Geonosis:The Frontline

Description
"Geonosis: Frontline," by Cody_LG, is another Geonosis map. It does focus on the battle from the "Landing at Point Rain" storyarc in the Clone Wars TV show, so the sides are at least somewhat different, but it still bears all the hallmarks of a Geonosis map.

The biggest issue with this map is the dust. It's been scaled up to the point where it doesn't even look like dust anymore, just patches of textures. Also, as dust is wont to do when used in large quantities, it kills the framerate. This was laggy for me even when used in the lowest video settings. Because of the obscuring dust, it was very hard for me to really appreciate the layout of the map, since I never really got a good handle on it - it all felt the same.

The map itself is okay - it's the author's first, and at least it avoids some traditional pitfalls (the sky is changed, for example), but there are still things like stretched or jagged terrain, floating objects, and untidy AI pathing at places. This is all wrapped in a Geonosis map wrapper, so it's hard to really notice the good things the author did, since the map itself is so overwrought.

All in all, it's not a bad map, and it's a fine attempt for a first map, but the dust and the fact that it's boring ol' Geonosis hurt it. Give it a try if the screenshots appeal to you.

-Mav