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Ancient Burning City

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Ancient Burning CityArt_of_Tyler
Another normal day as a Gladiator, untill a Titan, his army of Giants, and there creatures attack the city! Escape through part of the city, and watch out for the invading army! This is an Ancient Rome/Greek Mythology themed level.
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2009-07-10 22:23:00

Author:
Art_of_Tyler
Posts: 32


"Ladys and gentlemen" should read "Ladies".
"there vile retorts" should read "their".

I liked all your monsters, but wish they were a bit more agile on the attack. I stood next to Chimera patiently whistling, then rode his tail up the back and stomped on his brains. This was pretty much the same with every monster.

That last bit isn't necessarily worth fixing, though. This level is pure eye candy. It's definitely a great "gateway" to get me to try out all your other stuff.
2009-07-12 01:41:00

Author:
coyote_blue
Posts: 422


Creators nowadays seem to be churning out quality levels quicker than I can play them - and you're a great example of this. What you excel at is character design, but you also have the ability to put gameplay and platforming in your levels.

Pros:
+ Everything looks amazing
+ The way it seems like you have more than three layers because of a curve here or there or good perspective.
+ Solid Platforming
+ The Titans are beautiful
+ Just the right amount of challenge

Cons:
- Sometimes you've left a pistion visible that looks a bit out of place

Still, easily a :star::star::star::star::star: level + a heart from me
2009-07-12 09:22:00

Author:
Coxy224
Posts: 2645


Sounds worthy of a replay to me.2009-07-13 04:42:00

Author:
coyote_blue
Posts: 422


Fantastic level. I loved the action and variety, and it looked fantastic at almost every step. The custom masonry sticker was awesome. I've been sitting on a few brick stickers I snapped in create mode, that never get any use, and it was so cool to see a level do something this nice with something like that. I really like how clean it looked, but how varied and offkilter the bricklay was - made it feel very ancient. Not easy to place so many stickers like that in a way that all the brick work lines up together in every shot.

Not alot to improve, mostly all excellent... a very enjoyable and top quality level. Really impressed me, and the 2 people I played with (CENTURION24 and obsoleteXeo) loved it too. Played all your other stuff after this, and I'd definitely say this is your best work. Keep 'em comin'.
2009-07-14 12:00:00

Author:
Unknown User


Checked it out last night and really love the look you've achieved here. The color is great. Subtle shades of pale and even paler blues with crisp white stone architecture looks wonderful. I loved how the yellow of the lights and fire really accents the blue too. Sorry - it's just such a great color combination my inner graphic designer is giddy over it.

+ Opening is cool in the colosseum. Great job on the characters.
+ Platforming is solid and challenges in a few places.
+ Columns and architecture look great
+ great idea with the god hand
+ 3 headed dragon = win!
+ It's fun

Only things I found that were a problem and it's only in multiplayer mode is the sponges you ascend from the right then move to the left then swing over 4 or 5 sponges to the right - in multiplayer it's nearly impossible for multiple people to go though that section at the same time. The camera cuts one player off screen when the second goes up or falls down. If you can get the camera wider that might help or put more steps so that 2 players can stay in the same relative position before the other sponge rises out of sight. Or put a 1x player warning on it.

Overall a great level I had a lot of fun playing and looking at. I gave it 5 stars & hearted it! Thanks for sharing another awesome level!
2009-07-15 21:04:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983


I played this yesterday and I thought it was sack-tastic (oh lord...). Everything in the level looks great and the way you put the titans in as obstacles was cool. The amount of detail in the level really makes it come to life and it made me feel like I really was in an ancient city. The level was really long and that surprised me (in a good way). Also, the scale of the titans/boss was spot-on and I felt so insignificant next to them. Really great stuff.

The only thing that I think you could improve on is the difficulty of the enemies. I can't remember exactly, but I think most of them didn't move. If that's right, then I think you should give them legs and let them come at us.

Overall, I gave you:star::star::star::star::star:and a heart. Awesome level.
2009-07-16 00:50:00

Author:
RickTheRipper
Posts: 345


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