MMRC Ratings

Map ratings given this issue:

Hats off to 8-19 by Bungie
Siege of Nor'korh by Frigidman

Hats off to 8-19 was not reviewed by the Terminator or Frost.



Review by Jimmy Mitchell<jmitch@mail.erskine.edu>:

Hats off to 8-19
Plot/Difficulty rating: 5-Very Good

"Hats off to Eight Nineteen" has excellent lighting and texture
choices. Very visually pleasing-what did you expect of any level on the
Infinity CD?! It has good flow, a well-placed recharger, and some SMGs
for an interesting change from the normal arena weapons. The only
drawback to this map in netplay is the "novelty" of it. I never like
terminals in a net map if they have nothing to do with the net play
(even if they are as cool as the one in this map), and the big rising
column doesn't serve much purpose other than to read the terminal. But
it is a hidden map, so adding the terminal was still a nice touch...but
it does present the one minor drawback to this map when it comes to net
play. Overall it's a really fun level, not to mention being a really
nice easter egg.




Review by Frost <VidMaster@Cyber-Wizard.com>:

Siege of Nor'korh
Plot/Design: 6-Excellent

Siege of Nor'korh has to be one of the best scenarios ever designed for Marathon. I've had it a long time and I still get nearly infinite amounts of fun out of it. Its levels are very well designed with great lighting, good textures and nice scenery in proper places. The ambient sounds are placed exactly right to really make a person believe they are there. Just enough secret rooms are put in to make it pretty interesting - not too many, but not too few either. Some of them are easy to find. I think one or two others have yet to be found.

Difficulty rating: 4-Hard

Siege of Nor'korh is no joyride. The first battle is pretty much taken care of by the BOBs, but the rest of them must be handled by you as there are too many enemies for the BOBs to outsmart. To add to that, some Pfhors are placed so well that they can aim, fire, and score a hit before you know where they are, and there's always one more blue fighter around that corner!




Review by Jimmy Mitchell<jmitch@mail.erskine.edu>:

Siege of Nor'korh
Plot and design: 6-Excellent
Difficulty: 4-Hard

The best third-party solo scenario made to date IMO. If you haven't
played it yet, you should. These maps are very close to Bungie quality
in all aspects of map making--the way all maps should be made. Nice
story and some great chapter screens too. Really not too much to say,
it's just really cool and I'm glad FM decided to update it to Marathon
Infinity. :-) The Infinity FM Net maps that come with SoNK v2 are also
equally great quality maps for net play.




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