Battle Complex v2

Description
I hope you like teleporters and mazes, because this map is one big maze full of teleporters! Sir_Ryan here brings us v2 of his Battle Complex map, almost a year after he released the first version. So what has changed?

Well, the style has remained very similar, with multi-level rooms of various shapes and sizes for battling in as well as teleporters like the last version did. However there have been many big changes. For one, you can see that the map no longer uses brightly coloured lights and textures, instead relying on a standard, plain, clean Bespin themed texture set for the entire map. The teleporters are also clearly marked in the passageways by the blue ‘plasma pipe’ texture. This makes the map much easier on the eyes and also looks more natural.

The maze-like structure of the map and the use of teleporters to get from area to area makes for an interesting map to have an FFA in. This is one of the maps strengths, but also one of its weaknesses. Not everybody likes maze-like maps, because it can be incredibly frustrating if you keep getting lost. That really depends on the type of gameplay that the individual player likes though.

There are a few things that I think need fixing and/or improving as well. The map doesn’t appear to have any music, which is a great shame, because even some base JKA music is better than no music at all! I definitely think this map deserves some cool custom music. Also, I still feel that the map is very plain and bare, and that it needs some more structural and architectural detail. Maybe some pillars here and there, or some pipes on the wall, just to add that bit extra flavour. Then again, the simplicity is also one of the advantages of the map, because there is nothing to distract the hardcore gamer in a frantic FFA. Nevertheless, I still think it would be cool to add in some more detail.

Adding bot support would also be good I think, although this could be tricky with all the teleporters in the map.

Overall another decent map here from Sir_Ryan, though I feel that it could still be improved. I look forward to seeing if Sir_Ryan decides to make a v3 of this map, and also his future map releases! :)

If you are in need of a map to practice some hardcore FFA’ing or just like the look of this map, then give it a download, and don’t forget to leave the author some helpful tips and comments below on where he can improve for next time. Especially if you are a fellow mapper!

[b]Bot Support:[/b] No
[b]New Textures:[/b] No
[b]New Sounds:[/b] No
[b]New Music:[/b] No
[b]Game Types:[/b] FFA, TFFA

~Nozyspy~