Reviews for Road To Nowhere 2
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hedleyLamar
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Construction:top loaded, gets lazy. Too many items, SI, hordes.
The first two maps have a pretty unique look and feel - outdoor and mountainous. It is a follow-the-road theme here, and while things are looking pretty good at the start, you quickly notice that there are a lot of items, ammo piles, hordes and the SI are doubled. There is little time to enjoy the scenery, and the gameplay starts to feel tedious. Then things go downhill. The rest is a mashup of the Death Toll sewers, the No Mercy Sewers and the Dead Center finale, with large parts of those maps copied, pasted and weaved together. So we have a been-there-seen-that feeling, along with the now tiring overabundance of items, hordes and SI. This is the most well stocked apocalypse you have ever seen - among the chaos, neatly arranged stacks of ammo, weapons and items every 20 yards. So I like the architecture in the beginning - the campaign really shines in the opening two maps. But the more-is-better approach to hordes, SI, ammo, items, alarms and gauntlet runs makes the gameplay tiring. It is like a movie comprised of all action scenes and no time to catch your breath. I think the joys of L4D2 come from the pacing - some action, then some quiet. This campaign breaks that winning formula. I think the 3 stars are warranted because of the overall construction quality of the first two maps. They have a professional look, and you can tell a lot of work went into them. But the rest is a real mixed bag, and I don't feel like I have to revisit this campaign again.
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I really appreciate your review Hedley and I gotta admit that I agree on some of your points, that's why I'm planning on doing another rework for this campaign considering that it's a six years old work and I wasn't very experience at that time. But, all i all thanks for your review I'll consider some of your points once I get started with the reconstruction of this set of maps.
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ErrorUnknownGTPosted this review
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Nice campaign. however, the finale is so long, boring and tedious. I accidently shot 1 gas can 2 times and it set fire to all the others and it was really irritating. Other than that liked it. Nice map design. plenty of supplies. No glitches/bugs. No botnav errors. Nice work.
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LynxxiePosted this review
This was fun until map 5
Pros: -Good design -Events and some difficult -Good Supplies -Fun Cons: -Alarm cars everywhere -Too many mobs all the time -Map 5 was just a pain in the ass, mobs every 30 seconds, Tanks, Witches, Special infected every single corner. Run out of bullets and supplies too fast and finaly died like 5 times -Finale gave me a head ache, Too many specials, 2 tanks the second time they come, and zombies spawn when the tank is alive making it annoying -Cans and the car are just too far In the end, the map 5 and 6 made me dont want to play this map never again. Was a good design but the gameplay after this maps were awful.
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****7_****Posted this review
Pros:
Very well designed Good layout Well supplied Well done events Survivor dialogue
Cons:
Hordes spawned too frequently, expecially in Map 2, where at times it was difficult to cover any ground. A few places the way to go becomes unclear Hunters (and once, a jockey) would double spawn in some maps.
Conclusion:
Tons and tons of zombies in this one. Maps are very well done and laid out. Not a fan of scavenge finales (cause bots don't help), but this one was well done. The frequent hordes would normally be tedious, but there are plenty of ammo dumps and throwables to deal with them.
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false
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Pros:
Wonderful outdoor environments Great visual appeal Good map design Nice use of atmosphere and effects Challenging
Cons:
Way too many special infected Constant mobs of common infected Frustrating finale on single player Too many ammo piles in some areas
Conclusion:
Pretty cool campaign. I enjoyed the map designs and visuals. Didn't look or feel dull. I loved the first couple maps which were outdoor environments and thought they were beautifully designed. They had a unique feeling and look to it that stands out. But there were way too many special infected. The spawn rate was too quick and they always came in pairs. Sometimes two of the same SI. It's like every 5-10 seconds you had multiple SI attacking you. Map 2 was the worst with this. Then some maps felt like they had constant streams of common infected. On one map I had barely finished loading there was already a horde outside the safe room. More zombies does not equal better. Although there were lots of throwables on the maps to help even it out a little. The finale is aggravating if you're playing single player. Gas can finales are always a nightmare if you're playing by yourself and it's even harder here since the map is fairly big and you have to run long distances to get the cans (13 of them). If you haven't gotten all the gas cans by the time you've beaten the two horde events and two tank events it will start spawning another tank immediately after you kill the last tank so you will die pretty fast at that point. This is definitely worth playing. I just wish the author would tweak the SI and CI to make it more balanced and make the finale easier for single player.
