: Yeah, I totally agree with you. Gor-Ash was awesome, not
: only because of the scripting and colormap (of which
: Creation is rightly well-known for), but also becaus
: of the variety of the missions, the beutifull units,
: the awesome sounds and the well-though out story line.
: I truly don't understand why UMS got first place, it
: was _really_ not fun for me to play.
I agree as well. At no stage while playing LoGA did I not
enjoy it, but I can't say the same for UMS. However the
improvements Forest mentioned would help greatly, and there
is real potential in the story.
: As for the other entries, Senex Silvae was an awesome
: idea with great scripting etc..., and the only thing
: that would have made it so much cooler would have been
: sounds and more levels, but alas....
This resulted from only having 3 months to complete it. I
believe Datax only added the stygs a week or so before the
deadline. Knowing this makes the flaws in the level
understandable, and you really have to admire the original
ideas he implemented, especially the reincarnation concept.
Which brings me to a question - how long would it take to
turn a corpse into a thrall?
In TFL text somewhere it mentions how the thrall legions
that attacked Covenant were reinforced with townsfolk,
farmers and bodies from tombs. The inhabitants of Avons
Grove were thrallised or gnawed by ghols.
If the fallen lords (the Watcher in particular) commonly
pursued this tactic as a standard means of getting
reinforcements on the march, then I don't think the process
could have been too lengthy.
In fact, assuming magic was employed, couldn't the watcher
have instantaneously resurrected thrall from corpses and
even used it as a battlefield tactic?
Cheers,
-IronDuke
PS: I believe Datax, too, has been lost to Myth following
the MS/Bungie stuff. Hopefully one day he'll get his
enthusiasm back & start creating stuff again.
