Invoker War review
lol. maybe the map is too advanced, need a better pc to play haha..
Custom natives and the like are known to crash or instantly scorescreen Macintosh computers. Never use them unless you feel like pissing off anyone trapped with a Mac in a gaming environment.
Trust me, most Mac gamers wish they had Windows or Linux for gaming, considering it's cheaper and more widely supported. The Windows OS sucks, but its games don't.
ColdRocker said:
Perhaps you should integrate another base scoring item as Replayability. Often successful maps are ones that are replayable and provide different experiences every time. Just my 2c
That's where the Fun score comes in. The fun score can go up to 4/3 or even 5/3 if it is very replayable...
Yes, I know, I'm doing these reviews out of over. Bwahaahahaaaa...
jareph
Invoker War
Invoker War is a fun map of spell combat where the players are given three elements that they can invoke in different combinations to achieve a variety of spells and effects. This limits each player to ten spells for use with up to 4 teammates against up to 5 enemies. It feels simple and fun, but somewhere along the lines it just seems... Unfinished. I really expected a bit more out of a final version...
Base Rating
The base rating forms the main part of the map's rating.
Fun X X X
Invoker War is pretty fun. It may even be worth several playthroughs just for fun. Normally, this would give it 4 points, but I'm holding back on the extra credit point for the problems that I will describe later in the review.
Balanced X X X
Invoker War has refined spell balancing and such. The teams start with the same stuff and don't get any bonuses from killing others besides adding to the score. The balance is pretty much fine in Invoker War.
Original X X -
Well, considering that most spells in Invoker War are either blizzard spells or very close to blizzard spells, and the fact that this map kinda feels like a stripped-down Spellcraft, an originality point is lost. Only one, however, since this genre of maps isn't exactly common.
Polished X X -
This is the easiest part of the map to fix, and with it the Immersion score would probably rise as well. The problems I noticed with the polishing mainly stem from the user friendliness. I was able to figure everything out, but most other players did not. As you can see in the replay, a couple players were wondering how they could change their elements. They didn't realize that they were stuck with those elements through the whole game... Second, this map suffers from the Information Overload™ syndrome that plagues maps that try something different. In other words, there is a lot of text floating around on the map and the screen that daunts the players and makes them especially susceptible to leaving. This symptom is plainly obvious in the replay. Third, since you obviously know of the leaver problem, you really ought to have added a team rebalancing function. Ending the game 5v0 as I did is not a good thing.
Immersive X X -
Information overload hurts immersion. It would be better to give the information to the players in smaller bits when they actually need it. Be creative here...
Optimized X - -
Oh, boy. I should probably explain exactly what earns each optimization score... This is all relative to my own computer, by the way. It exceeds the recommended system requirements for Warcraft III comfortably. I'm going to start with a 3 point optimization score: "Congratulations, this map runs flawlessly at a steady and playable frame rate." The 2 point optimization score is basically "Playable, but has lag and frame rate problems or surges every now and then." The 1 point optimization score is pretty much "Playable, but just barely so. Not a comfortable frame rate and may have lag and frame rate problems fairly often." The 1 point score is where Invoker War stands. The 0 point optimization score is basically "Becomes completely unplayable for extended periods of time."
*Merits*
Merits are extra good points that warrant special attention beyond the base score.
Small File Size √ √
216 KB is pretty damn small. Invoker War gets a double merit for small file size.
*Demerits*
Demerits are extra bad points that warrant special attention beyond the base score.
No Documentation √
Unfortunately for this map, there was no quests menu in Invoker War. Since there is no documentation beyond the loading screen, this map receives a demerit.
Invoker War is a fun spell combat game with a bit of tactics thrown in for good measure. The good outweighs the bad, but the bad nonetheless brings down the rating. Too bad you submitted the map for review after you called it "Final".
Base Rating
Fun
X X X
Balanced
X X X
Original
X X -
Polished
X X -
Immersive
X X -
Optimized
X - -
*Merits*
Small File Size
√ √
*Demerits*
No Documentation
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(The numerical rating goes from 1.00-5.00, but the under-the-hood calculation can go below zero and above six, changing the rating description)
Rating: 3.35
Description: Acceptable
I mean the latest one 
spawn frequency
Events
Time - Every (8.00 x 60.00) seconds of game time
Map initialization
Conditions
Actions
For each (Integer A) from 1 to 10, do (Unit Group - Pick every unit in creepspawn and do (Unit - Create 1 creepType[((11 x creeplevel) + (Integer A))] for Neutral Hostile at (Position of (Picked unit)) facing (Random angle) degrees))
Unit - A unit owned by Player 1 (Red) Spawns a summoned unit
Wait 0.01 seconds
Game - The in-game time of day becomes Equal to 12.00
Set unitcounts[(Integer A)] = (Number of units in (Units owned by (Player((Integer A))) matching ((Life of (Matching unit)) Greater than or equal to 0.01)))
I need to get any other comments than: Hilarous, Fun, Nice map. 
