” by Square_Rabbit.
Now, if you’re a godlike gamer with amazing skills such as myself, you may not notice what’s special about this map. It may seem like a fairly standard club-themed map. Interesting visuals and fair but challenging difficulty, if pretty linear, but still a pretty basic map in terms of design, right?
If you die, however, things play out a little… different.
What I liked about this level the most is perhaps the way that cutscenes were used for storytelling. I mean, of course cutscenes are commonly used to convey a story, but here Rabbit uses all of the neat little tricks and workarounds in the editor to the fullest advantage to make the level work. Heck, the entire level is built around a single trick that allows to bypass the restart-on-death mechanic. Still can't figure out how it was done.
It’s also a generally fun level that, despite its linearity and shortness, is fun to play through [strike]whilst sledging everyone into oblivion[/strike]. See if you can escape the nightclub without dying!
Play it now!
DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising. Play and complete missions given to you by the mysterious fireplace as you become the avatar of death. While the reaper has an impressive arsenal and skillset to kill the undead, he has one flaw - he dies in one shot... leaving you with no room for error.
Key Features:
• Complete over 25 extremely challenging missions
• Unlock and obtain over 30 weapons, ranging from a reaper's scythe to an automatic grenade launcher
• Fight over 35 enemy types, from zombies to vampires to bosses and more
• Choose your playstyle: quiet assassin, loud one-man army, or anything in between
• Gib them all! DEADBOLT's dynamic gore system guarantees that all evisceration leads to satisfaction
• Choose your own way to complete a mission - no mission has to be completed in one way • Accomplish a variety of objectives, like assassinating gang leaders and investigating mysteries
• Multi-genre soundtrack created by the talented Chris Christodoulou of the Risk of Rain OST
• Create and play custom maps with the DEADBOLT Map Editor (Windows only)
MINIMAL SETUP
OS: Any Linux Distribution 2012+
Processor: 2.5 GHzMemory: 1 GB RAM
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 2.1+ Support. and recommended dedicated graphics card with 128 MB of RAM