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Yes! One of my all time favorites. So many memories rushing the plaza with my group back in the day.
However, my favorite of all time: Harvest Day for BFBC2
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Yes! One of my all time favorites. So many memories rushing the plaza with my group back in the day.
However, my favorite of all time: Harvest Day for BFBC2
I really think Enemy Territory's 6 vanilla maps exhibit some of the best design of any multiplayer shooter. I think Oasis and Fuel Dump are the "best" and most well-balanced, but Goldrush is my personal favorite.
Fuel Dump
Siwa Oasis
It was my favorite map in Call of Duty,. I didn't know they remade it for CoD2, that's cool. I can still remember the best place to get a round-starting grenade kill: sprint down the center and lob them over the house in that picture just angled slightly right before the doorway.de_dust2
and carentan from cod 2:
anyone remember this one?
A semi-recent map which quickly became one of my favorites: Alborz Mountains in the Battlefield 3 DLC Armored Kill.
It was all based on one (or two...ish) snowy mountains. It was beautiful, with so much detail, and the fact that there was no snow at the camp at the bottom of the mountain: the higher you got, the colder it became. So many hours of fun on this map, especially with people struggling to climb up the mountain, or crashing their quad bikes. Armored Kill in general was a pretty good expansion, I think!
It was all based on one (or two...ish) snowy mountains. It was beautiful, with so much detail, and the fact that there was no snow at the camp at the bottom of the mountain: the higher you got, the colder it became. So many hours of fun on this map, especially with people struggling to climb up the mountain, or crashing their quad bikes. Armored Kill in general was a pretty good expansion, I think!
I really liked cs_backalley in cs1.6, it's unfortunate that it's one of the maps that never got carried forward to later games.
"tfc_Well" in tfc was also amazing, well in tf2 just failed to replicate it exactly but it's still pretty good..
and while I'm on the topic of goldsrc engine games, Crossfire, whether it was played in half life deathmatch, opposing force deathmatch or 4 team tfc was usually crazy awesome. Also for a change of pace as_oilrig in cs and hunted in tfc were great too.
"tfc_Well" in tfc was also amazing, well in tf2 just failed to replicate it exactly but it's still pretty good..
and while I'm on the topic of goldsrc engine games, Crossfire, whether it was played in half life deathmatch, opposing force deathmatch or 4 team tfc was usually crazy awesome. Also for a change of pace as_oilrig in cs and hunted in tfc were great too.
Razgriz-Specter
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COD4:
Overgrown
Crash
Pipeline
Crossfire
Backlot
Bloc
Countdown
Creek
District
Downpour
Showdown
Strike
Vacant
MW2:
Terminal
COD4 was definitely the greatest collection of maps ever made outside of maybe Socom.
Overgrown
Crash
Pipeline
Crossfire
Backlot
Bloc
Countdown
Creek
District
Downpour
Showdown
Strike
Vacant
MW2:
Terminal
COD4 was definitely the greatest collection of maps ever made outside of maybe Socom.
DaciaJC
Gold Member
I was hoping someone would mention Backstab from BF2:MC. Easily my favorite multiplayer map of all time. It's so good that someone decided to remake it in BF2 on PC.
Doomsday (Special Delivery) in TF2 also deserves special mention. I find it endlessly replayable. In fact, it's the only reason I continued playing TF2 after thirty hours.
This better be the QWTF-version then.
2fort5 was really awesome.
I really liked DM4 and DM6 (Quake).
Terminal for MW2 was also cool.
Hill 137 for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam.
When you start to think about it, there are so many maps that you have loved through the years!
Marko_Baomoro
Member
Lost village half life 2 dm
diggmcbadass
Member
A lot of love for UT, but nobody played DM-Gothic? That map had some of the best flow of any dm map I've played. Face is just a sniperfest, though as a 13 year old kid, that certainly had it's appeal.
2fort and Facing Worlds are horribly designed. The reason they're so well loved and remembered is because horribly designed maps are the best for just dicking around in for hours on end. You don't have to think about how to play a good game on 2fort or face, you just charge out and have fun.
I always preferred Turbine over 2fort for derping around for an afternoon though.
TheRedSnifit
Member
Steel from TF2:
So many ways to go about things. There aren't many objective maps in shooters that have this many alternate routes and methods of winning.
Honorable mention: Dustbowl 3:
Two evenly matched teams can have some epic games on this map. Unfortunately, the probability of two evenly matched teams managing to get past DB 1 & 2 without either RED winning or people quitting is pretty low.
So many ways to go about things. There aren't many objective maps in shooters that have this many alternate routes and methods of winning.
Honorable mention: Dustbowl 3:
Two evenly matched teams can have some epic games on this map. Unfortunately, the probability of two evenly matched teams managing to get past DB 1 & 2 without either RED winning or people quitting is pretty low.
Facing Worlds, but that's the obvious choice (it is awesome, though).
I love a lot of Unreal Tournament maps, actually. Morbias, Deck16, Tempest.
