Chancars - Dunkelschwamm

 


    Chancars is a fun map with a big mostly open area with plenty of cars to drive around. There is a locked door players can unlock by ramping through a ring several times, but other than that there is no progression. It's just a map to have fun with.

SCMapDB page

Author: Gruntzz

Date of final release: 2021

Maps in package: 1

Map review of Chancars

(originally posted on SCMapDB)

by dunkelschwamm | December 4, 2021 | 2126 characters

    Chancars had a simple premise that I had no patience for. Ring the ring a certain number of times, but it's only reachable via a jump made by wacky cars. Unfortunately, as you ride there is an invincible gonome running around and killing the player. He gave me the vibe of the yeti from SkiFree, always showing up at a terrible time to grind the action to the halt with a one-hit-kill.

    The main attraction of this map is the cars themselves: wacky themed func_vehicles await for the player to roll around and jump off ramps to the big ring in the sky a certain number of the times. I think it was 20? I don't remember. Anyway, the vehicles each have their own funky brushwork: there's one that looks like a surfboard with a wave perpetually behind it, one that is a multi-layered building with stairs inside of it to get around, one is a gonome disco floor, etc. Many more are more grounded vehincles, such as cars or buses or motorcycles.

    Unfortunately, due to the shape of the map it was usually a real frustrating pain getting a car up the ramp to the ring. Instead my friend and I cheesed the map by driving the large multi-storied building vehicle underneath the ring, then drove the bus off of one of the ramps onto it, and then climbed on top of those and stood inside of the ring to complete the objective.

    The completed objective unlocked a weapons shop, which felt redundant as there was no PVP nor was the even Gonome which kept killing me able to be harmed anyway.

    If you have a server rotation with fun quick maps in it, I'd say throw this into the list. It's fun and doesn't necessarily outstay its novelty, even if the actual intended way to play is a bit frustrating.

Pros:

  • Creative func_vehicle shapes
  • Fun way to cheese the level
  • Chill level

Cons:

  • Unkillable gonome kills some of the chill
  • Actually getting up the ramp is kind of a pain
  • The reward for winning is useless

Score: 6.7 / 10

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