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tb_Mesa.... "gold"?

BlueSpark 29 Dec 2014 02:49

I looked high and low for this, finally finding the only available instance on the Svenserver of SnarkCafe, with whom the Bard seems to have a strong affiliation. Don't understand why he didn't release it here, but never mind.

It's better and worse than the original series (I'll make a review later), but the points include high HP monster horde spawns, weedy spawn weapons, new maps, many features lifted straight out of HL maps, much player 'trolling', a terminally broken moving-platform player transport (map 1), a few map-breaking bugs, *huge* music track downloads and large map sizes - overall fun plus frustration in about equal measures.

All in all, a Curate's egg if ever there was one!

Last edited on 24 Aug 2015 09:41 by BlueSpark Show more

Gordon9999 18 Oct 2016 10:35

It's dead?

Not Quite Dead

TheBard108 26 Oct 2016 02:30

Doubt i'll ever get round to doing the final part7 now.
but dowload added for the whole series (parts 1 to 6)

cool

Rainbowdash98 04 Nov 2016 15:19

thanks amigos i'm waiting for this had been 5 year now outdated

Little review

Garompa 20 Oct 2018 02:30

Just tested this map series, along with the older version of it found here http://scmapdb.com/map:tb-mesa

So far, the maps in the gold version are waaay better than the old ones, in architecture, monster placement, actual monster teleporting instead of just popping up from nowhere, monster hp is more balanced as well.

A complete rework. Sadly the gold version lacks the ending the old one had (although it wasn't that much of an ending, you just went down into an elevator after defeating the terrorist leader. In the gold version the leader is not there, and neither is the elevator, its just a black tunel. its obvious the mapper was going to expand on the ending a lot to even create another map but that was never released)

Another little problem is that tb_mesa2gold and tb_Mesa2bgold are separate maps when they could be just one single map, since mesa2b is very….VERY short

I found no problems other than the broken platform in the first map which can be fixed completely with just a ripent!! I tested using a longjump and you actually can jump easily to the other side with it if you stand next to the door.

I believe this page should be merged with the old version's page and add a ripented longjump (or a few more too) to "tb_mesagold.bsp" at location "236 3047 -1663" to fix the platform problem :)

Last edited on 20 Oct 2018 02:33 by Garompa Show more

Re: Little review

CrouchSoft 20 Oct 2018 08:28

It is actually quite a fun walk through map even if it is a bit difficult solo.
Haven't tried the original so can't comment on it being better.

That platform did confuse me until I realised it is broken lol.

stuck platform in map 1

w00tguy123 09 Feb 2024 17:25

The platform in tb_mesagold won't move unless you blow up the tripmine outside. You can just barely see and shoot it through the window on the brown door.

Last edited on 09 Feb 2024 17:27 by w00tguy123 Show more

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