Ugly, similar and boring maps?

Post » Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:27 am

Hey,

Don't know about you guys but I hate half the maps on this game.

Liberty Island, Evac Zone and Statue are all practically the same and all are different shades of grey and blue. Drab and dreary. Parking lot and Wall Street are also plain awful.

I would give you a breakdown as to why I dislike the first three I mentioned but I honestly cannot mentally visualize what each looks like to draw comparisons (I'm not being sarcastic when I'm say this). Perhaps I need to walk around the maps in a private match to see if there are differences, however I would probably have all my skills, weapons, rank etc reset.

Parking Lot is just two boring grey and blue open areas with a choke point at some stairs in the central building, completely uninspiring. Wall Street is an even bigger open area with a building in the middle. I hate these two maps with a passion that it hurts (whenever I see them on the map rotation) especially on instant action because for every 1-2 kills you get you get shot in the back. Completely flat, and gameplay boils down to who see who first. What makes these two low-res maps even worse is that due to their colours pixelated stealth people are extremely easy to spot, alot easier than any other map.

I do like however, Pier 17, Skyline, Terminal, Sanctuary, City Hall, Downed Bird and Lighthouse. They are full of varied, vibrant high-res colours, BEAUTIFUL and complex terrain and verticality, with little details that make you feel as though it was a real enviroment. I would love to see those locations in NY if I get the chance to go there. It's as though these maps were made by a completely different company.

I'm looking forward to a new map pack already, I just hope there not going to be all grey and blue with flat terrains. I don't know what possessed them to make all the night time maps so uninteresting.
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saharen beauty
 
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Post » Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:38 am

i personally thought they were all original. the only one i didn't like was down bird.. that was such a huge map for 6v6... :( but i love most of them

my only problem with the game so far is the FKING connection issues.... but other than that i luv it. :D
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Post » Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:25 am

so far i have to say i enjoy all the maps they all seem to have one thing that makes them stand out for whatever reason. maybe they will add a content patch one day to up the teams from just 6 v6 that would be nice
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Post » Fri Jun 11, 2010 4:21 am

Maps are insanely detailed so perhaps you should walk around in private and look closer. Evac and Statue is one map broken into two when not used for objective games so that why they look/feel the same. All maps have different feels and play methods for me so I like them all. My favorite being Skyline because I feel it has the best gameplay for this style of game. Multiple routes, elevation changes, great flow are the characteristics of great maps and all of them have it in different ways.
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Matt Terry
 
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Post » Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:25 pm

Lol Parking Deck is boring? sorry GTFO
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Post » Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:54 am

I like all except the statue, evac zone, liberty island, it kinda same looking!

Details are off the hook, very impressed! They are quite balanced when it comes firefight!
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Post » Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:08 pm

Lol Parking Deck is boring? sorry GTFO

"I" find it boring.. because I don't link hovering round stairs all game because my team and theirs like running to that choke point.

So I don't need to GTFO it's a personal opinion and I'm not suggesting that it should be altered or removed that would be absurd, just putting my thoughts out there. If you like it then just say it, no need to implicitly accuse people of having wrong views. I don't like the night time maps and explained my reasons. Evaz Zone, Statue and Liberty Island are ok but I cannot tell the difference. I think Liberty Islands has more buildings, I think.
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Post » Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:46 am

Skyline is my favorite map, Good flow, visually pleasing.
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Post » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:26 am

I love skyline and pier 17 so much. They are the ultimate mix of outdoor and indoor and the destruction areas are immense. I hate the map with that lighthouse on it. It has nothing of interest on it and is just a big open space. I haven't played the parking lot one yet or crash site cos people vote them off and I can't get the achievement!!!!
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Post » Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:07 am

I found the map design to be amazing. The amount of design put into every level, all the ways to move around, all the stuff in the levels, it's all pretty impressive by console standards. To me anyways. I love every map, except for terminal, b/c it plays ALLL THE TIME!
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Post » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:49 am

Hmm I tend to be a stealth guy and struggle mostly on the night time maps. At first I thought it was just parking lot but now I realise its all night ones. Is that because I use stealth and its more visible at night? I never seem to be able to see anyone in stealth more clearly? In fact I struggle seeing them at all most of the time!

I don't get the lighthouse hate, I think its a brilliant map. Always enjoy outflanking the snipers at either end. Brilliant fun, and the action in the middle amongst the ruins can be intense.

Skyline, Pier 17, Lighthouse and City Hall are my favourite maps.
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Post » Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:29 am

Similar? Yes. Ugly? Far from it. Only map I really dislike is Light House.
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