it took me about 1 and 30 min to play with one other person and killed 123 special infected it is about time someone posted a map that actually works and is not broke thanks for the good maps A+ going to keep this one on my servers

While it's still fresh in mind. So I have tried this map twice, the initial version was rather questionable for expert realism gameplay, but after the changes and some polishings, I can safely tell you that we have another, hands down, new custom map in the top 20 entry, heck it might even go onto top 10, if Kvonthe, aka the author continues to polish and make minor changes based on the feedback. At least even at this moment I feel like playing it again. Before you continue, this review might contain spoiler. --Gameplay (4.5 stars)-- Based on ver 0.3 - Experience is definitely one of a kind - Supplies are well-scattered and definitely rewards scavenger, still can't comment much about the adequacy 'cause I feel like there's still some hidden supplies we didn't manage to find - Ending with Gauntlet is always a blast! Especially the ending here really ends well, after all the hustle and finally escaping out from the castle, always nice to have a princess waiting for you on the rescue vehicle - Slightly spawning in line of sight problem but in general, not very severe - Many tanks fight are well placed and intense enough to make it challenging but yet not impossible, can't say so for witches though --Visual & Structure (Almost 5 stars)-- - Great atmosphere and visuals, the castle, lighting everything really makes you feel like you're heading towards a castle to venture - Very neat structure and great navigation - A lot of details are taken care of, like those inaccessible spots are placed with dead piles of bodies, or doors that are blocked by objects that blend in the surroundings - Theme is consistent throughout the whole campaign Visually, this map is decent. Since the whole map only finale has pipe bomb and bile, and the map call them something else, would be cool to have some sort of custom skins on those items. --Events & Scripts (4.0 stars)-- If there's anything that I say is lacking would be the events and scripts - Brilliant idea to have Zoey, aka the princess to be in one of the prisons, more hinting and writing about Zoey's story inside the castle would be great - If we didn't manage to open the prison in chapter 3 to release Zoey and it produces another alternate ending that would be amazing, or randomized Zoey location in one of the prison room to increase replayability - One of the events where you have to go down from the fence to the village, and the moment you land, it triggers a horde, I feel like to justify the trigger of the horde, if there's some sort of trap or things like maybe bell, alarms etc. it would make the trigger of the horde much more logical There are so much cool stuff that is possible with this map if it has some cool scripts, like making some explosions events in the finale to make it more intense, burning happening or the change of sky color when the survivors come out of the castle, Zoey being able to follow us till the saferoom etc. Those are not easy to implement, but for a map that's only built by one person, it's amazingly well-made I'll have to give him that. --Bugs & Errors (4.5 stars)-- - Didn't find much major bug or errors - I did crash once in the 4th chapter though, still not sure which of my mods or what caused it Actually I've been waiting for this map to release for a very long time, so many times I pm Kvothe to check with him of the progress of the map, and I was really excited for this one, and surely it doesn't disappoint. Great map my friend, will play again. ;)

Difficult, but enjoyable!

My only real complaint is that the translation to english is a bit rough, for some of the books dotted around the chapters, of which contain hints for traps; I read one mistakenly and paid the price for it (my bad, honestly). I also didn't know you could open some trunks lying around, which is where the medkits seem to be hiding (after 3 tanks in 1 chapter, we could've sorely used those meds), and the trunks are not explained in the description or in the camp anywhere, that I could see. But for the unique environments and atmosphere alone, this campaign is a hell of good fun. However, it could use some polishing in the more blocky-looking areas of the maps, maybe more props in the outdoor sections. Crasscarnage's review hits all the major points, most accurately, I think. All in all, this is a very solid campaign. Cheers.

DL'd this map yesterday and played with with 3 friends - all of us experienced players. We all died several times: a few times one of us would get killed in a trap and we'd elect to all die and effectively restart the level. Having said that, the changes the author has outlined provides a rather refreshing change if you are willing to embrace them. 1. If you are expecting the generic L4D2 map, this isn't it. Read the author's notes. 2. Unless you have a Defib, dead is dead until the next safe room. The game tells you that you will be rescued. You won't 3, Yes, there are fatal traps: Gas is mostly obvious but poisonous, and pointy things can and do poke you to death. If you are aware you can mostly avoid these. 4. We did not encounter any major glitches. Maps all loaded without error, finale worked. Hordes were fairly well spaced out and of reasonable size. Thoughts on possible changes: 1. Perhaps (just a very few) more health kits -- but now I read your comment about 5 on each level and 1 defib, that gives us something to shoot for. 2. The hints in the books are a nice addition. A minor bitch is that you have to have Game instructor on to "read" them. After that, I get very tired of being told to "Heal Coach" endlessly. I'm not sure if there's anything you can do about having to have the GI on. 3. After several trap deaths we got rather leery about pulling levers. You have at least 1 situation where a book hint suggests the correct lever to pull out of a group of 5. In situations of multiple choices where some # of the levers are immediately fatal, having some sort of subtle clue that sets the right answer out would be cool. I apologize if they are there already - one play through was probably not enough to find all of them. Very enjoyable for "real-people" group play. Nice job with it.