My favorite retail Unreal/UT map ...

[Creavion]

Filename: zm97Aztec
Map Title: Aztec
Author: Shane Caudle
Game: Unreal 1 Beta and Missionspack (but only the temple)
Gametype: Single Player
Level Theme: A hint of "South America jungle" theme but mostly an unreal typical ancient temple
Used Music: Suspense (both Song Sections)
Screenshots of my favorite part:
1.) A mossy Palm seems to grow out of the rock


2.) The rest of an old tree - again with moss

3.) The end of the small canyon in the beginning of the level. An open area with a waterfall at the entry to the velora temple (was used for the Unreal Missionspack: Return to Na Pali)


I like this level especially concerning of the little bit jungle feeling what could be compared to the jungles of South America. (other game examples with a nearly similar atmosphere are the first levels of the old N64 Game "Banjo - Kazooie" or "Serious Sam - The Second Encounter") No other level in the whole game offers something like this. The music or the rope bridge inside the temple underline it perfectly. I am really sad that this part was canceled out of the final version of the game. What do you think about this level?

[Hellscrag]

I don't really care for the RtNP version. There's a general absence of sky and life (Unreal's other temples offer something "extra" - Chizra is brimming with life, and Vandora has outdoor sections and the whole partly ruined thing going on). However, I must admit that Aztec (from UBerserker's walkthrough) does look a lot more interesting.

I guess it is a shame that it was cut, but overall I'm fairly glad that the whole desert / cryptic part of the beta that this map is entangled in was removed.

Are you inviting other forumers to post about their favourite maps?

[Creavion]

Are you inviting other forumers to post about their favourite maps?

Yes! Of course!

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The Desert levels were really boring ... and the crypt levels very q.uakig

[UB_]

The Cryptic levels owned. Morose FTW.

[Kajgue]

The GAIA geometory in that map is superb, I don't know why they didn't bother to do anything similar in any other Unreal map which was actually released with the game.