Deaths Cold Touch is a small
cold metal map, especially good considering
it is Darren's first released level. Using only
the ID textures, Darren does well to create
the classic metal map, with lava, skull trimming
and white lights. Design was often good, although
there were a couple of areas that could have
done with more details. There was one particularly
impressive room where the walls are lined with
small buttresses and with more work could have
been very good. If Darren had carried on this
style throughout the level it would have been
greatly improved upon. However, there is still
enough eye candy and details to keep you happy.
Gameplay was tough at times. Although there
are only around 50 enemies, many of them Vores
and Fiend. A shortage of ammunition doesn't
help, but once you get the rl it can take care
of everything in your path. But with very little
health and ammunition it meant you almost didn't
have any choice which weapon to use on the enemies
so it made it quite challenging. The ending
was good too - as long as you walk far enough
forwards to get caught by the wind and thrown
into the nest of enemies. I ended up picking
off half of them with grenades before this happened
which made it too easy.
Overall another short but enjoyable
level, and by the looks of this debut release
Darren's future levels could be very good.
