Left 4 Dead 2

Left 4 Dead 2

Lockdown DLC
M 26 May, 2020 @ 3:52pm
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Positives:

- Campaign is very well put together, interesting and fun to play
- I love the clutter, it makes the campaign feel so much more alive than most other custom campaigns.
- Environments are varied and visually pleasing, no area of the campaign is boring or feels like a chore to work through
- The effort taken with the dialogue between survivors adds a lot of humour to the campaign
- The choice between playing chapter 4 in light or dark is nice, and adds a bit more replayability to the campaign than most other campaigns have
- Finale is fun and challenging without being too hard

Negatives:

- Bugged textures on bushes in chapters 1 and 2, and on fireplaces in chapters 1 and 4
- A few framerate drops occasionally in chapter 1 and 2, but nothing too severe
- Reduce smoke effects in chapter 1 and 3, as its a little too hard to see through in my opinion. If you're in these areas with smoke and get hit with boomer bile or have to go through a cloud of smoker smoke, it's really hard to see anything at all
- Hearing the voices of the old survivors is a good idea, but poorly executed. It may be better if, once the survivors die, you are able to find their corpses? It's just weird to only hear their voices and never actually see them, so I would either take them out entirely or make it so you can actually see them at points.
- In chapter 4 when you activate the generator near where the zombie is hanging and hit the switch to open the shutter, I think it should be clearer where the shutter is. Maybe it's just me but I had trouble noticing it. An instructor hint or maybe even just a spraypaint arrow would make this much clearer
- A number of people are reporting crashes on chapter 3. This didn't actually happen to me, and I can see from the map description that you are working on it, but this will still be a negative for some people

Overall Review:

A fantastic campaign which has clearly had a lot of effort put into it. There are a few issues with it, although in my opinion they are only small issues and don't ruin my enjoyment of the campaign. Also, the campaign has only just been released, so a few bugs and issues are to be expected at this early stage.

Even with the issues listed above, I would rate the campaign an 8/10. Once these issues have been fixed, I can see this campaign being a 10/10. It is definitely one of my favourite custom campaigns on the workshop and in my opinion, it is actually more fun, interesting to play and better made than some of the original maps by Valve.

Great work, thank you for the effort you've put in to this campaign, and I look forward to seeing how you can improve it over time. :)