I agree with the maps being there to filter out the worst noobs, whether the makers of the maps intended it or not. They are really just display cases for custom tags. The only tags worth anything are the AA Fuel Rod Gun on Extinction, C4, the tracking missile launcher on extinction, the scarab on extinction, and the gun towers on extinction.
So some of the tags really are good, they just have a worse than crappy, undone map to be in. If there is a V2 then it should be based around teamplay and all the good tags, because occasionally there is a good match of extinction in which your whole team is in a pelican, but otherwise it is crap.

I am on the wagon!

Win.

The only problem is that almost every custom server is on those maps. If they were not, they could be fun to play occasionally.

jeezum, those maps are what started it all:
Coldsnap: sure, it may be TOO big like hugeass, but it is so friggin FUN to hav dogfights, plus you CAN c4 jetfighters
Hugeass: awesome vehicles, skydiving, bombing the hell out of the other base
Extinction: variety of good weapons, good for Army RPG's and other stuff, and the best vehicles


*jump on wagon, plant c-4, jump off before it blows up*
Edited by laxdude1995 on Jun 22, 2008 at 03:45 PM

Coldsnap: "best" of the noob maps. IMO, this one can actually be pretty fun. Serves "DIFFERENT" gameplay. For ****s sake, just because the gameplay is different doesn't mean it totally sucks. The only thing I really hate is how idiots like to C4 Their team mates.

Hugeass: eh... I don't like this one so much. It also has some gameplay value (tachikoma squads ftmfw) but still not the best in the world. This and coldsnap are nice to have when you want something different from the usual "run in erratic patterns and just spray n pray" gamestyle... Plus, the secrets in this one are kinda nice... I like to make noobs whine by getting the sniper hog. It is so much fun watching the screen fill up with cries of WTF and OMG and crap, all because of a sniping rampage I have started that seems to be moving all across the map... and there is NOTHING they can do about it.
Also, the sniper is better in this map, as every shot you make unzooms you and has a nice little pause.

Extinction: Everybody go into this map and turn it to night so that all the noobs whine. Then leave. That is the only fun thing to do in this map.
It is ugly, it has terrible performance lag, its ugly, there is no gameplay. EVERY match I have ever played on this map has been a draw. NEVER a win unless I were the only player on a server for some stupid reason. Hugeass has many more flag captures than this (actually, more than coldsnap, but coldsnap isn't nearly as ugly as either and runs silky smooth)
This is a sad excuse of a "popular map".

strange, its coldsnap that almost always has stalemates because snipers always hit the jet / hog, as for extinction i rarely find stalemates there, generally because blue team sends in longswords while jets grab the flag n score; while red team only has the scarab and some seraphs that dont always shoot very well

It would still suck because this was made a long time ago and that was before quality was wanted. When Hugeass was made it was in the era of OMG Longsword jets blah blah blah. It would still be the same.

As it has been said, hugeass is good for skydiving. coldsnap is good for taking up space in your maps folder, and extinction is good for lagging because it has too many vehicles.