Geonosis Hills

Description
gogo12's latest map, Geonosis: Hills, is the second map in his series of recreations of locations in Republic Commando. As with the previous map, it appears to be a painstaking recreation and is very close to the actual location in the game.

As before, the map is set on Geonosis, in a series of tight trenches and wide open spaces divided by chasms, all covered with a thick layer of dust floating in the air. There are assorted rocks and debris scattered throughout the map, giving it a bit of a battle-scarred look. The clones' main objective is to fight their way through the masses of CIS and get to the Techno Union ship's entrance, which is located on the far side of the map. The map looks good, although the bots do occasionally get stuck on jutting pieces of terrain in some of the tighter areas. You can't get over the sides of the trenches or see over the walls, but there are a few LAAT-C carriers flying throughout the sky. These can't be reached by the player, but they are driven by a few clones, which aren't the best drivers. There are some Geonosians helping out the CIS, which features a new playable unit armed with a blaster rifle instead of the droideka. The Republic gets only two units this time (both new)- a clone commando with a rifle, sniper rifle, rockets, and a pistol, as well as a clone trooper armed with a rifle.

There aren't any major flaws or bugs with the map, but a mini-map of the trenches would be nice to have. The bot pathing needs a little more tweaking to be perfect, especially with the LAATs, but in its current state it doesn't detract from the map's playability. For those with older computers, the dust may cause some slowdowns for you, so maybe lowering the levels of that would be a good idea. Also, the Republic probably needs a few other units along with the commando and trooper, since they aren't really that different.

Overall, it's a nice map, and a good recreation of the canyons level of Republic Commando. Give it a try if you liked RC, or if you like what you see in the screenshots.

-Jedikiller