The map isn't very difficult on normal, it starts out quite slow, almost deserted, which is a change. Coupled with some new ambient sounds, it's fairly moody near the start. An extremely well-crafted outdoor area enhances this. Strangely, I found that I was surprising the monsters, rather than they me, for the first little while. It becomes more conventional after a while, fighting enforcers, grunts, SoA's centroids (well used), and of course, some more demonic enemies, throughout the level's detailed, high-tech halls. There was a lot of health available, perhaps too much, and an imposing ending finale with Armagon himself will probably prove too easy for many players. Including a boss was a cool idea however, it just didn't quite work when I played anyway. Maybe fighting some more monsters alongside the big guy would've helped.

With an uncommon attention to detail, and a unique theme, Araivo is a good time, that had a little more potential than it fulfills.