I never played Citizen Abel,
but as I started reading the storyline I was
pleasantly surprised to see that someone else
has created a Mel Soaring type character, although
not quite as evil. Citizen Abel is 'The most
efficient and economical hit-man in the galaxy'.
Brendon made quite a cool story in this level
set - Abel has to steal some data cd. CA2's
best points are its originality - you follow
the instructions of some dude throughout the
pack (very similar to Mel Soaring 2) and to
add to this are some nice cutscenes which I
don't think I have ever seen in Quake2 before.
The design of these levels was also excellent
and quite unique. You start off in some sort
of town before climbing into the palace to steal
the CD and then escape inside a spaceship. Unfortunately
(dammit why does there always have to be an
unfortunately!), the gameplay let it all down.
There was hardly any of it considering there
were several levels. You only fight Guards and
Infantry. If it had all been like the end fight
this would have been an excellent level set,
but even without good gameplay this is a great
adventure.
