Map Rating/Review Thread

[Megiddo-san]

@EarthsVisitor
That's a nice map. 9/10 for the tile error.

 

[/Circa]

Quick town I made.

 

[Tyrantrum]

@CheesePeow: Not too square, good use of paths, good vegetation...9/10
The only thing I don't like is how the doors meet the roofs on the houses.

@Astinia: The only thing that bothers me is how empty the water is. Everything else is grear!...8/10

 

[EarthsVisitor]

I just finished making this island.

Spoiler:

sorry for small image. I put the whole thing on one map, as when I had 9 maps for the whole island, the connections kept messing up :/

It looks okay.There is way too much open space in the water. There is alot of usless space in general. In terms of gameplay, who is going to want to spend half their game trekking around this island? Is there any point to the outsides of it? I also don't like the set-up of the houses. It's so ordinary and typical. And the alcove it is in, isn't too appealing.
On the upside, I really like how that mini island with the house on the left is set-up. Pretty nice. The amount of trees and other materials is nice, along with a decent amount of houses. Not too crowded, but not empty.
Overall: 6/10

Quick town I made.

Nothing inherently wrong with it, and it's not bad. It just lacks originality. This looks like every other starter town and his brother's. What sets this apart from all the other ones? Be wild, be creative. Think of new things. The layout is plain and typical.
I expect good things from you. You seem like a good hacker. You know what you are doing. You know how to make a map, now take it beyond that. You used the right amount of scenery, and the trees are in good position, but PLEASE. Surprise me next time. If you need inspiration, go outside. Listen to some music. Look at some pics of scenery.

7/10

 

[Tyrantrum]

Here's a map of RUBY.

I saved it as an event picture to show the layout of people and events.

 

[EarthsVisitor]

Here's a map of RUBY.

I saved it as an event picture to show the layout of people and events.

Better. It's a bit small, so the whole beach aspect feels a little out of place, but I think you pulled it off nicely nonetheless. I think your scenery is a little oddly placed. The path works nicely, and the houses are positioned well, though I would've liked it more if somehow one of them was not in the back, but I guess it would not work that way. Feels a little boxxy. Could've put a little more edges into the elevation, but overall I like the feel of this map. It's simple and works.

8/10

 

[Momoko]

Alright, my maps have seriously been sucking...I hope this one doesn't -_-

Maps name: Madison's Olmost-Square Garden ;D

 

[EarthsVisitor]

Alright, my maps have seriously been sucking...I hope this one doesn't -_-

Maps name: Madison's Olmost-Square Garden ;D

Your maps need some work. Look at some pokemon maps, and maps that have been getting good ratings in here to get some inspiration and ideas.

First off, there is ALOT of wasted and empty space. The houses are in really random and poorly chosen places. The corner of the maps is not good, and squeezed together in the middle. The Path is not bad, but it doesn't lead anywhere. Maybe move those 2 houses that aren't in good places and put them on the path. The path at the top makes no sense. The opening is too big. The mountainous area on the right feels abrupt and very small. And that garden on the bottom right seem to come out of nowhere.
It needs some more work. Take a look around at other maps, and learn from them.

3/10

 

[Momoko]

Not a big fan of the maps I have been seeing. Some people need to be grilled. Starting now I will be critiquing new maps.

Rigght now I am here to present a map from my new hack.

Tile error in bottom left.

edit: mart area s grassy cause old poor man lives there and does not keep to it

Alrighty then, it's big, but that doesn't mean it's great. all the houses are close 2gether*which is ok, i guess* and the hosue near the mart looks out of place. The double stairs leading to the mart don't match together, can't really blame u 4 that buut..u overdid it with the flowers, the left area of the mountanious part with the 3 houses doesn't match with the grass, 1 tile H waterfall looks...just plain wierd.The path leading from the left looks crooked, and there's wierd trees growing out from the bottom right hand corner in the water...not to mention there's no PC :O

just felt like rating because of the errors others didn't poing out..if i had to rate i'd say 6/6.5 cause of all the errors...

 

[Alistair]

Map Name: Dewdrop Town
Game: FireRed
Comments: This is just a small starting town I put together for the heck of it. I might release the ROM base, but with different trees. I also purposely converted it to a JPG image, becasue I do not want people using the tree tile.

