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Dust 2 = Cobble? (Apr 29, 2005)

I came across an interesting blog entry by Luke Muscat who, having examined the layouts of Dust 2 and Cobble, has concluded that they bear a surprising amount of similarity.

I had never seen nor noticed that before, but it's certainly quite interesting. Of course, when you consider how the maps play, there is a huge difference and you'll find the firefights are centered at different places, due to the distance differentials and the different geometry. It makes the point however that a good layout isn't necessarily all that makes a map. There are more images and comparisons too.

Still, it suprised me. Who knows, maybe my other maps are the same. Is Tides equivalent to Sienna...?

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m0nKeY at 12:27 on Apr 29, 2005

Interesting similarity, both great maps to play wars on though.

smeerkat at 19:28 on Apr 29, 2005

Took a look at the full article on Luke's blog. Not that earth-shattering, imho. At least two major routes, and a secondary route that cuts across.

From what I see on public (non-competitive) servers, dust2 is far more popular than cbble. And cbble is more sniper heavy.