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.. I think base map are quite boring and let less possibilities in creation and fantasy.. but this is my personnal taste....
Well, I launched yesterday evening my latest project first beta test run... I hope to get news from the participants soon :D I don't think base maps are boring. Being a more realistic setting, they have a lot of potential for functional details, recognizable locations, and hooks for storyline (as do medieval maps.) The downside is, they are generally very literal, whereas metal or elder world maps tend to be more abstract and visceral.
Of course, medieval and base maps CAN be surreal and abstract, especially the low-poly old-school ones, but even those have somewhat more ties to logic and less ties to emotion, than metal and elder world maps. The feeling is quite different from mapper to mapper. I mean that personally, I prefer medieval maps...
I think the different potential comes from the Quake bestiary: as example the standard Quake bestiary is more accurate for medieval map than base map... a reverse example is Quoth2. Now regarding the architecture potential, it is equivalent for sure, and it depends clearly of mapper inspiration... Well, afterall, it is just a personal feeling ;) i think i'd like to interject here and say that i don't think base maps have to conform to that 'it has to look like something real (to a certain extent)' idea.
ne_doom wasn't really realistic at all, it had floating stuff, gigantic nonsensical machinery, poky bits for no reason other than to be poky... i think the hardest thing about doing a base map is getting outside of the whole 'base' sphere. just my 0.02. feel free to tear it up. :) I really enjoy the base theme as I think it creates very clearly defined spaces. The textures lend themselves to clean lines which I like a lot.
Medieval/metal/elder are definitely more abstract and you can get away with the "this whole level is some sort of abstract space" vibe much more easily. I also think these maps tend to look nicer if done properly. just my 0.02. feel free to tear it up. :)
I will not :P : as I said, it is really a personal point of view, and also a personal inspiration feeling... If base maps provide better inspiration than medieval maps (or the reverse), it is up to the mapper to do whatever he wants... At the end, the most important is the fun you have either creating the map, or playing the map... or both ;) true, now go start another one :p since the one u�ve got start beta :) i go map to becouse i already got some idears for next map!
By conversing "The Hangar" for Quake I had a hard carrot with the extremely enhanced visuality of the map.
Of course, it are the Doom textures, but the experience of seeing the old monsters in a new look makes the gameplay rather sciensefiction. Also stuffing it up with the skulls harrisment of ten, and the health bowl of 50 make it play on a different skill. I would give something to understand the Mechtec setup. base pisses me off. i'd rather see base in q2. q1 is for metal, gothic, medieval imo. no other game does it as well. but plenty of games offer far better 'base' than q1.
But remeber its supposed to be an episode.
Are you impatient, or do you want an episode? Big piece of me wants to help with Remake-Quake, but another large piece wants to make an episode. Gimme a week and the first map (which as you all know is always a base map) will be in alpha. And you know how I do it - 1 map at a time. Grrrr....... I dont know what to do.
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