Reviews for Back to school - The First Cut

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    • wico
      wico

      Posted this review

      8

      This addon is strange

      The map itself is great, the thing is, with this map downloaded, some of sounds on crash course are changed with those creepy sounds from the map. 
      I was scared to death to play crash course until i found out it was this map, who did it.
    • TheRenegadist
      TheRenegadist

      Posted this review

      8

      Test

      Pros
      - takes a long time to complete
      
      Cons
      1
    • FreeCell
      FreeCell

      Posted this review

      8

      It's Near Perfect Incomplete Campaign

      PROS
      
      Poster
      Intro
      Beautiful and fantastic woods,towns urban environments
      Overall well - made map
      Unique and decent map design/detail
      Very cool atmosphere
      L4D1 events style
      Great bot's NAV/AI
      Many Tanks/Witches
      Custom textures
      Creative
      Lot of hordes
      Not easy and difficulty balance
      Perfect weapon setting
      No glitches
      
      CONS
      
      Not finished
      Sometimes bots and hordes (with special) get stuck at some areas/objects
      Sometimes items and ammo,weapons not spawns in 1st safe room of map 3
      Poor ammo in map 3
    • Emersonrick
      Emersonrick

      Posted this review

      10

      Perfect!

      pros:
      
      - An incredible Campaign
      - Fluid gameplay from start to finish
      - Functional Puzzle smoothly
      - I had the feeling to be playing in several campaigns in one game (it was great)
      - Surely joined my list of best campaigns
      - Note that this campaign was created with great care and dedication.
      
      against:
      
      - Nothing Against
      
      conclusion:
      
      This campaign is fantastic, great fun and great to play with friends. Deserves my full marks. However I would like the author of a verified by 2 points where the texture showed irregularities. I'm leaving a link to the screenshot and the points where they presented the bug. Thank you and congratulations.
      
      link: https://www.4shared.com/rar/BwexVWi4ce/Bug_Textures_Map_Back_to_Schoo.html
      • Those missing textures can be fixed with Valve's Missing Content Fix mod by Rayman1103. Download here: details/8719
    • XxEzem@$terxX
      XxEzem@$terxX

      Posted this review

      6.8

      Pros:

      Good Story (+4)
      Good Episodes (+2)
      Large maps (+1.5)
      Good Versus mode (+2.5)  

      Cons:

      Not finished (-2)
      Bugs, bugs everywhere (-1)
      Stupid bots (-0.2)

      Conclusion:

      Good campaign but it need some fixes, if you solve them i will put 9 or 10.
    • Skye2088

      Posted this review

      10

      Pros:

      - Really good Story
      - Many different tasks to solve
      - good episodes

      Cons:

      Just one little con the music of the special infected were missing but that's no real big problem

      Conclusion:

      I love this campaign. It's big but you can't lose interest because it's rich in variety. I played it two times and there were differences between those two times which made it even better. 
    • slamatl92
      slamatl92

      Posted this review

      10

      Pros:

      i liked the l4d2 verison

      Cons:

      stay away cons ughh

      Conclusion:

      i like short campgains but i hope you get this done but take yer time and dont listen to these trolls they dont know how long it takes to do these
    • Tsuzuko
      Tsuzuko

      Posted this review

      8

      Pros:

      Nice graphic work
      
      Very exploratory
      
      Not too hard, not too easy
      
      AI seemed good
      
      Cool scene with the helicopter
      
      

      Cons:

      Wish it was finished.
      
      The first map is very linear and pretty boring. Then again, that might be me because I really hate maps in the woods. 
      
      The first set of weapons and medkits could be a little more in plain view. 
      
      The first hoard was mostly defeated by the fire of the barricade burning.
      
      It's called "Back to school" but none of it takes place in a school. Unless that's intended on being the final map. 

      Conclusion:

      It's a pretty solid map that includes some neat voice acting as well as a couple cool moments. Whether it's dead or not, I'd take it for a spin. 
    • AyCorkscrew
      AyCorkscrew

      Posted this review

      9.5

      Pros:

      ~~~Overall~~~
      -Amazing scenery and textures
      -Good amounts of ammo
      -Good amount of tanks and witches
      -AI Navigation was excellent
      -Interesting with what is done so far. 

      Cons:

      ~~~Map 1~~~
      -All of the AI were incapped by the explosion crescendo. 
      
      ~~~Map 3~~~
      -The Newspaper by the Jail Cell didn't outline, so I had no idea where to go until it glowed on the 3rd time coming back. 
      
      -Incomplete-

      Conclusion:

      Just a few small problems, but other than those, looks great so far! Excellent detail so far. Can't wait for the complete version. :]
    • asome

      Posted this review

      9

      Pros:

      -long maps, it had alot of extra rooms,pretty fun.

      Cons:

      -some times bots don't pick there medkit up at the start (it might just be a bug from valve?) and on level 3 i got lost at the end i spent 20 minutes looking for a path then i though of useing a explosive i had to blow up the jail, but i didnt see the newspaper for 20 mins.

      Conclusion:

      fun, long maps yet it needs some more pointers on what your suppose to do
    • MsMedic

      Posted this review

      9.5

      Pros:

      -Good setup
      -Good balances between safe houses
      -Large maps
      -Many good places to check out
      Looking at VS mode
      -Many good places to hide as an infected
      -The forest arias have quite a bit of challenge against real people and not just bots

      Cons:

      -It seems no matter what level I choose to play at, there is always a huge zombie rush at the very beginning of the campaign
      -Some of the AI zombies respawn to get stuck in very awkward situations (I saw one that respawned with a normal table cutting him in half against a wall, yet he was still trying to kill us. Another case of this was with a zombie that was stuck in a closet and there was a shelf that went through her neck).
      -I know this isn't finished but, I feel like there isn't really a story right now (maybe it'll change when it's finished).

