Custom Map Reviews - Bottom of the Barrel Edition 1

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Published on November 26, 2012 3:12:32 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xm6asRDy1w

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Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)

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Review

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(This is a new set I will likely have one of every ten episodes... just like the survival edition...
Bottom of the barrel edition will be covering the maps that aren't so good... nor do they deserve stand alone episodes... Not that the explanation it out of the way... let the self-torture commence )

Nightmare on Liberty Street, Home Front, and Death Hour...
Can be downloaded at their respected link below... for whatever reasoning you have for downloading them...
Nightmare on Liberty Street
http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=10219
Home Front
http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=11017
Death Hour
http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=6742

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Nightmare on Liberty Street

Pros
+ Surprisingly okay building design
+ Challenging (if you like the unfair type of challenge)

Cons
- Broken navigation and force spawned infected
- No item balancing
- Far too many hordes... far too many of them triggered by a damn infected
- Broken finale
- Can see the edges of the world

Final Verdict
10/100

A very old map... probably one of the lowest scoring ones on the site... might have to check later on...
The map is broken in some aspects... since I have seen the same infected spawned in the same area quite a few times... and for broken navigation... he tried to compensate with horde events every 5 yards... whether you or an enemy trigger it...
The ridiculous amount only become harder with the utter lack of supplies you need to fight off endless horde...

Overall... not a fun experience...

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Home Front

Pros
+ A working and okay finale area

Cons
- Next to no detailing in the long concrete rectangles
- Extremely blocking brush work
- Can exit the playable area in multiple spots
- The only well made areas were taken straight from Swamp Fever or other officials

Final Verdict
8/100

There really isn't much I can say about this map... The environment is unbelievably block and undetailed in any means of the word... props copy/pasted without as much as a rotation for the most part... glitchy areas and the slowest getaway ever...

Not a recommended map...

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Death Hour

Pros
+ Nice concept with the seven survivors
+ Overall Good balance on the items

Cons
- Horrible brush work
- Bad gameplay
- Nonsensical areas
- Difficult ramped up for seven, even though the other three are rarely useful
- For too many sliding gate events
- Infected were stuck out the map multiple times
- Some really stupid design choices
- Horde events like "Nightmare on Liberty street"

Final Verdict
10/100

Out of the three I have played here... this was by far the worst one in my opinion...

The idea of all seven survivors going through a level is a nice concept... but here, it was horribly executed... it could have been handled far better than it was...
Gameplay was torture since I was playing for an extra three anchors in a horribly put together area... Even though supplies were handled fairly well... Having a tank around every corner is not going to make the gameplay any better...

May not be the worst... but by far the most frustrating of the three by a long shot...

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