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Yes, another one of these topics.
I shall review your maps, and post them here.
Send me links either on the thread or in a PM, with additional info if you like.
People seem to not be reading this so I will put it in Bold:
Please note that I won't download your map if it has no pictures. Send me the link to the forum post, or if you are sending me the direct download link, please include pictures in your reply.
Thanks!
My apologies if you had posted a map that I haven't reviewed yet. I'm going to be honest, playing all those custom maps wore me out and I lost interest. BUT. I am back and ready to review the maps I have left, and many more!
-Drek.
Reviews:
- CobraX0 Puzzle Map -
Spoiler
Quite a good puzzle map. It'll keep even the most experienced minecraft players scratching their heads. The solutions were right up in your face, but you could hardly see them. Very well hidden and sly.
There were bits, though, such as underwater parts, where you couldn't really see anything, so I found it to take a little longer than planned.
The solutions can be completed by all minecraft players, new and old, and it'll keep you entertained, frustrated, and questioning your own logic all at the same time.
I enjoyed playing through it.
However the lack of a storyline made it rather dull to play through as you would expect what's coming next. "Another room, lets look for chests." I know puzzle maps are puzzle maps, but a storyline as simple as "You have been kidnapped, escape this place!" would keep people interested.
7.5/10
There were bits, though, such as underwater parts, where you couldn't really see anything, so I found it to take a little longer than planned.
The solutions can be completed by all minecraft players, new and old, and it'll keep you entertained, frustrated, and questioning your own logic all at the same time.
I enjoyed playing through it.
However the lack of a storyline made it rather dull to play through as you would expect what's coming next. "Another room, lets look for chests." I know puzzle maps are puzzle maps, but a storyline as simple as "You have been kidnapped, escape this place!" would keep people interested.
7.5/10
- Xyoends's Puzzle Map -
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While an extremely short map, it was rather fun to play through. Especially one room with around 5.7 million monsters.
I wouldn't call it a puzzle map more than it is a challenge map. Although it's not really that either.
The length needs a lot of work. The rooms it currently has are great, especially the /spoils/ cookies from the quiz
/spoils/ but it is way too short. I suggest continuing on it, and giving it some more, even harder rooms!
Fun, but short.
6/10
I wouldn't call it a puzzle map more than it is a challenge map. Although it's not really that either.
The length needs a lot of work. The rooms it currently has are great, especially the /spoils/ cookies from the quiz
/spoils/ but it is way too short. I suggest continuing on it, and giving it some more, even harder rooms!Fun, but short.
6/10
- Racing the Clock - By Xyoends
Spoiler
A quick little race against the time map. Good use of redstone. Recommended for anyone who wants to test their Minecraft Parkour skillz!
The clock timer was well designed, (by the way, how many repeaters did you use?) and for an inexperienced minecraft parkour player, it was quite intense not knowing whether or not I was out of time. I'm sure when the next version comes out, I'll need to give Hard difficuty a try!
I did spawn outside the starting building and had to noclip my way in. Just a heads up.
Overall, great short little map.
7.4/10
The clock timer was well designed, (by the way, how many repeaters did you use?) and for an inexperienced minecraft parkour player, it was quite intense not knowing whether or not I was out of time. I'm sure when the next version comes out, I'll need to give Hard difficuty a try!
I did spawn outside the starting building and had to noclip my way in. Just a heads up.
Overall, great short little map.
7.4/10
- Untitled - by AMVFanatic1081
Spoiler
Great map.
I loved the storyline, and the humor in the dialogue, it was great to read along with.
The parkour wasn't too hard at all, i was able to get it on the first try, being an amature, thats pretty good for me
The boss fights were pretty well designed, and fit with the story. But I lagged because of the amount of arrows being shot.
At one point the map suddenly stopped after the race against the lava falling on you with fences in your way bit. So I assumed thats all you had so far.
