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What is the best HL2 RP map and why?

ZeroPants

ZeroPants

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As the title states, what map is the best map for HL2 RP, and what makes it so good? What unique qualities does it have? What problems does it have?

Also, what do you all think is the worst map and why?
 
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I have Stockholm syndrome, so City 24 V4.

Really, it has to do with it being my first HL2RP map in like five years. It's quite hard to describe how surreal it was, joining WN for the first time on low hours, and then walking around the empty slums, surrounded by those candle props and wall graffities. You'd get down the stairs, passing the empty homeless shelter, and you'd see the dark entryways beneath, not knowing where they would lead.

Then you'd get out to the Triumph and see this weird, quaint little street with all that rubble in the corner and some closed stores, checking their homely interior out through the windows. After that there's the underpass, with the mysterious iron gate. And when you'd finally get to Victory, it was all that bigger and open than Triumph. I especially liked the RDT, looking up and seeing the many floors above.

There was a feeling of mystery and discovery that I never managed to replicate on WN. I still remember getting lost in that gigantic subway and thinking a fast zombie would suddenly show up around the corner. And when I'd finally get out, it'd be the same, candle filled slums, which felt very lively, for some reason.

Of course, as I kept playing I started to realise just how small the map actually was to an annoying degree. Plus not much actually happened on it, but I suppose it did feed into the feeling of a picturesque, painting-like town. But look at me ramble about all this stuff like a senile old man. I guess what I'm trying to say is, it wasn't all that bad. I enjoyed my time on it. Plus, it helps that by the end of the road, I'd have memorised it enough to be confused by V3 when we finally switched back to it.
 
Personally I think city 8 is one of the best HL2 RP maps, its layout keeps the playerbase together and makes the map feel populated even if the server is low on players
 
Industrial 17 and its variants have always been my favorite over the years. I like how all of the city streets end up connecting to the plaza, makes navigating the city more enjoyable because you aren't stuck to the same straight road like most other maps.

Industrial 17 to me doesn't feel like it's missing anything at all. Most other maps feel cramped and you'll be lucky if they achieve a HL2 esque atmosphere. I am hoping we stay on I17 indefinitely because it seems to be the perfect map for the gamemode, with all other maps ending up being a disaster that causes a server to implode after a few weeks. I wish there were more options than I17 but it really does seem to be the best one.

Special mention to C18 for being the worst map. I've never been more bored of HL2RP than when a server I enjoy switches to that. The plaza is boring and small, the slums are boring alleyways that arent interesting at all to traverse through. The Nexus is just a big concrete block.
 
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City2 v4 is perhaps one of, if not, the best HL2RP maps I have ever played on. I love it so much.
It's rather large, fit for communities that average at like 90, give or take, but it’s a diamond in the rough.

So much potential in this map, it's a shame more servers don't use it.
It would be nice to see an edited version that makes it slightly smaller; better for small-medium-sized communities.

It's very verticle, with a lot of sewer space, large “slums” and a big Plaza and train station. The nexus is decently sized, and not too complicated to navigate.

There is only one complaint I typically see, besides size, and it’s that the map is HEAVILY Combine sided, almost to an unfair position. Rebels are practically forced to gear up the apartments to do anything, and can't leave the sewers already geared.
But, it's a COMBINE city, so maybe it’s good for it to be COMBINE sided. Rebels have it easy anyway.

But other than that, I love City-2. I wish Willard would use it, despite its size.
 
ZeroPants said:
Personally I think city 8 is one of the best HL2 RP maps, its layout keeps the playerbase together and makes the map feel populated even if the server is low on players
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City 8 is the best map because the sewers are a linear line in which you can not hide from the Civil Protection, thus all rebels die out in a quick amount of time.
 
ItsLiam said:
City 8 is the best map because the sewers are a linear line in which you can not hide from the Civil Protection, thus all rebels die out in a quick amount of time.
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City-8 is food for my soul, don’t get me wrong. But the sewers are awful.
 
city24_v3 was fantastic, didnt get into v4 before I left so I don't know it well.
 
ItsLiam said:
City 8 is the best map because the sewers are a linear line in which you can not hide from the Civil Protection, thus all rebels die out in a quick amount of time.
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Someone should take the city half of city 8 but change the sewers to something else
 
ZeroPants said:
Personally I think city 8 is one of the best HL2 RP maps, its layout keeps the playerbase together and makes the map feel populated even if the server is low on players
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City 8 for sure, I have very very fond memories of it from another server! Hanging out in the Outlands as a Scottish rebel really was a vibe I miss.
 
mrjustin412 said:
City 8 for sure, I have very very fond memories of it from another server! Hanging out in the Outlands as a Scottish rebel really was a vibe I miss.
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I think I remember that character, did your character have a brother that was also a rebel that was played by a different player?
 
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