Finally got around to playing this map.
I have to be cruel to be kind, but I was a little let down by this addition to the Hive series.
First of all let me say that I am forever grateful for your contributions to KF with the Hive series. I dont want you taking any bad blood away from this review.
Absolutely fine! And no offence shall be taken from any review. I appreciate you taking time to write this.
Ill start on the storyline.
Technically speaking, there is no solid storyline on this version of the Hive. I did envision it to be as close as possible to Resident Evil Extinction (The one in the desert) But I lost most inspiration for that.
It DID go towards a desert style Hive with a missile launch facility (Black Ops Zombies - Ascension) with alot of Resident Evil content.
I would say its more connected to Resident Evil than Black Ops.
And I completely agree with you on Storyline. It does need to be improved.
It was quite clearly made based on Call Of Duty Black Ops. Which completely begs the question, why make it Hive V3? It had nothing to do with RE, therefore immediately lost its appeal. To call it an entry to the Hive series is kinda pointless.
I could create any map that is based underground, stick a few spawns here and there and call it a Hive.
HiveV2 in reality had no storyline. I basically had you go through the same map twice (but with spawns) and whacked on a new version number. Then added a ending that made you go to an airport. This was not based on any film.
The only true version that was based off any RE film, was HiveV1.
I get the feeling your not a great fan of Black Ops!
If I'm bluntly honest. I got bored of playing it. It wasn't gripping like Hive V1 & 2. All the door codes got old really fast, the moon part at the end was just silly. It was just not happening.
If you have any ideas on making it last longer please let me know.
The doors with keypads adds on extra time for playing the game. Running around bumping into doors would make this already short map even shorter!
I'm sad that you didn't enjoy the ending
It was done to make it a little more different than other endings. Would you of enjoyed the ending if it perhaps lasted a lot longer? Say, another Hive on the moon?
Or did the whole concept of being "on the Moon" not play well?
And a flaw V3 has is that it lags so much its unplayable in some areas. But with all due respect, that is probably one of the smaller issues this map has.
Agreed. I have had issues with some areas. Perhaps a little more Zone portaling and Anti-Portaling should do the trick!
But there is some good. I think the content, in terms of interaction with the player, was good. I like that movie sequence getting into the rocket and it taking off
Im glad that you liked that! And I hope to add much more in the BETA Version (Whenever that comes!) - And if you have any cool ideas I will make sure they get considered!