The Four TD v1.22

Veldris · Aug 20, 2018

Nice map.

Daffa · Aug 22, 2018

I need clarification on the map status : is it Alpha, Beta or Finished? Until clarification, I will keep it in Awaiting Update. If it's finished, I recommend to switch to v1.0.

See below for a detailed review on the map.

The Hive Workshop

Map Reviewer: Daffa the Mage
Map Name: The Four TD v0.28
Map Author: Hadezown
Map Uploader: hadezOwn

Originality
A variation of TD with the defended unit having a chance of retaliation, something which you don't get to see everyday in TD.

Score: 70/100

Presentation
The presentation is decent. It fits the standard and has all necessary component, as well as some decorative form of text to entertain visitors to try the map. There's a problem : the map version is below 1.0, which is assumed as not yet finished development. Until a confirmation is made to confirm if the map is in BETA/ALPHA or already completed, the map will remain in Awaiting Update.

Score: 75/100
Awaiting Update : Confirmation on Development Status

Design
The way the game is designed is good, and there's actual sense of progression. When it comes to used materials, utilizing what the game has to offer saves a lot of map space. It might be a good idea to use some imports to enhance some materials, but that is up to the maker.
For the sake of convenience, don't name the enemy Player 10 and Player 11, but actual enemy name like Forces of Evil or something like that.

Score: 65/100

Terrain
Simple flat terrain but fits enough for a TD map. However, the spacing can be reduced so the terrain size can be smaller.

Score: 35/100

Triggers
The code are well done. I cannot find any lag or bug during my tests. Here's one think : don't convert GUI to custom text if there's no big reason to (e.g actually using Jass code), cause reading them is a pain.

Score: 85/100

Object Data
Arcane Fire Tower has Improved Mansory, but cannot research it.
If one build Void Gateway and Arcane Fire Tower, they will collide each other in term of model (resize will help fix this)
The unit name can be simplified by removing the "Level x" in their name.
Tooltip properly inform what an item, tower or skill do properly
I suggest to get proper ATC icon for the Bestow Strength and Bestow Alacrity since it's suppose to have Autocast icon.
Spectral Light buff said it increases MS and AS, but it actually decreases it

Score: 80/100

Gameplay
Some races are in better advantage than other at certain phases of the game. I noticed Arcane has a particularly big advantage in early game with it's high range. It's not that much of advantage, as each race has their difference.
For new players, it might be hard to catch on with the small frame of start time. They might need 2 or so minutes instead of 1 to properly plan their strategy out. It's not a deal breaker though.
The races are interesting. At least I can try 6 times to see what each race offers, so that's a replayability point.

Score: 75/100

Final Score: 69,286/100
3/5 Set to Awaiting Update

hadezOwn · Aug 23, 2018

Daffa the Mage said:
I need clarification on the map status : is it Alpha, Beta or Finished? Until clarification, I will keep it in Awaiting Update. If it's finished, I recommend to switch to v1.0.

See below for a detailed review on the map.

The Hive Workshop

Map Reviewer: Daffa the Mage
Map Name: The Four TD v0.28
Map Author: Hadezown
Map Uploader: hadezOwn

Originality
A variation of TD with the defended unit having a chance of retaliation, something which you don't get to see everyday in TD.

Score: 70/100

Presentation
The presentation is decent. It fits the standard and has all necessary component, as well as some decorative form of text to entertain visitors to try the map. There's a problem : the map version is below 1.0, which is assumed as not yet finished development. Until a confirmation is made to confirm if the map is in BETA/ALPHA or already completed, the map will remain in Awaiting Update.

Score: 75/100
Awaiting Update : Confirmation on Development Status

Design
The way the game is designed is good, and there's actual sense of progression. When it comes to used materials, utilizing what the game has to offer saves a lot of map space. It might be a good idea to use some imports to enhance some materials, but that is up to the maker.
For the sake of convenience, don't name the enemy Player 10 and Player 11, but actual enemy name like Forces of Evil or something like that.

Score: 65/100

Terrain
Simple flat terrain but fits enough for a TD map. However, the spacing can be reduced so the terrain size can be smaller.

Score: 35/100

Triggers
The code are well done. I cannot find any lag or bug during my tests. Here's one think : don't convert GUI to custom text if there's no big reason to (e.g actually using Jass code), cause reading them is a pain.

