Lillica Deathdealer
Mango and Friends
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Posted - 2013.09.06 03:14:00 -
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-The research Facility has an amazing visual presence. I admit that it is complex, mostly because of the multi level aspect of it. This also makes for a much wider variety of weapon usage, spare sniper rifles and vehicles. The many bridges connecting higher levels of the map ensure a smooth and exciting flow of battle, along with easy navigation to any area you can see. As for the gates and guard posts flanking them, I have found most of the time its a none issue trying to breach them because the defense is so strong. Instead, it winds up with someone running around and dropping uplinks in back, which the defending team cannot reach in time because of how large and sometimes confusing the Facility is. Vehicles would be great for both breaching or defending the gates if it wasn't for the current state of AV, but the potential I see is amazing. After inside the vehicles become an easy target, so they are limited in use but incredibly powerful in their given situation.
-The smaller supporting sockets are fantastic. Once more they show multiple levels to fight on, reaching both underground and into the air on small platforms. The lowest levels sometimes appear useless as anything besides a trap if you spawn in them, but it still looks very nice.
-Border Gulch appears simple at first glance but turns out to provide incredible experiences. Its easy to predict the flow of battle for infantry, but the cover and limited pathways from one side to the other make each fight intense. It creates very complex vehicle gameplay because there isnt any high point to set up on. Instead tanks end up lobbing shot across the gap at eachother, or risk fighting across the bridge. This enables all turret types to maximize their given purpose and overtake rival tanks.
-Fracture road is hard to make sense of from map view at first. Orienting yourself can be difficult once on the ground, too. Even so the objectives are placed in good locations.
-I have not yet played this Impact Ridge enough times to make a proper judgement.
-The visual style is excellent, and use of multiple levels on structures are great. Border gulch in particular flows incredibly well for all vehicles and infantry alike, giving everyone a purpose on this map. |