Review by
Nathan
on 8/25/2016.
I love Issander's maps, both for their intricacy and for their creativity. This is no exception.
EDIT - Version 1.1 greatly improves the visibility issue. Kudos!
Response by map creator
Issander on 8/24/2016
To all people complaining about bonus borders: I have given it a second thought and released version 1.1 with accentuated bonus borders. Take a look once Fizzer makes it public and let me know if it solved your problems. Thank you for your high ratings and if you have any more issues, also please let me know.
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Beren Erchamion on 9/3/2016.
I really like this map. The concept is awesome and it plays very well.
I have a few negative comments, though. Forests and Mountains are a bit too close in color - it can be a little confusing which is which.
I also think you should have bonus boxes which are clickable for each full bonus so you can click on them and see clearly which territories are in each bonus. I understand why you did it the way you did, because it might make the table in the bottom left confusing, but I think it would really help.
Also, the lakes are exactly the same colour as the Aqua player colour. That is confusing.
8 out of 9 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Brotherdan on 9/11/2016.
WOW! Revolution in warlight mapmaking!
I find the idea great: also having the different terrains with different combintions of bonus/malus makes things extremely interesting. Also thanks for the various distributions, it's very nice to find some.
EDIT: version 1.1 substantially solves the probelms in finding a bonus' extension (though it may be not the most visually appealing). It still is non-trivial to match bonus colors with the table. Changing the background (and each of us players IS a living background), colors play funny tricks: http://brainden.com/images/yellow-blue-dogs-big.jpg. I find it hardest to distingush mountains-jungle-forests on one side and arid_grasslands-highlands-exceptional_lands on the other.
Even more after 1.1 it is definitely a MINOR issue. Thanks for the wonderful idea, and for having made it into such a fantastic map, Issander!
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Zephyrum on 8/23/2016.
Not my kind of map, but the very idea that Issander is back into action is a great thought. Woohoo!
I gave it a 4/5. It's creative and perfectly playable, unlike most creative maps out there. The gimmicky playstile is, to an extent, innovative, but hard to apply in most other maps. The result is a unique gem that likely will be the only of it's kind for some time.
Hope you managed to arrange your life in the UK! Best of luck Issander, can't wait to hear more from you.
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by
{Canidae} Kretoma on 8/21/2016.
Great idea, great map! I like it a lot. ;)
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by
The Supreme Mugwump on 8/24/2016.
Main problem is that orange/red/brown is not immediately distinguishable on the map.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by
[REGL] Pooh on 1/15/2017.
Would love it if the colors were more distinguishable from each other and if the territory names matched the bonus descriptions better.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Martinus on 4/11/2017.
Very special map. Makes it very interesting. But little bit complicated. Still great
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
[TNW] Commander Vimes on 8/23/2016.
This map is amazing. That is pretty much all I can say. The AI is very bad on it.
3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by
frozentime_m on 8/26/2016.
original, funny...
This bonus system makes the game really interesting. I prefer this map of Africa :)
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
Jack Mustafa on 8/31/2016.
Wish there were more maps with this level of well thought-out, intricate bonuses out there!
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by
[ROME] ㅇㅈㅇ on 9/3/2016.
good
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
PJ on 12/5/2016.
Love the concept. Very creative and new strategy possibilities. 5 stars, although it would for me be even easier with slightly thicker border lines or colours that are a bit more different (swamp vs forest vs mountain is hard to see for me).
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
(deleted) on 1/6/2017.
Unique bonus system. Makes interesting play.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
Overlord Richardo on 2/13/2017.
A very interesting twist on warlight mechanics beautifully executed! I hope more maps will come up using this system.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
Ko on 2/20/2017.
The complex bonus system is very well thought through, and really is a game changer. Another feather in Issander's cap!
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
lauti910 on 2/24/2017.
Great concept, but i am colorblind, so i would prefer numers or something else to divide the territories.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
Arachnocat14 on 2/9/2018.
Amazing map. Very unique concept, and the best of its kind. The way the bonuses are made makes for some very interesting strategy, for example, if you take over 3/4 of a desert from another player, leave the last part so that it gives them -3 armies per turn.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
mcpfc on 3/15/2018.
This map makes this game everything it could be!
