My monkey brain can't comprehend map design, but it also quite likes exploding walls so I agree with you about swiss chalet being the best

Aesthetically, the maps used to feel like I was raiding/defending an actual house, or an old theme park, etc. Now it just feels like I'm raiding/defending a multiplayer map.

I get they don’t want maps to all feel the same but they should definitely look at why maps like Oregon, clubhouse, and chalet are considered the best maps. All the new maps are confusing and half the rooms are just put there to fill space and it either makes it too confusing or hard to roam clear the entire map

The feeling is very true. I ALWAYS lose on Kafe but I love playing it cause of how the map looks and the music lol

I think you really nailed the atmosphere aspect of maps. After 8 years of siege and playing from everywhere in gold to champion, one thing stays consistent, and it’s bans (at least after they were added) The FEEL is more important than impact with both operator and map bans People ban Jackal more than any other operator, despite the fact that several other attackers have a far greater impact on the game. Ying and Dok for example are arguably even stronger and also annoying, but nobody wants to be Jackal tracked because of the feeling. Kapkan’s ban rates have increased purely because he’s annoying. Feeling is more important than impact

Man this makes me so nostalgic for 2017 era seige.

The darkness part is so true, having an unnecessarily dark maps just totally kills the vibe

I miss when maps had unconventional features that made them stand out. Stuff like nonconforming windows on old House or Chalet kitchen, or semi breachable walls that were on most old maps; hell even weird jank like Tower bomb site on old Oregon. New maps sometimes feel like they were made in a lab and the homogenization sucks. Great vid.

i don't think i have played siege enough yet to really understand the fundamentals of map design in this game, but for me i generally feel like maps like chalet, bank or clubhouse are really intuitive and easy to understand, meanwhile for me maps like emerald plains or especially lair just feel like a mess of random hallways and same-looking rooms, that last one especially on lair another thing, i really like the style of this video, it's really informative and easy to follow, like another person said i'd expect you to have a lot more views and subscribers, good job man)

One thing ubisoft has done the most is limit the amount of angles and long sightlines with cover. Everything is these claustrophobic corners and placement of indestructible objects that are clearly there to prevent a certain angle. The best use of this i could find is the gauges on the long stair hall in the chalet basement that lines the wall to stop an easy angle to hold for anyone there and forces a bit more of their body to peek out

I just want to say that for a 100 sub channel this video was fun to watch and it was well put together keep it up bro

Ubi really need more maps like chalet. I think the maps are what people mean when they want realism. Noone cares if the ops arent realistic as long as its scifi. I hate lair and nighthaven because there way too big yet still defender sided somehow. I personally like villa as much as chalet but that was my 2nd ever season, so i was just starting to be competent. Also smaller maps works well for the short round time.

This is fantastic. I am studying game design at university and I want to focus on level design. I decided to get into siege very recently to see how developers design levels around seemingly complex systems, like a roster of 70 unique characters and gadgets, and destructible environments with objective based gameplay. It is very difficult to understand, even with it as my field of study, and you break it down fantastically. Thank you!

Clubhouse, Oregon, and Chalet are probably my current top 3. For back in the casual however I loved plane lol. Man that one event that was like toy theme with Mr bear and stuff was my life

I honestly miss Secure Area in Ranked for that exact complaint about Villa. Secure Area was a mode that utilized every floor on a map and was just a nice change of pace from Bomb. People would dump on Secure Area and say it’s only for noobs or people who don’t want to think and just run in with no tactics. But what the hell has Bomb been for the last 4 or so years. Brain dead TDM. I remember playing Secure Area in ranked on PS4 for most of my Diamond seasons. But the reason Secure Area was so fun IMO was because it was to tell apart who is a team of rushing Lions, Finkas, Blitz, Ash’s, so on. VS who is a team that is actually tactical. Sure you could just stack traps and wait for the push but that’s Bomb also. Secure Area meant that every part of a objective room is free ground to secure. As opposed to Bomb where there’s “Default plant spots” and angles, walls that are pushed every game. SA spiced things up, offered different line of thinking on how to defend a room that’s utterly non-defendable. House, when it was ranked was a good example, you had to defend kids from outside because actually staying in that room was suicide. Or Villa Basement, you actually had to patrol basement and deny the Garage and Barrel pushes. Bomb also relies on person with diffuser not dying. When so many times I’ve had teammates run in with diffuser and die right away. Secure Area let anyone clutch a game regardless of relying on plant. And man was there so many stand-off situations I’ve had in SA. Like the famous Laundry stairs on Oregon. At that point it was up to who had more balls to swing. Basically, Secure Area offered different game plans for each map, and actually utilized not so high traffic rooms. Instead of Bomb where only 1 maybe 2 sites are really good. Rip Secure Area. Yes, there was casual but we all know that was tdm warm-ups for Bomb. I don’t even know if they still offer SA on the new maps.

