Custom Map Reviews – Grey Box
8Grey Box
Can be downloaded here...
http://www.gamemaps.com/details/15995
Campaign Description...
“Welcome to my Grey Box.”
A map that shows some interesting ideas, and even a comprehension to make said ideas alright... but fails horribly on the execution...
Also as a side note... from the description of the map...
“For the best gaming experience Please use some plugin that have fast respawn and fast response eg. l4d2_autoIS.smx.
”
I'll be talking about this in the conclusion...
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+ Positive
/ Neutral
- Negative
Aesthetics
- There are no Aesthetics...
Gameplay
/ Campaign is based on isolated challenges...
- Some challenges require a full team...
+ Some interesting ideas...
- Some of those challenges were just stupid fucking difficult only because of some poor design choices...
Performance
+ Minimal to no studdering...
+ No apparent crashes of conflicts...
/ No aesthetics to even optimize...
Finale
+ Multiple Finales...
- One is impossible solo... The other is a maze...
Final Verdict
Highly Not Recommended
I don't hate the idea of Grey Box... The idea behind it is sound...
The chapters are short, and generally only have one puzzle... Acting as a checkpoint system...
However... The problem comes in with a single sentence in the description...
“For the best gaming experience Please use some plugin that have fast respawn and fast response eg. l4d2_autoIS.smx.
”
This is the problem with the map... The challenges are so difficult that the author suggests the equivalent of Cheating to have a fun experience... What is the point of a challenge map if it is best played without a challenge?...
Not all the challenges are impossible... Difficult and maybe a bit shoddy, sure... But a majority of them are a good foundation... Even the bullshit ones could be so much better if more thought were put into them... Allow me to critique each and every map...
1. Charger
This is the best one... It is simple, it is doable... And because of the nature of the challenge, there are several ways to go about this...
2. Boomer
Unnecessary “Just your own adventure” chapter... That requires a full team of people to even get through...
3. Run
A very odd way to go about Surfing... So here is how you fix this map... Lighting, more textures... Disable fall damage through Hammer IO, and have a trigger teleport on the ground to act as checkpoint... Done... You now have an interesting chapter...
4. Maze
Honestly... This one just sucks... I'd say make a legitimate maze...
5. Car
If you make it so that the cars stop spawning at a certain distance so a player can't get unfairly killed... Then I'd say this was actually a really fun and intense challenge...
6. Run Final
It is an interesting idea... but it needs a full team to work...
7. Maze Final
Not bad... It does what it is suppose to do...
Again, I like the ideas... the concepts... but It has a lot of work to go before it is actually fun...
If it gets an update... Maybe check it out... But I'd avoid it for now...
Intro music - "Cybernetic" by D1scordant
Final Verdict music – "Synthetic Harmony" by D1scordant
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