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When I was a kid, I used to boot-up multiplayer maps in games like Counter-Strike and Unreal Tournament and wander around them alone. I loved exploring the design of spaces like Facing Worlds and de_dust2, but was less enthused by the other people <\/em>trying to kill me in them. I like my FPS enemies to be distinctly non-human, able to blast me into a quivering chunk of meat, but unable to call me “n00b” afterwards.<\/p>\n

So it was with considerable joy that I learned about the Remix Jam<\/a> map pack. It's the result of a recent level design jam, whereby Quake<\/a> mappers have taken iconic multiplayer maps, and redesigned them to work as single-player levels. The result is a 30-map Quake episode that takes you on a whistle-stop tour of multiplayer shooter history, with dozens of enemies to blast along the way.<\/p>\n

I had a little poke around the map pack's innards this morning, and it's a surprisingly comprehensive experience. The map has its own Quake-style hub level that lets you jump through a slipgate to any of the available maps. I picked one at random and found myself crawling through the vents of GoldenEye's classic Facility level, but with the guards and scientists replaced by Quake Enforcers. Other maps I recognised included a Death Knight filled de_dust2, and Unreal Tournament's Facing Worlds, reworked with a squirrelly theme. I was impressed by how well the latter functioned as a single-player map despite its geometric simplicity, with canny enemy placement keeping the action consistent.<\/p>\n

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Indeed, the whole mod works weirdly well as a coherent Quake episode. This is partly due to Quake's own amorphous, dimension-hopping stylings, which can be stretched quite far before it breaks. But there were several maps I didn't immediately recognise that felt right at home in Quake, such was their theme, pacing and progression. A few stick out like freshly bloodied stumps, such as a map that dropped me into the lower decks of a pirate ship. But these are fun for their novelty value, and still work as FPS levels even if they don't feel very Quake.<\/p>\n

You can download the map pack here<\/a>. Running it is as simple as putting the folder in your Quake directory, then running it by booting up Quake and entering “game [folder name]” in the console. If you're using Nightdive's remastered version of Quake, you'll need to put the map pack in the “rerelease” folder inside your Quake directory for it to work.<\/p>\n

If thirty new, Quake-ified maps isn't enough for classic FPS action for you, well, we might not have to wait much longer for a whole new entry in the series. There are rumours that a new Quake game is in the works, lent credence by cryptic clues<\/a> in Machine Games' recent Indiana Jones trailer.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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When I was a kid, I used to boot-up multiplayer maps in games like Counter-Strike and Unreal Tournament and wander around them alone. I loved exploring the design of spaces like Facing Worlds and de_dust2, but was less enthused by the other people trying to kill me in them. I like my FPS enemies to be distinctly non-human, able to blast me into a quivering chunk of meat, but unable to call me “n00b” afterwards. So it was with considerable joy that I learned about the Remix Jam map pack. It's the result of a recent level design jam, whereby Quake mappers have taken iconic multiplayer maps, and redesigned them to work as single-player levels. The result is a 30-map Quake episode that takes you…<\/p>\n

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