Chemical Plant might aswell
be considered two levels of the original game
that you never played. It strongly sticks to
the base theme and is just as good as ID's work.
Your mission is the typical one - enter the
Strogg base (this time a Chemical Plant) and
destroy the reaction vessel that is deep underground.
After a strictly-base first level with crates
everywhere, you are taken down to the caves
and lava that creeps into the underground base.
Level design was very good with some nicely
lit areas. Layout was also good, usually the
loop method is used, where you eventually end
up back at a point you passed earlier but can
now open the door and proceed on.
Gameplay was well done, although on normal it
is doubtful that you'll ever get below 100%
health! If you like the 'run in and blast everything
away' style, then these two levels are for you.
There are mainly Soldiers and Infantry to fight,
and you'll only need to use the Dbl-Shotgun
and Machinegun, with a few grenades to take
down the Commanders. The only let-down of these
two levels was the end battle. The last thing
you end up killing is a pathetic fish (if your
nice and don't kill your friend kenny).
Otherwise an extremely fun
level set that will keep you happy for about
half an hour... and then you'll probably play
it again!
