Crucifix FI

Now THIS reminds me of a TRUE Halo map! Incredible job! Your aesthetics look pretty nice, aside from a few unavoidable things, so you can't really be held responsible for those... Other than that, however, this map looks absolutely incredible! Downloading right now, and from what I can tell, it is getting a permanent spot on my hard drive!

 

Hah, ****, my heart skipped a beat. I went on looking at the screens without realizing it was your map. I slowly started to recognize it, then started to think someone stole your design. I scrolled up, saw it was you, felt stupid, and began to actually read your post.

Anyway, I've always had a good time testing your Ravine version, so there is no doubt this plays great too. It seems moving this to Forge Island added more to the already nice aesthetics. The natural flat ground really helps too, and hell, the trees are always a nice addition. I do hope this finds its way into MM, because I can't say I've had a bad match here. I very much recommend playing this map. It's fun!

Let's do some more customs soon, Wraith. I do have a new map I can finally get tested, so you know I'll be game.


Edit: It's gonna be in MM! Congrats Wraith!

 

As a followup to my first comment, I played a few games on it, and while the gameplay was fantastic, I had some pretty bad frame rate spikes. I also didn't quite know how cluttered the building was. My best recommendation for you would be to remove some blocks from that massive structure, and from other strategic places around the map. Also, don't get too down, I DID love the map! It's awesome! I also really like the schmeefs!

 

The only part me and my firends don't like about this map is how you can jump on the yellow braces if you flip them 90 degrees then you still have a sight blocker you can't jump on.

 

I played this a while back, and I had allot of fun sniping.

I was playing against king nick though, and he was try harding.
I like the layout, glad you ditched the mountain.

 

The layout of the map looks pretty good from the screenshots. There seems to be good LoS blockers and height variation.

I'll give it a download soon.

 

You totally stole the FI name-tag from me. ****.

Probably your best map to date, and I definitely sense a sort of Pit standoffish playstyle vibe from it... But on that note, it really strikes me as extremely "forgey" and overly generic. You've got large open base sides with a couple of choke points in a miniscule middle, and very little atmospheric depth. It could do with a little bit more sight line breaking structure that'd help break up the map a little more, not to mention give it a little bit more flavor. As it stands, it looks nothing more than another pile of blocks thrown together much like every other map out there. In essence, there's really nothing that makes this map stands out.

 

Just saw that my reply never posted. Weird.

I've got a few tricks for breaking up sight lines that I use regularly. One is that I avoid using thin or flat pieces for walkways. Thick catwalks always do a great job of breaking obtrusive sight lines. Those middle bridge/catwalk esque structures in the middles of the bases could certainly do with some thickening, which would probably break that cross atrium sight line. I also often utilize support pillars for anything of the sort as well. They add a sort of integrity to the structure, as well as breaking sight lines.

Sometimes a well placed railing can help, although I'm at a loss as to if such would be appropriate for this map. Flying buttresses are also a good structure to break things up as well, although that could be technically considered "lazy" cover.

The central room with the teleporter frames could probably use some scaling in as well. Right now it's a tad large and blocky. Scaling it in would help deter camping as it'd be easier to flush out with nades or explosive weapons. If you taper in the corners to scale it down, that'd also help with masking the basic geometric shape of the room. Generally speaking, basic shapes such as squares come off as unsightly and break the feeling of immersion. A square room simply doesn't look or feel right in a forge map, and its best to try to avoid it whenever possible. Higher angel counts are more pleasing to the eye. I like working with portions of octagonal shapes personally. If you quarter an octagon, the shape of the quarters would do nicely for tapering the center room in.

Hope that helps man.
All the best.