The redstone work you must have had to do with the automatic checkpoint tracks was really impressive.
Overall, great map so far, can't wait to see more.
8.5/10
I loved the storyline, and the humor in the dialogue, it was great to read along with.
The parkour wasn't too hard at all, i was able to get it on the first try, being an amature, thats pretty good for me
The boss fights were pretty well designed, and fit with the story. But I lagged because of the amount of arrows being shot.
At one point the map suddenly stopped after the race against the lava falling on you with fences in your way bit. So I assumed thats all you had so far.
The redstone work you must have had to do with the automatic checkpoint tracks was really impressive.
Overall, great map so far, can't wait to see more.
8.5/10
- The Curse of the Oakwood Zombies - by ProfPepitoz
Spoiler
I really enjoyed playing through this map. All the different quests plus the main storyline made it feel as if I wasn't playing Minecraft anymore.
I managed to get a few quests done, before deciding to move onto the main story in the castle.
The story was great, intense, just.. great! With zombies lurking every corner, I was Shifting my way through ready to be ambushed by one! It was really fun.
The only downside really is that at the beginning, the sign said "Sleep here to set your spawn" and naturally I said "Whatever you say, Mr. Sign!" and slept. So i wandered around in daytime with hardly any zombies around, but come nightfall there were a lot of things around, and set the mood really nicely.
Also, around the town, there were a lot of chests with a lot of stuff in them, I really had no idea what I would need and what I could just leave behind. So I took everything I saw, and filled my inventory quickly.
Overall, great storyline, awesome concept, almost felt like a real RPG.
8.8/10
I managed to get a few quests done, before deciding to move onto the main story in the castle.
The story was great, intense, just.. great! With zombies lurking every corner, I was Shifting my way through ready to be ambushed by one! It was really fun.
The only downside really is that at the beginning, the sign said "Sleep here to set your spawn" and naturally I said "Whatever you say, Mr. Sign!" and slept. So i wandered around in daytime with hardly any zombies around, but come nightfall there were a lot of things around, and set the mood really nicely.
Also, around the town, there were a lot of chests with a lot of stuff in them, I really had no idea what I would need and what I could just leave behind. So I took everything I saw, and filled my inventory quickly.
Overall, great storyline, awesome concept, almost felt like a real RPG.
8.8/10
- Castlevania Rebirth - by Dyz-69
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Pretty challenging map. There were a lot of mobs to avoid and the parkour was pretty challenging also.
The setting was good, the storyline I felt was a little hard to understand, but I think i may have done something wrong.
The parkour was easy enough that a beginner could do it with a little time, but challenging enough that a Minecraft veteran could have a bit of fun with it.
Some things were shocking. The steve spawner!? Where the hell does one find such a thing?!
Overall, great challenge map, I had fun.
7/10.
The setting was good, the storyline I felt was a little hard to understand, but I think i may have done something wrong.
The parkour was easy enough that a beginner could do it with a little time, but challenging enough that a Minecraft veteran could have a bit of fun with it.
Some things were shocking. The steve spawner!? Where the hell does one find such a thing?!
Overall, great challenge map, I had fun.
7/10.
- The Arvadus Kingdom - by Arvanzi
Spoiler
This was a good map. The towns were apsolutely beautiful. The work you must have put into these would have been frustrating, but I am glad you pushed through, because this is certainly something to be proud of.
The buildings all had something that looked great, but some thing were incomplete, such as the tracks in the train station.
The towns were huge, but easy to get lost in. You need to place more signs around directing the player to points of interest.
Everything looked great, it was a blast to explore around these towns and look at all the work you have put into it.
8.5/10
The buildings all had something that looked great, but some thing were incomplete, such as the tracks in the train station.
The towns were huge, but easy to get lost in. You need to place more signs around directing the player to points of interest.
Everything looked great, it was a blast to explore around these towns and look at all the work you have put into it.
