Foundry Tunnels

Finally! Lol, after like infinity-billion tests.
I am proud to be one of the testers and one of the people who got to play this amazing map. Although there were some problems at first, I am sure HalfBrian fixed them!
The gameplay on this map is great. It is very fun. The layout is great. The idea of tunnels is great. My favorite thing to play was Conquest. You did a great job on weapons and aesthetics, also. Your walls were straight, as was the interlocking. And you had some tricky geo-merges. Overall: Great map.
Official Score: 2/5 needs moar innterlocking

 

Finally, glad to see you posted this. I can't speak for the new version, but I know I had some great times testing all of the past incarnations. Definite download, and I will write something intense up after I've played the final version a bit.

It is a shame you took out the bubble shield. I guess the time when I killed you with one will never happen again

 

What can I say about HalfBrian...well first off, this is a guy that has taken all the time in the world to make sure that he has created the best product that he could possibly create with his idea. He is a guy with determination and a skill that surpasses 90% of the forgehub community. This latest creation, this 'Foundry Tunnels', reflects the spirit of this forger in a mirror image.

I believe that I tested this map from the first test and then the 4th test and then the last test (I lost count) and I can say Foundry Tunnels is probably one of the most entertaining and satisfying capture the flag/assault /conquest (except for Vorpal Saints Conquest V3)(Sorry Half Brian just can't beat perfection like that) games that I will ever experience.

However,
The first test went a little something like this.

'f@$# spawn killed again! What the hell HalfBrian? You suck.'

'You'll never make anything out of this, give up.'
(By the way, yes, that did sound like the bullies from some movie where a kid is put down and then grows up and becomes great with his idea. I know it's cheezy, but it portrays how much the map sucked)

The next test i attended was not on my will, but the will of the guild and my duty to the guild. However, this time, the map seemed alot better, most of the spawn killing was terminated and the gameplay seemed much better. Interlocking was cleaned up and the roof was sealed (I believe by this point).

The last test was as you can expect the best I had ever had. Yes, we did get our butts whooped 3-0, but hey, it was fun. And while we had a few comments about spawning in the center area of the map too much, I believe it was fixed, and it it hasn't been, it's nothing to worry about.

Built only into the back area of Foundry, HalfBrian gives us an idea of how much someone can absolutly transform a once seemingly unforgable area into a place that one would not reconize walking though. Well, I guess anyone can reconize the back hallway of Foundry, but honestly, the side corridors and the dumpsters provide many upon many of crazy situations with battles of rockets and needlers. My only concern with the backhallway is that it is the grenade magnet of the map, but effective cover can often save you from having a shell fragment being shoved into your eye.

Now for the front hallway. The front hallway has an interesting feel to it. At first look, you may not see much special about the hallway. It's just basically two thin hallways with a big room in the middle. However, the way that the hallway has changes in elevation provides interesting gameplay, especially in conquest. It's easy to become overwhelmed by enemy BRs and Frags while sitting in the exposed room. I do however have a problem with some problem with the slanted walls and the right side up bridges.

Look people. I know all this was was a bunch of 'bla bla bla' and I suppose that possibly only a few Tester Guild members and possibly Half brian actually read this, so I'll do this.

Summary: HalfBrian = Good.

'Foundry Tunnels' = Good.

This review = Good.

The Chance
that anyone = Bad.
here read this.

The Chance that
your putting
months of work = Definant.
to waste if you
dont DL.

The Chance that
HalfBrian as well
as all who tested
this map will cry = Yep (except for Insane, he's tough).
if you don't give
it at least a chance.

The chance that
your still reading = Not likely.
this stupid
summary

Overall:9/10. Just because some spawns are a little iffy and the not perfectly perfect geomerged walls and stuff.

DOWNLOAD THIS MAP! I DON'T CARE IF YO MAMA WANTS YOU TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH! SLAP HER ACROSS THE HEAD AND SAY 'NO MAMA, I HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS MAP THAT THIS GUY WORKED ON FOR MONTHS AND TESTERS PUT THEIR SOUL INTO!'.

Love,
Zachary9990

 

Oh, you have no idea how wrong you are.
This map is officially endorsed by the Forgehub Tester's Guild. Have you ever seen a map be officially endorsed by us? I didn't think so.

