HL2 DM - Freeway to C17

I don't like it, sorry.

The entire brushwork is as simple and basic as could be, not to mention that it's all textured very quickly. The rest of the map seems to be stuffed with all the props you could find in the models folder. Also, the lighting is all very plain.

Add a heap of displacement maps with some foilage props on it and you have Freeway to C17 by Tom Rudderham.

It's a great concept, but could have been so much more though.

For a first map, it's certainly not bad.

Looks ok - not exactly as a map which a requires hefty PC though...

altough its a bit generic I like it

Looks pretty good, kind of like a low-detail stalker.

i dig it, but could use some creativity

ShaDoW = Threeboy?

Anyways, I think it's an excellent first map, okay in general. It's way better than most the custom crap you see on hl2dm servers now. Keep on mapping, you'll find new ideas, better ways of doing things and better looking ways.

I think all you need for this map is some large center piece for gameplay and visual interest... try a massive maze like pile-up of semis & cars ... a collapsed building or highway... visual interest! The building in the skybox helps but it's not enough.

you are definately missing vertical gameplay which means I'd expect to get bored of the gameplay pretty fast. Any good DM map has plenty of vertical gameplay to keep things mixed up. However you're hitting your theme pretty well. Maybe add cross road bridges? dunno

First map > not bad

sometimes i find it refreshing if theres no vertical fighting, especially in counterstrike

Cross road bridges would pwn~~

Quote from tomrudderham

added an invisible wall to stop players escaping the map

Invisible walls suck. Better make a barricade out of wrecked cars or something like that.

burning cars are pretty neato, otherwise its boring.

I like it. It has a nice atmosphere to it.

are you serious? thats the most common atmosphere for hl2dm maps. gray and destroyed.

Specifically shot 3, I don't know why but it looks very appealing to me.

mike u have no taste