Custom Map Reviews – Deadenator
7Deadenator
Can be downloaded here...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=672231603
Or here once it is available here...
http://www.gamemaps.com/details/16692
Campaign Description...
“A doomsday cult is using radio messages to lure survivors into deadly traps. Someone has to take out their radio tower and stop the slaughter. That someone is you. And you and you and you.
”
A fairly standard map in more than one way... Boasting innovation, and while providing... falling short elsewhere...
Like I said... Standard affair for custom maps...
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+ Positive
/ Neutral
- Negative
Aesthetics
+Well done aesthetics...
-Very uneven levels of detail...
+A story and a Purpose...
+Random chapters...
Gameplay
+Plenty of either unique or uncommon ideas...
/Scavenge hunt event... Multiple times...
-Very few supplies... and supplies variety...
-Ridiculously long chapter lengths...
/Lots of Playerleading... but not enough to prevent players from getting lost or turned around...
-Some navigation issues...
Performance
+Averages around 50~60 FPS... Lowest point being around 45~
+No apparent crashes or conflicts...
+Well optimized...
Finale
-An entire chapter before the finale...
+How to start and escape was clear...
/Had to start the finale with another scavenge hunt...
/On the easy side...
+An exciting way to start...
Final Verdict
Recommended
The map claims in the full description... That is it “designed to maximize replayabilitty”...
No I won't deny what was done here for that to happen... Going so far as to have random chapters... But... In order to maximize replayability... The map needs to be “fun”...
Let me explain myself first... I liked the map... it was tough-as-nails hard, but I still made it through the entire campaign without “actually” dieing or needing to restart... But if you are a long time watcher, then you can already see the problem... It gave me a run for my money, which means the map is way too hard for the average player... While this was my experience... I watched a streamer play through the map... ad hate every minute of it due to how hard it was...
Maximizing replayability means that EVERYONE would want to play it time and time again... I can guarantee that they don't... and really... Nothing grabbed me enough to say I want either...
The campaign itself is very well made... Aesthetics are spot on for an abandoned town... and it is always nice to have a purpose behind a map... no matter how big or small... Though I will say that the beautifulness is uneven... Some rooms being very well details... and other areas... Looking like they were forgotten entirely...
Good looking or not... Gameplay is the biggest fault here...
There are plenty of unique ideas being used and utilized to their fullest... Like that tank fight... But uniqueness can not carry alone...
For starters... Supplies... They are rare... and half of the supplies you do you are ammo packs... The chapter lengths are exceed the Three Minute Rule... Being long enough for each chapter to be split into two... and no harm being caused...
And then the scavenge hunt events... While I don't hate them... They can be very tedious...
As for the finale... This was honestly the best part for me... The radio tower collapsing, while simplistic, it is still dynamic destruction... Something that is far under-utilized... and I always appreciate good use of it... The rest of the finale is pretty bog-standard... but I would rather it be safe, than a nail in the coffin...
It is a good campaign... I won't deny that... But there are for too many negatives for me to simply overlook... But the pros, while not enough to carry the map, cancel out the negatives for me...
I would say give it a try... but on Advanced or lower...
Intro music - "Cybernetic" by D1scordant
Final Verdict music – "Synthetic Harmony" by D1scordant
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