xD... did you mean awful or awesome?
I'd go for the latter. Looks very nice ... the textures are great!
The cave textures aren't perfect though, I agree.
Also, the rocks look a bit too "edgy"... Building a level with blocks is very hard, I guess, and making realistic rocks with blocks...
But it's way better than I could ever have done!

It's awesome man , great work. Dont really mind the minor imperfections , when was the last time you played a perfect game ?

well the cave it self is pretty simple! there is a nice tool called Terrain Generator (take a Google-Search). With this tool, you can create great caves and export them to *.map and import into WED! Theres also a tutorial for half-life. it works very well with WED.

For some pretty good Dungeon levels to look off of, look and see if you can find any Legendary Sword levels anywhere. That was a great looking 3DGS game that had a great shot, and a great demo - but didn't ever finish.

If you want to look off something though that would be a great example.

I like the last screens - this looks really kinda cool.

You should change the wooden floor ont he first screens, though, it looks weird.
About your particle problem: If you exceed the default particle limit you should really think about a rework of the particle action and use wayyy less particles per torch.
Particles can be a real framerate kilelr on slower pcs when used too heavily.

Hey Locutus_of_Borg email me again I lost your address....

I've send you a mail.

Siehste die Kanten, wo die Blöcke net ganz drauf sind? Da musste mitm Vertex nochmal dran...

Aber sonst sieht es schon gut aus !

cYa Sebastian