 

Wow, I remember playing this.
It was hectic. Although CTF is what makes this map shine IMO. It takes so much teamwork to infiltrate, massacre, take the flag, and actually score it.
There was always something going on in the map which made it so hectic and ultimately fun.
What I also admire is actually having the back hallways a key choke hold. It isnt commonly used in Foundry maps nowadays, but you made good use of it.
A fo sho DL from me.

 

Finally a post of this map, after ninety bajillion tests I signed up for (but managed to make only one of the last ones....word)
Glad it's been posted, it's a very good map, but I truly think there were major flaws in it:
Spawning and falling off of the fences in the center part always got me, making me the underdog instead of me spawning, and staying at the top. Easy fixes, don't know why you didn't change that.....
The grenade spam vs. need for grenades was unbalanced. I found myself grenade spamming, as well as having grenades exploding next to me all the time, but when I really really needed the grenades, they were nowhere to be found, or majorly out of my way.

The map itself is really fun, especially for one bomb (very competitive, not like any of the other gametypes) but the other games just don't fit a map for me. Multi-Flag had many problems, such as not knowing where your flag was, having capture while not at home (could have changed it for better or for worse...) and having longer return times (also fBofW like I said).
fBofW means....better - worse thing...get me lol?

I had fun testing, no doubt about that, but it just didn't fulfill the fairness aspect.
This is the best way I can put it. This map wasn't built for the player. The player has to be built for the map, or the player will play bad. Kidbomber is a perfect example of a person who was built for this map. He could find his way out of any situation, and did expertly in the testing I was there for.
On the other hand, I play amazing some maps, some maps not. This just isn't one of them.

I hope these problems are fixed in future versions of this, as it has much potential, but as of now? This doesn't live up to it, you know?

Great job Brian, hope to see a v2 soon, as well as more maps from you.

 

Honestly,

this maps gets the first ever.....

FHTG Stamp of Approval

paint ftw

D/l nao.

Oh and HlafBrian, I expect you to edit this into your post!

 

I remember this map. It was pretty damn epic IMO. Glad to see it posted. I'll download it and get a few games going. I hope you made some well needed improvements, as I'm sure you have.

 

sorreee meester for not mentioning that, but yes, kidbomber's team excelled, but the fact still remains that what I said was true: this map is not made for the players, the players have to be made for it.

 

Wow dude glad to see you finally posted this. After attending two? tests, I think this map has been completed. I am glad you took some of my suggestions into heart and applied them to your map. I hope it is a much more balanced map now.

Gameplay:
The gameplay of this map was pretty nice. The only complaint I had is that every battle took place in the middle of the map. The only thing the back room was used for was quick transport of the flag which was still, rarely used. Nevertheless, the middle provided some... rather entertaining skirmishes. The sniper adds a lot more tatics to the map as it keeps you on your toes and close to your opponents. The Rocket Launcher adds suspense to the game, never knowing if you are going to have your face blown off as you peer around the corner. I would say that the Rocket Launcher would take away some from the map but only two rockets and a horrendous respawn time keeps that from happenening. Overall, the Gameplay is probably the best it could get out of this map.


Gameplay Score- 7/10


Aesthetics
This segment probably contains some of the weakest and strongest points of this map. The aesthetics are pretty... well yeah just that. The floors are a little crooked and so are some of the walls. However, the "dome" of this map couldn't be closer to perfect. The dome is the most aesthetically strong point of this map. The fence wall walkways are nice, straigh and curved. The ceiling gives the dome its dome feeling and the sniper spawn point is basic, and as far as I know, original. The entrance/exits to the dome are some of my favorite parts. I love the fence wall interlocked with the bridge and shield door. It is very neat and provides much needed cover. The back hallways you could have done more with. I was a little let down with only a few dumpsters and such. However, since most people do not use this route (as I mentioned in the Gameplay section) it isn't too much of a problem. Other than that, the crooked walls mixed with the perfect dome average out the aesthetics to be... well average.


Aesthetics Score- 6/10


Weapons:

I am glad you changed the weapons around because at first, they weren't so hot. Two snipers, a mauler, and a Rocket Launcher would make me take my eyes away and cringe, but since you changed it, the weapon set is a little more bearable. I am overjoyed to see you took my advice and made the sniper a center piece. Two snipers isn't the best idea considering they are a power weapon and that alone makes the map overloaded. That was definitely a plus that you took away. I was really disappointed to see that you kept the Rocket Launcher though. I would have preferred a Mauler with no spare clips in the place of the RL. I believe the RL ruins good maps which is the reason I am disappointed you kept it. One thing I think I forgot to mention is add more BR's. I know its all set into the gametype but the chances of people downloading a certain slayer just for this map is kinda low. Especially since its just BR start with smaller radar. All in all, however, the weapons turned out quite well.



