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Soaring 3 miles above Earth's surface, Icarus Plaza was designed to be the ultimate residential precinct. But like its namesake, ambition for the project exceeded caution. Even before the project was completed, significant structural flaws were detected and the buildings were abandoned.
UT2004 map description
Screenshot of Icarus Plaza
Full title Icarus Plaza
Author(s) Chris 'Plutonic' Blundell
Players 6-10
Music KR-City
Game UT2004
Gametype Onslaught

Map description

The map takes place atop of several towers linked by way of roads, with the exception of two standalone towers near each team's bases. The bases are located at the North (blue) and South (red) towers. Left of the Blue tower, there's the Blue Leviathan tower, which isn't connected to the rest of the map, except by way of a jumppad and a teleporter going from this tower to near the Blue base. The Red Leviathan tower is similar to the Blue Leviathan, except that obviously is located at the right of the Red base, and the respective tele and jumppad gets the user to near the Red base. The titular tower spans through four of them, holding the nodes, and a lot of the vehicles and strategic positions.

There are six nodes in the map:

  1. West Tower, placed atop the, well, West Tower of the central area.
  2. East Tower, placed atop the tower in front of the above.
  3. Blue Prime, located south of the blue base at the north central tower.
  4. Red Prime, located north of the red base at the south central tower.
  5. Red Leviathan, located in the tower at the northeast of the Red base.
  6. Blue Leviathan, located in the tower at the southwest of the Blue base.

Link setups

  • Default: Blue Base connected to Blue Prime. Blue Prime connected to Blue Leviathan, West Tower and East Tower. West Tower connected to Blue Prime and Red Prime. Same with East Tower. Red Prime connected to West Tower, East Tower and Red Leviathan. Red Base connected to Red Prime.
  • Default+Leviathan2Core: Same as above, plus Red Base connected to Red Leviathan, and Blue Base connected to Blue Leviathan.

Weapons & Pickups

Weapons

Weapon Count Ammo Weapon Location Ammo Location
Mine Layer 2 - 1x Locker at West Tower. 1x Locker at East Tower. -
Shock Rifle 12 4 2x Locker at Blue Base. 2x Locker at Red Base. 1x Locker at Red Leviathan. 1x Locker at Blue Leviathan. 1x Locker at Blue Prime. 1x Locker at Red Prime. 2x Locker at West Tower. 2x Locker at East Tower. 2x upper ledge of Blue Base. 2x upper ledge of Red Base.
Link Gun 10 - 2x Locker at Blue Base. 2x Locker at Red Base. 1x Locker at Red Leviathan. 1x Locker at Blue Leviathan. 1x Locker at Blue Prime. 1x Locker at Red Prime. 1x Locker at West Tower. 1x Locker at East Tower. -
Minigun 7 2 1x East Tower, lower floor, near south ramp entrance. 2x Locker at Blue Base. 2x Locker at Red Base. 1x Locker at West Tower. 1x Locker at East Tower. 2x near East Tower weapon.
Flak Cannon 5 6 1x Blue Base, second floor, near entrance. 1x East Tower, lower floor, near north ramp entrance. 1x Red Base, second floor, near entrance. 1x Locker at Blue Prime. 1x Locker at Red Prime. 2x near Blue Base weapon. 2x near East Tower weapon. 2x near Red Base weapon.
Grenade Launcher 2 4 1x North Tower, corner uniting the higher and next-to-higher levels. 1x South Tower, corner uniting the higher and next-to-higher levels. 2x near the North Tower weapon. 2x near the South Tower weapon.
Rocket Launcher 6 4 1x North Tower, top of the road uniting higher level with lower. 1x South Tower, top of the road uniting higher level with lower. 1x Locker at Blue Prime. 1x Locker at Red Prime. 2x Locker at West Tower. 2x near the North Tower weapon. 2x near the South Tower weapon.
AVRiL 8 4 1x Blue Base, southwest ledge. 1x Red Base, northeast ledge. 1x Locker at Blue Prime. 1x Locker at Red Prime. 2x Locker at West Tower. 2x Locker at East Tower. 2x near the Blue Base weapon. 2x near the Red Base weapon.
Lightning Gun 4 - 1x Locker at Blue Base. 1x Locker at Red Base. 1x Locker at West Tower. 1x Locker at East Tower. -
Target Painter 1 - In the lowest point of the central area, in a ledge uniting the two side towers. -

