The Emperor, discouraged by Vader's failed attempts to quell the Rebel
uprising has appointed Prince Xizor head of a deadly new project: the
cloning of Dark Jedi. Intelligence has located the cloning facility in a
dormant volcano, Mt. Kurek. Your job as Kyle Katarn is to gain access to
the facility and destroy it. But be warned that while the volcano is
dormant, it is not extinct....
Review by: Eric Pauker |
When I first heard about this level a month or two ago I thought to
myself, "How could anyone create a realistic volcano using the Dark Forces
engine?". Well, I guess the answer is "Lots of INF programming". Which is
what this level has.
From the moment of the opening scene on a cliff in a thunder storm to the incredible ending I was amazed at what the author has done. The volcano itself is not the only incredible thing in this level. The timed explosive charges are also very well done. There are also a lot of puzzles to keep you on your toes. You won't just be running around blasting your way through storm troopers and officers to get to the end of the level. There are so many other great effects in this level, but I don't want to give it all away. I will say that the last part of the level is something I will never forget. I have played the level three times so far and have yet to find anything that bugs me about it. No HOMing, no bad choices for textures, no bad stitching. If anyone can find a problem please let me know. There are just enough enemies to keep you alert but not so many that you will never be able to get through the level without cheating. The architecture is very well done, there is an incredible amount of detail put into everything. |
Level(s) replaced: | SECBASE |
Difficulty Settings: | Yes |
New BMs: | Yes |
New FMEs: | Yes |
New WAXs: | Yes |
New 3DOs: | Yes |
New VOCs: | Yes |
New GMDs: | Yes |
New LFDs: | Yes |
New VUEs: | Yes |
Base: | New level created scratch. |
Editor(s) used: | WDFUSE 2.** |
Known Bugs: | The author mentions some clipping, but I was moving to fast to notice any. |
Hardware
Requirements - This level requires 16M of RAM to run. An 8M
version is in the works.
Download Mt. Kurek (mtkurek.zip, 1.7M) |