Ranking all the maps?

[Keda]

In your opinion how would you rank all the maps relased so far? From the island to valguero. In terms of experience and how much you enjoyed it

[Vesuvius]

All first, all last and all everywhere in between :)

[🦊 Hermit]

1: Ragnarok, for it's amazing views and many hidden secrets to find. The variety of landscapes and biomes are incredible, and offer some unique gameplay and base-building challenges and inspiration.
2: Aberration, for it's mysterious atmosphere, and also many secret areas. Again, the variety of locations is cool and inspiring, and the whole 'alien' air really draws you in.
3: The Center, for similar reasons as Rag. Not quite as spectacular as Rag, but still really cool.
4: The Island - While it's not quite as 'special' as the others above, it's still a solid map with good design.
5: Extinction. Eeh, was kinda disappointing. The city and domes were cool, but let down because you couldn't actually go into the buildings and there were hardly any secret caves to find. And the wasteland wasn't particularly pretty, nor offered all that much gameplay as we can't build there safely and there aren't many resources to collect there.

=I have not yet played a full session on either Valguero or SE, so can't rank them fully, but my initial thoughts on them are as follows=

Valguero - Looks pretty cool. I like the new biome which we haven't seen on other maps, and while I haven't explored the place myself yet I hear it's got a lot of secret areas and hidden caves to find, which makes me happy.

SE - I'm not really into deserts all that much, so the asthetic doesn't appeal to me as much as other maps. And I can imagine the heat and constant dehydration would really annoy me, as I don't play this game so much as a hardcore survival sim. I do plan to try it out soon, as I'm doing a big solo game right now where I complete each map in order, and I'm currently breeding for the Island bosses. But until then I've not been particularly motivated to go there, and unless it surprises me when I am there, I probably won't visit it much afterwards either.

[EnragedN3wb]

Official maps:

Aberration - While I didn't really think too much of it at first, this map really grew on me & I really like the radiation mechanic(although I still feel that an air tight tek suit should at the very least protect against mushroom spores). I still find myself missing this map when playing on others.

Ragnarok - Made by the creator of Valhalla, perfect size imo & great resource distribution. Lots of really cool hidden caves & areas you need to break rocks to find, & hands down the best ruins.

The Island - Spent a lot of time here since I started on like the first day of Early Access. Classic.

The Center - Best performance of all maps(unless that's changed recently). LOD issues removing all other trees when in the redwoods making the rest of the map look barren from there & vice-versa drops it down a peg for me. Underworld area & dungeons were really cool though!

Extinction - Better creatures than map imo. City was really disappointing with nothing being enterable. Lots of ugly wasteland area.

Scorched Earth - Sand, sand, & more sand. No real variation in scenery. Did I mention sand?

Valguero - Looks cool, but as I have not played on it yet, I can't properly judge it.

Other maps:

Valhalla - Probably tied with Aberration, but as it's opposite. It's less fantasy & more "real" feeling than most maps. Love the volcano area. The first mod map I ever played.

Crystal Isles - Always wanted to play on this map, but at the time it had the worst performance of every map, & my PC just could not handle it. Stunningly beautiful though, despite some LOD strangeness with grass changing color as you get closer to it.

[Captpickles]

1. Aberration
2. Ragnarok
3. Island/Extinction
4. SE/Center
5. Valguero

[KippenKaasBaas]

Ragnarok is the best in my opinion. I like base building and the large open areas and beautiful views of Ragnarok are perfect for that.

[graviphoton]

1. Ragnarok
2. The Island
3. Extinction
4. Aberration
5. Valguero

(I do not play od SE.)

[eddiehogen]

1. Ragnarok
2. Abberation
3. Valguero (Underrated asf)
4. Extinction
5.The island
6. Scorched Earth

[turk0gamer]

1. Fjordur
2. Aberration
3. Extinction
4. Island
5. Crystal Isles
6. Island
7. Scorched Earth
8. Ragnarok
9. Center
10. Valguero

Fjordur because most of the dinos available, 3 paralel wonderful "bioms", beautifull designed etc.

havent played Genesis´es yet...

[Wayne]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.