The Rites of Xanthus TC
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The withered pages of archaic tomes, whose characters were scrawled by unknown scribes of ages past, say that war wascommon indeed between the Armies of Man and the Legions and Hordes of the vile fiends who had wished to undo him. These wars had resulted in more or less a stalemate between the insidious minions of the shade and those who proclaimed themselves the Defenders of the Light. These very same professed followers of the righteous path, or the descendents thereof, during an ebb in the flow of the River of Blood, and motivated by twisted and misguided religious fervour to subsequently betray those races who had been invaluable
aid in the preservation and mutual survival of them all, Man included.
And so it is thus, that when once again, with the return of the Legions of the Night, rallied under a single, unseen standard, Man finds himself very much alone upon the field of battle and only in the end realises his folly in forsaking the bonds of his forefathers.
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This is Version 1 of the patch, useable only with RoX levels at the moment, the posting of with is shortly forthcoming.
I hope you all enjoy this, the fruition of o so much labourious work indeed.
http://www.massassi.net/levels/files/2302.shtml
I rarely rate files but...
[10]
And what are you (Bransin) complaining about framerate issues? It ran perfectly at my machine. on the highest resolution that mots allows....
(And I though I had a crappy pc)
It's great, much better than it was when I worked on it...
I never drop below 85 FPS in the first level. I rated it a 10, but honestly I think it only deserves and 8. If you coupled the TC patch with the level GOB like Leeza's Destiny and some other SP levels with mods, it wouldn't crash so much when loading the game. File size would be increased, yes, but it would definatly be worth it.
I haven't rated, since I haven't played the game, but that serpent is irritating me. I think I have to hit its underside but I couldn't read what the Mariner said because the text was the same colour as the background and went by too quickly anyway... get speech!
Players, reviewers, and most importantly the raters and voters, must understand how to rate levels.
Bransin, I understand the pain of having an obsolete machine (P2 266 MHz, etc. etc. *puke*). However, after reviewing your comments, and your rating, I don't feel that you were entirely justified in rating this work a 5.
In order to engage in rating, one must have reviewed the work in its entirety. You said "I gave up playing after 3 minutes." It's not likely that you got to see much of this work at all, despite your framerate problems. Had it been me, I would have considered not rating it at all, because I could not fully observe the work.
If you are unable to see all of a car, can you say that the car was below average? If you eat the carrots and peas, but leave the mashed potatoes and chicken untouched, can you say that the meal was below average? A rating of 5 entails that the project was below average. Your reasoning for giving this project a 5 (after observing your review) appears to be because your framerate was bad (a legitimate concern, yes). Framerate only has to do with gameplay, however, and rating has to do with aesthetics AND gameplay issues (see review section). It is not justified to judge the mashed potatoes and chicken after only eating the carrots and peas, if you catch my drift. I saw nothing written about the neat innovations Grismath put into action, or the novel concepts that he and his associates had strewn together. *In my opinion*, a 5 does not necessarily take elements like [yet not limited to] those into consideration.
If you still feel that your rating was justified, that's just as well. You may rate however you feel is appropriate, and my opinions are not yours. I will not be returning to read any further comments in response to this one...I don't feel like trolling. Just helping. I am glad that someone listed concerns about framerate, so that obsolete computer owners like us can know in advance what to expect. Good day.