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Quote from minihilly

I don't know how long this map actually is, but I think I played roughly half of it; and, I'm sad to say, I felt a little bit disappointed

The overall build quality was good; both the town and the castle looked the part. The main problem with this map were the mechanics (or lack thereof), and difficulty (again, lacking).

I was playing in singleplayer, Normal-mode (but steeped it up to hard after I realised it wasn't very challenging). Essentially, there were too few mobs; and they were primarily too weak. Now, I'm not saying giving them tougher armour will help this, no. I think it's more a problem with variety - most mobs were just zombies; weapon-less, weak, zombies. Spiders and skeletons showed later, but in small numbers.

Now, making this hordes of mobs doesn't really remedy the problem, as then it's more like the issue I have with Hypixel's maps - being overcrowded is not a fair difficulty curve. It's just a mess!


My advice:
Spice it up a little! Perhaps have mobs that are easier to kill with certain weapons, or give more character to them; varying their arsenal more. More variety with bows, I feel, is a must. I found myself rarely getting hit, but skeletons would manage to do so unless I took cover.

Another quick thing to mention is the bosses: They're so mundane it's almost laughable. Now, I only fought two, so idk about the 'final'' boss (or other bosses); but the ones I fought were easy to kill, for they never landed a single hit on me. I think the use of splash potions would've made it far more interesting, and perhaps mini-waves of mobs.



Another gripe I found to get really tedious, were the over-abundance of books. I get they're telling the story, but there's better ways than books! Try using command blocks, using buttons, or the /testfor, for the player to activate. My inventory was frequently filled w/food, gold, and armour, so all these books became a real annoyance.
I also noticed many errors in both spelling and grammar...You may want to proof-read everything.



The story was pretty standard. While I didn't play through everything, I think I can predict what will happen anyway...It works, and could be fine if the gameplay was fun (but I honestly got bored after 10mins of mindless mob-grinding), but the 'waking up with amnesia' has quite-literally been done-to-death.




Conclusion: It's a fair map, and aesthetically nice. Not exactly 'stunning', but it pleases me to wander around. The mechanics/redstone needs improving. There didn't seem to be anything other than the checkpoints+teleports. Command-blocks used for chat/narrative would be nice. The gameplay got me really bored to the point I quit playing, and the lack of dialogue/real story didn't help through the time I was playing. Perhaps I should've put it out a little long for something...but I honestly didn't want to.

Aesthetics: 7/10
Mechanics & Redstone: 3/10
Creativity: 5/10
Fun: 5/10
Originality: 2/10


Overall: 4.4/10 [DNF]

Quote from fluffy3308

I think he means why they are there at the start. It would be great if they all appear at different times.
F**cking AMAZING map though! Great job! BUDDDAR PANTS!!! DKDSJHFGJHDGJMHZDFDJFF

Quote from mrjohnson5

Nah, its all good. I feel that having evil mobs spawning whilst your fighting the more powerful ones adds to the Difficulty. Also, I have put a new download up because I found a game breaking bug. The bug is after fighting a boss, the door that should automatically open does not open. You are probably not up to that part yet but just a heads up, that you will probably come across it.

Quote from noonga23

I just fnished Recording it.
I'll edit it now.

Quote from mrjohnson5

Great! Send me the link when its done!