banksy, on 26 June 2014 - 09:34 AM, said:
Happyday,
I hope the inside if that building isnt just gyprock walls. I hope that you at least make it look accessible other than a by the use of ladders. Like I said in the other thread, he map needs to look real. What building in the real world would you see that is 2-3 stories with the top story only being accessible via a ladder. The inside there needs an entrance. Or even, scrap the room, and just have it as roof top obstacles, like vents/electrical boxes, with a pergola over them, with would replace the roof of the third story. I love uptown, but the map just doesnt make sense. Like the elevator shaft. If there were an elevator there, all it does is takes you to an empty room... Who makes buildings that have no purpose. Its things like this that set aside good maps from great maps. You never see maps in mass produced games that include random buildings purely for gameplay. The buildings need to tie in together, and make sense as if we saw them in the real world.
You could make an exact remake of uptown with updated graphics... but thats boring. We need a new uptown. Im not saying change the whole layout. Im saying keep the main features we all know and love, but alter some things so that it feels like its something new. A bit like dust2 in CS:GO. Its pretty much exactly the same as in the previous versions, although it feels like a new map, and you almost feel like you need to rethink your strategies :)
So far so good on your work brother! Just make it different, make it new! Try not to replicate an old idea. Imagine you made the map layout/design on paper yourself, and give it your own theme. Why does this map even need to be "Uptown." Why not another theme, but with the same layout. Kinda like nevada. What they have done there is amazing. Its the same layout we all know and love and have played a thousand times. But with the new theme and tiny tweaks to the layout, it feels like a whole new map that is waiting to be explored!
I know ive dribbled on and repeated myself, but this is just my opinion bro so dont take it badly. think about it man. What do you want this map to look like? express yourself ;)
much love, banksy xx
Thanks! Someone that thinks like me, i agree on all that you said and i've myself suggested to scrap the ladder and make a staircase down to the street level(which would make much more sense). So that its basically a staircase up to the roof.
And I've been thinking the same as you with the Nevada map (i was thinking of bringing that up, but you did it before me :D)
But i wouldn't worry to much, i trust that Happyday knows what he is doing (: