an unholy pilgrimage characterized by more false hope
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| Author | icathus |
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| Tags | ... author:icathus featured rated |
| Created | 2010-08-25 |
| Last Modified | 2010-08-25 |
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3 by 23 people.
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| Description | Sorry. |
This map was featured on 2012-11-27
There are places man was never meant to go. The cold ash swirling dulls the pain of travel. The weight of all the miles underfoot bears down hard on weary shoulders. Grey wind blows against tattered facemasks. Under an uncaring sun, one wonders how many people he's seen out here, how many friends-in-travel he's passed, or camped with, or lent a flask. It's zero. No one journeys out here. You will die alone. — PALEMOON
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2012-11-28
Terrible
It looked alright, the traps and locks seemed interesting. They had no effect. Neither did the door switch. It might have been redeemed if the door was hidden but accessible, or even if the gameplay was decent.
2012-11-28
Insidiously awful.
Feel sorry for any other highscorers trying to get good NReality runs.
2012-11-28
The thing with icathus
is that he's undoubtedly original, usually beautiful, and most importantly, utterly liberating. Certainly one of the most visceral mappers too. I only have utmost respect for the guy; pretentious he would be if he didn't have the talent to match.
2012-11-28
i loved it...
until i started playing it... then i stopped loving it :/
2012-11-28
maxson hit it
2012-11-27
Oh
and then the door. Yeah, I would consider that pretentious when repeated this often..
2012-11-27
yeah this is quite bad
nonetheless the title and the story in the feature and the 'concept' match up greatly
2012-11-27
pretentiousness
can be annoying, but I think this is just a really atmospheric minejumper
2012-11-27
...
...I agree with maxson. i mean i dont understand the people who said "conceptually strong" "awesome concept" or "brilliant" to me i think maybe the people liked the story that went with it better than the actual map. because to me its a big mine pit and then you get to the end and turns out you cant even complete the map. i dont even know how to race for a speed demo on this because you have to end the recording yourself...
2012-11-27
Pretentious, that's the word.
I'm sick with a cold and not really "with it" right now, but I think that's what I'm looking for. A little pretentiousness can be really fun and great (some of gloomp's better maps, for example), but if you go overboard you get pure shit. Just my opinion, of course.
2012-11-27
The thing with icathus is
He's either really brilliant or really, really bad. And it's because he tries too hard to make unique/experimental/avant-garde/whateverthefuck maps. He's hardly the only overly-experimental mapper NUMA has seen, and I wouldn't be singling him out except here's the current feature and I don't want to name other names and... anyway. Sometimes it pays off, other times you get... this. Not a fan.
2010-12-25
Completion
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2010-11-14
O.O
Brilliant.
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2010-11-12
Completion.
Awesome concept. As always.
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2010-11-10
ahahahahahahah
oh shit, that was great
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2010-09-14
That ninja
must feel seriously messed up right now.
2010-08-27
>_<
That was gay. I finished, and then the exit switch didn't open door >_<
2010-08-26
Conceptually strong.
Well executed, too.
2010-08-25
"Completion"
I like how well the map fits with the title.
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gloomp
oh my god
seriously jesus christ this is so good
easiest 5aved i've given in a very long time