snowycoast

Tiftid
Jul 30, 2021
Version: B6

Always liked this map. It seems unremembered but not underrated - whenever people are talking about official Payload maps, nobody mentions this one, but when someone does mention it, everyone goes "oh yeah, I like that map!"
And there's reason enough to like it - it's like Badwater, but it has a way better last. On top of that, the theme's pretty cool and the cart model is one of the best out there.

As much as I love this map's theme, it has quite a few flaws. Don't get me wrong, VALVe made the right call including this in-game, but there are some glaring issues.

1. BLU's spawn is really hard to push out of.

2. RED can defend second way too easily.

3. While I do love dynamic gates and stuff, the cart stops far too often and for far too long at the gates. (Kennel and Last).

That said, this map is very creative visually, and looks amazing.

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I'd always hoped to revisit it with some changes to 2nd and 3rd specifically. I don't know if that will happen since I would need to do a lot of testing to make sure any changes don't negatively impact the fun parts of the map.