Zodiac

Discussion in 'Halo 3 Competitive Maps' started by Firetag, Jan 24, 2009.

  1. Firetag

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    Download Zodiac
    Choose your path in the Zodiac.
    Zodiac is not a maze map by any means, Zodiac quite literally means circular. Due to many long hallways and large rooms, zodiac becomes itself. It becomes an enigma of death.

    Supported Gametypes
    Due to my laziness, there is only one gametype. Slayer and Team Slayer... Others are coming soon though.

    Weapons ect.
    Battle Rifle x3
    Sniper Rifle x1
    Shotgun x1
    Mauler x1
    Needler x1
    Assault Rifle x1
    Flare x1
    Bubble Shield x1
    Plasma Grenade x5
    Invisibility x1
    And some frags but forget how many lol(somewhere around 3 or 4)

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    And that's it!
    Please don't criticize to much before you download. You can't really understand the map and its layout if you haven't played it..If you find any ways out the map or spawn problems let me know I'll try to fix them to the best of my ability.

    Thanks xX FIRETAG Xx.

    Download Zodiac
     
    #1 Firetag, Jan 24, 2009
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  2. Master Debayter

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    The map does looks quite good. The layout is very interesting, as it looks as if ground level is balanced with above ground level. I may give this a download, I just need to clear a spot on my hard drive first. By the way, I would make the pictures a little bigger, they're a little small.
     
  3. Firetag

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    Yeah i know i messed up uploading them to photobucket I'm redoing it now.
     
  4. TripleO8

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    looks good, nice interlocking, and geomerging, looks very smooth, will DL.
     
  5. pinohkio

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    all the interlocking and merging seem to up to standards and some even surpass them.
    congrats on a wonderful map ill dl and come back after
     
  6. Albino Dave

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    i really like the use of barrels as a barrier of the map. I have never seen that so I will consider it original. :)
     
  7. AceOfSpades

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    This looks like a very well forged map. I don't know about gameplay. I'll download and play a few games later. For now it looks very good and looks to produce some awesome gameplay. 4/5 for now.
     
  8. MrSpi

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    wow this map is nice i like the look of it but i think a wort hog would go great on this map
     
  9. whiizzle

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    wowzers tthis map looks very clean, good job
     
  10. Painkiller

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    A+. Interlocking, Layout and weapons are perfect. I love the effort you put into it.
     
  11. Bleet Tameheart

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    I did like this map, lot of nice touches here and there (such as interlocking weapon holders into objects so that the weapons stick off the edge of the box), and the curviture of the map. It strangely has the feeling of an urban map (even though it doesn't look like it), and I'm always a sucker for those kinds of maps (especially since that city maps in the Halo series have been my favorite, plus past addictions to SimCity). Also, I laughed a little when I saw the barrels trapped between the fence walls. I don't know why, but that's pretty cool.

    I also liked how you used the dumpsters as columns, again, near the pallet bridge. Nice little way to fill that up.

    I do have one minor caviat... The pallet platform made me laugh initially, but unfortunately, if you jump to it at the wrong angle, you end up pushing the pallet... It almost feels like cheating when something like that happens. Not fun at all.

    Also, it just looks like the stairs that act like a bridge by the pallet platforms looks like you should be able to jump up to it from ground level. As an alternative, try to move the bridge so it's the other way, and then just angle it a bit so you can... or make it blatently obvious that you can't, by adding, say, an additional wall or something.

    I also really love the little "gate" effect that you have as a barrier to the map. Maybe you should put some vehicles / scenery behind it, so it looks like it's functional... in an asthetic way, if you can understand what I'm getting it.

    But other then that, I don't see anything that screams that there's something inherently wrong with the map. In fact, everything looks like it's in order, and a beautiful map. Those are very minor issues for me personally, but it doesn't look like they're dealbreakers by any stretch of the imagination. I'd imagine that this is almost prime for a feature.
     
  12. Conkerkid11

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    This map is so amazing that I can only make this post in a certain layout, because if I don't, I might explode.


    Likes
    • The fact that jumping is a major requirement
    • The gameplay
    • The interlox
    • The geomerging
    • The layout
    • The cool curved walls on the bunkers
    • The idea of a map that doesn't look like any other map
    Dislikes
    • The fact that jumping is a major requirement
    • The lack of weapons (It seems)
    • You called yourself lazy
    • You did not try and make it support more then Slayer and Team Slayer before you posted it
    All in all, this is a great map and as soon as you make it so nobody dislikes it for ANY reason, and so that it is compatible with every gametype I will shout "FEATURE NAO! FEATURE NAO! FEATURE NAO!" But for now I will download and then rate the thread depending on what I think.
     
  13. Firetag

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    Thanks for the great review. I am not sure what your saying about the stairs... But as for the pallet that's something I'll change in a v2(whenever I add in other gametypes lol)

    Thanks lol. I will be adding in other gametypes I just wanted to see what people thought about the layout and such.. spawns I don't really have a problem with.

    I only used barrels because it was all I had left. It turned out as an aesthetic touch anyway.

    First you say your not sure about gameplay. Then you go on to say it looks like it should produce some awesome gameplay?
     

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