Pros:

Fantastic recreation of City 17

The most unique Finale I have ever played

Loved the way that MOST of the campaign felt natural

Cons:

The random respawn "box-o-doom" on the Rooftops level, it totally made no sense.

The Finale could use some better audio ques to let you know that you're doing it right. I was stuck for like ten minutes waiting for the first gate to open outside of the radio room.

Although I understand the reason behind it, I personally didn't like having to download a special program just to play this campaign. ALMOST made me not download.

Conclusion:

If you are looking for a long, fun, and nostalgic (HL2 came out almost 6 years ago) campaign, LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!! There are only a few jarring notes in this pack, like the "BOX-O-DOOM" just outside the safe house in the Rooftops map, along with the elevator ride in the same map being cut. Now, I understand that a 1:1 recreation isn't possible, I just don't understand some of the decisions made in the remaking of this map. That being said, the adaptation is roughly 99% true to the original works, minus the lab area, but I wouldn't begin to tell you how to incorporate that into a L4D campaign and make it feel right.

Pros:

Great pacing.

High detail

Few map errors

Cons:

The elevator safe house caused the bots to SPAZ-OUT

The Finale was a bit confusing, the radio had to be hunted down.

Conclusion:

The level of detail on this map is, in my opinion, rarely achieved by the average mapper, Good Work. Only complaints are stated above.

Pros:

> Nice use of voice acting to try to seamlessly weave a purpose into this story

>Jaw dropping detail

Cons:

>That finale is one tough cookie, esp. in single

Conclusion:

Play online with people, the AI in this map is stunted at best. Other than that, this is a great campaign, with rich detail(when you can see).

Pros:

>Great replica of Helms Deep.

> Real need for strategy, hiding in the tower only helps for like 4 minutes.

Cons:

>Honestly can't think of anything bad about this map... Survival mode does seem to feature tank swarming in most maps, so I can't fault this map for it.

Conclusion:

If you are a Survival nut, love Lord of the Rings, and have always wanted to blow that big horn, this map is for you. If you like being able to have a nice BIG open space to tackle those pesky tanks, this map is for you. If you don't like the Survival mode, move on; this map isn't for you.