5 NEW HIGHLIGHTS! Reviewing the FE2 October Maps!

[@CipherCats]

i really WANT to love Nightmare Castle to death, seeing other people play it made me instantly fall in love with everything it presented - it goes for some of the most unique design and gameplay choices, it's super exhillirating, every fragment of detail fits the map perfectly and it's easily the most epic crazy atmospherically, the layout is PERFECT and the way the paths and obstacles are laid out is a great utilization of the space it has and it all works insanely well, just spectating other people after dying made me feel like I was on such a breathtaking journey. HOWEVER, There are SO many annoying parts and buggy gimmicks, some of the jumps create feelings of stress rather than excitment and the button synergy can be hell in larger servers. It's such a shame, since I feel like I'm experiencing a pure masterpiece but there's no way I can ignore the plentiful annoyances that just ultimately hinder the map's enjoyment overall, if it gets reworked at some point it could easily be the greatest map in flood escape history, but it's gonna need a lot of changes. Still a strong A tier map overall, though it's easily the hardest map to rate, not just from this month, but out of all of them. Twilight Athenaeum is currently the true superstar of this pack - everything about is beyond incredible and it absolutely deserves to be permanent, no doubt Cloudy Skyland and Autumn Fields are both nice maps - there's some really neat gimmicks that made me thrilled about the maps and the gameplay, while not amazing, is solid for both maps. Abandoned Cemetery is sadly the weak link here imo, it ends wayy too abruptly and it's just a bit odd overall, I know people seem to have a distaste for water and desert maps in video games, but for me it's cemetery maps, I feel like every time a game makes one, it just kinda fails. (*cough* Evade) Overall pretty happy with this update, the maps are pretty good. I was originally a bit let down that none of the highlights ended up permanent, but then I realised it still isn't ver 59, so it's not time for highlighted maps yet (hopefully AB, steampunk and SC permanent... please?)

[@ConductCrystal]

I find nightmare castle a map I would never touch after beating it. Those long jumps and alternate routes infuriate me

[@migcarlos1906]

I agree man its so annoying makes me wanna throw this phone to the ground

[@greenpizza2819]

also the pace is ridiculous after the part where the bell rings... even with a few corner cuts most people and especially soli have died at that point

[@nlhbropro5416]

noomlek= fe2 map maker veteran Gam73=pro fe2 designer eliteLAQ= awesome ost maker

[@aqua2poweros699]

Games:

[@reverse_incident2]

ryal: yolo: Manel: thunder: domino:

[@ttmackb]

BRO I LEGIT HAD THE EXACT same reaction when I saw twilight, I looked and it was made by gam, the sinister labyrinth creator and I was like bro another mid map. BUT FUCKING HELL was I wrong its legit amazing and such a phenomenal map, all the detailing is amazing. if i had to rate a map higher than dr, twilight might just make it....

[@aqua2poweros699]

gam73 is a good creator along with noomlek, but no good creator has there fair share of bad maps

[@Johny_0526]

Wow thx for playing cloudy skylands! And im your fan!!!

[@exterior4918]

sorry but for the long comment but --------------------------------------------------------- Nightmare Castle is probably the worst "crazy" that's been in-game for me, and I feel like people are being too forgiving. Its not my least favorite map, but it definitely has a lot of problems. First, the gameplay. I didn't really like the gameplay that much. Some of the gameplay is fine, but a lot of the jumps feel awkward and really risky, specifically the wall jumps. The wall jumps are a lot more difficult to do than the rest of the map, especially the one after the first zipline. There's also one that just... doesn't work sometimes? Its the one at the end you're supposed to press a button to use, but for some reason, when you're character is pressed against it, it just doesn't work half the time. Its a big run killer, which sucks because its at the end of the map, and I've gotten killed by it a lot. Oh yeah, the amount of long jumps in this map makes the two jumps in DSF look like nothing. In general, long jumps are just really weird, so using them a lot probably isn't a good idea. Overall, the gameplay of this map is not very good, and it doesn't fit being in a 5.7 for me, but who knows? That might change. Then, there's the design. I would appreciate the design of the map if the lighting didn't make it look kinda ugly. I get the map is supposed to look dark and scary, but the lighting can sometimes make it look a bit too dark, and it was hard to find where to go at some parts. There's also the lava, which contrasts the dark a lot, and its a bit too bright for what the theme is supposed to be. What really messed it up for me though was that I'm pretty sure the creator used ColorCorrection, and oh god, it makes it look SOOO BAD. It makes the map a lot harder to read, and it makes a lot of the bright parts glow a bit too much. Also, for some reason, the lava reminded of me of vomit, and its definitely because of the lighting. Ignoring the lighting, the map would probably look awesome. It genuinely felt you were in a castle. The difference between playing NC with others and in solo is astonishing. The difficulty difference is... a lot. There's a glitch at the third button that you can utilize in multiplayer. First, a player goes for the first two buttons. After the player presses them, the players waiting at the third button can use a certain taunt (or at least i think its a taunt, don't know which one it is though) to press the button earlier than you're supposed to. This can make the map a lot more forgiving, with the gameplay being the only problem in your way. As far as I know, there's no way you can do this glitch in solo without losing time, and in addition, I don't know any solo glitches you can use without skipping buttons. I really wanted to like Nightmare Castle, but playing it for myself really wasn't that fun. Its honestly the worst of the five highlights. Putting my opinion into numbers, I'd say that this map gets a 3/10.

