[WIP] Revelations Wallpaper

[Pooky]

It's a map. Almost no map EVER made actually has a purpose. For example... "Why are we here?"

Never played many FPS games besides Halo 1, have you?

[Con]

It looks very cool. I have a critcism of that structure though, it seems to have a sky shooting bolt coming out the center/top AND a observation deck sticking out over a cliff. I do say it looks very nice, very much like forerunner architecture. My critcism is that it doesn't seem to be focusing on the sky shooting bolt. The entire structure is horizontally focused, while it also has a sky shooting bolt. If you remember the sky shooting structures in the halo 1 level Halo, they were tall and focused almost entirely on doing so.

That, and the rest of the map is just bleh. Some random forerunner structures in the middle of nowhere, with some random canyon between the two ends. No specific purpose, other than gameplay and aesthetics. Why doesn't anyone start making maps somewhere on earth, or another human, or covenant, world? A giant wind farm, radio telescope dish, nuclear bunkers and ICBM launch and control structures maybe.

It's nice to have meaning and purpose behind the map, but gameplay is the most important. Nobody knows what beam towers are meant for, so the assumption can't be made that these structures have no purpose for being here. They're certainly a lot more purposeful than most of the forerunner structures in Halo MP. In Halo 2 and 3, environments are more purposeful. It's great when you can combine gameplay and purpose, but gameplay is the most important thing here. Also, don't count out the halo hologram in the middle. That structure is a map room, and I made the holograms under the ramps show schematics of 4 beam generators. We've added these touches to create purpose and make the map more interesting than a bunch of rooms and hallways.

As for the bases, I think they look best the way they are right now.

[Cortexian]

I never said it's done in Halo--it's something done in PS. I'll make a tutorial this weekend.

Sorry, I stated that wrong. I meant to say "if Con can show me how to fake AA for Halo" and not "in Halo".

Also, these new "sky shooting bolts" aren't like previous ones. These are more like energy beams that are constantly turned on for some reason, as opposed to beams that shoot off every so often. So who's to say this structure doesn't have a completely different purpose than the standard "sky shooting bolt" structures? Maybe this one is more horizontal so it can take advantage of the cooling provided by the gigantic waterfall? Maybe it was designed by a smaller Forerunner contracting firm than the ones that did everything else and is therefore sub-par (lol what)... Either way, the argument is fairly moot.

[EX12693]

Never played many FPS games besides Halo 1, have you?

Oh yes I have. I'm talking about multiplayer maps. No purpose except gameplay, as already stated by Rook.

[Cortexian]

What? There's a pretty large amount of multiplayer maps that have back story to them...

[EX12693]

O i c wut u mean. yea. Almost ALL maps have backstory... but almost none have a real purpose. (as in present tense purpose. notice how all maps with a backstory are abandoned)

[Con]

[EX12693]

Yes. That was the reference I made.

[Cortexian]

Isn't it obvious?

I know exactly why they're there, and I know exactly where they came from because I pay attention to the details.

[TeeKup]