KYRPG

Description
We all love those maps that look great and have huge amounts of detail from the best mappers in our community, they are a joy to look at and explore. But the problem with such maps is that the amount of detail in them often detracts from the general playability and efficiency of play in the map.

It is maps like this one here however, that while they make the superb visuals of the very best maps, they make up for that in their playability. These kind of maps aren't fussy or packed with minute detail, and that makes them much more practical to play on and while I love to see a great looking map, I also love to see a great playing map, and this here is one of those maps.

This is pretty huge, which necessary since it is an RPG themed map. Unfortunately though that does mean that there are no weapon spawns and such, which is a bit of a shame, because I think this would also make an excellent full scale FFA map. But the author and the clan he is in are obviously more geared towards the RPG side of things. There weren't any clan logo's or such that I could see though, so that means this map is suitable for anyone to use.

There is a nice variety of different terrain here, with some open grassy spaces, rocky outcroppings, a large forest, a lake and even a series of desert canyons. The whole map is inhabited by a variety of deadly animals, such as Rancor's, Velociraptor's, Howlers and Sand Worms, which provide some danger to exploration and such. Personally I really enjoyed the variety of different places and the layout of the map and there are also a few secrets hidden around for you to find which can be used as quest material if you are into the RPG'ing. There is also a blacksmith type building hidden away in the forest and a few market tent like structures, which give the map a medieval flavour.

One thing I think could be improved though is the lighting, since at the moment there isn't any! The whole map is just 'fullbright' (lacking a light compile), which while it doesn't look that bad in this case, it's always best to have proper lighting! One other issue is that the player character doesn't appear to be lit at all, or at least not properly, which is odd since the 'fullbright' should also light the character too. Definitely something to look into there.

Overall though this is a very enjoyable map to explore and I hope it is expanded upon in the future! :)

If any of you guys like RPG'ing and need a new map for your server, then this is an excellent candidate! If your not into RPG'ing then this map is still worth a download to enjoy the exploration, and trying to avoid the deadly critters roaming it. ;)

[b]New Textures:[/b] Yes
[b]New Sounds:[/b] No
[b]New Music:[/b] No
[b]Bot Routes:[/b] No
[b]Game Types:[/b] FFA

~Nozyspy~