Cubist

I'm surprised this has fallen to the second page without a single reply. Anyway, I have not gotten the chance to playtest this map with friends so if any of these concerns I bring up wasn't much of a big deal in your playtests than never mind, but just in my walkthrough I had some minor concerns.

First, I felt like I was in a constant mind f*** while moving around the level lol. It's very hard to orient yourself to what level you're on or where you are in that level. You say in your pictures that the architecture is color themed to what team spawn it is but it is very hard to notice when just moving from area to area. So if I was playing a competitive team slayer map and said, "I'm at the purple spawn", unless everyone has played this map 20 times, I doubt that would associate purple spawn with the area in your picture. I'm sure when there are people playing on this map and you see enemies all around you its easier to tell where you are in relation to them but even then its hard to know what level you're on, and what level you want to get to easily. I'm not sure how to fix this issue without changing the aesthetics of the map, and it isn't that big of a problem if you just play the map many times. Maybe one obvious feature can be added to each area to really make it stand out?

Second, I barely noticed the lifts. There are ways of moving up the different levels everywhere and they are pretty hard to notice. Especially the elevator on the 2nd floor, above the grav lift bottom floor. I wouldn't have noticed it had I not seen the faint blue glimmer coming from it. I don't know how many people used your lifts and elevators in actual gameplay but I know if I was in the heat of the action being shot at I wouldn't notice that elevator or those energy shield lifts. The elevators could be made more obvious by merging something that makes an up pointing arrow into it. The lifts, possibly 2 guide rails to signify a ladder would make them more appealing. Again, these two concerns are minor and probably would go away if the map is played...a lot.

Lastly, the weapons. The sniper and rockets are on the same level and within like a 5 second walk from each other. That is a no no. I'd place the sniper rifle on the top floor and put a needle rifle in place of where the sniper was. You have barely any weapons on the bottom floor (I think it was just a plasma pistol) and I don't remember any weapons on the top floor. So this forces everyone to hover around the main floors (2 and 3) when they need ammo or a better weapon. Other than trying to escape the action or getting the high ground there isn't much reason to go to the top floor or bottom floor. The bottom floor has all the grav lifts but one wouldn't need them if you had a jetpack. Also why no shotgun? You have a sword (which I think is great for this map). A shotgun would balance the sword out nicely and seeing as most of the map is close quarters it would be a good power weapon. I don't like the concussion rifle on this map, just doesn't seem useful. It isn't very powerful, just annoying and with all the cover I doubt many kills will be recorded with it. I'd replace it with some magnums or spikers, or both.

I guess out of those 3 main concerns, the weapons one is the most pressing as I think the game really would be better if those weapon changes would be made. But anyway, the map was well forged and I can see some great multi-team slayer games being played on it, as well as assault or KOTH.

 

I had the same frustrations with this map when i first played it.
Its got a kind of steep learning curve to it.

If you're the type of player that is okay with that, you'll have a good time on this map.
Like i said, it took me a few games to learn the map, but once i did, i enjoyed it greatly.

I rec Stockpile, Multi-Team, and Oddball games on this for everyone to try out.
Great job, mick, lookin forward to the next.

 

oh man i was excited to see a map with the word "cube" in it. i had an idea to make a map based on the movie Cube (see below) but i could only see it being played with zombies...this map is not based on the movie but with that being said it looks beautiful. the first pic with the lift looks very promising, ill have to DL it and give it a go! good job mick

cube the movie
Cube (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Like Titmar, I also had some frustrations with my first time playing this map. It was mostly lack of knowledge and perhaps the gametype (stockpile was what I tested) but I soon appreciated the intricacy of the map. The middle lift is really awesome, and never one let me down. In addition, the verticality of the map was very well done, with the exception of a few dead ends and finding out what side you're one. Overall, it's a really great map, but it does have a bit of a learning curve.

 

I wasn't even aware you released this badboy, I've always loved all the playtests we've had on it and like I've said before, I approve of the mancannon in the center. I don't know if anything has changed since, but I'll definitely give it a download regardless.

 

I'd like to get a game on this, it looks interesting. When I do I'll try to remember to come back to this and give you feedback. Sure does have alot of cubes. By the way your video isn't working, but maybe that's just me.

 

I don't understand your statement - Countdown is a very simple map to figure out and within one or two playings.

I can't tell from the pictures is this map constructed to be symetrical?

 

Every time I've played on this map I've struggled with orientation. I often times would get confused as to where exactly I was and it was difficult to learn how to navigate the map.
That aside, I've found it to be an enjoyable experience. It was a good game. Haven't played it in over a week since my last time doing customs with y'all tho.

 

WOW! That's so cool, also, how did you get the colors to show with multiple people in custom games, whenever I change the colors of objects they just return to neutral in custom games.

 

You change the "object color" as opposed to "team color".