Legendary
After having originally played this campaign over two years ago, I feel it is finally time that I sat down to review it, given all the fun I've had from it. This campaign remains, for me, the most beautiful and well designed custom campaign for Left 4 Dead 2. Every section of every map feels like it has a purpose; it's graphically gorgeous, and with the right mods (HD Color Correction and Informal Skyboxes come to mind) it is simply breathtaking. Unlike other custom maps that are based on real-life locations or feature radically different environments, Urban Flight actually feels like it would be right at home being an official campaign in this game, with it's tastefully generic and stereotypical zombie-city-setting. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with creativity, but this campaign follows the L4D formula so well that even many of the official campaigns are bland in comparison. The maps felt ridiculously long during the first playthrough, but given a few playthroughs, they became manageable. This campaign rewards you for learning the layout; you learn to check back rooms for magnums. You learn to check boats and trucks for bile jars on the third map. You know how to effectively use supplies on the finale, and so forth. Many custom maps don't do this; they feature unchanging supplies every map, give you too many items, or give you too little. Urban Flight mostly does a great job in this area. There are some criticisms I could make, but they're only minor complaints that have surfaced after several years of playing. The finale is definitely hard, as others have mentioned; my friend and I have struggled a lot to beat it on expert two or three times. It's never frustratingly hard though; it rewards you for smart play (and saving all the bile jars!). My excellent gaming machine still chokes quite a bit in the park area on the third map. Despite things like this, Urban Flight is truly one of my most enjoyable experiences in gaming, period. I recommend that any Left 4 Dead 2 player try it out. :)
Good campaign overall, some issues
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