Metsa0 - GrandmasterJ

 


    This map appears to be the opening sequence of a larger map set. Players spawn in the back of a truck, trapped with no hope of escape. If a player noclips out and uses a certain section of the truck's front bumper the truck will move to the other end of the tunnel it is in.

SCMapDB page

Author: Robootto

Date of final release: 2004

Maps in package: 1

Map review of Metsa0

(originally posted on SCMapDB)

by GrandmasterJ | February 20, 2022 | 1320 characters

    Players spawn trapped in the back of a truck. There is a gauss cannon here but nothing else. It is very boring and there is nothing to do.

    Noclipping out of the truck reveals a long hallway. There are explosives on the sides that trigger enemies when they explode. It was only after my teammate persisted in trying to get the truck to move that the truck did actually start to move. Apparently he used the back bumper and that worked, the truck started moving. We tried getting the truck to move while inside it but that proved impossible, the only way to have anything interesting happen is to cheat.

    In hindsight I think the explosives were meant to be shot at while the truck drives by. That would have been cool had it worked. The map description says it feels like the start of a series, and that is very true, everything about this map screams abandoned project. It doesn't work and players are trapped. It is not fun.

Pros:

  • If it worked correctly, it would have been really interesting

Cons:

  • players spawn and remain trapped in a cage
  • the truck should really move automatically

Score: 0.5 / 10

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