Now' I'm a veteran of HoMM2 and also Homm3/4, I even played some MMHO even, and while it's interesting to face 600 Vampire Lords in the end levels of the PoL campaign, I only play HoMM2 for the aesthetic kicks and not for the challenge. If you offer me a map with whatever possible gameplay pearls, be it killing 38000 peasants in one blow or facing 6000 hydras, well I must state that whatever is in it, I'll skip it if it has fug design flaws like huge poorly decorated empty spaces or things like 5 mercenary camps on the same screen. Now my train of thought is that a great mapmaker is also a great designer. Now in order to quite understand what is so great about Beltway, lets mention some other well-known and respected maps that feature the same trait: absolutely captivating, mesmerising surroundings. It is a map of romantics, adventure, fantasy and quest.
I believe the standard is set by the Beltway map. I've given a lot of thought to what constitutes a good Homm2 map, what distinguishes the good from the epic, and what exactly it is that we love about the maps we love.
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