Quote:Take a look at the first screenshot there. Isn't that breathtaking? I only wish there was a real place just like that near me. The rock bridges, the dark sky, the rain, the mass amounts of foliage and the music. *sigh* This map is so peaceful. I'm quite familiar with Wraith's work and it surprised me that this was made by him. I'm used to all of his really, really, really shiny stuff.
DKS Forest is a lovely map with many areas for dueling and FFAing. There are pools of water surrounded by rocks and trees and open grassy areas, and rain everywhere. You can't exactly jump from each area to the next, so there are portals you can find in some places. I really like the stone textures used on and around the portals. And the grass coming up through the stones is a nice detail. There's a waterfall in one area, but you can't really get to it. It's just there as a nice little effect ... ambience, y'know? Thankfully, there are some points of interest for duels. An area with statues and a fallen tree, a platform that isn't exactly ruins, but kinda is. Does that make sense? I only wish there were more ruins in other places. The grassy fields are nice, but it gets to be a bit too repetitive after a while.
Okay, yay for good FPS! With many of Wraith's maps, I get horrible FPS, but not on this map! The only error I noticed was something about weather zones. Maybe that has something to do with the fact that it was raining under a rock. The other thing this map needs is more ambient sounds. Like, animals or wind or both or something, y'know? Even without those added things, this is a great map. No, I take that back. This is a spiffimatic map. New word brought to you by LordWraith himself. Though I've adopted that new word and it is now and forever will be ... my word. And here's an exact definition of that word from Wraith:
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Spiffimatic = having the qualities of spiffiness, or so spiffy that spiffiness is automatically a trait. ie: SAY! that cheese burger was spiffimatic, or MY GOODNESS that map pwns so much it was spiffimatic!
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So yeah, spiffimatic map, Wraith.
So sometimes mappers aren't satisfied with maps that are already great. Or, maybe I had something to do with this second version because of my comments to Wraith. I didn't mention it in the review because it didn't seem relevant. But I didn't feel there were enough points of interest in the map. It's a beautiful map, but it didn't have enough going on in the first version. Wraith has added some more "points of interest" to this map. Nothing was taken away. In fact, it still rains under the rocks. But that's okay. It's still a spiffimatic map!
Bot Support: No
New Textures: Yes
New Music: Yes
Game Types: FFA, TFFA
Description : DKS Forest FFA map (Dedicated to LadyWhisper)
Installation instructions : unzip and place the pk3 file into the 'base' folder of JA
Filesize : -
Build date : 1/24/03
Version : 1.1
Version History : 1.1
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**Extra bits included free of charge**
---Credits----------------------------------------------------------------
- Amos "Points of Interest" Magee
---Special Thanks----------------------------------------------------
- My fiance', LadyWhisper(LKSO), for giving me the inspiration for this map,
and for always being excellent to me and putting up with me mapping for long hours.
This map is a tribute to, and dedicated to her.
DKS Forest (v1.1) - User Comments
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Total comments: 14 | Last comment: 08-22-2010 at 16:43
#1 - Sweet Map! - 04-15-2004 at 09:18
DJ_Zephyr From: (New Port Richey, Florida) Joined: November 24th, 2003 Posts: 119
Wish the FJO would make a map like this! Very fun, if not a bit tricky to navigate at times. Needs some buildings, though, and maybe some seats!
this is the map used in inyri's medevil mod trailer isnt it?
-rebornintheglory
(btw its a very GOOD map )
#3 - 11-25-2005 at 10:38
DarthLukas From: (Berlin) Joined: January 11th, 2005 Posts: 190
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#4 - 04-02-2006 at 09:22
Xdraggy From: (Almere Buiten) Joined: March 22nd, 2006 Posts: 40
Nice Map i like those floating islands
#5 - Cool - 06-28-2006 at 09:58
Stormnoober From: Joined: March 14th, 2006 Posts: 23
Cool Map dude. Wasn't this where the Rox Rancor movie was shot?
#6 - VERY GOOD!!! - 10-09-2006 at 13:21
Steve34 From: (Italy) Joined: September 16th, 2006 Posts: 157
This is exactly the map I was looking for from many time...thx a lot!
#7 - 10-08-2007 at 17:41
Frogzilla From: (California) Joined: September 6th, 2005 Posts: 671
"THIS LEVEL IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY
LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY. ELEMENTS TM & (C)
LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, THE EASTER BUNNY, SATAN,
SANTA CLAUS, THE POPE, THE GREAT PUMPKIN, OR ANY OTHER SMALL
FURRY AND REASONABLY VIOLENT SMALL ANIMALS"
Erm...I can't remember...will have to open my dusty old hdd and look. :-)
didn't realize ppl were still playing this game.
Sorry about the bot support....this is from way back.
#12 - MY FAV MAP - 08-21-2009 at 02:27
Spior From: (Burgas) Joined: May 31st, 2009 Posts: 340
Masupups From: (Melrose, MA) Joined: August 21st, 2010 Posts: 2
^My favorite description.^
We needed a good forest map. WHOO-HOO!
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But that's okay. It's still a spiffimatic map! 
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