Infinity Ward has revealed a new map for Modern Warfare 2, which takes inspiration from Shoot House
The info about Farm 18 was shared in a video interview with MW2's director of multiplayer design Geoff Smith, which you can view below:
Welcome to Farm 18. Location: [classified]. Shoothouse optional.#ModernWarfare2 #IntelDrops pic.twitter.com/nINQrQOqg0"Farm 18 came out of the idea of, we kinda liked the Shoot House facility map, so we decided to think of hidden training facilities. But it's also in a industrial cement factory, and the idea was what if we put a Shoot House-type situation in the middle," says Smith, adding.
The video also features input from Senior Environment Artist Ashley Thundercliffe , who discusses the challenges of designing a realistic-looking map that also works from a play perspective."If we go too dense with the foliage, we have people hide in the corners. If we don't go dense enough, we don't sell the narrative of the overgrowth."
I completely understand what Thundercliffe is getting at here. The designers want the map to feel believably dilapidated as players are wandering around. However,"sell the narrative of the overgrowth" is also an extremely amusing turn of phrase, and puts images in my mind of a luvvie potted plant demanding to know what its motivation is.
This isn't the first map for Modern Warfare 2 that Infinity Ward has shed light on. The studio previously revealed details about a Marina Grand Prix map, which will be playable as part of thecoming next month. The full game is scheduled to launch on October 28, and looks set to be very much
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