Normandy Invasion. June 1944. The Darkest Hour of US Marines is at hand. You approach the beach. Your heart has been turned to stone since the last mission you survived. You killed a man with your bare hands. Your heart is stone. Your stomach is wobbly as the waters begin to turn red. You see crashed and exploded drop boats all around you. You have nothing to lose, except your country. It will not be lost. This is the Darkest Hour. Beaches of Normany Hi everyone! I know no one reads posts too much, so let me just say: the intensity of this D-Day map grips true realism. Explosions are happening all around you. Every second counts. Your controller will be rumbling. The fast-paced action and realism sets in this real invasion! The Darkest Hour series will cover multiple WWII scenarios as real as possible. The battlefield overview. Falcons soar across the sky. They fall from it as well. Watch above you and avoid the explosions of the raining metal. This is where Marines spawn. There are a few of these boats with a shield door in front of them, so you cannot be spawn-killed. You should however, run into the battle as soon as you spawn. The **** overtaken base. They've hung their flag. Time to burn it. Conquer the three territories and maintain them to win the round. The Nazis can take them back from you, so make sure they dont. The **** bunker up top. There are a few turrets here but can be flanked by anyone coming up the stairs. This is mainly where the Nazis spawn. Territory Alpha. There is a turret bunker accompanied by a Sniper Rifle, and a cover wall. This territory is hard to maintain but has a lot of explosions going off here. Territory Bravo. Is smaller, has a few corners and a cover wall. This one can be flanked from both sides by the Nazis however. Territory Charlie. This bunker has been set mostly on fire since the bombs started going off. There is a ladder on the side going up to the top level where there is a rocket turret. Set fire to the **** stronghold. Good luck out there soldier. A FEW THINGS TO NOTE BEFORE COMMENTING Weapons spawn with low ammo and long respawn time with explosions and cover it is hard to snipe across the map Nazis spawn in bunkers, not in the territories. It is not easy for the Nazis to take back the territories This map is play tested Screenshots dont do the map justice. if you can render a 2 minute film, Id appreciate if you could render a film for me EDIT: WARHOLICs post reminded me to not promote the Nazis by use of the svastica and my sacriligious misinterpretations are well... Idk guys just shoot at the flag if your offended lol
I must say the level of detail in this is really awesome!love the U-boats and the flag.the map looks really fun to play.while it is not the most original idea it is best implemented here then anywhere else I have seen it. Map presentation was fun interesting and overall creative(what is the font you used?) Looks fun getting my dl! Great job! Now on to my only critisizm. I usually dislike prefab buildings unless they are used in new ways. The 3 room buildings stacked on top of each other look boring compared to the rest of the map. I love the falcons flying overhead.the trick is not exactly new but in this scenario it is really awesome. I like the boat in the back but I feel it needs to be bigger if you have the budget. Idk...I think I am a sucker for ww2 It is really cool that you plan on making it into a series! What battles do you plan on doing? I think you should do guadal canal and pavuvu(with all the Japanese tunnels they made that caused first marines so much trouble) Yup that confirms it.i am a WW2 fanatic.
used Courier New font anyway thanks for comment! I ran low on budget but the premade buildings work well in this map and it made it easy for the "on fire" theme in there, but I could try to update it and change it. And yes this idea was not too original, but was one of the first ideas I got when I first spawned in forgeworld the night I got Reach. I think its the best rendition of it Id seen As for the other battles in the series! My plans include: Battle of Berlin Pearl Harbor and Battle of Stalingrad
Ya no doubt it is the best rendition. Pearl harbor could be fun along with Stalingrad.looking forward to more!
This definitely looks interesting so I'll definitely be checking it out. I'm hoping that all of that aesthetics goodness doesn't hurt performance (especially w/ so many explosions going on). Off-topic: Why has no one attempted recreating Point du Hoc yet? I could really see it working out as an Invasion game, using those gigantic Forge World cliffs, etc. Call of Duty 2: Mission 21 - The Battle of Pointe du Hoc 1/2 - YouTube
I do think it looks alot better than alot of maps like this and the details are very interesting. The U-boats look very cool. I will give it a download to try it out. Good Job!