Custom Map Reviews – Absolute Zero

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Published on January 4, 2015 12:55:18 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_ovKQnPfhw

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Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)

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Review

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Absolute Zero
Can be downloaded here...
http://www.gamemaps.com/details/2423

Additional addons specifically enabled fort his playthrough
Frosty the Snowman (Tank)
http://www.gamemaps.com/details/13824
Blizzard Barf (Boomer FX) (might be a permanent addition)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=360170134

Campaign Description...
**A custom campaign based around a snowy landscape. **

So... when I started this up initially... I didn't know it was not done... a friend and told me there was a definite ending (obviously eh was trolling me in retrospect)...

WELP... this just means I will have to revisit it once it does get a finale... whoever, in the mean time... I just found Kink some competition for “Most frustrating mod”...

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+ Positive
\ Neutral
- Negative

Aesthetics
+ Beautiful Visuals...
+ Beautiful Music...
+ A story to tell...
- “Audio logs” are often interrupted by infected attacks...
\ Voice acting is average... and the humor has no grey area...

Gameplay
- Ridiculously high difficulty curve...
+ Good amount or supplies
- Unnecessary amounts of boss infected...
\ Interesting horde events...
+ Lots of dynamic pathing and events...

Performance
\ Major studdering during Chapter 3... (might have been Ch. 2 actually :\)
+ No apparent crashes or conflicts...
+ Well optimized...

Finale
*Insanely small area...
*Almost no supplies...
*Forcing the player to limit their own space...
Because the real finale is not hear... the last event is considered the finale... but will not count towards the score...

Final Verdict
Not Recommended...
YET!... Don't get your panties in a bunch...

I can't recommend this until it is actually complete... because the only thing worse than an unfinished map... is having it end with a tiny car... and not being able to get closure at the end... (angry face... because APPARENTLY!!!... brackets aren't allowed in descriptions for whatever-fucking-reason)

But for the moment... lets pretend that the finale did exist and was average... (meaning it would have no effect on my opinion)

The visuals are stunning, I will definitely give it that... much work and love and been put into making this look professional... Custom assets are well done... and that music is fantastic... There is a story being told (unoriginal or not)... As far as eye candy goes... fantastic...

But there are a few problems with the aesthetics...
the voice acting was passable... but the humor in them... specifically the actor for the “Fuck You! I do whatever I Fucking want” soldier... it is obvious which one I am talking about... I personally hated his dialogue... but that is okay... because it is not like I would have heard it anyway... because the amount of times I was attacked during a recording... This is the problem with having audio logs in combat zones...

Gameplay felt like the weakest part...
I know this map has a bunch of dedicated testers... but by having a bunch of dedicated testers... you will undoubtedly run into biased opinion... and in this case, I would say they are so used to the difficulty, that they have become used to it...

Horde after horde... after witch after horde... unstop death around every corner... it became laughable at one point... then it past that point into “Just get it fucking over with” territory... much like what Kink did...

There were some things that I will greatly praise... the amount of branching paths and dynamic stuff happening when I went through a second time off camera... can not praise that amount of effort enough...

But with that praise... I must condemn some of those events...
Some of them weren't bad, as much as they were tedious... long enough to make it irritating to have to repeat several times...
That last event (the tank/bomber one)... that one simply sucked...
No space to move around, no supplies, and the invisible wall bullshit that comes with the tank, or the tank triples that come with the jets... This is NOT how you do difficulty... it just isn't...

Ignoring it's incomplete state... this falls in a fine “neutral” stage... It has great elements... but it also has some really damaging elements as well... more damaging than other unfortunately...

I will come back and revise this once it is done... but until then... I would firmly suggest waiting...

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