Author: Supertanker
Released: 8th May 2009
Rating: 85
Review by Forge on 24th May 2009
A medium sized space station styled map. Duke starts out lightly armed and for a short while must confront small clusters of aliens with nothing more than a pistol. Gaining tactical advantage is fairly difficult because like most maps of this style it's made up of mainly corridors and small rooms so there's really nowhere to go and nowhere to hide. Although the map suffers from being severely linear, as you move through you'll notice that it has some depth from the architectural structures that can be seen through the view ports giving relief to that restricting and cramped atmosphere. While the detailing is average it's not a bad looking map. The good lighting and shading combination detracts from the redundant texturing you'd expect to find in a high tech map, giving it that "abandoned" ambiance. The objective is to escape the station via pod, but it's not as easy as it sounds. The aliens are lumped in clusters at key junctures; the weapon selection and amount of available ammunition makes these battles in the restricting corridors pretty difficult. To make the situation even harder there's barely any health to keep Duke alive afterward. Even though the map suffers linearity the layout is creative making the navigation somewhat enjoyable, just keep an eye on your health and bullet count.
Texturing/Lighting-Shading: 8/10 Sprite Work/Detailing:7/10 Ambiance: 8/10 Architecture/Design: 17/20 Layout: 17/20 Gameplay/Difficulty: 28/30 Overall: 85/100
Gameplay Type: SP
Requires:
Duke Nukem 3D v1.3d
Filesize: 80.39 KB
Level includes: new music, multiple difficulty settings
Download:
FOS Station (414)
Other releases by Supertanker:
Aqua Arena,
Area27,
Artic Base,
EDF Base,
Tiberius Station 5
Know of any other maps from this author? Let us know
Mapping template:
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THIS LEVEL IS NEITHER MADE BY OR SUPPORTED BY 3D REALMS.
Title : FOS STATION
Filename : fosstation.map
Author : Supertanker
E-mail : supertanker13[at]gmail.com
Web Page : None as of now.
Misc. Author Info : Semiveteran Duke Nukem mapper, coming out of 'retirement'
after a two and a half year break. 17, too much free time.
Other Levels : EDF Base, Auquabase, Artic Base, Artic Base Remake,
AuqaArena
Description : This map is my 'oh my god I forgot how to use Build' map.
I've been slowly regaining my Build skills, and so rather
than touching one of my old maps to try and finish them,
I decided to make a small map to practice.
FOS Station is a space station, and might be the first in
a series if I stop being lazy.
Additional Credits To : The betatesters:
Sang, for advice on gameplay and general design.
Mikko Sandt, for helping a great deal with shading and
texturing, and probably played about four different versions
of this map.
Others:
Puritain, whose "Nosotromos" map may have inspired me to begin
mapping for Duke Nukem again.
The AMC community for putting up with my absenses, especially during
the CPB7 construction.
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* Play Information *
Episode and Level # : E1L8
Single Player : Yes
DukeMatch 2-8 Player : No
Cooperative 2-8 Player : No
Difficulty Settings : Yes
Plutonium Pak Required : No
New Art : No
New Music : Yes
New Sound Effects : No
New .CON Files : No
Demos Replaced : No
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* Construction *
Base : New level from scratch
Level Editor(s) Used : Mapster32 under Linux
Art Editor(s) Used :
Construction Time : Three weeks
Known Bugs/Problems : None found yet
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*Important Information*
Installation :
Important Notes : This map may be reproduced in its original format
(And by 'original format' I mean 'the unmodified
zipfile') in any media that now exists (the Internet,
DVDs, carrier pidgeon, etched stone tablets) or will
exist in the future (Infonet, IPv6 Internet, UberLazarDisk,
StarFleet Databanks) as long as all files are unmodified,
credit is given to the original author (Supertanker),
and there is no charge or fee beyond reasonable distribution
fees (The cost of a CD-R, bandwidth, packaging, or distribution media).
Commercial use of this level (Say, in a total conversion that is
'commercial' and costs well more than the cost of the distribution media)
is prohibited. After all, I put all the sweat into this level, not you,
and I am certainly not getting paid for it or for distributing it.
Although I'd prefer you didn't, you may use this level as a
base for a new level (As long as it is released under the same
terms as dictated above), so long as credit is clearly given to
the original author (Supertanker) for designing the base map.
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