Area 491 - GrandmasterJ

 


    The map description simply reads "The average sven player cannot beat this." The map is a room with a box and a button, what mysteries does this map hold?

SCMapDB page

Author: GAMESABA

Date of final release: 2008

Maps in package: 1

Map review of Area 491

(originally posted on SCMapDB)

by GrandmasterJ | June 5, 2022 | 1591 characters

    This is a Japanese troll map consisting of a big room with a button on one wall and a box in a corner. There is some stuff on the wall but that's all texture, none of it does anything. Running to the button will trigger an explosion that will kill you instantly and a message in Japanese (romanji) that my teammate is hard at work Google translating as I write this. It means something like "hey pretty good, it takes guts" if Google translate is any good.

    The secret to beating the map is destroying the box, which has a ton of health, and that will stop the explosions. When the explosions are off you can run up and press the button, which will show the text "491 otukare sama desu!" which I will not Google translate, and end the map.

    Overall, it took about three minutes to beat this map. Now I will admit that I cheated, no way was I going to crowbar that box to death, so I gave myself all weapons and egon gunned it down instead. It took an additional hundred SAW bullets as well. This map is definitely not made to be good or fun.

Pros:

  • The gimmick is easy enough to get
  • that explosion was pretty fun to jump into

Cons:

  • the gimmick is breaking a box with very high health using just a crowbar and 17 rounds in the pistol
  • the map is just a box with two things in it, nothing else
  • nothing about this map is all that fun and it is not supposed to be

Score: 3.5 / 10

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