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
Kris on 3/27/2019.
It looks like this is the first map with the idea of progressive bonuses. Nevertheless, I've encountered it only after playing other maps of this type, such as Biomes of America or Gotham City.
The concept itself is amazing, no doubts about it. However, when compared to the maps I've mentioned above, this one is very hard to read.
I would suggest to add boxes with armies for each bonus as we know them from regular maps. The main advantage is that clicking this box highlights the regions in the bonus, which makes navigation way easier.
Another thing to consider is to add a list of numbers to the name of each bonus, so that one does not have to switch to the table every time. For instance, "Maghreb" could be named "Maghreb [0,1,2,4]". This name would pop out while hoovering over the box with the total bonus 4, helping especially color-blind people.
All in all, thanks Issander for exploring new possibilities and creating this map. Warzone evolved a lot thanks to it!
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
Søren Tauber Lassen on 4/23/2019.
Nice scenario with a good and different kind of strategy.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
M. Poireau on 9/5/2016.
Fantastic map, and a wonderful concept.
Unfortunately, I don't think it's well served by the real-world Africa map.
A custom map made to showcase this concept could do a better job of showing clearly which areas and which bonuses are of different types, by using layout and graphic design to make it easy to see.
I hope to see more maps using this idea! 4/5
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
maple on 2/8/2017.
nice concept, but the color don't come out so it's impossible to understand it properly
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Black Knight🇩🇪🇩🇪 on 3/19/2017.
its good but it was very complicated
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Mohammad Khesraw Hasem on 6/14/2017.
verry goood and not so complex but still a little bit of complexity
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
INSIDE on 6/14/2017.
coolio
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
SiVisPacemParaBellum on 8/18/2017.
Very confusing, even after reading the instructions several times.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
warhawk on 8/12/2018.
One star-Can not see borders due to colors. Otherwise, this is not a typical Warzone map ( it could bend ones mind ) a 5 star map in that respect.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Budz on 10/24/2018.
YTYFT
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Koon on 12/21/2018.
Really cool idea. Fun to play more stragically using the different sorts of geographic regions. But the 100 defenses within the regions made it really boring again. I think it would be more fun if the amount of defenses on neutral terrain reflected how hard it is to conquer such a region.
For example: Mountain terrains varrying between 20 - 100 defense; grasslands between 0 - 5; jungles 15-20; etcetera.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
T54321 on 1/26/2019.
I like how the bonus system is working. Only it is a little bit hard to see what territory belongs to what bonus. An error is easily made.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Slartibartfast on 12/12/2019.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
The Black Citadel on 6/28/2024.
The original implementation of INSS remains the best one. I have literally played this map 200 times. Not too small, not too large, interesting decisions to make. What's not to love?
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Juanda Restrepo Duran on 1/7/2020.
Genius! I think I had played a previous version or this same one some time ago and felt it was hard. This time I was able to beat it with my own, consistent strategy, I think this setting probably fits perfectly my playing style, yet it still felt challenging, in fact, for most of the early game at least 1 of the 3 AI's was superior in reinforcements, with another AI following closely.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Barking-mad Jake on 1/23/2020.
This map was not very well thought out. If it weren't for the non-default kill rates this map would almost be playable, but as it is, victory or defeat is entirely dependant on your starting territory.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Michiel de Ruyter on 2/14/2020.
tt
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
DH on 2/29/2020.
The Classic.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
JK_3 on 6/14/2020.
I like the INSS system, but the complete bonus outlines are hard to see for me, so I would really like to see that improved.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Balthromaw on 6/20/2020.
Exceptionally difficult to discriminate between bonuses. What is Woodlands? Highlands? Mountains? Hard to determinate from the ambivalent colour. You have to guess bonus type from it's name. Which is slow and not fun.
Add a superbonus worth 0 armies containing all HIghland territories then another containing all Forest terriotries etc. for all bonus types.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Matt Schwartz on 6/22/2020.
really fun
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Sniper on 7/17/2020.
Bonuses aren’t well explained it’s a cluster mess to play. Don’t play unless you want your win % to nosedive one of the worst maps I have ever played on
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
T on 7/22/2020.
nonsense
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Keith on 7/27/2020.
