Zombie Escape 3.3.2

[Moderator]

01:43, 18th Jul 2010
ap0calypse: Rejected

 

[Mojsoski]

My Ratings Value:
5/5 for Perfect
4/5 for Really Good
3/5 for Good
2/5 for Fair
1/5 for Bad
0/5 for Horrible
For Overall Rating:
15 - 20 for Perfect
10 - 15 for Really Good
05 - 10 for Bad
00 - 05 for Horrble
Combat:3/5
Sounds/effects/skills:3/5
Terrain:4/5,
Gameplay/Fun factor 4/5
Overall:14/20

 

[phoenixfire]

Description seems a lot like vamp beast, testing the map.

 

[light bolt30]

Improve description; use these BB Codes to make it look better. Now you say this is your friends map and he gave you permission to upload it, well you need to show us some proof or everyone else can say the same and can lead to something rather chaotic.

 

[RatchetNClank]

Improve description; use these BB Codes to make it look better. Now you say this is your friends map and he gave you permission to upload it, well you need to show us some proof or everyone else can say the same and can lead to something rather chaotic.

That's true, but what i should ask for?
Is Quote enough?

 

[light bolt30]

Show us a screenshot of him saying that he has approved to let you post it here.

 

[Cweener]

If you can link the quote then it will be sufficient as well.

 

[BlackKnightTGS]

I found a bug, in the shop, you can purchase as shop, but it costs 2 lumber, but lumber is replaced by minutes, which means I gotta pay 2 minutes o_o Overall, 4/5

 

[RatchetNClank]

Ikx_1 gave rights to me.

Improve description; use these BB Codes to make it look better. Now you say this is your friends map and he gave you permission to upload it, well you need to show us some proof or everyone else can say the same and can lead to something rather chaotic.

Show us a screenshot of him saying that he has approved to let you post it here.

If you can link the quote then it will be sufficient as well.

Hopefully this is enough, because this is all that I can show anymore...
By now, Ikx_1 wanted to remove the forum topic that contained the chat, so...

 

[phoenixfire]

*Offtopic* I now wonder how he got banned lol

 

[RatchetNClank]

*Offtopic* I now wonder how he got banned lol

Well, I can ask him if you really want to know

 

[light bolt30]

Please don't troll! Keep the topic to the map! Also some screenshots will be nice.

 

[hell gate]

strange.... i can't dl the map. if i click on the dl link, the error "the site can't be displayed" appers
also some screenshoots would be good

 

[Kl3sk]

Idea:
The idea of the map is to survive a time that is chooseable at start, the zombies tries to found and kill all the escapers to grow their zombie army. When a Escaper is killed, it will transfer into a zombie.

~ So...original...so...pure! *Tears* ...

* On a serious note, if that's all you can come up with when it comes to trying to make your map more appealing to the average member to download, then I have to say I'm not that impressed... Though the Description was improved (as suggested by -light_bolt30- ) I still don't see why I should download your map. Looks plain, dull, nothing I've never seen before...and this without the aid of Screen-shots! ... I'll consider downloading and testing this map after you update it.

Edit : I'll do a short review due to the fact that this map doesn't deserve your attention or mine. Things that I'd like to point out :

- Opening : Cinematic is delayed 5 to 10 seconds.
- Cinematic : Bad voice acting, no story to follow, poor camera angle.
- Game-play : Uncreative, dull and repetitive.
- Skills : Basic "Run" (increases movement speed for a very short amount of time) , "Punch" (stuns an opponent for 10 seconds) and "Heal" abilities, nothing special.
- Buildings / Structures : Some have no purpose and their descriptions are pathetic.
- AI : Is a serious joke - The "Big Zombie" stops in the right corner of the map after 5 minutes of walking aimlessly through the map at random locations.
- Terrain : Absolute failure! - there are slopes, high spots, edges, etc. , but all "four" regions seem to be copy-pasted with small exceptions, where you've got less trees or doodads over-all.
- Sound : The addition of certain -taunts- from "ghoulish" characters at random moments in the game would be a nice touch...if they wouldn't repeat themselves after every freaking second! - But the most utterly annoying sound : Your character (villager model) does this "custom" taunt, a ... moan ?...I don't even know how to describe it, but the fact it tends to repeat itself every time you order your unit to move brings punishment to the over-all poor-quality of the map.


~ With these things said and no further things to add, I see NO point in approving this map.

- Rating : 1/5 (One point for effort)
- Voting for : Rejection!

 

[phoenixfire]

Please don't troll! Keep the topic to the map! Also some screenshots will be nice.

Thats not trolling...

 

[RatchetNClank]

His edit

~ With these things said and no further things to add, I see NO point in approving this map.

- Rating : 1/5 (One point for effort)
- Voting for : Rejection!

If others approve your text, I will do some changes, but if not, youre bad criticiser, coz you're so angry ^^

 

[ap0calypse]

If others approve your text, I will do some changes, but if not, youre bad criticiser, coz you're so angry ^^

I can explain that: he's not angry.
He is sad.

Some people don't understand it, but me and apparantly some others (such as kl3sk) get sad when they see a bad map.
For me it resembles an actual kind of sadness.

This sadness can quickly turn into frustration because of the huge amount of maps that keep appearing like this.
This frustration often translates in anger to those who do not know better, so it LOOKS as if he's angry, but he actually is sad.

kl3sk is one of the 'better' reviewers on the site (if he becomes active again and spends enough time reviewing a map at least). This is just a... mehh kind of post, but I am quite sure that it IS honest and true.

Edit: I marked his post as a review, so now it's official.

 

[RatchetNClank]

Hey hey, what I have to do to get this map "approved"?

 

[ap0calypse]

Let me be brutally honest with you: start a new map and delete this one.
Fixing this map is not enough, you need to remake it from scratch, it will be faster and better that way.

Remember what I told you in the previous post: make clear categories for the objects, use environmental doodads, don't use blizzard cliffs for walls, combine triggers etc.

Extremely helpful tip:
Every time you start a new map, not just now but ALWAYS, select "Initial water level: shallow water".
It will let you be able to create actual rivers with the lower/raise tool (do not use blizzard cliffs).

Required:

• Proper crediting.
• A good description.
• Fix memory leaks! (Triggers, search a tutorial for them).

Important stuff:

• Good, uniform tooltips (meaning all tooltips have the same lay-out.
• Interesting, original heroes.
• A good terrain (again: look at my previous post + use the "Apply height" tools a lot!).
• Pay attention to details! A minor mistake is a great annoyance for me.
• Triggers! Pay attention to them.
• Proper English: nobody likes to play a map with half-assed and/or 'gangsta' English.

Probably a lot more, but if you could do just this, MAYBE your new map could get a 2/5.
It will take a very long time though... if you're ready next month, it will probably not be approvable material.

 

[Cweener]

Tutorial for leaks
Go crazy.

 

[RatchetNClank]

Thanks for my next year's project, but why you think my map leaks?

 

[ap0calypse]

Thanks for my next year's project, but why you think my map leaks?

Please don't use color codes.

And I don't think your map leaks, I know it, 100% sure.
I think you don't know what leaks are... check the tutorial above.

You cannot upload a map here if you don't know how to fix leaks, end of story.