WOW...

Some of the monsters (like the Hexen2 archers) are a bit too slow to be actually overwhelming cq. scary, but goddamn this is one fine piece of work. Thanks!

Video of UNF3 gameplay featuring hordes on 'nightmare'
http://youtu.be/LOenE94-_p0

I was seriously impressed. DaZ did some other videos on Unforgiven but my main thing was that Chthon wasn't nearly as threatening as he should be here. PM knew this and he's made some new AI. I liked the fisheye, third person, shots of the dragon, etc, and the editing together of all of it. It was interesting to see how other players approached the situation in these maps, I dumbly assumed that my way was an "intuitive" one that new players would just "figure out."

I'm glad you enjoyed the vid. In making the shots, I tried different approaches to the map, mostly "reckless" (with lots of game saves), to get the most action scenes. Most of the monsters are placed according to their strengths: Ogres up high with open fields of view, fast ones like knights and fiends have acres to roam, not to mention the flyers. So it's a big challenge to find those defensive "holes" from which to take pot shots. Even these places can become an ammo-draining siege without careful planning. This series, and especially unf3, are highly replayable due to the many strategy options in their vastness.

I try to do all levels on nightmare, without reloading once. A challenge!

Heh, played unf1.bsp this morning and got late to a client meeting. Can't wait to play the other ones. However, I experienced some errors using DirectQ, with map freezing just right after the first flight of stairs. I used noclip to get unstuck, but somehow, 3-5 seconds later I got stuck again.

Video playthrough of the first map - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwqGneCX2bg

The second level crashes on me at the beginning.

Using which engine?

I used fitzquake.

There's probably a real clipping error (bsp, so it'll reappear whatever engine you use) in the map there. Sorry I can't help right now.
New version will be out this year. I should have clipped more carefully, there's always a problem.

badger: You need to set "max_edicts 2048" in the console for the second level to work.

i set the max_edicts to 2048 and now it works a lot better. thanx negke

i set the max_edicts to 2048 and now it works a lot better. thanx negke

Beat it in 3-player coop last night. Only ran into one coop-unfriendly 'gate-closing-behind-you' near the end of unf2.bsp.

Higly recommended for coop!

Shit, glad that gate didn't stop you from winning entirely. What map was it in, map 2?
Anyway me and PM are planning to release our own Q1SP/Q1COOP megamod this year, so things do need to make sense.

yee remind me to read more carefully and pay more attention. Will be fixed before final release. Glad you enjoyed the episode!

Note to self, quakespasm does not work serving this.

I played all the maps at Nightmare. The first map of this set is probably the best I ever played I simply cannot recommend it enough. The second was nice. The last one is also great; I only felt two flaws: inside the tower was a little boring (just run up...) and all the Sharats outside seldom slow down the game too much (find hiding place, shoot, await Sharat purple ball to explode, repeat until Sharat is dead...)

Absurdly good. Just astonishing.

Wauv! this is just... Overwhelming (and good fun). Stunning maps. How about that complete movie Daz? ;)

While I'm not really a huge fan of horde (more like slaughter) maps, I really enjoyed most of this pack. However, I thought the final boss was incredibly unfair. There's no cover at all to avoid its attacks, and apparently it doesn't matter if you are at max health and armor because the thing decimates you with just about two shots. I couldn't see any real strategy against it other than jumping all the way down the tower and unloading lots of nails and cells on it from below; it was kind of cheap but there was nothing fair about that boss fight. Prior to that, activating the surrounding smaller towers was just as frustrating, I must've died over ten times just getting fireballed and mauled in mid-air by those imps, then pressing F3 again and again to load the last save made it more aggravating.

Downloaded and played it after seeing a playthrough on youtube. Loved it so much! The maps are huge with loads of enemies! I wish retail games were like that. Brilliant!

Where do the dragons get fun? Fast moving flying distant beasts that are impossible to hit with most weapons and can instakill? No thanks. I may just god-mode my way past the dragon on the top of the castle in level 2. Trying again and again and again wore out my patience.

Use the crossbow!

Well, I did it without cheating in the end, by running away to a building, waiting for it to approach the entrance, and hosing it down with the shambler-gun.

Yes, the crossbow would be ideal here; but for some reason I don't seem to be able to select it.

This is absolutely one my favourite releases, Tronyn made another masterpiece: huge maps, nice atmosphere, elements from Hexen 2 and awesome fights with huge horde of enemies (last level, unf3 reminds me Serious Sam gameplay, with swarms of monsters coming to you). Only "boring" part is in last level when you get the boots to fly and you have to press the pillars while surrounded by imps trying to kick your ass.