Battle of the Philippine Sea

Description
Now here\'s another very sexy map from Fizzy, this time based on the Battle of the Philippine Sea. I\'ve played Fizzy\'s maps before and they were all top-notch, so I certainly wasn\'t disappointed when I saw this one and gave it a try.

The map is a small chain of islands, reminiscent of Invasion of the Philippines crossed with Coral Sea...not a bad mix at all :D. I fired up a coop server with 40 bots as recommended, joined the US team, and spawned on the carrier. I waited around a bit on deck to get my hands on the good ol\' SBD (the bots spawn directly in the aircraft and landing craft as usual). Just as I envisaged, the 4 control points around the edges of the islands got taken first, 2 for each side. Then the fight bogged down on the center flag, with jeep runs, tank battles, and planes roaring overhead trying to blow you to pieces. On the ground, I ran out of ammo pretty quick and I couldn\'t find many ammoboxes near the middle during the hectic battle, so I had to keep knife-killing the bots and taking their Engineer kits to lay down more landmines. Because of the narrow roads and bridges leading to the central point, landmines are one of the most effective assets in this map, and I got a good number of jeeps, tanks, and APCs that way.

On the technical side, the map is flawless. I couldn\'t find any bugs whatsoever, I had no crashes and it ran very smoothly. View/fog distance is just right for dogfighting, and in Coop mode the bots are very good at doing their job. They\'ll land quickly on the beaches, cap the flags, and charge the central area while the planes overhead either dogfight, strafe infantry or bomb the tanks and APCs. And as you\'ll see from the screenshots, the map looks absolutely beautiful.

All in all, a top-notch map from Fizzy. I recommend EVERYONE download this and play it - it\'s an absolute stunner.