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jonthebeserker Apprentice 523 posts since
May 28, 2012

terraforming maps

Posted by jonthebeserker on Jul 16, 2012 5:14 AM

obviously a bit late for the starting maps, but as a suggestion to DLC I would like to see terraforming maps. Here are a few suggestions (some from others on this forum. Apologies for the lack of kudos to whoever came up with any specific idea). A map that changes shape will add to the confusion and mayhem without drastically changing the formula. I would just like to list the ones I have seen and if anyone has any suggestions feel free to post.

 

 

1) a boat that is sinking - The lower decks fill up with water, and you can pay for a bilge pump activation that clears down the water. Maybe the pap or jugger could be down in the lower levels of the boat. After ssay 5 minutes,, the water fills back up again. Maybe you could introduce some sort of swimming ability perk or whatever?

 

2) if you have seen AVP the movie the pyramid rotates causing new areas to open up and some to close or become severely restricted with regard to space to manoeuvre.

 

3) travelators (like in airports). Pay 2000 or whatever to change the direction. Allow owners of staminup to run (quite slowly but get there in the end) in the opposite direction. No staminup = running on the spot

 

4) 5k to use a portal gun setting up a unique escape route

 

5) lever that flips gravity

 

 

 

anyone else got any ideas?

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  • Grayewsable Expert 942 posts since
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    Grayewsable     Jul 16, 2012 5:56 AM (in response to jonthebeserker)

    A sinking ship, with water levels rising, yeah, that'd be nice.

     

    AVP-styled pyramids that rotate and revolve rooms every dozen-minutes? Don't think the current-gen consoles would be able to do that, too many resources required.

     

    Portal gun? Lol, bit if an Intellectual Property infringement.

     

    Gravity switches? This all really depends on how far-fetched Treyarch's zombie department wants to get with their maps, settings and designs.

    • jonthebeserker Apprentice 523 posts since
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      jonthebeserker     Jul 16, 2012 6:23 AM (in response to Grayewsable)

      Portal gun - yeah probably. Maybe make it so that its BO friendly - maybe 2 perma gershe devices (without the killing ability).

       

       

      The point I am trying to get across is that variety is key. I can't really be bothered to play zombies that much due to repetiveness, moon was great for keeping it fresh with the excavators and the easter egg (for the perma perks). The easter egg for moon was really well thought out and the perma perks for everyone reward makes it well worth doing. The shangri-la egg however...man that was a pain.

       

      Moon for me was by a mile the best zombie level to date. It only starts to get repetitive at around round 30 depending on how soon the tunnel 6 exacavator digs. All the other maps are boring by round 18.

       

       

      COTD comes in second place as you can kill george multiple times to get 5th-8th perk.

       

      It's these sort of suggestions that they need IMO to keep it fresh. The new game modes may help, but for the zombies we currently know and love its all about survival and the more randomness will mean better longevity for the game.

      • jonthebeserker Apprentice 523 posts since
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        jonthebeserker     Jul 16, 2012 11:40 AM (in response to jonthebeserker)

        I quite liked the idea of putting traps together in Five - I think this idea could be developed a bit further. Manually setting up traps somehow...This is going back a bit, but there were a few nice ideas on spy vs spy (awesome game!!)

    • jonthebeserker Apprentice 523 posts since
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      jonthebeserker     Jul 16, 2012 11:42 AM (in response to Grayewsable)

      hmm the AVP rotating map idea - they did the eclipse thing in shangri-la. I don't see why they cant do map terraforming with the current gen consoles... It's practically the same thing.

      • Grayewsable Expert 942 posts since
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        Grayewsable     Jul 16, 2012 12:17 PM (in response to jonthebeserker)

        Because seperate parts of the map actually move and rotate, rather than the players being teleported to a darker skin of the map.

        • jonthebeserker Apprentice 523 posts since
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          jonthebeserker     Jul 17, 2012 3:18 AM (in response to Grayewsable)

          i meant the wibbly wobbly thing when you start the eclipse. That animation happens when you hit the switch and suddenly the map has rotated - pretty much the same as teleporting to earth if you ask me.

  • Moorningstar Novice 239 posts since
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    Moorningstar     Jul 18, 2012 1:51 AM (in response to jonthebeserker)

    How about using escher's staircase

    not sure how to insert the image.  It wouldnt let me.

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