The New Academy

Description
Ahh the good old Academy Map. This is a genre of maps that has been going strong since the very genesis of Jedi Academy. Here today we have the latest addition to the community’s long history of Academy maps, the appropriately titled ‘New Academy’!

From the ground the layout seems to consist of many small areas, however if you use noclip like I did and view it from above, you will actually find that the whole map is just one single huge area with different buildings and walls dividing it up. This I think was a clever use of space, and from higher up the map feels really open and big. Like most Academy themed maps, this map uses a lot of Yavin textures for that Jedi Academy look, although there is also a good range of other textures, including quite a lot of custom ones. Some of these custom textures which I especially liked were the door textures, which very conveniently have written on them the area to which they lead, which especially in a large map I think is a good idea so you don’t get lost! :P

As far as structural detail is concerned the map is fairly simple, which isn’t a bad thing because in an Academy map you need to have subtle architecture so that a wide variety of people and clans with different tastes can use it. Outside it is a similar story, although there is one particular area which I absolutely loved. This is the area with the Cherry Blossom trees. This area looks really great, very peaceful and relaxing with the pale pink Cherry Blossoms and the Japanese style pagoda tower in the background. What is more the whole area is carpeted with flowers and small pink Cherry Blossoms fall through the air. Well done with this area mate, you did a great job!

This map has all the features you would expect of an Academy map, bedrooms for the members, training rooms, an outside FFA / battle area and a secret admin area. I do think however there could be some more improvements made, to make it an even better Academy map. Mainly, though simple architecture is good in an Academy map, I feel the architecture here could do with some more defined detail, i.e. make sure you stick to the same kind of Yavin themed architecture throughout, so the whole map has a continuous theme so to speak. Also I think the layout needs adjusting somewhat, because as it is now it is not always easy to find your way around even with the signs on the doors.

The other problem is that this was made for the Keepers of the Force (KoF) Clan, so there are some clan logos and other references about which may put other clans off from using this on their servers.

Overall though, good work here, especially with that Cherry Blossom field! I think this is a good map and I definitely think it’s worth a download! :)

[b]New Textures:[/b] Yes
[b]New Sounds:[/b] No
[b]New Music:[/b] No
[b]Game Types:[/b] FFA, TFFA, Duel, Power Duel, CTF

~Nozyspy~