10/06/2013 - "Dead People's Base" by Zora

[Jigoku]

Map Title: Dead People's Base
Author: Zora
From: Zora's Episode 3
Filename: ZM3Signal.unr
Music Files: champion.umx WST_ALT.umx






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UfrHC-urJs

Synopsis: The player enters a puzzling place.

Discuss!

[Mister_Prophet]

This map is notable for its particularly complicated use of movers for various puzzle situations. Zora has a way with movers that's just downright impressive anyway, but here I think this maybe might be one of the better examples I can remember from her Episodes. Like most of her levels there is little context for the trials presented to the player, and no excursion she makes with movers is completely flawless (bumping and collision issues persist). But this was cool to me. I remember getting a little frustrated with some of the sequences here and there but the setups were so elaborate I understood. Just a heads up; you can get stuck in various parts of this level if I recall.

If I'm not mistaken, this is also the same level with the Boss Rush?

[TheIronKnuckle]

I liked the action corridor that you have to run and gun through right after solving the puzzle in the top left shot. Speaking of which, that puzzle was awesome... until It got so damn frustrating due to repetition and bugs. I remember having to try so many times that the Skaarj dispenser actually ran out of Skaarj and I had to reload XD

[Semfry]

My internet is down and I don't know when it will be up again (I'm sending this from elsewhere), so the playthrough is open.

[Buff Skeleton]

I can't stop laughing at the level title. Dead People's Base. Just say it. It's like a really stilted form of "Fortress of the Dead" or something that normally might be somewhat ominous in a fantasy setting or something, but nope, just Dead People's Base.

That's all I got. Thanks

[integration]

Here a play-through:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UfrHC-urJs

One of the best Zora maps. Nice riddles. I used a shortcut at the initial riddle (electric balls). You can get stuck in the labyrinth if you push the buttons and then move into the cylinders.

[Maxer 64]

I see dead people...

[redeye]

Is there a full list of downloadable Zora maps. or all they like one map pack campaign ?
I don't think I ever played one of these things, and don't want them one at a time.

[Mister_Prophet]

The four Episodes reviewed here are chronologically played backwards. Episode 4 is the "first" and Episode 1 is the "last." It's a bit strange and the packs aren't exactly prepared with any kind of narrative link between them, so it is not as if it matters either way. Think of the levels as more puzzle trials.

[Semfry]

I haven't played it in ages so I'm going by the playthrough. The mirror puzzle is interesting, although I imagine it's a lot more awkward to do the first time than it looks there. The settings seem kind of over-scaled throughout (especially that arena) and you're oversupplied for the enemies (although I guess blowing them all away would be kind of fun). The shifting "maze" at the end also looks like kind of a pain too. So I guess it's a standard Zora map in terms of being a series of technically interesting puzzles that may or may not appeal when it comes to actually playing them.

[Jigoku]

Zora's maps tend to give me headaches because of the friggin puzzles. (Thank you integration for the playthrough!)

[TheIronKnuckle]

How are you doing that sprint thing?

[integration]

How are you doing that sprint thing?

I assume you meant me. I have a key (middlemouse) bound to:
slomo 2.5 | onrelease slomo 1.0
When I press down this key, game speed increases to 250 %. If I release the key, game speed resets to 100 %. Only works offline.