Pickups

Pickup Count Location
Health Vial 20 6x East Tower, lower chamber. 6x West Tower, lower chamber. 4x near Blue Prime, in a ledge above the lower entrance to central area. 4x near Red Prime, in a ledge above the lower entrance to central area.
Health Pack 24 3x Blue Base (2x lower floor near ramp entrance, 1x third floor above entrance to base), 3x Red Base (2x lower floor near ramp entrance, 1x third floor above entrance to base), 2x Red Leviathan Tower (lower floor), 2x Blue Leviathan (lower floor), 1x ledge near north entrance to Blue Prime, 1x ledge near south entrance to Red Prime, 1x near Blue Prime (higher level), 1x near Red Prime (higher level), 2x near tunnel to Blue Prime, central area. 2x near tunnel to Red Prime, central area. 2x near West Tower node. 2x West Tower, second floor, north corner. 2x East Tower, second floor, near the turret.
Big Keg O' Health 2 1x near West Tower, near Hellbender. 1x near East Tower, near the Node.
Shield 6 1x Blue Base, second floor. 1x Red Base, second floor. 1x east entrance to Blue Prime. 1x west entrance to Red Prime. 1x East Tower, near the Scorpion. 1x West Tower, near the Turret.
Double Damage 2 1x near Blue Prime, above a tall pillar. 1x near Red Prime, above a tall pillar.

Vehicles

Pickup Count Location
Energy Turret 14 1x East Tower, east corner. 1x East Tower, ledge over Central area. 1x West Tower, above the West Tower node. 1x West Tower, second floor, looking at Central area. 1x near Blue Base in a ledge near the entrance. 1x near Red Base in a ledge near the entrance. 2x Blue Base. 2x Red Base. 1x Blue Leviathan, higher floor. 1x Red Leviathan, higher floor. 1x Blue Prime, ledge above tunnel entrance. 1x Red Prime, ledge above tunnel entrance.
Goliath 4 1x Blue Prime, near the node. 1x Red Prime, near the node. 1x Blue Base. 1x Red Base.
Hellbender 4 1x Blue Prime, higher floor. 1x Red Prime, higher floor. 1x West Tower, near the Node. 1x East Tower, below the platform.
Leviathan 2 1x Blue Leviathan tower, lower floor. 1x Red Leviathan tower, lower floor.
Manta 6 1x northwest of the Blue Base. 1x north of the Blue Prime. 1x West Tower, third floor. 1x East Tower, lower floor. 1x south of the Red Prime. 1x southeast of the Red Base.
Raptor 6 1x Blue Base, third floor. 1x Red Base, third floor. 1x Blue Leviathan tower, higher floor. 1x Red Leviathan tower, higher floor. 1x West Tower, west corner, second-to-third floor ramp. 1x East Tower, east corner, second-to-third floor platform.
Scorpion 6 1x West Tower, south pillar. 1x West Tower, north pillar. 1x Blue Base, near the Core. 1x Red Base, near the Core. 1x East Tower, second floor south. 1x East Tower, second floor north.

Tips & tricks

Link setup-specific strategy

  • Default: Suffers the dreaded Enemy Prime Stalemate Syndrome.
  • Default+Leviathan2Core: With another route to the Core, it's possible to retaliate, except that the Prime nodes become the bottlenecks of the map.

Trivia

  • The map was slated to be shipped with the game, however time constraints prevented it from doing so. This didn't stopped the map to be released as a standalone bonus map, even granting it the first UT2004 Ownage award by CliffyB.
This is a stunning map that didn't make it in time for ship. However, since we had a couple of weeks from when the game was handed off we were able to take a bit more time to polish it up and have it ready day 1 for the very first ut2004 OWNAGE map! Icarus is a Morpheus style "fight 3 miles up" style of level. It features wheeled vehicles jumping from building to building, Raptors flying through interior halls, and a pair of very angry trapped Leviathans. Download this map now and add it to your rotation!
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