Something has been following you... something terrible. You break in a castle where everything started. You began to find out the dark history of the castle. Are you the one... who will pass the test? -REQUIRES JUSTINE- -Good mapping -Good story - Good atmosphere
This review may contain spoilers
So after completing your mod i must say i was happily surprised. So let me way the Positives down first:
Positives;
- Level design was great, you made each area feel like it was part of a real castle and i felt like i was actually traversing through an old and mysterious place.
- The Atmosphere was well done, with alot of tension being built up between each monster encounter. Your inclusion of sound and audio to add to this was also done great, albeit a few too many 'footstep' sound effects hehe.
- There was a simple storyline and a purpose behind what your character was doing.
- I managed to scream on a number of occasions and even felt intimidated at times
- You had the correct amount of oil & tinderboxes placed around the map.
- Flashbacks and dream sequence were interesting, albeit the dream didn't make much sense.
- The Penumbra 'chase theme' used at the end of the mod, FANTASTIC! I haven't heard that in ages, loved it!
Things to work on:
- Although the monster encounters were used really well, i often managed to hide before encountering them (albeit the Brute in the library & the Grunt at the ladder). This isn't serious, and hasn't been counted in the review as a score.
- Not sure if it was down to scripting or my installation, but there seemed to be quite a few blank letters lieing around.
- Possibly due to the above point, there wasn't much of a real story to go on, as i would have really liked to have seen more information, perhaps on the relationship between the Baron and Andrew Hunter, considering the Baron was hunting him.
- I enjoyed the mod, but i would have liked to have seen abit more closure, even though you explain what happened to the Baron, would have liked to have seen what he was possibly hiding, resulting in a possible ending for a Part 2?
Final Notes:
Great Mod and i encourage you to keep making more! I would like to see more from our character Andrew, probably because he has the same name as me ;)! But kudos and thanks for th