Pak Attack: Xmas Jam 2017 [BQTN E163 | PC w/ Quakespasm]
0It's finally happening: I'm playing some of the holiday jams, largely spurred on by Strideh's incredibly strong showing in the 2022 brutalist jam (his only previous contributions have been to 2 xmas jams and 1 halloween jam), and by the imminent release of the Twisted Christmas jam in December.
I originally skipped over the holiday jams, largely because I suspected they would be a mixed bag at best. That certainly was the case here, but there are still easily a few standouts. I also haven't played too many 1024^3 limit maps, and the presence of that limit felt pretty tangible in some of these maps.
Table of Contents:
00:00 - Intro
05:20 - To Absent Fiends by FifthElephant
17:18 - A Warm Welcome Home by Bal (with follow-up secret hunting at 3:15:03)
51:44 - Pale Signs of Doom by Breezeep
1:07:15 - Remains in a Manger by dumptruck_ds
1:26:22 - Winter of the Ice Queen by Redfield
1:43:53 - Etemenanki by Ionous
2:04:35 - The Drowning a City Fell Victim To by Mukor
2:19:10 - Untitled by Naitelveni
2:25:40 - Wat mutt, dat mutt by negke
2:37:32 - The Pillar by Pritchard
2:58:17 - Mae'hu Maechrimma by ItEndsWithTens
Standouts:
A Warm Welcome Home does a lot with the limited space it works within, and has some all-too-well-hidden secrets. I came back to find the rest in order to uncover the super-secret "reward" that chat alluded to, which is one of the most holiday-themed features of the entire pak in an otherwise not-particularly-holiday-themed map.
Winter of the Ice Queen is arguably one of the more on-theme maps, at least in a seasonal sense. It's fairly short, but it's got some cool and unique visuals, and you can't knock a map that lets you help build a snowman (complete with sound effect).
The Pillar has really neat aesthetics (vaguely reminding me of Pritchard's Func Map Jam 8 map), and once again provides a seasonally-appropriate winter backdrop. I wasn't necessarily a fan of the one-way nature of the level's elevator, and had a rather unfortunate experience on my first attempt when I completely overlooked the SSG and was immediately doomed to failure upon my first descent.
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