You can die too easily in the beginning, but the map is quite good after all.

@Argotitan: Items will not have an impact on the storyline unless you find them all (4 relics and 3 or 4 gems of both type).
*Spoiler* You can enter the second secret dungeon once you found the key in the second dungeon, then going back to the entrance. Instead of being brought back to the outside world, you'll enter the secret area. I think one of the relic is in it.

Also, the ??? are always in dead ends, there's no point in "humping" everything.

God knows where that second secret dungeon is too. It's rather disappointing that the Icon of Lumina can't be used to break into the castle or that the Shield of Korozan can't be used to avoid being extracted.

Alright, I give up. One of the empty dead ends seemed rather odd despite no actual item being there, so I moved the menu just in case an ??? would get activated. Sure enough, one did, but the item it activated was just a regular gem, not the Balthazar relic.

Graphics are nice, but I can't give this anymore than a 4.5, maybe a 5 on a good day. Hidden treasures with no clues are not fun to search for. That's work, and games are meant to escape from work. Being locked into telling the cohort your true identity is not fun either. It railroads the story into doom rather than giving the player the obvious option of being prudent with information.

OK, found the icon of lumina, but still no help.

One more thing. The game uses the old hump system from back around FF7. Move your menu (shuttle) to interact with objects (green and yellow).

Also, meatwad seems to have explained the thing about ??? items. I guess you have to go back and hump EVERYTHING to find the secret relics required for the alternative ending after activating the ??? items.

About that door, there's a key earlier in the dungeon. Don't proceed to the point where there's a crystal and no way back unless you've gotten it.

Also, I've gotten the Shield of Korozan, but it doesn't seem helpful in the battle either to win or pursue the alternative ending. Before the battle there also doesn't seem a way to prevent... the naive person from behaving naively, whoever you want to call actually naive.

Dunno what the ??? items do either. Found two of them.

Ah, that's nice to know, Chia. Thanks for the information.

Ah, that's nice to know, Chia. Thanks for the information.

was cool, but I got stuck at a door that was locked, and there was no portal to go back. so never got past that

Thanks for taking the time to comment and review. It's greatly appreciated. Unfortunately, I haven't mapped in a little while and I don't plan on coming back to SC1 mapping in the near future. If there is a sequel, it would probably be on SC2.

This needs a sequel!
Getting the alternative ending makes me want a sequel now.

Great map. Talented map-editor.

Talented map maker right here
Good job, needs a better ending