Hamsters - Dunkelschwamm



    Hamsters is a classic map made for Counter-Strike 1.6 by the legendary mapper, Nipper. The whole map is a hamster habitat floating in space. The walls are transparent making enemy movement obvious. It's a really good map for Counter-Strike 1.6.

SCMapDB page

Author: Nipper

Date of final release: 2016

Maps in package: 1

Map review of Hamsters

(originally posted on SCMapDB)

by dunkelschwamm | November 28, 2021 | 1120 characters

    Hamsters is a classic Nipper Counter-Strike map. This port is faithful in its port of that map and changes nothing, making it little more than a hangout map. While crawling around in tubes does have a McDonald's playplace feel to it and the spinning wheels are very fun, this port has pretty limited options for Sven players.

    If you have a hangout server, I think you should probably stick to maps made specifically for hangout servers and maybe leave this one off the rotation. I can't imagine players finding more than 5 minutes of novelty out of not killing one another in this location.

Pros:

  • The original Nipper map is a classic with fun brushwork and design which keeps it interesting for Counter-Strike gameplay.
  • Has some use as a hangout map, but players would have to bring a lot of their own fun.

Cons:

  • This map isn't designed for Sven Co-op and feels a bit pointless within.

Score: 4 / 10

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