This is honestly a pretty good and informational video that i would expect to have more than 60 views and come from a channel with thousands of subscribers. Good work, and good luck on future videos.

i find that border is another example of a good map, it uses breaches, soft floors, and good rotates. easily one of my favourite maps. also, clubhouse sucks, its just two hallways with some rooms sprinkled in, its a pain for both sides

This was super interesting! Chalet has always been my favourite and I always thought it was because of the atmosphere, but after considering how attacking/defending actually work, I can say that I love this map because it's well designed. I think my overall map ranking probably looks similiar to yours as well. I tend to prefer being able to outthink the enemy as opposed to taking gunfights that I have a fifty-fifty shot of winning - which is why I play Seige and not COD.

I really liked this Video. Not only bc you perfectly explained what everyone is feeling but doesnt exactly know why, but also the style of the video is pretty amazing. All the different shots look great and the way you sometimes look at the "camera" just feels very nice.

You did a good job on articulating on what makes a good map while briefly explaining game design decisions that affects it. Very good video 👍

incredibly well made video, honestly. you can tell how much time went into it and it perfectly articulates a lot of the gripes i have with the map design. the newer maps genuinely feel like oversized mazes, just chores to navigate and painful to play on. only 1.1k subs is crazy.

Wow, I watched only 2 mins of video and can already say, that montage is amazing! Not just random gameplay or running around map, but many views from different angles. Well done, wanna watch full video later

The footage gathering and editing definitely took a long time. This video is high quality; keep up the content!

All these points you made are very interesting and how I might never have thought about map design so much, it makes sense

This video is great! It’s genuinely interesting and really fun. You deserve way more traction! 🙏🙏

When Contest matches were in ranked I loved to attack and defend the villa basement. You've got a lot of options to enter the site breaching.

underrated channel, really like the indepth analysis

This was a solid video, informative, well thought out and put together. Well done sir.

This video has the quality of someone with 100,000 subs this channel is so underrated I hope you go viral someday bro you deserve it

Hey dude! What a lovely video, I know how much effort it is going into match replay to get those freecam shots. And your use of top down views, first person, freecam, etc was just perfect! Really good job and I loved this analyzation. Looking forward to more!!

Genuinely thought this was a video from a huge KZfaqr until I saw you didn't even have 1000 subs. Extremely underrated!!

I agree with MOST of these, but I gotta add that Favela was one of my favourite maps, especially back when there was a night mode. I just loved the fireworks around the Jesus statue, and the fact that you could see the rest of the favela around, which made it feel bigger than it actually was. I love Chalet, but it's missing that aspect of freedom. I like being able to think to myself "Hey, if I was here in real life, I could just leave". Same reason I like Skyscraper - you're in the middle of a city, all you'd have to do is go down the stairs and go to the closest McDonald's and get a BigMac

4:46 i didnt even know this spot existed....

As someone who does tend to like new maps, I agree with your assessment overall. More maps need to be designed like Chalet. Oregon and Club do get stale but Chalet it always feels like something is going on. Labs I think has a very good competitive layout but it is upset by the very dull grey walls and atmosphere and poor readability. Plains has quite clean visibility but a wacky layout. Lair is… well it definitely feels like an evil villain’s lair. But that doesn’t mean it’s fun to play on. It’s got such weird tones from the dark 2f to clean basement. Unclear paths and strange room placement. I like window and rappel fights and Lair doesn’t provide that either. Outdoor Breaching comes from 1 wall for the 2F site despite that site being very defender-sided making attacking annoying. It’s a cool map and concept but it just doesn’t work for Siege.

