Radian Review

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Radian
by Aimless Ant

Author's Description
360 degrees of suffering

Parent Map
Foundry

Applicable Game Variants
(* my recommended game variants)
Slayer, Team Slayer*, even Big Team Slayer*
CTF
Oddball, Team Oddball*
KOTH, Team King*
Territories, Land Grab, Flag Rally*
Neutral Assault*

Pros
-Beautiful, clean, and original design
-Creative use of scenery pieces by means of interlocking
-Straight wall pieces
-Genius use of map geometry
-Versatility, this map can play most game variants
-Plenty of Elbow room
-Plays amazing on Neutral Assault and Team KOTH

Cons
-Some spawn-points are visible from higher ground
-Where's the ammo?
-The flags are too close together in CTF
-There is an Active-Camo on top of the oddball

My Opinion
Let me start of by saying that Radian is beautifully constructed and that it's author Aimless Ant is a genius when it comes to scenery piece placement. When i first encountered the map I thought it was just another knock off MLG map, but I was wrong, it offers so much more potential. As usual, I brought in an outside party from Big Team Slayer and played a few rounds of various game variants. Neutral Assault was a big hit, as well as Team King. They were also in awe of Radian's splendor, especially the maps showcase, the energy shield rings. There are plenty of places to hide and many different routes to take which will make the gameplay different every time. People want replay value.

On the downside, FFA is definately not welcome on this map. I recieved too many complaints about spawn camping from the higher platforms. Also, CTF didn't do to well either. People were grabbing the enemy flag in less than ten seconds. The flag placements are just way to close together. To make matters worse there is never any ammo to be found and I kept finding myself running out at the wrong time. And finally, I inoticed on oddball that there is an active camo piece place directly above it. That may complicate things.

In retrospect, this is a fantastic map. You can tell right away that the author put a lot of effort into this map. And on some variant gampleay is astounding, on others it is mediocre. But, mediocre does not mean flawed. Download this map, you will not be disappointed.

Gameplay - 8.5
Balancing - 8.5
Originality - 9.5
Neatness - 10

Overall - 9.1
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