Southern Cross (Gold Edition)

Southern Cross (Gold Edition)
by
Bryant (Gunrock) and Kevin (The Solution) Robinson

Map08

==================================================================
Advanced engine needed : Boom compatible port(Works best with Zdoom)
Primary purpose : Single + coop play
==================================================================

Title                   : Southern Cross (Gold Edition)
Filename                : scge.wad
Release date            : 05/15/04 - updated on January 2007 for the Gold Edition
Author                  : Bryant and The Solution
Email Address           : moonscrapper@aol.com
Other Files By Author   : Dark7 and Dark7: mission pack
Misc. Author Info       : map designer

Description             : 9 E1 style maps.(fixed version 2)


Additional Credits to   : - Jon Washburn and Andrew for the music
                          - OrioN-X-NaVaS for the story found at the Demise website:
                         ( http://jove.prohosting.com/demise3k )

===========================================================================
* What is included *

New levels              : Yes
Sounds                  : Yes
Music                   : Yes
Graphics                : Yes
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : No
Demos                   : No
Other                   : No
Other files required    : None

* Play Information *

Game                    : Doom 2
Map #                   : 1-9
Single Player           : Designed for
Cooperative 2-4 Player : Designed for
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : No
Other game styles       : None
Difficulty Settings     : Not implemented

* Construction *

Base                    : New from scratch
Build Time              : couple of Months
Editor(s) used          : Doombuilder
Known Bugs              : none
May Not Run With...     : only works with a boom compatible source port.

* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors may NOT use the contents of this file as a base for modification or
reuse. Permissions have been obtained from original authors for any of
their resources modified or included in this file.

You may NOT distribute this file in any format.

* Where to get the file that this text file describes *

The Usual: ftp://archives.3dgamers.com/pub/idgames/ and mirrors
Web sites: http://jove.prohosting.com/demise3k
FTP sites: http://www.doomwadstation.com/idgames/

Played, revised and reviewed on
February 07, 2007

- Map01 is a very good surprise: if you look at the number of monsters (38), you have the tentation to think "Ok, 2 minutes and it will be done", but, in fact, it's not as easy as you thought, and the gameplay is perfect. The architecture is damn fine, and I don't think that it would have been possible to make it more pleasant. I give a 10/10 for this map.
- Map02 is following the same way to give a good time to the player, but it begins to become a bit more hard...
- Map03... Very badly balanced in term of rapport between monsters/ammos/life: your progression makes you enter a semi opened area where 4 spectres try to kill you before the discovery of the plasma gun... lol... Then... A hord of cacodemons (ok, that's fine) is suddenly appearing... But... Behind them is appearing a second hord of soul makers!!!
It's pure crazyness and I already died ten times without being able to bypass this area. Ok ok... I try another way and I enter the central structure... Arrrrrg!!! A lot of monsters, all different, are waiting me!!! Finally, I won, but I enter the next map all frightened...
- Map04: nothing special, apart a damn good level, very well balanced, and with a great gameplay. As usual, the architecture is perfect. Not to be forgotten: this set of maps is quite old, and Brian has updated very finely his other sets, and this one will be, more than surely, updated too. When it will be done, we'll have a great pwad. For now, I can only say that it's less good than the other updated ones, and it's quite normal.
- Map05: very hard map!!! You'll have to be wise enough and to don't panic, even facing the 2 archviles. The gameplay is quite perfect, even if the level of difficulty is high. All has been made to give the feeling of fear, while progressing, and that's fine.
- Map06: one more time, a great gameplay and an architecture perfectly built. The balance life/ammos/monsters don't allow you to do no matter what, and you must have balls, sometimes...
- Map07: very hard level, with tons of monsters, and the final battle is possible ONLY if you was wise enough to don't shoot without purpose (you must have enough ammos).
- Map08: don't panic, and do wisely what you have to do...
- Map09: I wont reveal anything about it.

I had to reformat the exit text, which was cutted on the screen:

The End screen before

The End screen before

The End screen after

Before After

And I made also a sky, specifically for scge:

Briant and bro have used the sky of Doom1, Episode 1. So, I made it in the same spirit, but for highres screens.
I didn't changed anything else.

Notes:
- Gameplay    : 9/10
- Architecture: 10/10
- Balance       : 8/10
- Difficulty :    5/10 for averages players, 9/10 for good players

Final note      : 9/10 for good players (with a special bad note for the map03

Bryant (Gunrock) and Kevin (The Solution) Robinson are definitely very good mappers, and their work will stay in the archives like treasures and examples of how you can make good wads, without using a lot of Boom features (thus, I would have been pleased to see more of them)!!!

Jive, Manaus (Amazonia), February 07, 2007

¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤ Tools used ¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤

- Examination with XWE:
       XWE - extendable Wad Editor version 1.16
       Developped by Csabo
       wadedit@marchmail.com
       http://doomworld.com/xwe

- Graphic's creation or modification
       Paint Shop Pro 7 (WinShare Killer Apps)
            http://www.wska.com

- ".dfl" file to use with KDX, the King Elvis Launcher:
        The King Doom Experience - Your Doom Frontend Experience.
        This toolset allows you to get the best out of your Doom installation.
        This is the best software available of this kind
        Available at http://kingdoom.tk/

- All the stuff is zipped, using a buyed WinZip(R) Version 10.0 (6698)
        Copyright (C) 1991-2005 WinZip International LLC
        http://www.winzip.com/version.htm

#######################################################################
# Author   : Jean-Yves Delpech aka "Jive" aka "The Freeman", 52      #
# Email    : dlw@doomwadstation.com                                  #
# Web site : "Doom Legacy Wads" aka DLW                              #
#             http://doomwadstation.com/dlw/                          #
#######################################################################
# Email    : gzdoom@doomwadstation.com                               #
# Web site : "GZDoom Wads" aka GZW                                   #
#             http://gzdoom.doomwadstation.com/                       #
#######################################################################
#                   Where to get GZDoom :                             #
#                                                                     #
# Web site: http://grafzahl.drdteam.org/index.php?page=topic&id=230 #
#######################################################################
# Thanks to T.v. Elsuwé, Steven McGranahan, Robert Bäuml and Bell Kin #
# for their large contribution and to others Legacy Team members.     #
#######################################################################