Voxels and Vintage, they both go together pretty well, and we have seen a comeback of different remakes or new games based on old masterpieces. If you were disappointed with Miner Wars 2081 Sublevel zero is definitely the game to get even if you are not part of the old Descent or Forsaken fan league. This game is designed well and is as fun as it is addictive and simple. Without getting negative there are a couple of things that could be added to this game to make it even better. -Wandering enemies: All of the enemies are pretty much 'sitting ducks' I mean some of them chase you down after they see you, but they don't actively hunt you. I kinda miss that. So making the arenas more circular ( a closed random loop) and enemies wandering around would clearly pump the adrenaline even more. - Water. Adding water to the caves or even fill some rooms with water which then pours into another room as you open doors while both you and enemies get washed away... - Portals. Portals that can teleport you or enemies from one end of the arena to the other. Watch out though, before using the portal, is the destination safe or not ? - Multiplayer: This game really cries for multiplayer. - A good idea would be to make a second identical game to Sublevel Zero, called Sublevel Zero Trooper Edition with three major changes in gameplay: 1) Player is subjected to gravity. 2)You are a trooper in a spacesuit; you can walk, run or use your jet-pack (that recharges overime) to get to difficult to reach places. 3)The arena spins periodically (every five minutes or so) around a random axis (x, y or z) changing the direction of gravity accordingly.
I still own these on working CD versions from Totally Games so I am not reviewing this version. I have always been more of a fan of XVT than XWA because of the military ranking system, although flying the freighters in XWA is a plus. However for everyone who would like to upgrade the 3d models ingame with crispier versions should look here: http://www.xvtedicion.es/basededatos/ingles/index.htm Clicking 'opt database' and then 'vehicles' and then 'BOP' (balance of power) will give you the option of downloading files to upgrade the ingame 3d models to better looking ones. They come with screenshots so you can see what you get. This is a cool game and a gem on its own. For those who want to wander further into this: Get Troy Dangerfield's mission editor for this game in the 'programs' section under downloads of the same website. And finally if you have both xvt and xwa, and you want to import your models from the xwa engine into xvt that is possible too. Use Optech to achieve this. Also downloadable from the same website. Last but not least, here is a link to a different YT-1300 version for download made by me. http://www.xwaupgrade.com/phpBB3008/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11030 The preview images are gone - thank you imageshack - but there is a comparison screenshot included in the download showing the vanilla version on top and my version below. Hope you all like the game and the upgrades.