      Conclusion:

      This campaign is possably one of the tougher ones I've played. Very unique style of maps with a lot of challenges to offer between keeping your team mates safe, and making it to the next safe house (the challenge being mainly hordes of zombies, and the once in a while tank). These maps are great fun when you have friends working with you or playing against you. Over all, great maps and great setups but please work on the storyline. I can't wait to play this campeign when it's completed.
    • Matto

      Posted this review

      8.5

      Pros:

      - A generous three map demo is a pro in itself to me.
      - The forest was very immersive.
      - Balanced areas and chokepoints.
      - Infected spawns were great, not too challenging or too easy.
      -The helicopter crash crescendo was amazing, one of the best custom made ones i've ever seen and a clever way to start the horde up and open a path.
      - Storyline behind the campaign is very detailed and gives me insight into what happened in each area.
      - For such an early sneak peek this is excellent.

      Cons:

      - Needs alot of polishing, which I know you guys are working on as this was quite an early beta.
      - Bots are quite stupid in the first chapter if you go onto the roof of the house.
      - At the end of the first chapter where you reach the military barricade I was a bit confused about how to enter it, may need to be a more noticeable entrance.
      - Severe framerate issue with the logger's house crescendo. Sent my fps down to the single digits at one point when usually it plays really smooth :/.

      Conclusion:

      I can't believe you guys have done this good for an early beta sneak peek.The quality of it was similar to several other full length campaigns i've played and I can't wait for this to come out. Great job!
    • bogospawn
      bogospawn

      Posted this review

      9

      Pros:

      Awesome map design and levels
      Worth being in your watchlist
      Might turn into the next Suicide Blitz/DBD

      Cons:

      Uncomplete,will have to wait for the release to update my review to the fullest.
      

      Conclusion:

      For these 3 maps,you get a 90,when you release the rest with the custom flare particles,2 rescue vehicles and ect i will update this review.
    • ninfin

      Posted this review

      10

      Pros:

      Great map design
      Good challenges
      Fun cresendo events
      great map layout
      Great detail over all of the campaign

      Cons:

      not finnished yet!

      Conclusion:

      this was my favorite campaign ive played on l4d! the only downside is its not done! it has fun ideas, great realistic feel to it, and varies greatly in environments! this is definatly worth the d/l time and i would greatly suggest it to all that see    this.
    • Proistic

      Posted this review

      8.7

      Pros:

      Good and length
      Challenging
      cool environment
      fun
      nice surprised

      Cons:

      No school (weird cause it was on the cover)
      Not many tanks
      No real finaly
      

      Conclusion:

      It was an alright campaigne although afgter completing it you start it all over agin which was weird. I liked this campaigne but there was no school which was a bummer cause it said back to school as the title so yer.
    • bubufizuziskin

      Posted this review

      6.5

      Pros:

      not bad, i'll pass. rather enjoyable

      Cons:

      lamentable for me to say that this campaign has severe frame rate issues. 

      Conclusion:

      however, in light of enthralling experience playing this campaign, the aforementioned deplorable issue is stopping me from fully enjoying this campaign. fix the issues and i'll rate this 100/100
    • Impossible
      Impossible

      Posted this review

      9

      Pros:

      -Unique style
      -Changing time of day in maps
      -Changing environment (rural to city)
      -Some good panic event ideas
      -Amazing custom content
      -Automatic panic event that can catch you off guard and surprise you

      Cons:

      -A bit hard, even on Advanced
      -Some maps are a tad too long
      -The automatic panic event isn't that surprising for the second time. Perhaps you should vary its position each time the map is loaded.
      -Some geometry is not very detailed
      -Although not very distracting, some visual cues point to useless areas.

      Conclusion:

      Definitely a must try. The demo was fun and i'm really looking forward the final product. There is obviously a lot of work being put into this. There's plenty to set this campaign apart from the competition, however on second playtrough they may not seem that effective.
    • mike576
      mike576

      Posted this review

      10

      Pros:

      Love the atmosphere and the plot 
      Awesome campaign with good variety of environments 

      Cons:

      Not finished :( 

      Conclusion:

      I cant wait for this campaign to be done. The beta was awesome and I'm sure the finished thing will be even better
    • Bromazepam
      Bromazepam

      Posted this review

      8.2

      Pros:

      Solid looks
      Solid gameplay

      Cons:

      Not extremely exciting so far, maybe I just got unlucky with spawms
      Incomplete (this is not affecting my rating)
      On the first map the oxygen tanks used to blow up the wall can incap the whole team. I don't know if this is intentional, but it was a very cheap trick. Incap one player - good fun; force a restart - very wrong.
      

      Conclusion:

      I'll definitely check this campaign out on the next updates. You should too.
    • sunsurfer
      sunsurfer

      Posted this review

      9.2

      Pros:

      Detailed maps with a good range of variety in the landscapes
      Challenging maps with enough tanks and shortage of health and ammo to keep me anxious

      Cons:

      3 maps and waiting for the campaign to be finished

      Conclusion:

      An excellent campaign (sadly unfinished) that rivals Valve's own maps
      
      Thanks  100_o/o_f@ke and romasm for designing these and it would be great if you can finish them

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