Narrows Remake

You could put a few columns at a slant so they can sprint and jump to it.

 

I got quite a few games in on this map like slayer, regicide, koth, inf.slayer... You did a great job with it once again. I thought the lifts worked fine we even noticed a few tick jumps with them but most importantly they are equal. I think if you take the lift from the bottom, you just really need to follow through with the landing and you'll make it. You should maybe do a bit more with kill zones. If some one is using jet pack they don't have to go far before getting suicide/killed mainly above lift/flag and in front of pyramid. The only spot that I felt needed a little more room would be; under snipe needed more height and that ramp on the wall were people snipe from seems like it should be a little higher. Regicide got a little crazy at one point we just kept spawning in mid and it turned into a 5min blood bath. Team spawns seemed fair. Anyway great job on this map. Did you build it on the same angle that you did in reach?

 

I added a block in front of each man cannon so that you have to jump from a certain distance. Although it does change the map very slightly, it seems make the man cannon launch trajectory more consistent when jumping in from below. I know that many forgers want to make their remakes to be block by block clones of the originals but sometimes it's just not possible. The inconsistency of the man cannons have a greater effect on gameplay than adding a couple of extra pieces.

 

Neato! This looks pretty awesome..I will download asap!

 

Played this with you last night. For a while there, I didn't even know there was other forgehub members playing in my lobby. When we played your remake, I knew someone experienced had made it. It looks like you made a couple changes since then too. I like the sounds of moving sniper down to OS/Camo, those areas are extremely unused in narrows, and they have nice lines of sight across the map. Fixing the man cannons was good idea too. Although I don't really understand how you did it, kudos. There's one thing that is missing to me, and that is the Shotgun bottom mid. I really like the look of the bridge down there(actually that whole area was pretty boss) but I was dissapointed after running there at the start, putting myself in the open, for no reward. I think there will be a lack of traffic down there by changing sniper spawn, so that just adds to the reasoning of adding the shotty. Excellent map, best remake Ive played yet, you have impressed me.

 

I was gonna try a Narrows remake for the contest, but this is way better than anything I could put together. Amazing work my friend.

Maybe I'll remake Sword Base instead?

 

very good job.

from memory, perfect.

i particularly like the monitors as the glass bridge. i never considered rotating those objects for anything like that! and it looks good.

my only 'problem'. is not one really, but maybe something to consider.

i dont think you should change anything, to be clear.

the way i remember it, the man cannons were a great way to quickly cross the map.

you exposed yourself, but traversed in seconds. otherwise you had to run the gauntlet.

with sprint, i kinda feel that i wouldnt use them for anything other than evading an enemy during oddball.

i know it is a faithful remake, but i have an itch that says if it was longer it would negate sprinting across the open area without as much worry.

i have not play tested, so i could be very wrong. just ran around for a few minutes.

anyway, good job. impressed

 

The mancannons not only get you across the level quickly, but they are entire routes in their own right. If not for these, you would only have 2 paths across the map- the upper and lower bridge sections. Without the mancannons, all the action would be funneled into two chokepoints with no real flanking options. Narrows simply breaks down and doesn't work as a competitive map without them.

 

Is that what he used? I peeked at the screens but I haven't downloaded. That's brilliant. I forged a few dominion pieces into my first map, but I didn't even think to do something like that. Mind if I borrow for a future project?

 

indeed.

i am not suggesting their removal.

only thinking out loud that if the map were longer, that they would become more powerful and appealing for use.

 

Is it still super flat? I saw a video and in it the remake was so flat that you could see over this bridge from near the bottom. If that isn't fixed it won't play nearly the same.

 

It may be perfectly arched, but it isn't to scale by the look of the pictures. The light bridge looks far too wide (Although, I do think it's a very creative way of creating that bridge) and the 'Lobby' of the base is too wide and open.

 

Halo 3 did not have sprint and armor abilities...Reach and Halo 4 are much faster with more action so the bridge being wide is probably better suited for Halo 4. Same with the Lobby. I haven't been able to gameplay test on this map but doing a run through by myself it is an excellent remake and aesthetically pleasing. Good job Fame28! I look forward to any future maps you make.

 

Just tested it out, and the mancannons work fine, no matter what. But playing team slayer, you will always spawn at your base, which means lots and lots of spawn killing. Basically, add more spawns for both teams.