Smite (10 level beta)

Благодарю.

Thanks man!

Zdoom said:
Unknown patch RW26_3 - in texture RW26_3 -
the same for RW26_4 and RW26_7

I fixed the problems mentioned, and a new link will be uploaded today. Only thing i dont understand is the DSDA doom errors. Thanks people.

shibainumaster

MAP01

It's a fine starting map. There's a lot of door textures that aren't actually doors in here.

MAP02

In the red key room, the right window has a shotgun guy and imp standing on top of each other, unable to move. I got lost a little bit in this map in some of the dark areas. It's not particularly obvious to me which wall textures open and which ones do not. As stated in MAP01, there's some textures that look like doors that aren't actually doors, and some non-door textures open like regular doors. This is a little unnerving for some parts where I press a switch and I don't know what it did. Does this mean I have to check all these door textures to see if any of them opened? It took me about 16 minutes to beat this one.

MAP03

DNF. There's a lava pit in the second room that I think doesn't have a way out of it. This map has a lot of dark rooms and lots of monsters. The hitscanners were really pecking my health away because they'd keep shooting me before I could see them. Some armor would have went a long way here. I had enough ammo but I did feel like I was pretty low at most points. I had to give up and take a break here because the maps are now getting much longer at this point and theres some pretty tough monsters with not many strong weapons to kill them with.

doomshack.org/uploads/SmiteFDAs.zip
There's an existing vocabulary for DOOM players regarding what textures can be interacted with and what they're expected to do. If you're going to use textures in an unorthodox way, you have to be consistent in how you use it. If a door texture is unopenable in one instance, it shouldn't be openable in any instance.
There's a lot of wall fixtures in these maps that are low enough on the wall that they can be stepped into. It forces the player to investigate every single one just in case it's a secret (or even the way forward when there's unorthodox door textures being used). You should put these up higher on the wall so it's obvious they're just decoration. Personally I don't like when these flash either, to my mind, that indicates a secret or something intended to be interacted with in some way.
MAP01
I played five minutes of this map a week ago but didn't record a demo. I came back to it this week. I remembered there being a lot of boring pistol/chainsaw gameplay so I just tried to get through the map as quickly as possible by running past things when I could.
MAP02
Some of the traps were fun, and I really loved the look of this map. It's unclear how to retrieve the blue key, it's a lot of mazey switch-hunting and by the time I reach the key, it feels unsatisfying.
MAP03
DNF. When I first started making maps, I used to almost never give out the super shotgun because I thought it was overused and wanted to utilize the single-barrel. It took me awhile to learn that unless this is implemented properly, it just turns levels into a slog. In a tight room against just a few enemies, that's a good way to use the shotgun. Opening giant room after giant room of roaming mobs and shotgunning them all one by one is really boring gameplay. Especially when the player gets killed by one of your traps and has to start the whole thing over again. At a certain point I started just trying to run past everything. It may seem disrespectful but when the map disrespects my time, it becomes the go-to for me. Anyways, that didn't work either so I called the wad quits here.
I liked the visuals and even though I complained a bit about the strange progression, I did mostly enjoy that old-school aspect to it. There's just too much doorway-peekaboo and plinking away at things for my taste.