Custom Map Reviews - Survival Map Edition 1

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Overcooked Sushi

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Published on March 19, 2012 5:28:29 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTNRHshXOQ0

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Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)

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Review

Duration: 45:58

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5

Oasis Lost, Down on the Farm, Left 4 Pinball, Mountain Impassable, and Tower
Can be downloaded at their respected links below

Oasis Lost = http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=8043
Down on the Farm = http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=15021
Left 4 Pinball = http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=15679
Mountain Impassable = http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=8085
Tower = http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=4885

(you can click the annotations to take you to the one of choosing if you so desire...)



Oasis Lost

Pros
+Well Stocked
+All around good navigation

Cons
-Lack of Melee weapons
-Small area (arguable)

Final Verdict
88/100

A small standard survival map. Nothing really sets this apart from the pool of survival maps, it is just so "ordinary". However this doesn't stop it from being fun. There is enough supplies scattered about to make this fun with a team or by yourself. The small nature of the map does hinder some strategies and narrows effective hold out points, but this is survival... and you're not meant to survive in survival after all...

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Down on the Farm

Pros
+One of the best uses of snow I have seen to date
+Plenty of supplies
+Plenty of areas to hold out

Cons
-Supplies could be better distributed
-Paper thin gates (not a con as much as it is a pet peeve of mine...)

Final Verdict
95/100

I have never seen a snow map that actually made lively snow like this one... really raises the bar in terms of standards... or should at least. Very well made, and balanced. I could nitpick at it and say there should be better transition from dirt to snow, but that is just my opinion. This one is definitely worth a look over...

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Left 4 Pinball (note as the video was rendering, the map got updated... so this version you see here is not up to date... but there really isn't much change in the gameplay that I noticed from the new version... still died in the same fashion)

Pros
+Unique

Cons
-Lack of detail and "pinballness"
-Not bot friendly

Final Verdict
75/100

I was disappointed by the distinct lack of Moving flippers and flashlights... for a giant pinball machine, it sure was bland. Putting that aside, this was a short, but fun run. Very first time I played this, a sudden boulder rolling over me and two other bots scared the living shit out of me. It definitely adds an element of hazard, unfortunately it is also an easy one to avoid.

I didn't last long because of the bots' refusal to stand behind flippers and just not taking it seriously, but when have a determined team that crouch behind the flippers, they are almost always guaranteed to survive 30+ minutes. So it is not perfect... hopefully that will be attended to in the future...

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Mountain Impassable

Pros
+Well made
+Plenty of supplies

Cons
-Too clustered, very easy to get caught on something

Final Verdict
69/100

Very much like Oasis Lost, but even smaller.

It might be bigger in size (not certain, haven't took the time to get a straight answer), but the abundance of props make it almost unbearably small. I found myself more often than not struggling to escape from something. There is a decent amount of supplies for your disposal, but when it is such a hassle to get to them, they might as well not exist... if half of the props were to just disappear, this map would be much better...


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Tower

Pros
+Very well made
+Fun

Cons
-Lack of supplies and variety in the main threshold
-Didn't happen in video, but the bots have a tendency to avoid the interior of the tower when the event starts... not all the time, but it has happened enough to be an annoyance for me

Final Verdict
98/100

This is a classic for me, one of the first survivals I played and enjoyed. The scenery is remarkable, gameplay is fair and balanced, and the playing field itself is well made. Supplies could have been handled a bit better, but they are still good enough I suppose... and when I say fair and balanced, it is easy to survive for a long time up there, but as the ending say... you can die at the blink of an eye if you're not careful...

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