But I love DM-Morpheus the most. My friends and I played that map a lot, usually with instagib turned on. So much low-gravity jumping and low-gravity gibs exploding everywhere.
Another vote here for Facing Worlds, followed closely by Morpheus, also of UT99. That music got you so pumped to go on a RRRRAMPAGE!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikBknk5Rf_Q
GrandHarrier
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Unreal Tournament 2004 Aggressive Alleys. A fan created VCTF map that was, hands down, one of the most action intensive maps with multiple avenues of attack, great sight lines, and excellent use of all the vehicles in a relatively small area that required developing strategies on how to best attack and defend.
kutthoat5150
Member
Can't remember the names, but Tribes had some of my favorite open level maps when first getting into PC games
BloodGulch - Halo
Wake Island - Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 1943, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 3
Highway Tampa - Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142
Gulf of Oman - Battlefield 2, Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4
DeadlyPass - Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Backstab - Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
BridgeTooFar - Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Coastal Clash - Battlefield Heroes
Arica Harbor - Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Wall Street - Crysis 2
Airport - Crysis 3
Nuketown - Call of Duty Black Ops
Wake Island - Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 1943, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 3
Highway Tampa - Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142
Gulf of Oman - Battlefield 2, Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4
DeadlyPass - Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Backstab - Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
BridgeTooFar - Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Coastal Clash - Battlefield Heroes
Arica Harbor - Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Wall Street - Crysis 2
Airport - Crysis 3
Nuketown - Call of Duty Black Ops
Chubzdoomer
Banned
Isla Innocentes, bad company 2 comes to mind. On rush, forced you to generally pile into blackhawks and do a tactical fucking insertion onto their island. I remember a few times, seeing a sniper on a rooftop, and coming in low enough to splatter him and yell at my team to jump.
good times. Most BC2 maps were really good actually. Arica harbor's been mentioned, and Valpariso was really awesome too.
A Serious Man
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Came in to post dod_avalanche and it's at the top of the page! *brofist*
Karak
Member
I might be dating myself, but Opposing Worlds.
Bravo brother.
Easily my favorite map of all time is Badwater Basin:
Such a well designed map, every class has a role to play and it feels like it has the right amount of open spaces and the right amount of chokepoints.
Other TF2 maps I really love are pl_Upward, cp_Gorge, cp_Steel, cp_Process and cp_Snakewater.
Such a well designed map, every class has a role to play and it feels like it has the right amount of open spaces and the right amount of chokepoints.
Other TF2 maps I really love are pl_Upward, cp_Gorge, cp_Steel, cp_Process and cp_Snakewater.
uncleniccius
Member
Loads of great ones, I think that games you particularly like mechanically will often lead to you liking the maps more.
Calypso Casino from Rainbow 6 Vegas springs to mind, as does Favela from MW2 and Firing Range from BO.
Calypso Casino from Rainbow 6 Vegas springs to mind, as does Favela from MW2 and Firing Range from BO.
ebullientprism
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I might be dating myself, but Opposing Worlds.
The king stay the king.
protomouse
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Sparrowhawk
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Raindance from Tribes.
Noisepurge
Member
(well technically Deck 16 ][ )
I really think Enemy Territory's 6 vanilla maps exhibit some of the best design of any multiplayer shooter. I think Oasis and Fuel Dump are the "best" and most well-balanced, but Goldrush is my personal favorite.
Fuel Dump
Siwa Oasis
It was my favorite map in Call of Duty,. I didn't know they remade it for CoD2, that's cool. I can still remember the best place to get a round-starting grenade kill: sprint down the center and lob them over the house in that picture just angled slightly right before the doorway.
Agreed totally on the Enemy Territory maps. I played hundreds of hours on that game and Railgun especially was an amazing map (the one where you escorted the railgun). The one with the beach landing was cool too allthough that would've been custom.
Another game I totally forgot about was Red Steel 1. Despite being a bad game for single player, the maps and multiplayer were actually amazing.
Can't remember the names, but Tribes had some of my favorite open level maps when first getting into PC games
That map was Raindance, and yes, it is the best.
EDIT: beaten VGS VGS VGS
I might be dating myself, but Opposing Worlds.
Oh, hell yeah!
GrandHarrier
Member
I might be dating myself, but Opposing Worlds.
Add the instagib mutator on CTF and I'm in. That's some gloriously dumb fun right there.
the_batman
Banned
i have a thing for Afghan from MW2
and Arica Harbor from Battlefield BC2
and Arica Harbor from Battlefield BC2
Dont like to nitpick but its 'facing worlds' and yes still one of the best FPS maps ever made...also the music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTpzm13JyxY JUST listen the memories
Also
Nailed it. Halo, COD and BF have a few memorable maps as well.
I really think Enemy Territory's 6 vanilla maps exhibit some of the best design of any multiplayer shooter. I think Oasis and Fuel Dump are the "best" and most well-balanced, but Goldrush is my personal favorite.
Fuel Dump
Siwa Oasis
I second this. All of the W:ET maps are stellar.