8.5/10
- Cubeception - by Piecia997
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This map was great. It had a great storyline, with difficult, but still do-able puzzles, and challenges. The multiplayer really involved team work, which was a great experience.
The storyline was a little hard to understand at first, but once you got into the map, the pieces started to come together.
The parkour was easy enough for a beginner, but challenging enough to entertain an experienced minecraft player.
The map was large, and had good length of gameplay, and it wasn't repetitive. It wasn't the easiest map to complete, as the puzzles were difficult to find the solution for.
Overall, great map for anyone who wants to have a bit of a challenge. Defiantly recommend multiplayer as it makes the experience that much more enjoyable.
9/10
The storyline was a little hard to understand at first, but once you got into the map, the pieces started to come together.
The parkour was easy enough for a beginner, but challenging enough to entertain an experienced minecraft player.
The map was large, and had good length of gameplay, and it wasn't repetitive. It wasn't the easiest map to complete, as the puzzles were difficult to find the solution for.
Overall, great map for anyone who wants to have a bit of a challenge. Defiantly recommend multiplayer as it makes the experience that much more enjoyable.
9/10
- Dropcraft - by Dillonklinux1996457
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This map started out pretty badly, as I could not figure out how to open the door, and ended up spawning a redstone torch to continue. From then onward it got a little better, but some things just didnt make any sense. The map just suddenly ended and I had nowhere to go.
I may have done something wrong, but I was stuck, there was nothing around for me to break, and nothing but redstone.
The appearence of the map wasn't great. The rooms had glass which you could easily see the rest of the map. All the rooms surrounded by a great big bedrock wall was really ugly to see, and killed the mood of the map.
The rooms themselves didn't really have a theme and seemed as if they are just... there.
It really could have used a storyline to keep players interested, and make it seem more adventure-like.
5/10 - For the work you put into it.
I may have done something wrong, but I was stuck, there was nothing around for me to break, and nothing but redstone.
The appearence of the map wasn't great. The rooms had glass which you could easily see the rest of the map. All the rooms surrounded by a great big bedrock wall was really ugly to see, and killed the mood of the map.
The rooms themselves didn't really have a theme and seemed as if they are just... there.
It really could have used a storyline to keep players interested, and make it seem more adventure-like.
5/10 - For the work you put into it.
- Around the Hills - by Symphonym
Spoiler
This parkour map is extremely challenging. Definatly would not reccomend it to beginners. Even experienced Minecraft parkour players will spend at least 10 minutes each on a majority of the puzzles.
I apsolutely loved how this map was created on the randomly generated world you started with. Definatly added a sense of realism to it, and made it better to play.
Although I was unable to complete most of the parkour (I suck at it) i did manage to get a few done. That I am proud of. (:
The look and feel was apsolutely great. I had a blast exploring the map.
8/10 - Good map, looks like a lot of hard work went into making it. (Perhaps as hard as it is to play it ;D)
I apsolutely loved how this map was created on the randomly generated world you started with. Definatly added a sense of realism to it, and made it better to play.
Although I was unable to complete most of the parkour (I suck at it) i did manage to get a few done. That I am proud of. (:
The look and feel was apsolutely great. I had a blast exploring the map.
8/10 - Good map, looks like a lot of hard work went into making it. (Perhaps as hard as it is to play it ;D)
- Untitled - by Zlavik
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I, personally will argue that the map is impossible. One minecraft player can simply not jump that high, or that far without placing blocks or flying.
I would actually like to see someone complete the map without flying or placing any blocks.
?/10
I would actually like to see someone complete the map without flying or placing any blocks.
?/10
- Poor Petes Pumpkin Problem - by Razack541
Spoiler
This map has one of the best names I have ever seen. Ever.
This map was quite humerous. It's weird how some people will go to such an extent to steal a pumpkin. The storyline was really cool and funny, which kept me interested
I really liked some redstone work in here too, such as the water way where you stood on pressure plates to guide the water to the lever. That kept me for a few minutes and got me to think for a bit.
