03/02/2014 - "Na Lati Town" by Mike 'Hellscrag' Wilberforce

[Delacroix]

Map Title: Na Lati Town
Author: Mike 'Hellscrag' Wilberforce
From: The Landing.
Filename: TheLanding2.unr
Music Files:: Spire.umx




Video Playthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npq5X6zJ9Sg

Synopsis: Your journey through the planet has led you into a town by the name of Na Lati. Just don't try to loot the place... there hardly is anything to loot. I guess the tenants must be leaving since furniture is hardly there... Or maybe the guys have only just moved in.

Discuss!

[Tarydax]

On the outside it seemed like a real Nali town, especially with the added detail of street names, but the buildings on the inside were pretty bare most of the time. I think it could have been made to feel more authentic if the buildings had more detail, but it was still an okay map.

[Hellscrag]

I made this map in nine days, and it shows.

I was going for a Na Pali Haven vibe, but fell sufficiently short in terms of quality. Na Lati Town needed much more thought and effort. I have made two far, far better Nali town maps since (Above the Clouds, Pan'thali Haven), but unfortunately neither have been completed and seen release.

Combined with the missing fourth map, this map rather undermines The Landing for me. I have always preferred my earlier SP pack, Tashara's Cove, which was less ambitious but succeeded perfectly in what it was trying to do.

[Semfry]

I like the way the town is fully accessible and the little details such as all the street names. On the other hand I can see why Hellscrag doesn't like it much, as it's pretty flat in structure, the houses are quite empty and similar, and the Krall focus means the combat is simple. I enjoy certain parts but I've certainly been spoiled by Hellscrag's newer towns .

[TheIronKnuckle]

I always liked this one. As others have said, when you're outside it feels like a real nali town, when you're inside it's quite generic/bland.