I really like your style of videos. informational/ideological, but with funny 3rd person views. The top-down spectator view was very nice too

I haven't kept up with Siege in a while this helps me get familiar with how literally everything in this game is played again pretty informative, good video 👍👍

This was such a nice and calm video! You have earned a new subscriber

Chalet has such a cozy feel. Good think piece on maps. I happen to enjoy most maps now that I have knowledge of what to do on most of them, but I understand why ranked players don't like the cramped dark maps like Favela. But I really enjoy those maps for what they are, catered towards casuals

Extremely well done video, very educational that was condensed to a not too long and a boring video. IMO could have been longer because I got hooked and was very immersed in the video. But all in all a very good analysis.

The car garage on Chalet can also be used as a runout spot on people rapelling outside multiple windows in master bedroom, so even thats not wasted space

Something that I really enjoy about emerald plains is the decoration and detail. It’s fun getting creative with gadget placement. That paired with good information/cams can win easy rounds. I do agree about the highways with the shades

Such a good video! Keep making content I love this

Petition for every siege map to have a basement/garage with a breachable wall on the outside. These are the most fun sites imo.

Great video my guy, keep up the hard work :)

love this type of video style keep it up

Man this was such a good video you've definietly dearned a sub! When I started watching this I thought this was from a youtuber with over 100k subs like no joke. I think that Chalet is an example of a timeless map that constantly is improved upon, you should told do a video on the design of it in depth and kinda glaze tf out of it. Thanks pookie.

i really liked this video, although i think that coast does have more variability then most people think,i agree with everything else. i hope you keep pushing out content bro

i recall villa being called the most balanced map by the pros back when it released, still love it to this date

First off, great video! You did well, and i enjoyed watching it. I agree on Chalet being my favourite map, although not perfect in my opinion because I personally despise garage breach. I also think the idea that the aesthetics of the map matters so much is an interesting one. I always see people on youtube complain about the removal of old lightning and such but to me the gameplay reasons for the changes are always what stuck out more and im thankful for them. I suppose ultimately, this visual aspect is simply something that has never mattered to me. This is interesting to me though because i am one of those few people who actually like Emerald Plains a lot, I feel they wanted to make something in the spirit of coastline and it was an absolute success. But obviously that is not a popular opinion and i have always wondered if me and my stack are just crazy or if someone liking coastline but not EP was just irrational. I had never considered that the visuals might be subconsciously making a huge difference. PS I looove that outside wall on New Consulate and use it all the time attacking garage. You suggest that its redundant because there are already other ways to get down into servers. But outside wall allows you to get into servers without needing to enter the building and risk dying to someone holding lobby, plus not requiring a drop which is what a lot of defenders tend to listen for thus giving a decent chance of you being able to just sneak in. And even if you were going to have someone pushing those hatches, it gives you a way to have someone flank and make defending servers that much harder.

just a awesome video!!!! pls make more of what your doing

hey, i just found your channel and you deserve more subs. Keep up the good work man

Amazing video! Thanks for your insight

3:17 small correction: only one of them being accessible without a soft* breach the barrels can be breached with any soft breach, a hard breach isn't required Otherwise this is a cool analysis, I personally don't agree with a good amount of opinions you have but that's what opinions are for. I definitely enjoyed watching this and it gave me another perspective towards maps and how i will observe them in the future.

what an amazing vid bro keep it up !!

I think Kafe is such a beautiful map, the gold details, the classic paintings, the rappel gameplays that now replace the Consulate.And Outback I really love Outback,I'm from Brazil and here we love a gunfight

Theory comes easy to me in siege and I'm loving the game. I am a big thinker and I loved spending tens of hours just roaming around in custom and setting up and learning perspective from all the angles.

Really great informative video, you gained a sub!

Lair and nighthaven are such good maps though. And imo they look pretty great.

