had to play R.P.D map and ######### this map

The map is just too big and gives the player no sense of direction. You can literally get lost, the killer gets more time from survivors looking for a generator than the survivors actually doing the generator.

I wished the map was different, maybe The Hive would've been a better choice.

The attention to detail is amazing, but it makes for a very poor multiplayer map. The reason the Resident Evil 2 map is so big is because it gave you plenty of room to run away from Mr X. But in a 4v1 game it just doesn't work.

Yeah I thought map was going to be survivor sided, but after playing it a bunch of times has showed me it's more killer sided. Because you can hook someone across the map and the survivors would have a hard time finding someone. And the totems by far the hardest map to locate any. And it's pretty easy for the killer to lockdown one side of the map since he can stand in the stairway and see if anyone passes.

Hawkins is way more standard. It has the clean/spore-laden filter to show you which half of the map you're on, and it's basically a couple of square halls around either small or large chambers, all of which are regularly shaped. It's somewhat confusing, but you can pretty much just run through the hallways if you're lost and you'll find gens sitting out in the open. Nearly all of Hawkins' confusion stems from some rooms not having exits on either side and being unable to just run through them, and having to take the long way around them in that case. I don't really know Hawkins' layout besides the upper floor and it doesn't matter; I can find gens, totems, and hooked players just by following the halls blindly, and I can find the big portal chamber by following the spores.

With RCPD, you have to memorize every single part of the map to be able to navigate it properly. This is an issue because the access points between floors are limited and you can waste a hook stage or lose a gen because you spent all of its timer trying to figure out how to get to the point directly above or below you. It's extremely irregular, narrow, and contains several hallway-room chains that just loop back unto themselves instead of intuitively taking you the direction you think you're going.

Like, if you look at Lery's, Lery's is extremely confusing to find gens and identify where specific rooms are, but it's easy to move in a direction because it's laid out like a grid and there's few places that prevent you from moving through them (and moving around is never a significant detour.) Hawkins is somewhere between Lery's and RCPD for directional intuition; RCPD's on the extreme end of not being able to tell how to get somewhere. It doesn't help that RCPD has way more rooms than Hawkins does, and as such, the majority of them won't contain anything of interest and just serve as navigational clutter.

I don't think I'm the only one who's complaining about RPD map.

I can find Gens pretty quickly. Must have something to do with knowing the layout.

I love the map, but it is definitely poorly designed.

The map is far too large, with going from one end to the other taking the same time as Mother's Dwelling, and it's 2 floors. If they split the map into 2 versions with either the East/West side blocked off it would be a huge improvement.

Most of the pallets/windows are either too strong or too weak, with hardly any in between.

However, it's still my favorite map next to Midwich, partly because I know the layout well and my mains are pretty good on both.

I actually just faced a 4man Red Ranks SWF Team that ALL knew the map layout perfectly and where all the best loops were... they played EXTREMELY Effective...

To be honest I think the map is really cool looking and I love the feel of it from a visual perspective -

However, PLAYING on it is a total Nightmare.

I actually think it's a better map for Survivors than Killers personally , but I think it's quite horrible for both. It's VERY difficult to find the direction you are trying to go, I suppose once people get more used to it though maybe that will change..

Holy moly dude, I don't know what you want from me. 😂

I told you RPD is essentially a maze, you can easily get lost and objectives are difficult to find.

Then, you're like... Dude, it's not that bad. And I'm like, it is man, it's pretty sucky.

Then you respond saying, I'm over dramatic. And then I point out that the majority of the community doesn't like that map because it's difficult to maneuver around.

Then you get upset because the majority of the community knows this map is problematic? I mean, if so many people are complaining about it, then I believe there's a problem with the map design. But hey, I guess anyone with that opinion is over dramatic. Furthermore, the map is so big that the developers had to remove it from rotation since it was crashing games. If that doesn't tell you anything about how poor the map is designed, from a gameplay perspective, not design, then it's just best that we move on because nothing else will change your mind. I respect your opinion through, but we're going have to agree to disagree.

My main issue with that map is the rate of disconnection and lag goes up significantly. Also the tight hallways are a hassle regardless of side. Though I'm sure better players than me don't have that problem. Same with the new killer I always seem to get disconnected with him. I think it's related to the blue goop he puts on you.

The map is a classic case of the devs asking "can we?" instead of "should we?".

Yes. It's a great replica of RPD. But it's terrible to actually play DbD on. Just because you *can* do something doesn't mean you should.