@Winkio:
Not saying that I don't appreciate the opinion Winkio, but the snow map got a 5star rating from all judges at the place I learned to map. Abut the brown/blue trail ordeal. It is a personal look that I personally like. That's all. I don't think it looks bad at all. Nature is wild. It's not vague and therefore you need to put shit everywhere to make it seem wild (again my opinion). I can understand man-made paths always being cleared out, but occasionally in nature you can find grass clusters on a trail if the trail is not used very often...Granted I would not have normally placed those clusters on that mountain pass where they are, I threw that map together in roughly 15mins and wasn't paying close enough attention...
I am happy I posted here though. Now I can fix that mistake, and the tree error.
Thank you Winkio =)
As for everything else...
I just simply disagree. it's no offense to you obviously...
I don't know. I won't clean them up because I really like the detail of having stuff everywhere. I don't think it's distracting at all. I actually believe it grips the player's attention more than anything...
I think that by having more objects thrown all over the place, it will make the player look harder to notice the little things, like hidden chests and what not...
@Landith:
I am going to run a check on your map and give you my personal advice...wait like 10mins...
EDITSuggestions are opacity coordinated...I'm sorry, but I am in a hurry...
Other notes...
You simply have too much free space. The map is big, but blocky...I know you want room for a snowball fight, but maybe you should think about designating a particular area for the snowball fight, and map that particular area accordingly, and map the rest normally...Your cliffs are too blocky and not rounded enough all the way across...The water hole is also too blocky and not round enough...You used too many of the same tree "in the same general area." I don't want you thinking you used that tree too much alone. You kinda can't seeing as how that is the main tree...