I feel SO different about most maps, I love Oregon, Coastline, Kanal, Emerald Plains, Chalet, And Lair. To me they all offer a unique experience with different tactics, without it feeling overwhelming. I specifically dislike Bank in Particular, as there are many big open rooms, like office and main entrance, and breakable walls and hatches EVERYWHERE. I get how it gives Attackers a lot of options, but I feel like it may be too much…. Attacking on the map feels good, as you can change plans, breach walls, and just cause mayhem… But as a defender, it feels like you can never prepare enough, especially on 2F, the amount of windows, doors and breakable walls, make the experience terrible. No matter which side they push, they have or can create about 3-4 different angles on site, from 1 direction. Choke points make a map flow, hence I like Oregon so much, it feels like there is enough creativity for attackers while balancing it out with choke points that require to take the gun fight. Bank is the ONLY map I have never played an enjoyable match on, whether I win or lose, it just feels weird. For me Kafe is similar that way, but only for 3F, I actually really enjoy the other sites.

This was amazing, you earned a sub

That was really interesting and well made

I agree in almost everything, but the points you made to say Theme Park looks wrong is why I like it- because it looks like a real abandoned place and there are so many nooks and crannies to execute shenanigangs (except the bathroom, that yes, makes no sense, but it's not worse than the bathroom in Presidential Plane that is completely empty)

Great vid. Keep it up!

This is my hot take, ubisoft should make a sandbox mode where you can design a map. (Similar to forge in halo)

The (lack of) vertical play on Villa you mentioned is one reason why I really don’t like that map. The two best (or at least most common) sites are on the top floor, there’s not much vertical play as you mentioned, and not a lot of flank opportunities for roamers form the floor below. My friend group that plays Siege says Villa has 1.5 floors. It leads to the map being very repetitive and every round feeling the same. That’s something you didn’t mention, at least directly, variety, although a map having some of these qualities leads to more variety between rounds.

You just explained to me why Chalet is my favourite map! I never knew why I liked it so much more than many other maps and didnt realise it comes down to the map design itself Great video and would love to see more like this!

Amazing video! Although, got a quick suggestion… you should add background music to the video to add more ambiance.

Really solid vid. I agree with most of the points made as well, except... coastline *does* have breaches, several ones at that (90 breach to hookah, main breach to kitchen, vip breach to bedroom). I get that, to reach these, you have to expose yourself to several angles, but you can just clear/hold them with a teammate.

Incredible Video, keep it up

I think you missed a huge point being creativity with drones/cameras. You lightly touched on it when talking about chalet, but being able to set up drones that reward creative or smart players is huge on attack and a lot of maps implement a mini drone parkour game. This is one of the things I find most impressive when I'm looking at a map because you have to make them seem natural from the defender perspective and opportune from the attacker side. There's so many spots where cameras can be placed and they had to think about that. A very small detail I love is places drones can hide that defenders can actually destroy. The raised plants can be shot by a defender, but if it's not a drone could be placed there and it's both vertically hidden from the defender's sight as well as having the plant cover the drone as well. The same goes for many shelves, other plants, speakers, and basically any small destructible object.

Id like to say too, its easier to learn maps when they actually make sense. Chalet for example, there's a bathroom right next to the bedroom. A bar next to the pool room. A central room with a grand fireplace. It all makes sense. Compare this to a map like Lair, night haven or new consulate. Half of the rooms dont serve a real world purpose. They exist for the sake of existing. Oh heres the Exo suit room. And this one here, its the...the....the weird room with like some Foosball tables or something. And oh, lets not forget about random room with a huge obstructive montior in it thats the size of a closet.

I think this is pretty good. I wish you mentioned Lair. I feel like it has the safe defender spots, but it lacks those breachable walls into objective. One of the 1st floor sites has a great attack wall, but defenders never pick it. 2nd floor has an outer wall, but 2 windows look into it, and one window you can't even put an OSA shield, so it's literally a death trap if defenders figure that out. Lab has one decent attack wall into connector, but it would be better if it was directly into a site for planting.

This video is so well made

This is a really well made video. Personally as someone whose played this game since year 1 I feel like a lot of the new maps lack character and my main gripe with them is they have built in cover and half walls that are made of metal or stone. It just feels like lazy design. Idk when I’m playing the OG maps a lot of rooms have less cover and allow for more interesting gunfights and dynamics

love this vid man!

for some reason my monkey brain could never really put my feeling to words but you explained it perfectly. The ability as a defender to have several power positions or rooms outside of the site where you can quickly rotate between important entry points explains why I dont like the maps i dont like (for the most part). Newer maps have so much dead space, the more you get to the center of the map the less dead space there should be

This is really good man.

