best fps map ever?
 

What would you say is the best map ever in a FPS? Take into account the game that is being played (for example, if UT had a really good map, but it sucked because of the weapons avalible, etc.. don't say it is the best map, this is from a game play point of view)

I am thinking of some maps from tactical ops, or from wolf.. But I have yet to narrow it down

de_dust2 !!

Counter-Strike "Rats" pack

genious

Weapons Cache-America's Army. de_dust, De_Dust2, and I liked Office from CS

Quake II - The Edge (Q2DM1) - nothing beats that map.
Quake III - The Longest Yard (Q3DM17) - a close second.

This map is the bomb.

I was the absolute king of DM-Malevolence in Unreal Tournament Instagib while playing 1v1 and thus I must insist that it was the greatest map ever.

de_dust
dod_caen
dod_avalanch

facing worlds in UT was awesome...

de_dust
2Fort

Campgrounds (pro-q3dm6) - Quake 3
de_aztec - Counter-Strike
ra3map12 - Rocket Arena
dod_caen, dod_anzio - Day of Defeat

It has got to be scoutzknivez. I've had hours of fun on that - in lans, on pubs, anything. Great all around map.


For more serious gaming though, dust always hit the spot for me.

*bored chuckle* *sigh* kids.....

Everyone knows its Doom 2 Level 1.

de_dust, and wake island map from BF1942.

I dont know i use to just play warehouse. cant remeber the server it was, but it was warehouse all day. A lot of good clans played on it as well. great competition.

definately q2dm1, oh the memories!

I'd have to say Bocage for Battlefield 1942, Desert Combat or regular version. That map is genious. They should rename Battlefield 1942 to "Bocage 1942, and miscellaneous other maps."

-Lasereth

Killbox and gasworks for the original half-life
The Hill for the old version dayofdefeat. Dont know if it is in the new one.

How is it possible that nobody has mentioned the greatest map from the greatest FPS of all time?

Duke Nukem 3d - Spin Cycle!!!!!!!!

The Edge from Quake 2.

I like the dusts..

I dunno about greatest but awp_map is definetely the worst.
If this isn't limited to computer games, which I don't think it is, TimeSplitters had pretty much all great maps. And Goldeneye's Facility.

dm6

de_dust, most definitely.

de_dust
2fort4
border1 (quake1 TF map, fun for hours)
DM-Liandri (Unreal tournament)

2fort
Freefall4
Forever 2

TFC FOREVER!

anyone play on MIS?

BLOOD GULCH ON HALO BABY!!!

Other than that, any map in HL/Unreal/whatever where you are small, and in a regular human situation, bedroom, garage, whatever, i just think they are lots of fun :)

Well, originally all i played was Goldeneye, back in the day of the 64 and not having a computer, so i am with TheClackster, facility was a very nice map, also Stack was another biggy.

Blood Gulch.

I like Dust, Militia, Rats, Aztec and Scoutsknives in CS.

For some old school fun try Blastside/Broadside on ultra renegades Tribes.

Starwars2a for Counterstrike
Crossfire for HL

Complex for Goldeneye, Perfect Dark and Jedi Knight(My friend made it in there, very accurate).

Stockyard for half life... I've had many a lan party where this map has dominated a good 6 hours.
fy_pool_day for CS. Not that many know about this map...but its fun as hell. Try it out, you might like it, might not. Its different you could say- less strategy, more killage.

Yeah, pool day is pretty fun if you're on a good server...

It's so hard to choose just one!

CS: as_oilrig (when the teams aren't being stupid), de_simpsons, cs_italy. I can't stand dust!

Q2: all the base maps are good, but as far as custom maps go, my favorite would have to be stellar cow.

Halo: Blood Gulch for sure.

dust1 is hellspawn if Tside players are good.

Team/Strat maps gotta be de_cpl_fire and de_dust2

I havent gotten bored w/ cs enough to try any other FPS 'cept Enemy Territory :)

definately CS maps, i like the dusts but i reckon de_cbble is the best.

some UT maps are awesome to look at but i dont like the ut style of play.

Most CS maps apart from a few, and Blood Gulch on Halo.

blood gultch and chillout (both on halo) are awesome, and i agree with TheClarkster, facility was THE multiplayer map on goldeneye. 2fort and de_dust are good too.

Add me to the q2dm1 - The Edge fan club. I loved q2dm5 as well. And yes, Stellar Cow was a fun, fun custom map.

In Quake 3, none of the maps were nearly as memorable or fun as the Q2 ones, but I spent a lot of time on q3dm17.

What Hal said :) We dominated that map back in the day.

I'll throw in one that hasn't been mentioned before...


mp_assault in RTCW. Man we had some great matches on that map.

q2dm1 was an awesome map too.

For q3, there was a little known mod called "alliance" that had some outstanding maps. Cement, Concrete, and Stone has to be up there as one of the top 3 maps of all time.

Most definitely Abbatoir][ in Tac Ops.
Tac ops had plenty of fantastic maps.

I haven't played in a long while, but definately UT Facing Towers (I think that's what it's called, if not, that's pretty much what it is).
All time greatest fun I ever had especially with low gravity, instagib. Nothing has ever been more fun (in my opinion.)

fy_snow for CS

ww2 recon conversion for Myth2: Soulblighter

dod_avalanch

best map evar

CS: fy_pool_day, cs_mini_militia_v2, de_dust2,

DOD: dod_avalanche, dod_caen

Wolf ET: oasis

JK2: Bespin Streets

Quake: dm3

I just thought of this. No one has mentioned any Tribes maps. Wow, Broadside and uhh, hmm, I forgot the other name, had a tower that either team could control in the center...anywho, those were great great maps for a great great game. It's a shame Tribes 2 couldn't match up. I guess the same goes for Q3 compared to Q2.

peaks in raven shield

nothing but snow a few hills and some trees

cs_assault, cs_militia my favorite CS maps
q2dm1 was awesome [Quake 2]
2fort and well for TFC

N64 - James Bond: GoldenEye - Temple
infinite replay value

Waldo World Arena and Beyond Thunderdome.

