VANQUISH #63 --- MARCH 5TH

rzasman vision

The Reviews

@ × ! $ by qo8op

A fast-paced demo derby in a giant torus (donut) around the top of Mount Chiliad, so it is possible for those who get knocked off to survive - if they can reach the peak before the minute expires or happen to land somewhere within the zone. However, each team starts with grenades and also gets sticky bombs, which make staying alive a more difficult prospect.

Seashark Explosion Battle by JC2-FAN-FOREVER

A valiant attempt at a seashark LTS, which is let down essentially by the limitations of the tools provided in the creator. The way I see it, the lack of boosts makes the ramp less effective, with many players stalling their seashark before they reach the top and then these abandoned seasharks make the ramp impossible for the more competent players. Essentially it ends up with the seashark team throwing grenades from the cover afforded by the top of the ramp. Meanwhile, the platform team discovered they could survive jumping off the platform ( had the water level been different in the creator?) and found seasharks waiting below which they could use to get around behind the opposition. Maybe a degree of contrasting colours for the ramps could help, though really just need to provide boosts in the creator.

A holes vs D heads by Tesseractor

Whilst I can appreciate the sentiment behind limiting the number of weapons - the desire that combatants fight with what they can find immediately before rushing to join the action flies in the face human nature, that we will often try to get the best weapon for the job rather than something mediocre - especially when the other team is doing exactly the same thing and waiting for up to 3/5 of the round time just for the whole team to get weapons before they act. By all means hide the weapons, just hide more of them, so we can get into the action faster. Not much to this LTS, one team is in Stab City, the other just over the other side of the head of the Zancudo river. Cops are on, which is irksome - i.e. the team that mostly camps and waits to be attacked is more likely to win because the other team gets killed by cops for firing a gun before they even get to the other base. Or they run out of ammo killing cops.

Big Fat Aces by docmedpot

A good ole-fashioned dogfight with one team starting on the highway near Paleto Bay and the other at Grapeseed airfield. You have a choice of going in the single-seater Nokota or Molotok or pairing up in a Tula or Mogul. The surrounding mountains have aesthetically pleasing snow adorning their slopes, creating an air of WWII bombing runs over Southern Germany. This one will stay in the Bookmarks for a while.

Survivalism LTS: 3 Team by ManOfFire

My own creation, seemed to work much faster with three teams. Any other feedback welcome.

#ª5 Quick fix by Anth_-50

An extremely simple pure combat LTS. Two teams start either end of a narrow snaking arena with Special Carbine and Sawn-Off pick-ups. It is a fast paced nerve-racking fight and good fun. Prop placement is a little rough, recommend using advanced settings to get some of those external corners smoother.

Marshall Demolition Derby by JC2-FAN-FOREVER

A Marshall demo derby at the windfarm. Nice looking build, with the wind-turbines adding that little bit of JC chaos to the proceedings. However, it seems it may have been a bit too much chaos - maybe too many props in a small area, maybe combined with the moving wind turbines - because several people blue-screened as their games crashed. Grenades on the ground mean you can fight it out with other losers before you are disqualified.

[FUR] fear of heights by _Furious55000_

A simple prospect - a tightrope walk of ever narrowing props to a central platform where weapons await. An ability to run in a straight line is an advantage here as most people find out. Even those capable enough to walk along these props find out as they are picked off by the faster tighttropers. Good fun and a nice parkour style concept.

*[HL001]BAKUHA by hirohiro2245

An enjoyable bomber-man LTS, laid out in a large grid arena with dynamic props strewn about as cover or hazards. Plenty of grenade pick-ups, mean one is never short, although adding in some pipe-bombs could change the dynamic in an interesting way.

#B13 TOWER DEFENSE $$$ by YoungBiggi013

A Jets and Choppers Vs Everything Skybase LTS. One team has Hydras and Lazers, the other has tanks and RPGs, homing launchers, minigun etc. The tanks, although blocked in are not really sufficiently protected and so are immediately susceptible to homing launcher fire from the attackers. There is some cover, as the base is on the roof of, I think, the Arcadius building, but really it is not sufficient to afford protection from competent pilots