Descent is a beautiful map

beyond.wudgebeyond.wudge Join Date: 2012-10-19 Member: 162731Members
edited March 2013 in NS2 General Discussion
I have just had a look at it and I must admit, you guys have done a stellar job on it. The planetary vista is awesome, the shopping district hilarious and curiously prescient and the architecture is delightful. It definitely is a pleasure to play on because of this. BTW those asteroids/clouds in the planet vista must be moving at _crazy_ speeds to get around that planet so quickly relative to the station. =)

My only concern with it is the lines of sight during play seem to be a little complicated. How would I put it? It would make an awesome counter-strike map but because there are no headshots, wall shots or legs vs torso damage distinctions in this game and Fade's are the only man sized target you encounter it seems a little, well, complicated for fighting aliens. If you were to make the game more of a tactical shooter/marines vs marines it would be an awesome map for it though.

Nevertheless, very beautiful map. Good job! I will immensely enjoy playing on this even if sometimes I will be caught looking out the window when I should be building up the forward base!
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  • SteveRockSteveRock Join Date: 2012-10-01 Member: 161215Members, NS2 Developer, Subnautica Developer
    Yeah when I first walked around it I was pretty stunned!
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  • Squeal_Like_A_PigSqueal_Like_A_Pig Janitor Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 66Members, Super Administrators, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Reinforced - Supporter, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer
    Thanks for the comments. The mapper, Jake "Jonacrab" did a fantastic job with Descent, making it both beautiful and fun to play on, and our environment artists really outdid themselves on it.

    And yes, some creative liberty needed to be taken with those asteroids, in order for them to have noticeable movement :)
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  • SquishpokePOOPFACESquishpokePOOPFACE -21,248 posts (ignore below) Join Date: 2012-10-31 Member: 165262Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    First time I played this map I didn't even fight, just ran around and admired everything.

    Even had an impromptu dance party at the stipper pole once with the other people on the team.
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  • CrazyEddieCrazyEddie Join Date: 2013-01-08 Member: 178196Members
    Yeah, it took like twenty minutes for the game to start the first time. It was awesome.
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  • NordicNordic Long term camping in Kodiak Join Date: 2012-05-13 Member: 151995Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Shadow
    The new reflection/refraction really is the icing on the cake. It makes all maps, especially decent look so amazing. Ns2 is now one of the better looking games I play.
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  • deathshrouddeathshroud Join Date: 2010-04-10 Member: 71291Members
    descent is also fun to play which is the important part :)
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  • beyond.wudgebeyond.wudge Join Date: 2012-10-19 Member: 162731Members
    Especially love the glass floorview of the planet after you first see it. Keep bringing it back into shot. Really nice touch. :)
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