The map looked great. Definatly a lot of good construction work went into building the big castle, got a little lost, which means you built it well. Haha
Defiantly a fun map to play. Would recommend it to anyone with some time to kill.
7/10
This map was quite humerous. It's weird how some people will go to such an extent to steal a pumpkin. The storyline was really cool and funny, which kept me interested
I really liked some redstone work in here too, such as the water way where you stood on pressure plates to guide the water to the lever. That kept me for a few minutes and got me to think for a bit.
The map looked great. Definatly a lot of good construction work went into building the big castle, got a little lost, which means you built it well. Haha
Defiantly a fun map to play. Would recommend it to anyone with some time to kill.
7/10
- Eronev Mansion Adventure - by Jigarbov
Spoiler
This map was fantastic! I loved the storyline and the humor in the dialogue, good fun to play through and I'd certainly recommend it to anyone.
The storyline was great, and the way the player is introduced to what he can and cannot do, and when is great. It feels like an actual game when you do this.
The buildings were magnificent looking. The people.. eh. Haha.
The dialogue was perfect, slight humor kept my attention and it was to the point.
Great map for anyone! I would definitely recommend giving it a go!
8.5/10
The storyline was great, and the way the player is introduced to what he can and cannot do, and when is great. It feels like an actual game when you do this.
The buildings were magnificent looking. The people.. eh. Haha.
The dialogue was perfect, slight humor kept my attention and it was to the point.
Great map for anyone! I would definitely recommend giving it a go!
8.5/10
- The Magical Helmet - by Delidor
Spoiler
While I do hate giving less-than-good reviews. I'm afraid I cannot give this one a good review.
First of all, the entire map is flat sand. With snow. This made it look really shabby and un natural.
The buildings at the start were made of dirt and looked like 5 second jobs.
The path between rooms is far too large, someone walking that would get bored just walking there. I had to turn fly mod on just to move faster.
The rooms with monsters had way too many monsters, it wouldn't be possible to get through all that, especially at the rate they were spawning.
There was hardly any dialogue at all. The chests were filled with useless junk that I never used.
The storyline was good, but executed poorly.
2.5/10
First of all, the entire map is flat sand. With snow. This made it look really shabby and un natural.
The buildings at the start were made of dirt and looked like 5 second jobs.
The path between rooms is far too large, someone walking that would get bored just walking there. I had to turn fly mod on just to move faster.
The rooms with monsters had way too many monsters, it wouldn't be possible to get through all that, especially at the rate they were spawning.
There was hardly any dialogue at all. The chests were filled with useless junk that I never used.
The storyline was good, but executed poorly.
2.5/10
- Zombie Survival City - by slanter2010
Spoiler
Well the title explains it all!
This is definatly a zombie survival city.
The cityscape was realistic looking, which is nice. But I don't understand, you want me to go into the buildings FILLED with zombies with no equipment?
I think I may have missed something. A room with armor, weapons food etc?
Although, not a bad survival map. Challenging, but good.
7/10
This is definatly a zombie survival city.
The cityscape was realistic looking, which is nice. But I don't understand, you want me to go into the buildings FILLED with zombies with no equipment?
I think I may have missed something. A room with armor, weapons food etc?
Although, not a bad survival map. Challenging, but good.
7/10
- Untitled - by Sampsaa
Spoiler
It's good for a first map, however there are a few things I would like to point out.
At the beginning you are given a sword with half its durability missing. Thats not nice
As you progress, you find a full set of golden armor, and you haven't used your chain armor at all.
You are also given various food items, and told you can craft items, but I found no use for any of my items as I didn't need to fight anything, and took litterally no damage.
You are also told you can break blocks. Maybe specify which blocks you can break
What I would suggest is take away the golden armor chest you find, and in the cave, put some zombie spawners down so the player has some use for the equipment you give them. Also, it was reeeally short. It's a good idea, but we never fought the bandits that destroyed the town, or even found out if there were any survivors!
