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Tony L.
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"nomedeht" <nome...@post.com> wrote in message
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> I've been revisiting my old Quake I days lately (something to do while
> waiting for Quake 4 and Doom 3..) and I downloaded the Zerstorer mod
> partial conversion that people have recommended quite a bit.  First
> off, props to the Zerstorer team-- that mod's amazing in the art,
> gameplay, and story departments.  Darin McNeil, Brandon James, Scott
> Dalton, and the rest of the team have some major talent.
>
> With regard to the last level-- since it's been 5 years or so since
> the mod came out there are probably no surprises as to the final level
> anymore but to be on the safe side for anyone who hasn't played it...
>
> SPOILER SPACE
>
>
> SPOILER SPACE
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>
> SPOILER SPACE
>
> The last level isn't really much of a map at all but a storyline
> segment-- the dude who's been fighting thruout the mod has disconected
> the reactor in the Bunker and is brought to the Destroyer's realm,
> then goes into a teleporter to start the "movie" segment where the
> Destroyer explains that he's been nourished by the dude's killing
> spree, then puts the fighter out of his misery (or something like
> that) by just fragging him right there.  Done.
>
> Okay...  Now, granted, this is consistent with the mod's storyline,
> since the Destroyer had adopted the fighter off the streets and
> brainwashed him into becoming a psychopath to the point that he
> committed murder.  Still, it's a lame way to conclude such an
> otherwise fabulous mod.  Besides the Star Wars succumbing-to-hate
> theme (Emperor:  "Now, Luke, give in to your hate, and lightsaber that
> Shambler over there." Darth Vader:  "What???"), the problem with this
> level is the same thing that afflicted Quake itself-- a big-time
> letdown because you don't actually get to fight the boss.  It was such
> a major disappointment when Shub-Niggurath was taken out with just a
> telefrag-- a player wanted to actually have a fight there (it is a
> first-person shooter after all).  Different details, but same
> situation with the Destroyer.  It'd be nice to actually have a *fight*
> against a boss, and when this so-so movie sequence is the only thing
> there, it detracts an awful lot from the mod even though everything
> else about it is so outstanding.  It's been a few years since
> Zerstorer came out, which makes me wonder-- were there any further
> mods, additional conversions or patches (a "conversion of a
> conversion") that actually make the Destroyer into a boss, and the
> last level into an actual fight?  Everything else about Zerstorer is
> so top-notch-- this is the one shortcoming that's holding it back from
> being something magnificent.
>
> nomedeht