Rapdm3: InterFearance
2 to 4 players | Reviewed by Paul - Sunday 27 January 2002 @ 10:11
Cluttered and cramped is the unfortunate first impression you get. Oh and its very, very blue. Every texture is shaded blue, which does make items really stand out. Unfortunately the scale of the map is all to pot, some areas almost get it right where as others are infuriatingly small. You end up bashing walls and get the feeling the ceiling is right on top of you.
However, Raptore shows promise with the inclusion of a couple of nice touches such as the bobbing crates in the maps only water section and the 
underwater tunnel, with shimmering windows. Whilst these effects help raise the level a little, it doesn’t do enough. There are odd things that don’t make any sense, like why the first time you walk over a player spawn it says “-1” and the mysterious floating YA. Elements like this make the level feel more like a test map than anything else.
And I hate to say it but it doesn’t get any better whilst playing. There is more than enough supply of weapons, ammo, health, etc, but movement is so cumbersome that it’s depressing. If the scale were expanded and a little more care taken with texture alignment then it could have been more that just a novelty.
2.0 out of 5.0
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# 1. Hmmm.... ^
by xen - Sunday 27 January 2002 @ 12:55
There's a map in the pending list called "Morbid Descending", which uses similar textures to these, except a bit dirtier. Do you know if they are based on this set or made from scratch? They're better, imo.
# 2. texes ^
by cyBeAr - Sunday 27 January 2002 @ 01:07
frmo the shots these look just like idbase made blue.. uhm suppose I don't help you much with the other set tho since I haven't looked at it.
# 3. Well... ^
by Paul - Sunday 27 January 2002 @ 01:47
I don't think the textures used in mvdm1 are a modified version of the ones in rapdm3, since mvdm1 was out 3 months before this map :).
# 4. very good... ^
by Jakuza - Wednesday 30 January 2002 @ 02:28
I think that the map have very good textures and i like it in multiplayer
# 6. /me faints ^
by Raptore - Saturday 02 February 2002 @ 12:56
WOW!!!! you actually reviewed the map! omg omg omg I can't beleive it, and only seven months after it was released! wow, such a speedy response. =p on a more serious note, i've been waiting for this critical analysis for a long time. NOW i can make something based on suggested improvements from this review. Thanks.
# 7. Sorry Raptore :) ^
by Paul - Sunday 03 February 2002 @ 10:18
Please don't tell me you've been waiting this long before making another map.
Btw, did you get my email?
# 8. critical analysis ^
by Drannerz - Sunday 03 February 2002 @ 11:43
As Paul mentioned, it's too cramped. It's not just the small scale, though. There are angles and blocks that seem to stick out/up/down into the map causing obstacles for the player.
I can't see any clear examples of this in the screens, but there's an area that overlooks the water section where a block sticks down from the ceiling. The block is right where I want to stand when shooting and makes it difficult to take up this vantage point position quickly. When designing the areas I try to imagine routes or paths that the players will be using, and make sure the lines and geometry of the areas allows an easy flow of traffic along these paths.
The only other thing I didn't like was the colour scheme. All blue! I think this texture set needs to be used with other colours to provide contrast, otherwise it ends up looking bland.
Apart from that the map was quite good, weapon placement seemed sensible and if navigation and movement were less frustrating gameplay would have been quite fun.
This map would have been reviewed ages ago at RQ, but a combination of work, laziness and site re-design interferred.
Map on!
# 9. Muhaha! ^
by raptorE - Sunday 03 February 2002 @ 02:35
Actually I have attempted several maps, the failures of which you can see evidence of in the unannounced section of my site entitled miscelanious junk.
http://www.planetquake.com/raptore/mapping_index.asp <--this should get you on your way.
Still, rapdm3 was a large stepping stone in my road to efficient mapping, as I was still learning. Responce from that map was a critical point in my learning, and any mistakes I MIGHT have made in that map would have gone without correction to further plague my future designs.
About the E-mail, I did not get it. See, back in June when I submitted the map for review here, I had a different E-mail. I haven't been able to find the part of this site where you update your account, but MOST of the information on mine is now innacurate. My new website is www.planetquake.com/raptore and my new e-mail is mailto:[email protected]... the slippery or whatever mail that's there now no longer works. I HAD wondered why no one told me it had been reviewed, since I hadn't know until a week afterward when my brother mentioned it by chance. You probably sent it to the expired E-mail. That's all
# 10. Ahh ^
by Paul - Monday 04 February 2002 @ 04:13
I sent an email to mailto:[email protected]. All it was was to apologise for the errr.. delay and tell you the review was up :).
# 11. Re : critical analysis ^
by Paul - Monday 04 February 2002 @ 06:02
I know what you mean by that block that juts out, dunno why I didn't mention it specifically because I did hit it quite a few times :).
# 12. Gaahh ^
by raptorE - Tuesday 05 February 2002 @ 02:22
Great, now you make me feel guilty for giving you such a hard time. I'm going to go look for the block now, and when I find it I will hit my head on it a couple of times for good measure. My next map will have *much* better clearance, I promise. I've come a long way since june. >=)
# 13. Nevermind :) ^
by Paul - Tuesday 05 February 2002 @ 07:05
I look forward to what you've got in the works.
# 14. raptorE! ^
by Speeds - Tuesday 12 February 2002 @ 10:51
You`v shown this map beta to some ppl, including me (when it was stock id-base textured) and you`ve been told its cramped.
Shame you didnt listen at all!
I like the set looks and some ideas but the map is crewed by the scale/clipping ;(