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L4DTeak.Posted this review
Pros:
+ Level Length + Events + Quotes + Fallen survivors
Cons:
- Layout - Mobs every 5 feet - Not enough medic supplies
Conclusion:
Generally, it's a decent campaign with proper events and gameplay, though not much specially remarkable features. Mapping: 8.5/10 Events: 10/10 Experience: 9.5/10 Total:9.3
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G915
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Pros:
+ Great (mostly) outdoors campaign + Good supply of ammo and grenades, especially in regard to the difficulty + Difficulty! If you are looking for a challenging campaign, I believe you just found one
Cons:
- Finale, see conclusion for more - Sometimes, the difficulty, bear with me, see conclusion :)
Conclusion:
Okay, I thought that the map design and the way you made an outdoorsy campaign was absolutely stellar. It was definitely one of my favorite campaigns so far. On the other hand, it was very hard (which is a good thing by itself BUT =>), sometimes in a very artificial way. The amounts of hordes and specials on map 2 (it wasn't so apparent on other maps which were pretty easy) were absolutely staggering, good thing that there was the magnum on every map. At the same time the map had only 1 "impossible" moment - tank in the train with hordes and specials. I wouldn't say that the campaign is unplayable on expert, we (2-3 man group with 1 bot) ran through it on realism/expert and it was great fun. I think there are many harder campaigns, but most of those gain their difficulty from a wide variety of deliberately "impossible" moments, which your campaign, mostly, doesn't, which is a great thing. I have to say that the finale was a disappointment for me, I have no problems with gas cans in general but the town was so big and the distance to the car was just..too much. The hordes weren't too big in the finale but still, it was a nuisance rather than a challenge. I wish there was more to it, I was hoping for a "bridge" finale when i saw the beginning of the map. Nevertheless, the rest of the campaign was brilliant, thanks for making!
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5566WestsidePosted this review
Pros:
+ Interesting map + Good weather effects + Ammo and First AID Kits well supplied + Plenty of throwables
Cons:
+ Bots cannot navigate + Hordes of Jockeys, Smokers and Chargers + Finale cannot play on Gib Fest cos no FUELS found
Conclusion:
This game is not bad actually but out of so many maps why this map BOTS purposely let me die few times without even helping me at all plus somemore I was playing on Easy mode, I can't imagine what will happen if I played Advanced or even Expert mode? Gib Fest Mutation got bugs cos there are no FUELS found on the entire Finale map and what the hell??? Jockeys, smokers, chargers randomly keep coming and I agree with what sorgens said if bots never follow you those special infected zombies are super deadly in easy mode for this map. MapEater I seriously hope you can fix the FUEL bug in Gib Fest Mutation Finale Map of yours.
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sorgensPosted this review
Pros:
Great nature settings Plenty of weapons, ammo, and throwables Diverse enemies
Cons:
AI is nearly useless
Conclusion:
I have to say that I've played through, several times, at least 20 different custom maps and I've found that the survivor AI on this map is really really bad. I can't think of a custom map with worse AI. Unless you have 3 humans to play this, you're in for a headache. Its not so much that the enemies are so difficult, its that the followers don't do anything including revives or shoot at stuff thats attacking you. For this reason smokers, jokeys, and hunters are literally more deadly than tanks or witches. At least the environments are well done and you're never hurting for supplies.l
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Wheity
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Pros:
- Dialogue - Linear Story - ammo and medikits good placed! - Events - Weather effects / Sound good upmixed, if you come out from the tunnels - some detailed Areas - i like the knife :)
Cons:
- Outro very short, looks like it's from Dead Center
Conclusion:
Overall, a good long campaign. Played with 3 guys, need 2 hours and 15 minutes on normal (4700 zombies killed). No Bugs have. It's a normal good long Campaign. Thanks Mapeater.
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Mz CookiesPosted this review
LONG CAMPAIGN WITH HIGH POTENTIAL BUT FINALE IS A HUGE LET DOWN
PROS: - Long and challenging campaign on expert but is achievable - Detailed - Placement of items is fair - Police car alarms / tree falling in in map 1 - Custom graffiti - Easy to follow, even with little directions CONS - Finale has a 'blue screen' glitch forcing players to restart it to go back to normal - 4th map sewer event is too long - Finale did not end even when all 13 cans were retrieved and emptied into car, we had to click on a pile of dead zombie bodies BEFORE putting the cans in (?) - Finale map scavenge event is way too spread out, with the car being on the opposite side of the map and with 2 tanks at once - Horde spawns extremely close to you when starting events Overall, the first 5 maps proved challenging but not impossible and was carried out with little faults, however with the amount of glitches discovered in the finale brings down my rating of this map immensely
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SmarkPosted this review
Pros:
the grass is awesome the sewers has lots of detail I Like It!!! i love the versus mode is really challenging and fun the changes on the finally are neat!! is great to have all the gamemodes
Cons:
the car alarm in map 1 went off a couple of times and the damn zombies didnt spawn what a shame the maps are to easy even on higher difficulties
Conclusion:
this version is much better great work buddy finally a campaing with all the gamemodes my boys and I recommend this campaing. Note: if you guys want to have some fun play it on advance or expert
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YourFutureExBF
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Pros:
(Maps 1-3) -A lot of Horde events, I like that. -Nice Detail -Nice supply layout -Custom horde event, the tree falling on the car -LOOONG campaign -Survivor dialogue -Challenging
Cons:
(Maps 1-3) -Too many throwables -A little more pointers
Conclusion:
This campaign is challenging, meant to be played with friends. Play on easy if playing by yourself. I actually died a few times, playing with the AI on normal. I love the campaign so far, soon going to do another review on the next half. So far I recommend this.
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PeachesPosted this review
Pros:
A lot of action, levels are even kinda mean on Easy. Maps are cool, Bots didn't hang up.
Cons:
A little TOO much action on Finale, Easy. It was a brute!
Conclusion:
I liked the overall campaign, but, the Bots could cover my back a bit better and the hoards were a bit much on the Finale.
This review was posted before the latest release.
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