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Quake goes Brutalist again in another free map pack celebrating concreteYou have to see this stunning hub level
You have to see this stunning hub level
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Quake Brutalist Jam 2 team
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Quake Brutalist Jam 2 team
Commencing concreted violence in Quake’s Brutalist Jam 2 map packPoking around the stunning hub level, trying very hard not to accidentally reveal any of the secrets I’ve found, before commencing a bit of violenceWatch on YouTube
Commencing concreted violence in Quake’s Brutalist Jam 2 map pack
31 mappers contributed to the Quake Brutalist Jam 2 map pack, making their concrete hells over three-and-a-half weeks. For some folks, this was their first map. Others are clearly grizzled veterans. I’m glad to see people still getting into Quake mapping in the year 2023, and the chunky, towering, often-repeating architecture of Brutalism seems a great style to start working with.
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Quake Brutalist Jam 2 team
As with the first pack, I enjoyed seeing the different ways people worked with the theme. A few classic Brutalist cityscapes, including one estate with concrete cat sculptures. A good number of unsettling towering unreal spaces cast in mundane concrete. One world tree whose spiky concrete twigs reminded me more ofthe iconic warning landscape for long-term nuclear waste storage. One map ends in an Action Quake 2 joke, which did make me laugh. A low-gravity space installation. Giant industrial facilties. A map from the original Quake campaign stretched upwards and repoured with concrete. Concrete contrasting with meat. Great times.
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Quake Brutalist Jam 2 team
I really enjoyed poking around and seeing the full range of concrete creations. I think maybe I prefer the first pack but this was fun to explore too, and I recognise that my preference might partially be down to novelty. And I do really appreciate that this time, the hub tracks which levels you have already completed. As you finish maps, their glowing white portal in the door room will go dark. Very handy.
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Quake Brutalist Jam 2 team
You can download the Quake Brutalist Jam 2 map packfrom Slipseerand will need to use an updated Quake engine like the steadfastQuakespasm. The map pack also includes Copper, a nice little mod which tweaks and rebalances Quake in tiny little ways.
For more free Brutalist fun, do also check outdelightful first-person explorer Babbdi. See if you can escape a grim city while playing with tools including climbing axes, a motorbike, and a tootable trumpet.