As someone who doesn’t have a lot of hours in siege, one of the main things that bothers me about newer maps is that they are uselessly big and all the rooms look the same. Hard to tell where I am when I’m in a maze of 12 identical rooms. It’s very easy to tell rooms apart in other maps since the important ones have distinct features or a distinct color scheme

I think a good map that was never really understood is fortress. It has all the points you made in the video, think about it. In general i don’t like maps with too much “objects” inside. Like i find emerald too “messy”. The best maps are very linear , the rooms are pretty clear. For example Oregon is very “plan and simple” but that’s why i find it more attractive and intuitive. Great video, love to see content like this! You nailed it.

Actually great video, im impressed

i count 9 spots on that Theme Park frame, and another to the hard right behind the staircase wall where there could be a rotate hole, and another behind you where there could be a rotate hole

Ngl, split is one of my favorite sites on Consulate. And I'll admit, dirt isn't exactly a useful entry point for the rest of the map, but for split specifically, it feels like a pretty serious focal point to the site. And the coolest part about it to me is that the best wall denial isn't even a bandit or a kaid. It's a tachanka or impacts from the 2nd floor, which is just so cool to me.

would love to see more in depth map analysis of siege and other games like cs 👍

Cool video man

After being promoted by friends on why I don’t like new consulate and emerald, I never really had the best answer. Now I know why. Thank you

tbh, I haven’t gotten to play theme park yet, but everything you described about its atmosphere sounds great to me lol. It sounds similar to how Favela makes me feel: paranoid and like I shouldn’t be there. Not criticizing, just find it funny how subjective atmosphere can be. (cool video btw👍)

Very charming and knowledgeable. Keep it up good sir

I think the big thing with admin is it allows almost total shutdown from all visa entrances when playing above, allowing you to waste a lot of time when the attackers need to enter there, or even get free picks

This is great! I have my best games on Chalet I just realized that.

I'm not gonna tell you you're wrong about Theme, but as a Theme lover I'll tell you why I enjoy it. first off, the aesthetic and the darkness. I love Theme since its one of the most consistent and really makes sense within it's own world. Its an abandoned theme park where a gang as decided to hold up and make drugs. No room betrays that story. For the darkness, it makes sense with that story; though more importantly it's for gameplay. Siege maps need a certain level of clutter or general noise to actually hide drones and valk cams. Making stark maps is how you get the stadium maps where its basically impossible to set up a preplaced anywhere. I will admit the 2 bottom sites arent great design wise. Throne is way too tough to attack and would greatly benifit from some Throne side vertical. Drug/lab is basically the exact opposite. The top 2 sites though.... Those are near masterpieces. No other pair of sites feel so enjoyable to set up extensions on, Villa could never. The defender movement just feels so nice, moving from arcade in to cafe hall in to the rotate in to daycare where you can hold cafe door and yellow stairs with some headholes and when you get flushed out you have the choice of falling back though either the Office or Shrine rotate is just soooo nice. It's also THE best teaching tool about extensions for new to comp players, mainly due to both sites' set ups being mirrors of each other. You teach 2 halves of each set up, mash them together, and just who ever is roaming is the ones responsible for setting up the other site as an extension. I will say there is some issues with the top floor. not all map design though. I believe its too hard to get out of cafe and in to the rest of the map as an attacker and attacking cash is really tough. I'd replace either cash door or dragon window with a breach. I'm not too sure about Cafe side

Great, well made video 👍

Crazy that this doesn’t even have 1k views

great video❤

Generally, make the maps small and each location recognizable. Makes it easier to navigate even if you dont know the map aswell as making learning the map easier Thats why i like Bank or Clubhouse mire than lair or Nighthaven labs

I like coastline because of penthouse site and kitchen site both are in my opinion some of the best sites in the game

Great vid

Great video

You deserve success keep at it

Well done!! I have to agree

Maps where theres clear pathways for attackers to attack make the best gameplay. These pathways aren't necessarily overly strong but they create common simple pushes/callouts for matchmaking teams to work together on attack and defend against on defence. Master & blue on oregon, CCTV wall on club, chalet garage and balcony. Newer maps are so cramped and complex with no easy things for matchmaking teams to organise around and play together, on both offence and defence (which is why they suck)