Awicb
1 day agoSeasoned Scout
Hedgemont's Plaza needs love
Hartcore Plaza is one of the first major areas of San Van that new players will see. In my opinion it really needs a rework
This giant building has essentially no depth and is a bit of an aesthetic anomaly in the plaza, if I was making this map I'd make the ground floor a skateable area.What I really don't like about the plaza is just how much open space there is. It really feels like this space was designed with the park building mechanics shown off in closed Alphas and Betas that is not present in the current build of the game and has actually been put on the backburner according to the roadmap.This part of the plaza is pretty good because there's enough here, but I feel like the banks and planters are way too high, or alternatively if they're going to be this high maybe they could put intermittent seating areas along the banks just to add some variation.This stage area is honestly just way too big and open. I get why it is this way, it's a stage area, there'd be hundreds of people here for performances, but the reality is that the banks are really steep and way too tall considering how little speed you can actually get here.I never see anyone cutting clips here, I rarely do myself, and that's because it's just not very interesting.
If I had to give some pointers for a rework, I'd say have a higher number of smaller elements, rather than a low number of fairly large elements. Make the planters lower down, shrink banks, and change the X in the middle to be something else consisting of smaller elements.
I'm aware someone out there is going to think there's literally nothing wrong with this plaza, if you're that person just don't bother commenting