Fearcraft

Content - Quake - Quake Levels - Quake Single Player

Author: [Kona] | Rating: 7.50 | Download: alk12.zip

Fearcraft is one of [Kona]’s earlier projects, and while you can sort of tell, it’s still an excellent 3 map set worthy of a download. Fearcraft establishes a dark mood with it’s combination of gothic and metal textures and dreary lighting. Although still well textured and designed, Fearcraft strikes me as a bit less interesting than some of [Kona]’s later maps. Architecture is somewhat simpler, with more right angles and 90 degree corners.

The story goes that you have trespassed into the realm of a powerful being. When you refuse to leave, he attempts to stop your passage with a horde of Quake monsters. The monster selection and placement in Fearcraft is its strong point. On normal the challenge is stiff. You will fight many Ogres, Vores, Death Knights, Shamblers, and Nehara Barons over the course of the three maps and the fights get harder as you progress, with a steady stream of encounters throughout. The end of the third map is especially rough and you will likely find that you have just enough, if not a bit too little, ammo and health to beat the final battles. Honestly, I ran too low on health and ammo to beat the final enemy of the third map and had to start the pack over. Therefore I strongly recommend that you conserve ammo throughout the pack.

Personally I’ve found Fearcraft to be one of [Kona]’s toughest releases. While it’s a solid release, I didn’t find it to be particularly memorable.

- Marius