Overall, good map, especially for a first. But add something to fight, make it longer, and don't give unnecissary items.
Oh and I loved the X marks the spot at the start! Very witty
6/10 - Being generous for the good storyline
At the beginning you are given a sword with half its durability missing. Thats not nice
As you progress, you find a full set of golden armor, and you haven't used your chain armor at all.
You are also given various food items, and told you can craft items, but I found no use for any of my items as I didn't need to fight anything, and took litterally no damage.
You are also told you can break blocks. Maybe specify which blocks you can break
What I would suggest is take away the golden armor chest you find, and in the cave, put some zombie spawners down so the player has some use for the equipment you give them. Also, it was reeeally short. It's a good idea, but we never fought the bandits that destroyed the town, or even found out if there were any survivors!
Overall, good map, especially for a first. But add something to fight, make it longer, and don't give unnecissary items.
Oh and I loved the X marks the spot at the start! Very witty
6/10 - Being generous for the good storyline
- The Forest of Silence - by Fangride
Spoiler
Great map. Good storyline. Had a blast completing the puzzles.
There were a few things I picked up on.
Some of the redstone didn't work. The piston doorway at the "I think i see a dead body up there'' bit didn't open, and in the room after with the book in it, one of the steps for the bookshelf staircase didn't open up. Also, after the water maze, the piston contraption wouldnt work. So i had to break the wood to get through.There's something to fix.
The parkour wasn't hard, and anyone would be able to play the map. However the water maze was really difficult. Perhaps you could make the exit a little more lit up. In fact the entire maze was dark. I couldn't see a thing in there.
I loved the story, it was great fun helping a talking tree get his life together. Helping cure everyone and everything with that apple felt good too
Had great fun and besides those little bumps in the road, it's a good map. I would recommend it.
7.5/10
There were a few things I picked up on.
Some of the redstone didn't work. The piston doorway at the "I think i see a dead body up there'' bit didn't open, and in the room after with the book in it, one of the steps for the bookshelf staircase didn't open up. Also, after the water maze, the piston contraption wouldnt work. So i had to break the wood to get through.There's something to fix.
The parkour wasn't hard, and anyone would be able to play the map. However the water maze was really difficult. Perhaps you could make the exit a little more lit up. In fact the entire maze was dark. I couldn't see a thing in there.
I loved the story, it was great fun helping a talking tree get his life together. Helping cure everyone and everything with that apple felt good too
Had great fun and besides those little bumps in the road, it's a good map. I would recommend it.
7.5/10
- Plague - by DigitalViper
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(Technical Difficulties.) 
- Revenge on Sam - by Drspy007
Spoiler
Pretty good map, i liked the storyline to it.
I didnt like the cow spawners at the start though, they annoyed me
The map was well designed, and it worked with the story.
I was unable to finish the map though, the file crashed while I was trying to play. I will be sure to finish it, though.
Great map - well thought out. 7/10
I didnt like the cow spawners at the start though, they annoyed me
The map was well designed, and it worked with the story.
I was unable to finish the map though, the file crashed while I was trying to play. I will be sure to finish it, though.
Great map - well thought out. 7/10
- Escape the Facility - by guy1234567890
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I loved this map. It had a great story and the map was well designed.
The dialogue gave the map a sort of Portal feeling, Where you are being mocked by the person. Feels bad man.
The parkour was well done, the mechanics you used with Lava and Water were superb, challenging but easy at the same time.
I got a bit of De'ja'vu at the 2nd stage, felt weird. But very clever.
Definitely a good map to play I recommend it. 8/10
The dialogue gave the map a sort of Portal feeling, Where you are being mocked by the person. Feels bad man.
The parkour was well done, the mechanics you used with Lava and Water were superb, challenging but easy at the same time.
