4chan /pol/ Gasworks (PVP w/ NPCs) - Dunkelschwamm

  


    This is a PVP map with a 4chan theme filled with memes. With how fast internet culture moves nowadays this map seems like something that would get old the moment it comes out.

SCMapDB page

Author: Keen

Date of final release: 2017

Maps in package: 1

Map review of 4chan /pol/ Gasworks (PVP w/ NPCs)

(originally posted on SCMapDB) 

by dunkelschwamm | December 4, 2021 | 1092 characters

    We didn't play this on PVP, so we mostly just checked out what the map's layout was. As a DM map, it seems to have some good killzones, lots of flow between rooms, some big arenas with complicated pathways, but also some weird obvious places to camp and such. I can't say how well it works out though in practice, because we did not have PVP enabled.

    The mapping itself ranges from decent brushwork and interesting atmospheres to stubby walls with repeating memes scrawled across them. Really, some of this is pretty nifty looking but most of it looks like whatever the geocities equivalent of Hammer editor is.

Pros:

  • Some decent brushwork here and there
  • The PVP flow of the map looks like it'd work just fine

Cons:

  • Niche humor that is now especially dated.
  • Some really less than decent brushwork and lazy design
  • Lazy delivery of some of the humorous elements.

Score: 4 / 10

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