Marathon series. The only remaining redeeming feature in the history of Macintosh gaming.

The Edge
 

Quake II - The Edge (Q2DM1)

I will never in my life again spent so much time in some brown gibbish map that made so much fun and was played so often in all clanwars that i particpaed in !

I can't remember the exact map name, but it was Team Fortress for Quake. The map had two big rooms seperated by an entrance between them. It was closed for like 30-60 seconds so you could build sentry guns and stuff... then the doors opened up and each team went at the other's neck. Oh, the memories of carnage...

Q2DM1. It was so well done. Lot of fun to play on that map. It's the only maps I still sometimes play on with bots.

The complex in GoldenEye. Great great many deaths occurred in that arena

2fort and openfire_l for TFC

There was this user-made map for Unreal once called "Zeitgeist" and it was the best, most ingrossing urban map I've ever played on. A real masterpiece.

de_inferno in Counter-Strike. It seems so simple, but nooooooooooooooooo, it isn't.

ctf-orbital2 from UT2003

dm-tempest from UT

and Tokays towers from Q2 w/ lithium

killhouse 2 story inn rainbow six

de_dust, de_dust2, de_aztec and scoutzknivez because i own it up with the scout

dod_caen
dod_avalanch
dod_flash
dod_forest

I really liked Hang'em High in Halo. Get my hands on a pistol and a shotgun on that map and I'm unstoppable.

omg dod_avalanche.. pure genius.
Takes the real Valve guys to make something this good, and I'm glad they chipped on.
Truely a work of art, visuals match gameplay.

Same story for the Valve maps on CS, they are VERY well done.
Chateau, Piranesi (Dont really like the Havana one.. too dark or something)
But, I think they have too many routes, and the average CS player can't handle too much thought at once, so they werent very popular with the community. :crazy:

Theres a one official Q3 map that I love also, lots of levels and the flow is great. Cant remember the name though.

Being a mapper myself though, I feel this thread is pretty 'open' as you didnt really specify what makes a 'best map' be it looks, or gameplay, or both, etc.

de_dust2 ( i liked it better than dust because it had more ways to go everywhere rather then 2 )

hmm..

dam for goldeneye was good too, you could get sniper rifle and own it up

Definitely mp_beach for RTCW

The Edge is indeed the shit, but I enjoyed Tokay's Tower just as much.

One of the Perfect Dark maps.

q3dm17... I don't even know why I bought the full game, this map was in the demo...

dm3, the best map for 4v4 in Q1.

DooM - Arena (Pretty sure that is the name)

You all know this is the best map ever!

Complex in Goldeneye. Ah the crows nest with proxy mines on..classic gaming

de_dust!

i dont remember the name of hte map in Quake 1, but it was the one with the vacuum tubes thingies. it's been a long time, but i remember being in awe of that level

Duke Nukem 3D- "Red Light District"

2fort4, therock, the well one, asylum and some other TF and action quake2 ones...

some one did mention them, and they also remade the classic maps for T2, for some old school fun :D.

My favorite tribes map was Dropzone 2, played on renegades.

the stalingrad map in MOH is one of my favorites

battlefield1942 - el alamein is my favorite

CS: cs_bakke! A little creation from a friend of mine :D

DoD: dod_avalanch or dod_hill

De_dust and fy_iceworld are both quality. Then there is Blood Gulch for Halo and Mp_Beach in RTCW. Can't think of too many more but UT2k3 had some really beautiful map designs too.

I always liked 2fort5 from team fortress and team fortress classic.

Hmm, I already posted this, but I guess it got deleted. DM3 for Quake1 & QW.

Errr, nevermind I found my first post, I smoked a little too much crack this morning I guess. :crazy:

To add another map to the mix, I really enjoy the map ut_rommel made for the Q3 mod urbanterror.

Quake : The Bad Place
Quake II : The Edge
Quake III Arena : The Lost World
UT : Facing Worlds
Half-Life : Crossfire
CS : cs_italy
Day of Defeat : dod_avalanche

Well, for starters, the worst maps ever are AWP_MAP and DOD_HILL for odvious reasons. The true, undesputed, king of all maps.....DOD-CAEN! It's fair and balanced.... unlike Fox News.

CTF-Face][ for UT
The Longest Yard for Quake III Arena - first map that i ever managed to beat on Nightmare.

I can't remember exactly off the top of my head since it's been a few years. but q1dm i think it was.... it was MUCH fun to play
along with that, from team fortress sk_forts and muskrat

CS:
Pubs- de_inferno: Simplicity.
Matches- de_nuke: nuf said.

No one's mentioned McKinley's Base from Quake 1 CTF. There was a remake in Quake2, but I'm partial to the first one. Anyone remember it?

And check out this page, an old top 10 list of CTF maps on Gamespy, it's got some good ones there.

test_bigbox <- awesome fun

pro-q3tourney4

True 'dat.

With out a doubt, Battle Creak (on Halo) is the best.Especially when having 50% shields and M6D pistols.It shows just how much of a pwner you really are!!!:P

dust and dust2 for CS
lost and hera for NS

The Complex-Perfect Dark/Goldeneye