Mansion

Wow what a fast download

Anyways..suppose Ill review what I played

+Atmosphere -- Seemed dark and night time and spookey
+AI was decent, made me conserv ammo and such
+Its simple yet fun
-Got to the pit and died in a buggy'ish way (B&W and slow)

+/- Arcitecture seemed square in parts yet good in others

Overall I liked it though

Well I cant really say that that last one counts...being on the old version...but my score stands

First off a map can't be "laggy" what you think is lag is actually low frames per second, or FPS. I can't stand when people think that is lag. Anyway you need to learn how to optimize when you map. Optimizing makes the FPS better and makes the map run smoother. Don't intersect brushes, don't makes things go off the grid. (vertex manipulation) Make func_details. Before creating your next map I suggest you read some articles on optimization. There is nothing sadder when you create a good map and can't play it because of the low FPS. Okay enough of that, on to the review.

The architecture was way to square and didn't really make sense.

The interior didn't make sense either, there was just 1 linear path to go. Put some doors on the wall to make it look like there are multiple rooms.

The ground was to flat. Add some "displacements" to make the ground more realistic.

Read some tutorials on how to 3D skybox so you can make the scenery outside the map look realistic.

For a first map it is pretty good, but make sure to read on optimization!

Thats what I meant by "Fixed it up" I read a few articles on optimizing and then the frame rate was fine.

Trust me, if it was like it was before you wouldn't be playing it.

Wish I could look at it...someday I'll have source installed

Lag:

1. To fail to keep up a pace; straggle.
2. To proceed or develop with comparative slowness: "The electric current lags behind the voltage."

Lag doesn't just mean "Internet Connectivity Latency" That is a common misconception. I can't stand it when people try to outsmart others for no reason. (Im guilty =D)

You know Gunter, Just for you, I will look at this when I get a chance.. I love spooky stuff.

Yeah...lag....people just relate the two because they are so similar, when you lag your game slows down...when your fps drops below 15 your game slows down

After I closed music and hammer it ran fine

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Uh, what?

+interest concept with the beginning and pit
+/+- slow mo but it didn't trigger right and just got me killed

-lacking in detail (e.g. that room with the single combine)
-snipers...cool it a little?
-can't see, it is to dark in tunnels/pit area
-water wasn't appearing

+/- perhaps a few to many combine ehh?
+/- those little round blue electric things that roll after you are annoy since they follow you so long. Gavity gun or a easy place to push them into would help
+/- that area with the strider look interesting, how come I couldn't get there?
+/- the suprise traps were... suprising and deadly.

You should be able to get into the area with the strider...

Well, after the slow-mo section you go through the tunnel in the side of the room. After that you swim through the sewer tunnel and kill the zombie thats underwater. The rest is pretty easy to figure out.

I think this deserves a 2/5. No offense :P.

Why? well....

Architecture gets a 4/5, pretty well-done. But the outside architecture it a bit blocky. I would give it a 5/5 if you put in some land in the background with a skybox cam.

Gameplay gets a 2/5 because theres no plot? Also the no water showing up gets on my nerves :P. The part where there is combine rollermines and you not having a gravity gun is kinda annoying. The worst part was it was TOO dark, having to almost always have a flashlight, and it was really annoying going down a tunnel with combine rollermines chasing you and fast zombies in front of you. There was too many combines and combine snipers in the beginning also, having only the shotgun and crowbar too. The only real kool thing to this was that scene where the part of the building falls and a headcrab cannister comes out through the ceiling crashing into the ground o.0 all while in slo-mo and a gray screen.

Proffessionalism (world entity placement, and overall bugs in the maps) gets a 3/5, it would get a 4/5 if the water worked, then a 5/5 if the gray went off after the scene with the headcrab cannister. Having gray throughout the rest of the level is annoying.

Gameplay and having no bugs and wrong things (proffessionalism in my words) are the most important things in maps. So overall, pretty much a 2.

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