Blood Valley

[Moderator]

12:41, 23rd June 2009, by Rui:
The map is cluttered, with bad texturing work, placement of neutral buildings (Gold Mines included) and drops. Rejected^{(until updated)} with a rating of 2/5 (Lacking).

 

[Septimus]

Good Point

[+]

Neutral Point

[!] Terrain look normal, you could had add more destructible/doodad to make it look better such as adding flower, weed and etc etc.

Bad Point

[-] Tavern should not be guard by creep.

Overall - 3/5
Approve

 

[yujinn]

Thanks for the approval. I've removed the tavern creeps (forgot about that basic rule. hehe), plus made some 'doodadly' and terrain improvements. ;-)

 

[Dreadnought[dA]]

Lol originally had creeps guarding Tavern? LOL

Anyways, Humans are the only ones I see surviving on this map lol

 

[yujinn]

^ tell me why is that so?

{EDIT}
Ok... I've been checking on some melee maps here.... I can't believe this has been graded as low as some of the maps I saw that obviously really sucked!

 

[Evan1993]

Evan1993's Review for Blood Valley.

Blood Valley is a melee map with a more interesting and unique layout then most melee maps.

However it has a lot of the same problems other melee maps uploaded to the hive have, incorrect creep drops, balance issues, and poor use of the noise terrain command. It also seemed like it could use a neutral building in the middle, perhaps a fountain.

For information about item-drops and other aspects of melee maps, see blizzards melee map guide here.

As for the terrain, here are some tutorials you may find helpful:

• http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...he-ultimate-beginners-terrain-tutorial-35233/
  
• http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/general-mapping-tutorials-278/natural-environments-96825/
  
• http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...als-278/beginners-f-a-q-to-terraining-128655/
  
• http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...ezs-complete-terraing-tutorial-v1-0-a-114203/

The balance issues that struck me were that the neutral building (especially the taverns) were not the same distance for all players, there is only enough for two players on each team to expand, and the gold mines are totally in the open (mainly the expos but also the main mines to a lesser degree.)

In closing, Blood Valley is an interesting map, but needs a slight redesign for balance, and some polishing to be a playable map. I’d give it a 2/5. It is great for your first map, keep making them and they will soon be blizzard quality.

PS:
I'd love for people to comment on my reviews and suggest ways for me to improve.

 

[Rui]

Rui's review for "Blood Valley" (melee map by yujinn)

Too cluttered map: the layout is confusing and bad-looking; the texturing work is poor and there is no elevation at all; (nearly) no presence of doodads.

Neutral buildings are a mess. The expansion Gold Mines are placed in the middle of nothing, with no surrounding trees or anything. Goblin Merchants have a red creep camp guarding them and they're too far off.

Drops are the usual failure. By other words, they are bad (and that is the most polite term I could come up with). Two Gnoll Brutes plus a Warden shouldn't drop two items. Remove the lvl1 permanent.

I just can't find positive things on this map. Or wait, I think trees didn't have holes?
My rating is a 2/5 (Lacking). I vote for it to be Rejected.

 

[Evan1993]

Rejected(until updated)

I thought if it was Rejected it was deleted right away? I wasn't aware "Rejected(until updated)" was a choice I could pick. hm.