Map is excellent. This real-world variation is excellent. However, your German generals are over-powered at 400 each!!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
KiRByTheAverage on 10/13/2020.
Absolutely horrible. Can't see the "bonus" areas. At least in other maps with color issues, you can click to see where they are. Here you have to basically guess if you can't see the color. Will never voluntarily play this again.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
sualkxela on 10/18/2020.
Love this map as it takes a different approach. However not 5 stars as a) it take luck of the draw in the beginning to be able to win, no skill and b) it take a looooong time to finish (took me 82! turns).
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Eso z Arizony on 11/1/2020.
original idea, but cannot be played in singleplayer, AI too dumb
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
jts on 12/14/2020.
Unique bonus calculations, assignment, and base armies makes this a great level. I wish there were more like this.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Taffy 3 on 1/11/2021.
Hated this at first but after you get the hang of it - this map is genius
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Gabinator on 1/31/2021.
A very buggy map. Easy to end up with an income of 0 armies a turn off random territory selection, and when this happens, a bug leaves you stuck on army allocation, unable to advance to attack planning.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
dadaspazzi on 5/15/2021.
unprecise, badly conceived.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Max Scherzer on 8/27/2021.
terible
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
TresEspadas on 11/5/2021.
useless
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Bring * back! ⌛sucks! on 12/29/2021.
Utter garbage.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
This map makes my eyes bleed and have cancer.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Captain MAK Sparrow on 1/16/2022.
Good map very challenging if u play wit experienced players.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
dong on 3/7/2022.
difficult to know borders of bonuses
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Kingdom of Lukraine on 3/9/2022.
Great idea for bonus distribution, but the numbers aren't thought through. You get a base income of three and you can be spawned in a region with negative three troops, surrounded by AI that also has negative three troops, so nobody is able to do anything while other teams slowly conquer the continent.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
riz040 on 3/15/2022.
sucks
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
(deleted) on 6/16/2022.
Takes awhile to understand, but once I got it this is the most fun, strategic map I've played.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Asteriks on 7/26/2022.
great but too long
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Oliver on 8/26/2022.
awesome map
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
pewpew on 9/24/2022.
Very cool idea, but hard to identify territory groups
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
i am not me on 1/30/2023.
Very unique and fun bonuses system I haven’t played before but was intuitive enough that I somehow won my first play
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Commander Cody on 2/15/2023.
Oops
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Iche_Bins on 5/11/2023.
an innovative and fun system. Great map!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
BravoMota on 6/14/2023.
One of my favourite maps. It is so Out of the box and interesting to play in.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
rever on 7/20/2023.
This map is really original, this map is really good
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Stilgar on 8/26/2023.
Absolutely ingenious, but unplayable in solo, the AI suicide itself.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
BattleKart on 10/21/2023.
bonuses are not readable enough
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
"G" on 1/30/2024.
..
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Emperor Nick on 1/31/2024.
Map didn't work for me - no cohesion
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Peet on 5/27/2024.
Really interesting strategy!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Lowenweiss on 6/11/2024.
Unique idea. Enjoying it immensely
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Augusto on 7/19/2024.
FANTASTIC!!!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Amadeuz81 on 10/12/2024.
Was a nice change to the normal, like here you needed to "trick" the enemy but yes at a point it became stpd computer always falling for the "trick". Maybe much slower cards and bigger "storage" so you would have to plan a bit how to conquer.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by
Berserk on 8/29/2017.
Interesting concept, but it's too frustrating because the bonuses aren't distinct enough with just the different colored outlines. If I find myself accidentally playing a game on this map, I'll usually surrender to get out of it.
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
Earl_of_Scotland on 2/13/2019.
This map is sucks. Absolutely not playable. I start with 5 Army's and I'm surrounded with areas each with four army's in. I can't do anything max kill is one............ zero stars for this map
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by
Andalorium on 8/26/2016.
So the chart on the side of the map is not what is set for the bonuses, honestly, I love a challenge but when gaming the "whole" bonus give -4 and only 2 of 4 give 4 units or -6 for 3 areas, but then 7 for the "whole" bonus, I just got confused, and your lakes are the same color as the Teal background so I spent a full minute wondering why there was no unit number on what I figures out was a lake, it is the little things that can make or break a map, and right now I'd call this broken
2 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
