Reviews for Wild Ride
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youtae
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great.
Cool enough to lack 5 stars. background music, quality map design, custom elements, challenging difficulty and fun play, everything is perfect. but there are some navi problems on Map 3. There are some sections where the bots cannot climb the ladder, so it is difficult to play smoothly. And the traps in Map 3 are too ruthless. I came to that point really hard, but I die at once. omg.. And, it would be better to remove a few less-needed custom elements or scripts.. This is because it can be an issue for players using multiple add-ons or mods, or it can cause crashes more often.
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NightStealNinja
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great map
great map , and i liked the skins of the melle weapons , including that mini-auto turret
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kurochamaPosted this review
Long but well-made campaign
Finally I had a long free time & played this. In my first test last weekend, when I thought the map 1 was really long, I cancelled & today played the full campaign & took 1 hour & 45 minutes to finish. The 2nd test, I took 1 hour & 7 minutes when I let the bots lead the way & used a shortcut on finale. It's a well-made campaign. There are many features bundled as one, like riding a boat while shooting, searching for switches & keys to proceed, & there's a tank challenge. There's also some custom music. Actually, one map in this campaign is equal to 2 normal maps, because the journey is long on each map. It's been awhile since last time I played a long campaign. . In overview, the bot navigation in this campaign is good in overalls, except on some areas I'll mention below. The supplies are enough, along with the custom weapons. This campaign was the first one for me to test the custom weapons one by one to see the effects. However, I think there's something about the lag issue, & some are probably related to the scripts. In my case, I tested with & without my own modified custom weapon mods. The mods didn't conflict to each other, luckily, but when I saw the net graph, there's a big difference between my play with & without my mod. With my mod, the "in" statistics below the "fps" rate on the net graph showed between 800-900, & when horde came, it reached around 1000 (probably because some of my custom weapon vscripts were duplicates to the existing vscripts in this campaign). Then, without my mod, the "in" showed between 600-700. When I compared with other custom campaigns & the official campaigns, they only showed between 100-200. Well, fortunately I could still play well to the finale. Probably for map optimization, some map specialists here could help fix this problem. . For the specific ones, I'll start from map 1. Map 1 has enough supplies in the beginning, along with the custom weapons. The route is clear, but sometimes players may look around to find some paths hidden in the corner. On map 1, there's a feature of riding a boat while shooting. The zombies keep coming all over the area during this event. Just beware of smokers. There's one bot navigation bug at an area where there is a rotating platform. The platform keeps rotating, & bots can't follow players to get on the platform. But in my case, they teleported soon when I went far enough in front of the door leading to the "arena", where there's a tank challenge. The supplies are enough in the arena, along with some mounted guns to deal with a tank. There's a good spot to camp here, at least until tank comes. . Map 2 has multiple routes leading to one path. It's also kind of long map, but somehow I found no tank in my full play twice. However, there's a dangerous bug here. It's the falling platform. Actually there are 2 routes, by ladder & by the falling platform to fall into the water. The falling platform is the fastest, but sometimes bugged. In my play, Nick & I got stuck on the wrecked platform, & I had to use a close teleportation in my mod to set Nick & myself free. The ladder is the safer. On map 2, there's an objective about turning on generators while the horde keeps coming. There's no direction of where the switches are & the switches only glow at close distance, but they're quite easy to find. . The hardest one is probably the finale (or I say, "The finale, for now"). Some areas on the finale are wide & have multiple paths. It's no wonder if players get lost & retrace the previous routes to find the right direction (I did that several times in my first play). & there's a labyrinth at the paths on the high place. During my plays, I took both paths, the labyrinth one & the shortcut. I wasn't good at solving a labyrinth so I followed the simplest rule by keeping turning left until I found the way. Going through the labyrinth was kind of dangerous, because while the horde kept coming, the special infected also came one by one, including charger that could take a survivor down to the bottom & some unlucky survivors might fly to death at the bottom after getting hit by his charge. & then there's a shortcut. I didn't know if this shortcut was intentional or not, but I found a guide arrow at the bottom leading to the fence. There's a ladder near the fence, & I climbed up. However, this shortcut wasn't good for bots, because two of my bots fell down on the hole that only players could jump over it. & there are some bot navigation bugs during running when the rescue notification pops up. In my 1st play, one bot tripped & fell to death just few meters before we reached the rescue location. In my 2nd play, I walked more carefully while looking back several times to help bots fight a tank behind, & one of the bots was grabbing the ledge when tripped, but he could go up again as the other bot was helping while I was covering them from zombies & tank. . Well, in short, this campaign is long but nice. The gameplay is fine, but the difficulty is probably higher than average, especially on events with continuous horde + SI on the finale. The only problems to fix are few bot navigation bugs I mentioned above, & the bugged falling platform on map 2 when falling into the water that can make survivors stuck & then suffocated to death in the water. Oh, & also the issue on the netgraph that shows the "in" statistics much higher than when playing official campaigns (this one might probably be different from other players' experience, but you can try to compare it with the official campaigns or other custom campaigns, with netgraph enabled during play). . Anyway, I'm looking forward to the next updates, especially the next maps, as survivors still need to run to the helicopter. Just as I expected, this campaign is worth more maps to add into it. Keep the good work.