Weapons Score: - 6.5/10 (needs more BR's and less Rocket Launcher)



Spawns:
The spawns were surprisingly good. I expected to be spawning everywhere outta wack and such but you did an excellent job placing them. I believe I only experienced one bad spawn which is natural. I liked the fact that you never spawned too far from your objective as well as neither too close. Walking to objectives was definitely not a problem. I don't have too many complaints on this one. I think this one you have down quite well.


Spawns Score- 8/10


Personal Overall: 6.8/10

Great map but not the best. I enjoyed playing on it quite a bit. It is very playable and such. The aesthetics were not the greatest as well as the weapon placement. I believe these would be easy to fix in a version two however. Here is what I recommend you do:

• Take away the Rocket Launcher and replace it with a mauler
• Take a few minutes to straighten up your walls and floors
• Make the back hallway more 'complex'
• Add more BR's
• Incorporate the back hallway into gameplay more.
• Get a more original name =p

I believe by doing those, this map would be much much better. It would make it neater and even more playable than it is now.


Overall Total:
Gameplay- 7/10
Aesthetics- 6/10
Weapons 6.5/10
Spawns- 8/10
Personal Overall- 6.8/10

Technical Overall- 34.3/50

Closing Comments:

Great map! You definitely have potential in you! If you keep practicing and practicing, one day you will be an excellent forger! Follow my tips on how to improve this and this could be an amazing map. Keep up the good work and I cannot wait to see more from you in the future!




~Kn1ghtBoy

 

i remember playing on this game not too long ago, remember me halfbrian? Obibital? well to speak fot this map it is basically one of the most well played CTF games i have ever played, the needing of the flag at home adds a little more "complication" to the game (in a good way) in short, like i said a definite Dl and keep working on it, its obvious youve had plenty of testing and retesting. hope you fixed those spawns. 5/5

 

O man after such a long time of test after test after test this amazing map has finally been released so that the halo communtity can get a look at a great map.
When i first joined yalls game for my first test on the map i was thinking why?
I had a good time though with all the jokes and laughter that was shared durning the test.
But now months later it's been turned into a map that will have you laughing and shouting and the ocassinally f*** you haha
great map man 4.6/5

 

Dude, respect. (as in i give you respect)
This reminds me of a map my friend made a while ago, but he only had the regular back tunnels of foundry. You have added this new tunnel which will be used for purposes of my own personal pleasure.
I like the idea a lot, it looks like it will provide some very fun gameplay for me and my friends. And believe me, we have long since ran out of custom games that entertain us for very long. Lately, we've had Fallout 3 on one xbox, CoD on another, and either halo, gears, or guitar hero or rock band on the third. But this looks like our kind of entertainment.
I love it, but here are a few things i dislike(know that they only take away a miniscule amount of the iceyness of this map):
1. i cant help but feel that this should be a casual map. not that that really matters though.
2. i think the flag return/spawn point would be better down in the part of foundry that isnt the tunnels, the ground level you could say. you could block off the whole square part of foundry(the part that most people use for maps).
3. some of the weapon choices/placements seem a bit... well i guess you could use the word mediocre, they are certainly not bad, to me. but most look very good.
4. this one really doesnt matter at all, but a more original name would be nice. ;]

overall, great map. i'll enjoy it.

 

Nice!

I remember when your first test was for this. You have certainly changed some things from what I remember. Adding a active camo, a rocket launcher, and even improving the spawns. Which helps a lot. 5 tests later and you get a golden map. I give you 11/10 on the map HB. Good job and Good luck on all future projects you may have.

 

ZOMG. It looks great and zomg its so polished it shines to my eyes (im over reacting, please don't give me an infraction). It has very nice touches like the dome and long tunnel. Whats a scope is blind because its just has so much interlocking. This should be featured. 5/5 excellent job man keep up the good work. Make V2 NAO!

 

This map is truly amazing. It is beautifully forged, and seems to offer some hectic yet fun gameplay. It looks like it could offer some really fun gameplay, and your months of work has paid off. I see a bright feature (get the play on words?) for this map.

Overall 10/10