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Quake goes Brutalist in a new map pack that’s all about concreteMappers have poured 35 striking concrete murderzones

Mappers have poured 35 striking concrete murderzones

Otherworldly concrete towers in the Quake Brutalist Jam map pack.

An exciting new fan-madeQuakesingleplayer map pack explores the Internet’s favourite architectural style, Brutalism. 35 maps offer all sorts of concrete hells, ranging from housing estates and Control-esque facilities to otherworldly ritual spaces and straight-up murderholes. Having spent much of my early thirties skulking around the Barbican, I really enjoyed this variety of Brutalist experiences. And the monstermurder. The monstermurder’s fun, too. Here, come admire how pretty the hub level is.

Entering concrete hell with Quake’s Brutalist Jam map packWatch on YouTube

Entering concrete hell with Quake’s Brutalist Jam map pack

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I really, really like that hub level. The shapes! The ominous blocks for selecting difficulty level! The cross-crossing! The effigies of benches and bins! The secret playground buried in the depths! What a perfectly unsettling opening.

It’s a good map pack to walk through different takes on the complicated legacy of Brutalism (a lot of which is, y’know, that it looks cool). Also, the murder is fun, and it’s often pretty.

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An otherworldly concrete space in the Quake Brutalist Jam map pack.

An otherworldly concrete space in the Quake Brutalist Jam map pack.

An otherworldly concrete space in the Quake Brutalist Jam map pack.

An otherworldly concrete space in the Quake Brutalist Jam map pack.

An otherworldly concrete space in the Quake Brutalist Jam map pack.

An otherworldly concrete space in the Quake Brutalist Jam map pack.

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I really like modern Quake maps formed from those same old angular Quake building blocks but using modern processing power to show many, many more of them. Giant constructions and dizzying vistas that would’ve melted a Pentium 90. Perfect for Brutalism, too.

Download and credits arethis-a-way. The pack is made to play inQuakespasm, a community-updated version of the Quake engine. I don’t know if it works with Bethesda’s fancy modern Steam version of Quake (which they’re still updating, recentlyadding Threewave CTF); I used Quakespasm. It also incorporatesCopper, a mod which polishes Quake with some small tweaks and bug fixes.

Disclosure: Robert Yang, whohas written for RPSabout Quake and level design, has a map in this pack.