Score: 85/100

Object Data
Arcane Fire Tower has Improved Mansory, but cannot research it.
If one build Void Gateway and Arcane Fire Tower, they will collide each other in term of model (resize will help fix this)
The unit name can be simplified by removing the "Level x" in their name.
Tooltip properly inform what an item, tower or skill do properly
I suggest to get proper ATC icon for the Bestow Strength and Bestow Alacrity since it's suppose to have Autocast icon.
Spectral Light buff said it increases MS and AS, but it actually decreases it

Score: 80/100

Gameplay
Some races are in better advantage than other at certain phases of the game. I noticed Arcane has a particularly big advantage in early game with it's high range. It's not that much of advantage, as each race has their difference.
For new players, it might be hard to catch on with the small frame of start time. They might need 2 or so minutes instead of 1 to properly plan their strategy out. It's not a deal breaker though.
The races are interesting. At least I can try 6 times to see what each race offers, so that's a replayability point.

Score: 75/100

Final Score: 69,286/100
3/5 Set to Awaiting Update

The map is finished. I changed the version number to 1.00. Thank you for the review, I made most of the changes you suggested.

Daffa · Aug 23, 2018

Some consideration to note of :
1. Still no ATC icon for auto-cast. In addition to that, the previous moderation notes forgot to mention that some of the Passives has active icons used. There's no broken DISBTN found.
2. Could really use some difficulty choice, since the current one is quite challenging for newcomers.
3. Could have more variation in how The Four reacts against attack (soul to give abilities for example). The current one is decent, but doesn't give much option to player in regard to The Four.
4. Tower could have upgrades, but tower upgrades might be against the concept that the author wants to carry out with this map.
5. Would be nice if the hero is selectable, at least model wise.
6. I might've forgotten this in the previous review : when you teleport back to base from center, it says 'Red' while I go back to 'Teal' base.

An interesting TD with potential for interesting different playstyle.
APPROVED

hadezOwn · Aug 24, 2018

Daffa the Mage said:
Some consideration to note of :
1. Still no ATC icon for auto-cast. In addition to that, the previous moderation notes forgot to mention that some of the Passives has active icons used. There's no broken DISBTN found.
2. Could really use some difficulty choice, since the current one is quite challenging for newcomers.
3. Could have more variation in how The Four reacts against attack (soul to give abilities for example). The current one is decent, but doesn't give much option to player in regard to The Four.
4. Tower could have upgrades, but tower upgrades might be against the concept that the author wants to carry out with this map.
5. Would be nice if the hero is selectable, at least model wise.
6. I might've forgotten this in the previous review : when you teleport back to base from center, it says 'Red' while I go back to 'Teal' base.

An interesting TD with potential for interesting different playstyle.
APPROVED

Great suggestions. I will look into them.

TheDoener · Aug 24, 2018

Some things i noticed:
Is it intended that the timer is shown the whole time? You could hide it as long as it stays on 0.
You could make a multiboard instead of the existing killing list to show the number of souls and kills you have and perhaps the life of the four and living enemys to see if the four really need help. In addition you can show the next wave (normal, invis, attacker) so you don´t need to write -next and -souls.
At last as Daffa the Mage already mentioned: The terrain is a little bit too big. It isn´t worth it to go to the four in the first 15 levels to help them, because it just needs too much time.

TheDoener · Sep 7, 2018

The Tesla Engineer showed the floating text "supercharge is ready" the whole time!
Is it intended that you cant really beat the final boss in the middle if you play alone?

The changes you made are really good. I enjoyed the map!

hadezOwn · Sep 8, 2018

TheDoener said:
The Tesla Engineer showed the floating text "supercharge is ready" the whole time!
Is it intended that you cant really beat the final boss in the middle if you play alone?

The changes you made are really good. I enjoyed the map!

Oh I thought I fixed that. I'll look into it. What difficulty were you playing on when you faced the final boss?

TheDoener · Sep 8, 2018

I played on normal. The Boss spawned way too much guards and had too much hp.

hadezOwn · Sep 12, 2018

Final portal battle hp and damage scales better now

grandel_me · Oct 25, 2019

Seems very polished, very well done!

hadezOwn · Sep 11, 2023

Updated to fix Reforged bugs as well as race balancing

The Four TD v1.22

The Four TD v1.22 (Map)

Originality

Presentation

Design

Terrain

Triggers

Object Data

Gameplay