Forged 3 way!

Um whats with the name?
Id take your GT out if I were u. the file says its made by you.
The name looks crappy with a GT like that in it (no offence)

 

Really relevant Anyways, your picture "bang and then splash" reminds me a lot like Damnation. This map looks really random though, I can't quite wrap my head around the layout, even though you posted a forge monitor view.

 

This map looks pretty good for a BTB but it needs a lot more cover on the second floor. You probably don't have any money left but if you do I would definitely add some cover.

EDIT: I have know idea how that video relates to this but whatever.

 

"perfect map, 8.5 out of 10." Wouldn't a PERFECT map be a 10? Either way there is a serious lack of cover. And some of those lines of sight are pretty long. Also it seems as though you used a lot a bridges, which limit directional movement. And in the second picture those inclines are really long and really exposed. I would think twice when choosing whether to go up or not, and so would most players. The layout also seems very flat. The main level is pretty much just a bunch of 4x4's layed out next to each other. And finally, the comments you posted are from people I doubt anyone on forgehub knows. They're most likely the average everyday players. What they like is getting a power weapon and getting to dominate their opponent. What you really have to look at is balance and fairness for every player. If you got your hands on a sniper it would be like one player is god and the others just suffer. A sword or hammer would be almost useless on such an open map. Nice attempt but there are other maps that would be more suitable for online play.

 

I don't really understand the layout of this map. It seems way too vertical to have any decent gameplay. I understand you took ideas from Spire, Damnation, and Constrruct but I'm not too sure why you took the parts of those maps. It doesn't flow very well and I predict there is a LOT of camping in the spire......I don't get it

 

epic vid!

 

I love you for that video

 

Sigh. This makes me want to facepalm. So from the overview, it seems like it'd be a BTB map. Kind of open, maybe there's some vehicles. That'd make sense. Oh, there's no vehicles. Why is it open then? What is up with that Spire? Something that campable should only have been even considered for an asymmetrical objective type, but it'd still need work. Oh, a hammer. That won't do anything.

And that was my thought process while going through this map. For a no vehicles BTB map, this is WAY too open. Also, stop using prefab pieces as prefab pieces. I saw no aesthetic creativity in this. You used 5v5s for the entire floor, threw down some bridges for a "second" floor, and used coli walls as walls. The map was kind of ugly, and it didn't have anything that made it stand out. Since you're new, I'm going to assume that you haven't looked around the site too much. Look at some of the other forgers, see how they build their maps, and try to find your own creative spark. Also, I will never take advice from somebody called "sackofdeadbabyz".

 

Not true. The pictures mean a lot more than you must think if you're saying they're nothing. The images are generally the reason people download a map. It's what you use to advertise your map, and when the screen shots suck and or show poor quality forging, you're underselling yourself and your abilities. In my opinion, I feel these maps aren't worth even looking at in forge mode, let alone playing. From the pictures you posted, your attitude, and even your grammar, I lack the urge to test it out. Though these assumptions on your maps may not be fair, this is what I've gathered over the last two pages. It looks incredibly open, and in all honesty, poorly forged with lacking creativity. It appears to me that you're a new forger, and you probably should have taken a good look at where you're posting your maps and the standards you should try to meet. Though I said it doesn't seem remotely worth looking at, I decided I couldn't write even a small review without doing so. After seeing what you've made, I can only feel like my previous opinion was correct; poorly forged.

So to hide my walls of text, I'll put this in spoilers. Tips and things that should always be kept in mind when forging will be in bold font.

Metropolis;

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Everything from the weapon/vehicle placement down to the spawns is wrong. There are hardly any re-spawn points, and of what few you have, they are poorly placed and grouped together in a bad fashion. They're too close to the initial spawns which makes it extremely easy to spawn trap, which generally wouldn't be a problem, but seeing how you have none anywhere else, it becomes a huge game play factor.
Weapons should be laid out in convenient, strategic, and game enhancing places around the map, not bundled together like an armory. In aesthetic maps, this might be okay, but since you posted this under competitive, you're expecting people to play with weapons from only one area of the map. This can lead to high traffic in that area and bad game play. Not to mention 2/3 of the weapons you have in that one little corner are considered power weapons (depending on how you view the concussion rifle).
Now to the vehicles. For this small, enclosed, and flat space, there are way too many. Two of them being way overpowered. A scorpion and a wraith? There's no way that would ever work on a map so small and unbalanced, let alone so close together.
The blocks you placed in front of blue spawn are just downright irritating. It's obvious you know of coordinate snapping, but are unaware of fine-tuning. TIP: Hold down on the crouch stick when raising/lowering/moving objects. You will see the objects move significantly less than when you move them without the crouch stick. This technique is useful when putting objects on the same coordinate plane to prevent z fighting. It also makes it so you can adjust bumps in flooring between pieces and whatnot.
The random, or seemingly random pattern you have as the blocks for the wall just makes the map look messy and unprofessional. You also have no kill barriers. HLG kids eat that sort of stuff up.
The other half of the map almost has no purpose. Too open. I've got more to criticize but no energy to do so for this one in particular.
Okay attempt at aesthetics.

Labyrinth;

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Okay, for starters, this name does not fit whatsoever. You yourself even pointed this out, and that whole "I have no choice" thing is nonsense from what I can see. This map is incredibly open as well and lacks any real interesting design. Some of your pieces are incredibly off center which makes me wonder if you really got a good look at your map for yourself. The lift is extremely ghetto. It isn't really even a lift... you might as well have made it a teleporter by itself and saved some money by not including the lift. Your spawning does not appear to have improved very much on this map. They're incredibly random and it seems like you hardly put any thought into them at all (which is hilarious coming from me). The weapons are again, quite ridiculously placed. Sticky grenades on top of spikers? Facepalm indeed, S0uthernNumber1. Even your health pack placement is thoughtless. I can walk from one to the other in an instant. When you fall off the top level, you're pretty much screwed. It doesn't matter if there's a floor down there... the fall kills you.

London:Subway;

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Instantly disoriented. The FX are overwhelming, and no, not in a good way. The spawns are still below average standards, and the centerpiece in the main courtyard is anything but centered. You attempted the same off-patterned block technique as Metropolis for the courtyard wall, and it again, isn't working.
The stairs are awfully ghetto. There are ways to make stairs (that I don't feel like explaining...) look and work much better than what you have here. Nice novice attempt, however. Better than my first staircase. Most of the room after that is plain and empty aside from the train and the uh... security room? The train is probably the most aesthetically pleasing thing you've made so far, and it was particularly amusing to see that you even included seats. But the weapon placement killed my amusement almost instantly. Rockets and snipe? But no, not even that. There are plenty of even MLG maps with that combination. It's the fact they are so damn close together. The sniper better be good or else they'll get blown to bits immediately (being locked in a one way train of course). I'm sure there's more I could say, but for my sleep's sake, I'll save it. This map, to me, is unplayable. The FX along with everything else I've listed make it impossible to even maneuver around.

After all of that, I can only say I hope this post will help you in future maps. It may take a while for you to grasp what forge can really do (and judging from a few of your aesthetics) with a bit more time and effort I feel you could end up doing far, far greater things than what you've done here. Hopefully. Forging is generally a time-acquired trait that you have to work towards (unless you're just naturally gifted, I suppose). So perhaps one day you will make a map that I might find worth trying out.
Best of luck.

EDIT: As for the herp-a-derps who don't understand the video reference. =.= the thread and the video both clearly are titled "3 Way".
So props to Shikarix for that one. Pretty hilarious IMO.

EDIT: I also like the way this has more posts than most decently made maps out ATM. Awesome...