/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4247520
How recent are you thinking of? Anything from 2012 onward's gonna be newschool SP Quake, which takes a lot from older maps/packs while modernizing. Just looking at my current folder:

•Terracity (rare map built for co-op but great for 1P)
•Beyond Belief (Quake's classic fan episode, 1997)
•Something Wicked This Way Comes (ludicrous scale and Gothic fantasy theme, also hard)
•Quoth maps (proto-AD of sorts, expect better base enemies vs. regular Quake)
•Rubicon 2 or Rumble Pack (dirty Wolfenstein-ish techbases with intricate layouts and secrets)
•Insomnia (three large and very replayable maps which polished turn-of-the-millennium Quake mapping)
•Marcher Fortress (Quake III-style castle with more horde combat and wide spaces, climactic finale)
•Fallen from Grace (tight intro to modern Quake map polish with stained-glass theme)
•Episode 5: Dimension of the Past (20th-anniversary ep by a former Quake mapper turned MachineGames co-founder)

In general, you should get the Retro Jam packs and Func Map Jams as well, since those are easier to get into if you want a sampler of custom Quake themes and styles. They've got a lot more polish than older maps for sure.

Looking at other early to late maps I feel like recommending:

•Death's Taste (very solid wizard-style map from 1997)
•IKSPQ 2 through 5 (Iikka's Quake maps which play well and established new texture sets)
•Myworld is Yourworld (truly strange and unique map for its time)
•Penumbra of Domination (epitome of 1997 mini-episode design)
•Zerstorer (play this just for the map called True Love Waits)
•Death's Dominion (most notable 1998 episode for quality and ideas)
•Ambush Keen Pilgrims (early rounded architecture with good flow)
•Contract Revoked (start of the Fodrian theme expanded in Quoth, led to worthwhile sequel maps)
•czgtoxic (My favorite 100-brush map yet)
•The Emptiness Without (Weirdest void map IMO)
•Dawn of Eternity (Crazy molten hellscape with quite an ending)

These should all be on Quaddicted.