Custom Map Reviews -- Speedboost Edition

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Overcooked Sushi

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Published on March 30, 2014 4:17:54 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w2wc45vldM

Game:

Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)

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Review

Duration: 3:21:12

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6

Beginning Hours, Frozen, Never Ending War, Kicked Out, Last Hours, and Revenge
Can be downloaded at their respected links below... or maybe not
**The maps are currently "Abandoned" on L4Dmaps... which means in the future they may no longer exist on this site... if they are uploaded else where BY THE AUHTOR... I will then update the links...**

Beginning Hours
http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=25586
Frozen
http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=19943
Never Ending War
http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=16282
Kicked Out
http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=24988
Last Hours
http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=25327
Revenge
http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=27390

So... there is a bit of back story here...
Not too long ago... speed went bat-shit crazy... why is up for guess... though I have a fairly good idea why...
In his insanity... he posted a rant thread over and over and over again till his inevitable ban... then proceeded to set everything you uploaded to "Abandoned"... as a final "Fuck you"...

Since this means the maps are now effectively in their final version... I decided to go ahead and make a video for them... for them all in one great finale...


So... there are six campaigns in this vid... and yes, I have done frozen already... been it has changed enough to warrant a second vid... and because my general opinion is the same for all six... I will change the review format "slightly"...

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Beginning Hours

Pros
+ Short

Cons
- Broken Navigation...
- Bad deisgn choices...
- Bad aesthetics...
- Bugs and glithes...
- No clear of how to start finale or where rescue vehicle is...

Final Verdict
40/100

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Frozen

Pros
+ Bandits
+ HUGE improvement from past iteration
+ Has some unique ideas
+ Good Finale

Cons
- Bad aesthetics...
- Some broken navigation...

Final Verdict
72/100
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Never Ending War

Pros
+ Improvement over the very first iteration... if anyone remember that...

Cons
- Horrible Design choices...
- Bad aesthetics...
- Broken navigation...
- Bugs...
- Unnecessary difficulty spikes...

Final Verdict
50/100
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Kick Out

Pros
+ Short
+ Custom assets

Cons
- Horrible optimization...
- Bad aesthetics...
- Boring and easy finale...
- LOTS of stuck spots...
- Broken navigation...
- No clear indication of where rescue vehicle is...

Final Verdict
50/100
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Last Hours

Pros
+ Short

Cons
- Broken Navigation...
- Bad aesthetics...
- Bad design choices...
- Poorly made finale...
- Several section copy/pasted from tutorial examples...

Final Verdict
50/100
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Revenge

Pros
+ Choices, paths, and multiple endings...

Cons
- Horrible design choices...
- Bad aesthetics...
- Broken Navigation...
- Bad Voice acting... and cheesy as all fuck writing for said voice acting...
- Choices make no sense... no really matter till finale choice...

Final Verdict
65/100
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So... you probably noticed that most of them have similar cons...

Each map is very much like the other... speedboost had an obvious style... which was one of rush development and mediocrity...

Every campaign suffered from the same problems... no player leading, and no hints (hints that were there were literally lying to you)... overall mediocre level design... bad navigation, optimization... there were hundreds upon hundreds of thing that could have been easily corrected if he would have took the time to learn fro his mistakes, rather than move on to the next one...


It is not all bad... even if there is ALOT of bad...
They are better than some maps I have played... often challenging... and there is a visible increase in overall quality as they become newer...

IF only he would have spent more time learning and improving... these could have potentially been great maps... but the likeliness of this happening now is very slim...


Oh... and if you read this all speed... I hope you don't take it too personally...
I still have great respect for you... it take all of work to have such a dream, and follow through with it till the end...

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