Dead Series V5 is not bad for an experimental first map, but it has a lot of issues that result in it being an uneven, glitchy, and pretty boring experience on Expert, at the present time.

Dead Series V5's difficulty is low overall, the campaign is very long and too sparse at times, the Special Infected can get stuck and take up the 3 Max Alive Specials slots; resulting in little to no spawns, the AI Director has issues spawning Common Infected in some areas, there are a few areas where Commons spawn way too densely packed as there's not enough room for the AI Director to spawn them properly (IE around the trains), and there are significant navigation issues in several areas (IE at several points there's tiny buttons in massive buildings that you have to find and press, tankers on upper bridges behind you that you must turn, see, and shoot, etc).

The Finale was a tough but fairly generic Hard Gauntlet-Tank.

Supplies on the Finale Gauntlet are too sparsely provided, making it harder than it should be, relative to its length.

The Finale Tank spawns in a church you have to run through in order to evacuate, which could be an issue. We were fortunately able to kite him onto and around the street.

There is also a Wedding Witch in the courtyard outside the church during the Finale, somewhat nearby the escape vehicle. She's easy to avoid, however.

One of my friends was also notably having major sound glitches near the end (most sounds simply stopped playing).

Ultimate, Dead Series V5 is decent for a map designer's first campaign, but it unfortunately has too many issues with balance, difficulty, pacing, navigation, and glitches for me to rate it higher than a 4/10 for Quality at the current time.


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