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thenobodies80 wrote:I'm totally happy with the current draft so I have nothing to add at this stage.
The Battle of Prokhorovka, the greatest tank engagement in history and a turning point of WWII, which halted the Nazi assault on the Soviet Union and sent the warfare steamroller back towards whence it came.
SuicidalSnowman wrote:3) I would personally like a little more color variation between the two tank sets, or some deeper graphical variation.
SuicidalSnowman wrote:4) I can't see the "flags" on the tanks unless I squint.
SuicidalSnowman wrote:5) What about the forward tanks, (B1 and B3, G1 and G3) shooting behind them? Is this possible?
SuicidalSnowman wrote:6) Piggy backing on that, it isn't entirely clear to me what each tanks' range is. I get the idea you have in the sidebar, but can 2GT2 hit 1BT2? What about 1BT1?
SuicidalSnowman wrote:7) I always called the "firing" parts of a tank a "turret" not a tower, but maybe I'm wrong there.
SuicidalSnowman wrote: I think the background is a little bit underwhelming. I like the rest of the graphics, but background doesn't match up. What do those red spaces represent? Mars rocks? Look at how GC1 is basically straddling two different types of terrain... It takes away from the idea that this map is supposed to demonstrate a strategic tank battle with the tanks randomly placed.
SuicidalSnowman wrote:This is a cool idea though, I'll follow this one through.
greenoaks wrote:sur ely you could grab something from the rich history of tanks used during WW1, WW2 or the Cold War (NATO vs Warsaw Pact). is there a town, a region, a battle that could be the backdrop. gives us the chance to rewrite history.
greenoaks wrote:alternatively you could do a WW3 Cold War themed British/American/French (NATO) vs the USSR dominated Warsaw Pact.
EricPhail wrote:Not that bothered about the map, but this could end in an eternal stalemate if I'm reading it right:
If both sides are at any point reduced to just a forward tank it appears no progress can be made
eg. Player a is reduced to G2 (Gc2 and/or GT2) as Player B kills say 1G4 from BT2 which is all he has left
neither can bombard the other but given no one has a platoon leader, neither can advance anywhere either assuming I'm reading the legend correctly
EricPhail wrote:oh also the legend is horrible:
tricky to read (bad font/background) , not very clear content wise either, (who can shoot who, that dia tells me almost nothing - can I hit half covered squares? Is it only forward at width +1? or a diagonal cone if unrestricted?)
EricPhail wrote:Could be interesting in concept but doesn't really have that much draw for me ( needs a story or background IMO)
Armandolas wrote:Please i want to to know the brand of the tank engine. also i want to know the name of those tankdrivers.
How the hell im going to get into a tank if i dont know the drivers name???
PS. i dont play Knights map because it should have had a theme..not only a boring board..on one side it should be Kasparov and in the other side should have Karpov.
Ohhh..the theme is the board itself?...duuuuuhhhhh...so the theme here might be a battle of tanks!!!
DearCyrus wrote:Armandolas wrote:Please i want to to know the brand of the tank engine. also i want to know the name of those tankdrivers.
How the hell im going to get into a tank if i dont know the drivers name???
PS. i dont play Knights map because it should have had a theme..not only a boring board..on one side it should be Kasparov and in the other side should have Karpov.
Ohhh..the theme is the board itself?...duuuuuhhhhh...so the theme here might be a battle of tanks!!!
Lol. I have no investment in this map,but I think your critique is dead on. It seems many people on this site have a hard time discerning what makes a "theme".And while the gameplay seems a little questionable on this map,the theme seems quite apparent.
I say continue to work on the gameplay issues Eric phail brought up, and you will be working in the right direction. Also if you plan on spicing up the graphics later, as this is only a draft, maybe say so. That way people don't get to hung up on it, as they know it is already on your to do list.
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