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Author’s Note:
“This is a very short one episode, inspired by a nightmare I was once told about. You may or may not find it slightly disturbing. Hint: after the climactic point of the episode, it is possible to escape…”
Basic Details
- Title: The Cupboard of Doom
- File Name: doomcupboard11.zip
- Size : 449Kb
- Author: Francois “Venomus” Barnes
- Date Released: 06 September 2001
- Download: PlanetPhillip Filecloud Server
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i beat it nice map
Short, but very enigmatic and strange…
Indeed, and you can never run fast enough either =p
Not my type of game, that’s if you can call it a game, I am tempted to call it pointless rubbish but that’s a bit hard, just pointless will do because I could not find any point to it.
I really don’t know about this one. On one hand, there’s zero combat and zero replayability, but on the other, it’s surreal and kind of creepy without any uses of cheap jump scares whatsoever. It makes me wonder: what IS that thing in the cupboard?
Let’s face it, HLSP maps are difficult to pull off well. Blending story, level design, gameplay, etc, into a well-concocted mix eludes all but the most accomplished mappers, it seems. So it’s no surprise when aspiring mappers skip that part and just decide to focus on something so simple and basic that averts the formula everyone is normally accustomed to. Enter The Cupboard of Doom, exit normal HLSP.
In place of a story is just a basic premise that bodes well for such a simple map – a virtual nightmare of sorts. Based on the design goal and this premise, gameplay is straightforward – simply to survive the traps, the small snark-like enemies, and hopefully the “nightmare.”
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Notes
This review is republished here by permission and was originally published Sunday, 14th October, 2001 by Calyst.