 

[Tyrantrum]

I really like the use of the pathways, the shape of the little lake is good, the trees u used, the little tree-houses.
Of course, that one house is an odd-ball out of the others...9/10

 

[KhaosKnight]

I really like the use of the pathways, the shape of the little lake is good, the trees u used, the little tree-houses.
Of course, that one house is an odd-ball out of the others...9/10

I think that "one house is an odd-ball out of the others" is the Gym

 

[Tyrantrum]

U have a better eye than me! ^^
I didn't see the words "gym", of course, u still could've made it so it's the size of a gym, but matches the houses...so I'm sticking with 9/10.

 

[Thrace]

Map Name: Palerose Town
Game: Firered
Comments: An old town, the oldest in my region. Thats why the houses etc look old. The research center is there to study the ancient Pokemon that are said to live in that town. I don't like this map for some reason but I can't really see a way to improve it either so I'm putting it here to be rated.

Spoiler:

 

[Ninja Caterpie]

Map Name: Palerose Town
Game: Firered
Comments: An old town, the oldest in my region. Thats why the houses etc look old. The research center is there to study the ancient Pokemon that are said to live in that town. I don't like this map for some reason but I can't really see a way to improve it either so I'm putting it here to be rated.

Spoiler:

Why don't you like the map?
The only thing I don't like is the funny house and well, they look funny. But I ain't here for tileset comments so...
It's really well mapped, the shape is nice...everything!
I rate it
9/10
Well, some of the ground colour is out-of-place.
Next to the gym, it doesn't look right to be rock, does it?

 

[BlackRainbow*]

Map Name: Palerose Town
Game: Firered
Comments: An old town, the oldest in my region. Thats why the houses etc look old. The research center is there to study the ancient Pokemon that are said to live in that town. I don't like this map for some reason but I can't really see a way to improve it either so I'm putting it here to be rated.

Spoiler:

I really like the map and the tiles you've inserted. Maybe you should put some flowers in it? but anyway it looks awesome.
8/10

 

[Mr. Curling Iron]

Map Name: Palerose Town
Game: Firered
Comments: An old town, the oldest in my region. Thats why the houses etc look old. The research center is there to study the ancient Pokemon that are said to live in that town. I don't like this map for some reason but I can't really see a way to improve it either so I'm putting it here to be rated.

Ok, I see no reason to dis-like this town. Maybe you could put an event infront of the gym (like a cut-tree or something) but that would make it lose it spectacular-ness. I think leave it like it is, and if you are dieing to do something, add flowers around the pokemon center and pokemart, maybe in front of the houses but then it might look a little tacky. Choose between flowers in the Mart&Center, or the Houses.

 

[EarthsVisitor]

Momoko: Thanks for the comments. :] I'll take them into consideration. Oh, and there is no PC, because that is my starter town. ;]

Map Name: Dewdrop Town
Game: FireRed
Comments: This is just a small starting town I put together for the heck of it. I might release the ROM base, but with different trees. I also purposely converted it to a JPG image, becasue I do not want people using the tree tile.

First the titles. They are not bad, in fact they are very good. I love the tree-hut type house. I just don't like the gym, and the trees, while very good, just don't feel Pokemon to me, but maybe that's not what you were aiming for. The map is good, but feels a little basic to me, then again it's a smaller map, so you don't have as much to work with. Path is good, lake is good, and the Tree/House placement is decent. :]
8/10

Map Name: Palerose Town
Game: Firered
Comments: An old town, the oldest in my region. Thats why the houses etc look old. The research center is there to study the ancient Pokemon that are said to live in that town. I don't like this map for some reason but I can't really see a way to improve it either so I'm putting it here to be rated.

Spoiler:

I like this. I love the little ledge the Gym is on. The mountainous area is very well done. The whole layout is excellent. I have only 2 problems, first off is the path. The path is nice, but I feel like it's too big in the middle where they all meet, at least maybe add something there to make it feel less empty, and the path in front of the 2 houses at the top feels unneccesary and weird. The other problem is the non-border trees. Not a big fan of the grouping near the mart. Anyway, overall, very nicely done. :]
9/10

 

[Binary]

Map Name: Palerose Town
Game: Firered
Comments: An old town, the oldest in my region. Thats why the houses etc look old. The research center is there to study the ancient Pokemon that are said to live in that town. I don't like this map for some reason but I can't really see a way to improve it either so I'm putting it here to be rated.

Spoiler:

Wow, I love the map. There's nothing that I don't like about it except for the little patchs of grass in the bottom right of the map. I would suggest you to remove that, because it doesn't really suite the map. The way you placed all the tiles is just fabulous. I just love the layout and the style of the mao. Brilliant job.

9.5/10

 

[Tyrantrum]

Here's another RUBY map! ^^