747 - GrandmasterJ

 


    747 is a Counter-Strike 1.6 map converted to Sven Co-op. The level design is untouched and is optimized for objective based team play with some HEV and weapons scattered around.

SCMapDB page

Original map authors: Leon Nieuwoudt and Stephen Superville

Conversion author: Jmal

Date of original map release: 1999

Date of final Sven Map release: 2020

Maps in package: 1

Map review of 747

(originally posted on SCMapDB) 

by GrandmasterJ | December 11, 2021 | 1842 characters

    Who plays Sven Co-op PVP? Well I did try some light 1v1 pvp on this map just to test it out. I will say the PVP works, I was messing around and actually damaged my teamma- I mean sworn nemesis and we decided to go for it.

    First off, I never played this map in Counter-Strike 1.6 so I don't know how it plays there. But I can say the map is clearly intended to have two sides clash around the plane. Since the map is de I can only assume the terrorists had to bomb the plane. In that context I can see how the map geography can be conducive to a fun match. There are no teams on the map and you can not plant a bomb. This makes certain areas of the map clearly superior to other areas. The central passenger area has these curtains that you can sometimes walk through and sometimes open like doors. In a tense situation where terrorists have to approach their objective I can see how fun this can be. In Sven its death alley and I'd rather not be there. I also spawn there a lot and multiple times my archnemesis was able to mow me down moments after I spawned.

    It was also missing textures so half the map was purple and black checkerboards. The screenshots look great, the actual map looks terrible. Do we need the wad from the CS map?

    It's probably a great CS 1.6 map. It's an ok Sven PVP map. The lack of a wad really brings down the enjoyment.

Pros:

  • I can see how this would be fun in Counter-Strike 1.6
  • Lots of weapon variety scattered in decent places
  • PVP actually works!

Cons:

  • It's not made for Sven and some areas are terrible to be in.
  • broken textures, half the exterior was purple checkerboard

Score: 5 / 10

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