I got a bit of De'ja'vu at the 2nd stage, felt weird. But very clever.
Definitely a good map to play I recommend it. 8/10
- Destroy the Diamond Comet - by Munchable901
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Great map! I enjoyed the storyline, it looked great and it was fun to play through.
The map itself looked awesome. It was well build and fit nicely.
The redstone work was good, but i had no clue what the numbers were for the combination lock. So i had a peek and worked it out from your wiring. Sorry
Storyline was good, I enjoy making millions of diamonds from a push of a button. It was creative and clever
Definitely give this one a go. You won't regret it!
7.5/10
The map itself looked awesome. It was well build and fit nicely.
The redstone work was good, but i had no clue what the numbers were for the combination lock. So i had a peek and worked it out from your wiring. Sorry
Storyline was good, I enjoy making millions of diamonds from a push of a button. It was creative and clever
Definitely give this one a go. You won't regret it!
7.5/10
- Can you get to the diamond room? - by DeMuis
Spoiler
Not a bad map - however I did pick up a few things while playing through it.
Good news or the bad news?
Bad news it is.
1. I AM SUPERMAN: There is a bug with a popular modpack by Zombe. This causes you to jet up into the air and be invincible when you get in a bed. You must have slept in a bed at the spawn because when I played it, i took no damage whatsoever.
2. Apple picking with Steve: I noticed along the map that you gave the player at least 1500 apples (exaduration. But it was a lot). Which is more than a little excessive
3. Where am I? Where are my glasses?: In your element room, the earth room was a soul sand maze, and my god was it dark. Couldn't find anything in there, so i had to noclip just to see what there was in there. A single torch or glowstone would help a ton.
4. Fences! You shall not pass!: There was a room I came up to with a big fence 'cage'. I had no way of getting around it and there were no hidden doors anywhere. If i was supposed to burn it, you should have told me.
5. Not the gumdrop buttons!: There was a room I came across where as soon as you entered you had to hit the right button to stop the lava. There were way too many buttons and choosing the correct one would need Jesus to take the wheel. Perhaps give a clue as to which button it is.
Now the good stuff:
I really like the redstone work you put into this map. It was well made and not too hard either.
The parkour was easy and fun, Definatly something anyone would be able to do.
Storyline was great - I enjoyed becoming rich beyond my wildest dreams with the diamond in that room.
Overall, with overlooking the problems I faced, not a bad map. I enjoyed it.
7/10
Good news or the bad news?
Bad news it is.
1. I AM SUPERMAN: There is a bug with a popular modpack by Zombe. This causes you to jet up into the air and be invincible when you get in a bed. You must have slept in a bed at the spawn because when I played it, i took no damage whatsoever.
2. Apple picking with Steve: I noticed along the map that you gave the player at least 1500 apples (exaduration. But it was a lot). Which is more than a little excessive
3. Where am I? Where are my glasses?: In your element room, the earth room was a soul sand maze, and my god was it dark. Couldn't find anything in there, so i had to noclip just to see what there was in there. A single torch or glowstone would help a ton.
4. Fences! You shall not pass!: There was a room I came up to with a big fence 'cage'. I had no way of getting around it and there were no hidden doors anywhere. If i was supposed to burn it, you should have told me.
5. Not the gumdrop buttons!: There was a room I came across where as soon as you entered you had to hit the right button to stop the lava. There were way too many buttons and choosing the correct one would need Jesus to take the wheel. Perhaps give a clue as to which button it is.
Now the good stuff:
I really like the redstone work you put into this map. It was well made and not too hard either.
The parkour was easy and fun, Definatly something anyone would be able to do.
Storyline was great - I enjoyed becoming rich beyond my wildest dreams with the diamond in that room.
Overall, with overlooking the problems I faced, not a bad map. I enjoyed it.
7/10
**Please read the above review and let me know if you like this format, or the old format better. Thanks. -Drek.**
