Remake Archmage

Discussion in 'Reach Competitive Maps' started by Dragull, Oct 29, 2010.

  1. Dragull

    Dragull Ancient
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    After downloading several wizard/warlock remakes, I wasn't satisfied with none and decided to make my own Warlock remake. This remake has the following differences in relation to the original Warlock:

    - Higher walls to support jetpacks;
    - Camo was replaced with OS, since you have cam as loadout;
    - Shotguns' respawn time is longer and has less clips;
    - 2 Needlers were replaced by 2 Plasma Repeaters;
    - Plasma Rifle removed;
    - Magnum removed;

    Archmage has NO FRAME-RATE DROP, only when on split-screen, but it is still playable.
    It was unfortunately that I had to let the lights out of the final version because they would cause frame rate drop, but I think this way the remake comes even closer to the
    original Warlock.

    Weapons/Power Ups ---- Respawn time

    1x Overshield ----------- 2:00 min
    4x Shotgun ------------- 2:30 min
    2x Needlers ------------- 1:30 min
    2x Plasma Repeater ----- 1:00 min
    4x DMR ----------------- 45 seg
    6x Plasma Grenades ----- 30 seg
    4x Frag Grenades ------- 30 seg
    4x Health kit ------------ 30 seg

    The respawn points are pretty similar to the ones on the original Warlock. I had to watch several videos to discover them, lol.

    Now, the screen shots:
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    Ih, forgot to tell: the lifts work JUST LIKE the original Warlock, pretty much the same height!
    The map is great, give it a chance man!

    Download Archmage!
     
    #1 Dragull, Oct 29, 2010
    Last edited: Oct 29, 2010
  2. Sasquatch

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    Simply... amazing. This looks nothing less than exact. I love how the colors are placed and you made excellent use of pieces to make it all look perfect. Honestly, I can't compare it to any other remakes of Warlock/Wizard since I haven't taken a particularly close look at any of them, but just as a map in general this is superbly made and distinctly amazing. You've really made Warlock come alive in Reach. My only very minor complaint is that the teleporter room looks just a bit more enclosed/large than it's supposed to... but that is probably just me being too picky. It is pretty difficult to earn my download, but you've done it here. Fantastic job!
     
  3. Dragull

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    Thank you for the feedback Sasquatch, I'm happy to see that someone liked, lol.

    About the teleporter room, they smaller at first, but then I realize I was just wasting more resources for nothing, making the teleport room a little larger shouldn't affect the gameplay at all.

    If you have any other issue with the map, please post it here so I can fix it or make it better someway.
     
  4. rbenhase

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    When I first saw this map I didn't realize it was a remake.

    I thought, wow, that's pretty neat looking. Then I kept looking at screenshots and said, man, this seems like a map Bungie would put out. Then I wondered if you were going to submit it to their map contest.

    Then I downloaded and walked through. Oops. It's definitely Warlock, and it didn't take me long to realize (forgive me for not reading your post better).

    I say all that because I thought this looked like a great map BEFORE I realized it also happened to be a very accurate remake of Warlock. You've really captured it here, even down to the dim lighting. This is among the best remakes I have seen. Great work.
     
  5. Dragull

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    Thank you man, it is good hearing this.
    What do you think about the weapon layout? Overshield isn`t too powerful?
    Anything I should change, please tell me!
     
  6. bmurf

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    By far the best remake of Wizard. I deleted all the other Wizard remakes that I downloaded this morning. Fantastic Job!
     
  7. DUDERMAN

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    great remake of one of my favorite halo maps of all time, thanks.
     
  8. ckamp

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    This remake is absolutely brilliant. I cant see anything wrong with it. Way to keep an eye on the framerate too. I submitted a remake of Longest (Elusive) to the competition and I was feeling pretty good until I came across this and High Noon, the Hang em High remake. Well done.
     

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