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Level: The Sacred Temples back home search
Author(s): Dean Cuthbert
total rating:0.79 Gameplay &
Puzzles		 Enemies,
Objects &
Secrets		 Atmosphere,
Sound &
Cameras		 Lighting &
Textures
bERT 0 1 0 2
Catherin 1 2 2 2
CC 1 2 1 1
DJ Full 0 1 2 1
eTux 0 0 0 0
Gerty 0 1 1 2
Kristina 1 2 2 2
Lady Lara 0 0 0 0
Magnus 0 0 0 0
manarch2 0 2 0 0
MichaelP 0 1 0 0
Obig 0 1 0 1
Orbit Dream 1 0 1 1
RaiderGirl 1 2 1 2
Sash 0 0 1 0
Scottie 1 1 0 0
Yoav 1 1 2 3
category averages
(17 reviews)		 0.41 1.00 0.76 1.00

Reviewer's comments

"One of the worst releases out there. You start this level, activating a switch, then it's optional to kill three demigods successively (the only thing that could be called idea in this level) and hit the finish trigger more by luck than by anything else. Texturing was very bad because streched or wallpapered, there virtually was no gameplay. At least one can see the builder released better levels later." - manarch2 (20-Oct-2011)

"This level is too short to get any serious rating. It lasts for at about two minutes, including nearly no gameplay (one jump and one optional sprint) and only one puzzle (finding the jumpswitch). Texturing is correct, but lighting is awful: lots of accidentally placed dark areas in the beginning prompted me to do many circles and waste many flares in search for hidden pickups. I found nothing there, so I consider these dark places disturbing. Also, I accidentally hit finish trigger before I managed to kill the demigods so I had to start murdering them again. I think many other players suffered from this as well. I can give 1 point for sound, as it fits the situations of sprint and threat, and 1 point for atmosphere as well. SUMMARY: Even the levels based on original wads can be assigned to two groups: "well done" or "trash". This one belongs to the latter one. Not recommended." - DJ Full (05-Oct-2010)

"There is in the USA, beside the Oscars for the best films, the golden raspberry for the worst films. Maybe we should also introduce such a thing. A price of the worst level which were ever built. This level would be certainly a promising candidate. I ask myself once more what level builders imagine with such shoddy efforts, actually. Want they just to annoy us, or want they just to annoy us? And what do I make now? I think, I will remove this level as fast as possible from my hard disk" - Scottie (08-Jun-2009)

"It lasted for thirty seconds. And these weren't thirty thrilling, exciting seconds. No, these were thirty boring, why-did-I-download-this-level seconds. At the very least, you would have expected the author to think of an original name, but instead we get yet another temple. And as far as temples go, this is one of the worst." - Magnus (02-Jul-2006)

"Concerning the gameplay, you just encounter 3 demigods and that's it. The so called level has got 2 quite empty rooms but I liked the emptiness as it somehow fits. The dunes and the fountain are nice as well. Best thing: I had no probs installing it!" - Tinka (26-Oct-2005)

"Everyone has to start somewhere and I have no objection to anyone building a test level in order to get the feel of the Editor. Why they then have to release this test for public consumption is quite beyond me, as it's a waste of a player’s time." - Orbit Dream (07-Jun-2005)

“A tiny demo level. You've left I presume a pyramid after using a pull-down switch. Run outside and find a hole in the ground. Down there is a door this opens as you approach so I don't know what the switch did. And in here are three demigods around a fountain. It's easy to kill each one if you walk slowly in their direction. As the first is killed the second turns and starts shooting then the third. I believe some pc players experienced crashes entering this room but the mac was fine. Run towards the fountain and the level ends. No temples here. That's it.” – CC (13-Aug-2004)

“The kind of level that you can finish so fast. Even if you do not kill the all three demigods enough that Lara runs towards them and the level ends.” – Yoav (08-May-2004)

“This was just awful. I read bERT's review so I was afraid to shoot the demigods - instead I just moved towards the water and let the level crash. I didn't think anything could be this bad - especially that pitch black unfinished room with the hole.” – Lady Lara (28-Dec-2003)

“Well any level by an author who's name includes 'bert' can't be bad can it lol? Ok now I HAD to read the other reviewers' review for once because I thought 'this can't be all there is to it can it?'. Yes it does so it seems. Did you even HAVE to hang on that first switch who knows? Ok now the entrance from where you leave the temple (still following?) was well done there that's my good deed for today. No wait! The lighting around 'the hole' was good too! Other than that installing it takes more time than playing. And errrm better not disturb the three demi-Gods me thinks shot one of them and my Windows went blue: love it when that happens...” – bERT (22-Sep-2003)

“And what was this all about? I activated a jump switch - dropped in a hole and the level ended when approaching the fountain - even before killing any of the demigods. Now this goes below any critique - and I can't give the author any other advice than to read the manual and do the tutorial level what he obviously didn't do. If he wants to build another level I don't know if he'll do much better than this without doing the tasks I mentioned before. As much as I'd like to I can't give this level any points - I prefer any joke level to this one - at least I have an idea what I just played then.” – eTux (19-Aug-2003)

“When you look at my score for this level that’s a laugh it’s more like an egg timer for those that like their eggs runny and uncooked know I was being generous. Pull a lever go down a hole pick up a medipack meet 3 demigods run past them to end with a crash – there’s your walkthru!” – Sash (18-Aug-2003)

“I was concerned when the level crashed soon after entering a room with three demigods - I had only started the level sixty seconds before after all. After reading the other reviews I suppose that was it though. Not really a level - just someone learning how to use the editor maybe. The author has an interesting hotmail address though.” – RaiderGirl (28-Feb-2003)

“Well this level is a very short one. All I had to do is pulling a lever and killing 3 demigods below. Moving towards the fountain you get to the end of the level. There are no added sounds puzzles and the textures are boring. Maybe it will be continued.” – Obig (26-Feb-2003)

“Starting in a corridor there is only a lever to pull. Outside it is night and dark. Going down a hole in the floor there are 3 demigods waiting for you. And that is where the level ends. 21-03-2003” – Gerty (24-Feb-2003)

“8 rooms and you can actually make it easily to the ‘end’ in less than 60 seconds. It must have taken about the same amount of time to write the readme as it has to build the ‘level’. Don’t bother.” – Michael (22-Feb-2003)

“I wonder what this was all about. After flipping a jump switch and killing three demigods the level ended. Not to mention that even if you don't kill any of them you can go near the water and finish anyway. The outside and inside areas which are very few are textured with one or two tiles and you can see some blackness on the background. It can't even be called a level.” – Kristina (22-Feb-2003)
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