Old Q3Test Maps Compared

by Marcus Yam, Aug 18, 1999 5:39pm PDT

Related Topics – Quake 3 Arena, Q3Test

Firingsquad has posted a set of comparison shots from the pre-release version of Q3Test 1 & 2 maps, and the current ones of today. The older "development" ones have more of and old-school Quake flavor, ya?

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Too often, though, creativity in terms of visual appeal gets in the way of good level design. I mean, look at q2dm1. Most boring DM map I\'ve ever seen...it was \'neat\' for about ten minuts. But its still the most kickass Quake 2 level I\'ve played. Then you get gimmicky user-made levels and they play like crap (not all, but most)

In any case, Q3Test2 was about as different as you could ask for, when Q3Test first came out, though it didn\'t look much different...

And Q1 had plenty of verticle maps (dm4, dm5, dm6...). Quake 2 leaned more towards realism, but Quake 3 moving towards Q1 again, so I think we\'ll see a happy medium...

Aug 19, 1999 9:32am PDT

Too often, though, creativity in terms of visual appeal gets in the way of good level design. I mean, lo : Devastation

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ok, i should have left out the \"gothic\"...i would call q3test1 gothic tho, it just has a greenish hue to it...i love the atmosphere of the q1 levels, i would just like something new and different, a little more creativity by the level designers...

Aug 18, 1999 11:32pm PDT

ok, i should have left out the \"gothic\"...i would call q3test1 gothic tho, it just has a greenish hue t... : bullet

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heh what gothic buildings ?
id hasnt made any gothic looking arenas since Quake1 and i miss them badly. If your insinuating that q3test1 is a gothic map, may you burn in the fires of hell for insulting goth-dom by even suggesting that
the bsp\'ized colorfest of q3test1 was even remotely gothic.
heh.

Aug 18, 1999 10:56pm PDT

#12 heh what gothic buildings ? id hasnt made any gothic looking arenas since Quake1 and i miss them b... : skid

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oh hell, why not post 3 messages in a row...i look forward to the q3 \"gimmick\" levels cos i am sick of fighting inside some gothic building...i expect that id will do some crazy ass random shit with the jump pads and accel pads because they are not tied into following a set theme for all the levels like they were in q3...

Aug 18, 1999 9:50pm PDT

oh hell, why not post 3 messages in a row...i look forward to the q3 \"gimmick\" levels cos i am sick of ... : bullet

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actually some q2 dm levels where pretty verticle, like the warehouse...thats what im talking about...

Aug 18, 1999 9:47pm PDT

actually some q2 dm levels where pretty verticle, like the warehouse...thats what im talking about... : bullet

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no one hangs out on the bottom level tho, so basically you have 2 levels...now that i think about it tho most id levels arent all that vertical....i just had gotten done playing some user made levels which were and that is probably what made me say that...or the devil made me say it, either way, i am not responsibile for it..

Aug 18, 1999 9:45pm PDT

no one hangs out on the bottom level tho, so basically you have 2 levels...now that i think about it tho ... : bullet

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I don\'t see how you think Q3test2 is not verticle. It is almost a dogfight in the middle at some times, and there are a lot of changes in height from pad to pad that can be used to shoot up and down at people.

Aug 18, 1999 9:32pm PDT

I don\'t see how you think Q3test2 is not verticle. It is almost a dogfight in the middle at some times,... : Syclone

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i think the q3test maps are missing the \"vertical\" element...most fighting is done horizontally....the pillars that q3test2 was originally designed with at least gives the feeling of height...im guessing the q3test levels are mostly horizontal for the sake of the \"newbies\"...

Aug 18, 1999 9:21pm PDT

i think the q3test maps are missing the \"vertical\" element...most fighting is done horizontally....the ... : bullet

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I hope the demo comes out soon.

Aug 18, 1999 8:52pm PDT

I hope the demo comes out soon. : SlimJim

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By: Anthony x Show Full Post

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Heh, maybe we should petition to have it changed back...

Aug 18, 1999 8:25pm PDT

Heh, maybe we should petition to have it changed back... : Anthony

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I agree...the old pillar look had a much better atmosphere for deathmatch. Though I completely understand the makeover for Q3Test1 (bleh), I would have liked to play the old version of Q3Test2.

Aug 18, 1999 6:10pm PDT

I agree...the old pillar look had a much better atmosphere for deathmatch. Though I completely understand... : Anthony

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