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-Necros'​ latest map, Altar of Storms, is a fantasy-styled excursion into a dungeon built inside of a huge mountain. If it sounds epic, it is. The map combines features of many previous Necros maps - the sense of vertical progression,​ traps, and epic ending of ne_tower, the moving machinery and ominous approach to the level'​s end from Crescendo of Dreams, ​ and the final fight is kind of like the high-up confrontations at the end of The Rats In The Walls. There is even a bit of a Quoth-like "​architecture in the black void" moment. But despite recognizable elements of Necros'​ past levels, this - probably more than any other of Necros'​ past release, and maybe even to the level of Metlslime'​s Rubicon 2 - is its own unique, coherent Q1SP experience. Custom sound, textures, models, features, code, monsters, etc all coming from many sources - but especially Hexen II - create an "​adventuring in the bleak winter"​ atmosphere which is very dramatic.+Necros'​ latest map, Altar of Storms, is a fantasy-styled excursion into a dungeon built inside of a huge mountain. If it sounds epic, it is. The map combines features of many previous Necros maps - the sense of vertical progression,​ traps, and epic ending of ne_tower, the moving machinery and ominous approach to the level'​s end from Crescendo of Dreams, ​ and the final fight is kind of like the high-up confrontations at the end of The Rats In The Walls. There is even a bit of a [[/​reviews/​quoth.html|Quoth]]-like "​architecture in the black void" moment. But despite recognizable elements of Necros'​ past levels, this - probably more than any other of Necros'​ past release, and maybe even to the level of [[/​reviews/​rubicon2.html|Metlslime'​s Rubicon 2]] - is its own unique, coherent Q1SP experience. Custom sound, textures, models, features, code, monsters, etc all coming from many sources - but especially Hexen II - create an "​adventuring in the bleak winter"​ atmosphere which is very dramatic.
  
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