[@YellowPro47]

Twilight Athenaeum and Nightmare Castle are the reasons I’m glad my birthday is on October

[@TrojanCubingandFE2]

Nightmare Castle is actually a good map, the deco is really good and the gameplay is actually kinda enjoyable. But a few issues I have about it are the really annoying walljumps, especially the one before you get to the "outside" section, the really dark lighting that got me REALLY lost and forced me to use LDM for a few attempts before actually playing with high detail, and the EXTREMELY punishing lava that will drown you if you're even just a millisecond late.

[@just_ducky]

I genuinely think Nightmare Castle (at least gameplay wise) is the most unfair and most unfun map we've ever had. I want to like it as its gameplay is fairly unique with lots of winding paths. But there are SO MANY rigged parts, like this thin rope at the ~1:00 mark which has collision for no reason, and don't even get me started on that walljump to the 8th button. Why is it so inconsistent? If these issues were fixed I think it would be one of the better Highlights this month. But this map was so unfair to practise due to these annoyances that I would argue even Desert Ruins is more fair. Also Twilight is fantastic, anyone here heard of Sonic Heroes? That final room gives me massive vibes to Mystic Mansion from that game.

[@aterrariaPlayer_492]

Me falling for that timestamp:

[@Dominationswastaken]

Tbh Desert Ruins was the final challenge. Nightmare Castle shows the true meaning of a nightmare.

[@StormyRaptor2.0]

Truly, the nightmare castle of all time.

[@Frogger1400]

Autumn Fields feel like Vesterias’ warrior class world thingy, idk it reminds me about vesteria.

[@vincenzo4254]

Twilight Athenaeum is my favourite insane map and is probably as good as ab autumn fields I’d give it a 9/10 because the design was too much on the small islands and it made it looks messy Nightmare castle is okay I’ll give it a 7/10 because some gameplay is basically reincarnated version of spider dungeon. aka small rooms. And then abandoned cemetery was alright too some design also needed a clean up like autum fields and rest was kinda underwhelming. And then cloudy skies is a 9.5/10 for nice design and makes the view better with the gameplay still being good. Also this guy is amazing for having a good taste in maps I love ta

[@sourpatchkids7]

twilight atheneaeum should replace gloomy manor as the "spooky" map

[@FuzzyFigit]

Ok I see way too much hate torwards NC, and I want to bring up a few points. 1, It’s non linearity. This map is pretty non linear, and when I say that I mean it’s two paths. It’s really something creative and innovative, that I’d love to see in more maps. But indication needs to be worked on for the two path parts. 2, No Tower. I happen to know ALOT of people who think that the overuse of the tower gameplay sucks. And I kind of agree. Tower is an excuse to make half of your level annoying as heck. The fact that there is no tower is a breath of relie, knowing that the map is being a little creative in terms of gameplay. With that said, I agree with almost all points That Ev_n stated in the video apart from the points that conflict with my ideas I’ve stated above. If you’ve read all of this, Thank you for your time.

[@lemonnoodlexz]

if Twilight isn't staying im gonna cry

[@Ev_nlol]

too laggy

[@mercia1land]

I’ll say Twilight and Autumn should stay permanent. Theyre very good maps and theyre fun :p

[@deathminer0]

Imo Nightmare Castle should be ranked worse in gameplay, as there is many parts mostly in the beginning that suck to play.

[@junyantan873]

all the maps look cool, I have to be honest!

[@lovecm2005]

POV: 7:8 Amphibious Billow!

[@bwakwochibwakwochi777]

W halloween themed maps, they are all great! (excluding cloudy skylands)

[@lka780]

yeah! especially cloudy skylands, it fits the halloween theme just right

[@bwakwochibwakwochi777]

​@@lka780Yeah! (No it doesnt)

[@Johny_0526]

Cloudy skylands is so SP00KY Map!!

[@silasishereforyou]

W

[@squidplayzz313]

should i get back into this game?? the ziplines mad weird for me

[@ramofmight_]

Theyre not that bad. Infact they might even be a little break from the action

[@Moons_TheNerd]

I totally am not making a video like this… 👀 👀 👀

[@hirsuite7051]

Me who think ill see Lair o Lethal , but there map still great tbh , ill know what ill have to do now

[@waitimrevamping]

My friend helped you beat NC 🤡🤡😭😭 (that’s cool )

[@acraclol]

Autumn fields is autumn hideaway but better

[@notrobloxburger]

no way 2 noomlek map highlights

[@JohnGaming1213]

Ngl i feel like nightmare is worse than dr

[@aridxe]

It looks like you have a skill issue.

[@iSomeDood]

@@aridxe imagine having such a skill issue that the creator of Undersea Facility literally had to say it