UAC Phobos Facility by Anthony 'Bean' Nichols

The author really placed the creatures well. I was constantly surprised by attacks. He also did a wonderful job of weapon/ammo/health placement as I was consistently low on all counts but had enough to scrape through. At one point I had just finished nailing a demon and was down to 3 health with 4 bullets and no ammo for any of my other weapons. I found myself under attack by those damn burning skulls and punching my way out of a massive hole. I survived (barely) and managed to get some much needed health/ammo/etc... after that battle. You WILL be challenged at every level of this wonderful map.

Playability - rating: 10

After many hours and completing like three or four missions, there appears to still be plenty left to play and I could easily go back in and start over so that I could do a better job of conserving my ammo and health. Good points on this one. The overall extremely large size of the entire map also contributes to this as well.

Level Design - rating: 10

The atmosphere is dark and appropriately tense. The music backs this up with a soundtrack that has you on the edge of your seat most of the time. The level itself actually consists of several missions and makes good use of the Doom3 design capabilities with plenty of the above and below type of fighting in many different areas. Be warned, it is DARK in this map and it makes me feel glad that I have the flashlight. I give this map a high rating for it's creativity and ability to be NOT straight forward. Have fun and be ready to frag!

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