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No problem, Mr. Trunten. I just did my best to give objective reviews based on my plays, & some feedbacks & criticisms to help authors or map makers know if there are some bugs that need fixing. My reviews & feedbacks are probably not detailed enough, but I hope that those could help fix the bugs.
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thanks again for actually knowing what constructive criticism and feedback is. dave and i might have to keep you in mind for our future projects.
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AmazingNep02Posted this review
Good Ideas But Horrible Implementation
This campaign was unable to be finished as it just crashes a server by forcing an exit command, it is laggy and choppy even on my friends side which is a really buffed PC, Definitely needs A LOT more work, a LOT more spawns for the length in between saferooms, and fix the performance issues. If this gets a revamped makeover to make it run better AND not so bland, then I'll replay and edit my review but its horrible as is and i wouldnt recommend playing it
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"as it just crashes a server by forcing an exit command" - you couldn't be more incorrect if you tried. It also runs fine on a GTX 670 which is likely older than you are.
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seramphanxPosted this review
Just 3 chapters but you know... Very long
Dude you made me heart attack at 3rd map because of zombie face pic. But that's alright. The Mrs.Major sound at 1st map... I can't forget that
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haha :) Simple spooky thing..
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Satanic_Spirit
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Lukewarm to curious
When I first seen this map all I could notice was the lack of variety as the map felt like a tunnel followed by a big room. When you play it again you will learn about the little details that are put into the map and the implementation of some creative ideas. Streams that push you back, water fountain, the boat ride event, the water filter event, dynamic light fixtures and voice acting just to name a few. Some of my biggest complains about the map are each chapter being too long, the finale-esque event on map 1, continuation of map 2 after another event that could pass for a finale. The pacing could be refined and I'm well aware that this is author's first attempt. Overall, I think the map is well made with a lot of thought put into it each room. The pacing can be improved with future updates. Considering the map is still in development its a solid effort.
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Thanks. I'll look into ways to give a "break" or resting area in maps 1/2 without having to redo them all and the nav associated with it. Whether resting in an area during game or having a loading screen popup would serve the same purpose - some items etc.. Maps will have to be updated anyways with more coming.
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Glad you liked it. Will see more to it in fall. I have a few different ideas I want to test gameplay/interaction wise and will find a way to fit them in.
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Thank you. Fall update being worked on.... draw by draw.
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unr3adable
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Super fun and Inventive Map
I have had a ton of fun playing this map. It can be a bit challenging solo but worth the effort, AND its even better with friends :) Thanks for a great map Chatyak!
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Thanks for the feedback. More to come soon.
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Map 3 will be your map ;)
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I'll take it! Fangshi is legend
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Thank you. More to come for sure. Keep an eye out :)
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Thank you. Let me know how you like the update :)
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ErrorUnknownGTPosted this review
Review
I really appreciate the effort put in, but unfortunately, my server crashed TWICE when going through these two long chapters. The first time was literally at the end of chapter 1 where you fight the tank with all the supplies, and second on the finale start. Because of that i deduct points, even if nobody else encountered these issues. Anyways, that aside, first criticism, chapter 1 is too long in my opinion. I wouldn't be too fussed, but there needs to be more defibs/closets to balance out the length in my opinion, otherwise it's a nightmare to complete. And well, I couldn't even play the finale so I don't know what it's like. That aside, the map design was actually pretty unique, a giant underground tunnel system, that i actually really liked. And it's nice to hear Amnesia music, haha, was not expecting it. The music remixes are nice too, but if you manage to fix the technical issues then I'd consider rating it higher, but those crashes make it unrecommendable.
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hedleyLamar
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Not my thing
Well, I gave it a shot with an open mind. I appreciate a few of the areas which look atmospheric with some mist, smoke and sewer waterfalls. But they are few and far between, and connected with pipes, narrow passages, really long ladders, spiral staircases and purple lighted rooms. It has an improvised feel to it, rather than being planned. A few things from my experiences: the giant, circular arena with the cache of weapons in the center rarely makes for interesting game-play, nor do connecting narrow hallways and spiral staircases. There are two places where I got stuck, and several where the bots do not know how to navigate. The two stars are for the custom music/sound and a couple of interesting looking areas. I appreciate the work that the author put into this, and I feel bad for giving this a 2/5, but I got to be honest. This is not an experience that is on-par with the stock maps, nor the top-tier customs.
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Quite the opposite actually - 1 year of planning using real life photos for the entire thing. I don't follow your logic of 2 stars for a spiral staircase but each to their own :) I await your well planned map ;)
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End of results.
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9，杰作