The Heart of the Land v 1.2

[Moderator]

12:49, 27th Feb 2016
Ardenian: The Heart of the Land offers an arcade-like game for players to hunt for the best score. The concept and mechanics are simple, but entertaining and challenging.

The terrain offers variety and is well-designed. The trees are hiding incoming units, however, making it hard to detect their type. You could think about adding a transparency system or move them a bit.

 

[Arad MNK]

No technical Problems I can see. Maybe someone can review this and rate without any problems.

 

[Melth]

Is someone going to review this map?

 

[WhiteFang]

Yes,I am

Visuals
The visuals of this map is nothing unique or superior.It's a simple terrain that fits perfectly with the map since it can hide the units that can cause confusion or increase the difficulty.There's not much to say in this regard,the terrain doesn't look bad,even though it's simple,it doesn't hinder the gameplay and it does what it has to.

Gameplay
The concept of the map itself is unique.The player has control over Cenarius and two ancients of protection and must survive against waves of enemies.The map can be quite difficult and I feel there should be a choice of difficulty,which either reduces the enemies or their health.The map offers abundant info and shows the controls in the loading screen as well as at the start of the map which is good.There should be a short time before the waves start at the beginning in order for the player to see what the hero's spells does.

Overall and rating
This map is obviously for faster players who can quickly take in info as well as swap between units while using abilities.The map itself is quite simple yet fun and challenging.The map has no bugs that I encountered in my play.I did not get far though.I give this map a 4/5andvoting for approval!

 

[Melth]

Thanks for reviewing it, WhiteFang. Has a moderator had a chance to look at it yet?

 

[Rufus]

A fun game defenitely, that can be pretty tricky at times.

The only thing I could think off:
I'd suggest adding a "practice round" perhaps? The first wave is pretty fast paced fro player who have never tried it before. The level that currently is level one would fit perfectly as level 2 in my opinion. A slower first level would also give the player time to read Cenarius abilities.
However, you learn fast how it works, so that might not be needed at all.

I love the red dotting of the enemies. It makes them very ewasy to keep track off, even though they might be hiding under trees. A smart feature.
I also really like the terrain, even though not having a grand and mindblowing look, it provided a mellow and clear layout of the game area.

A pretty simple yet entertaining and engaging game, that works as intended.
Approved.

 

[Melth]

I've revisited this game and uploaded a new version since I noticed that one of the recent Warcraft 3 patches had messed up some of the cameras.

Besides fixing the cameras, I also made a few tweaks to implement feedback from Rufus and others, such as including a tutorial wave in singleplayer.