Bad Training - Dunkelschwamm

  


    The map is called 'Bad Training' but I'm not sure what the map is training me for, perhaps because there are some targets in the map? Both the author and release date are unknown so the mystery is likely to remain unsolved.

SCMapDB page

Author: Unknown

Date of final release: Unknown

Maps in package: 1

Map review of Bad Training

(originally posted on SCMapDB)

by dunkelschwamm | September 17, 2022 | 1879 characters

    Bad Training is a very short walkthrough map for Sven Co-op. It is not very competently made, but that's not to say it's a bad map. Let's explain.

    Now, I have to admit up front, this is an ugly map. This map doesn't look good. It is very function over form, but there are many functionless choices- from the strange choices of textures to the easily climbed walls to the robogrunts who attack right out of spawn. Everything here is a questionable choice that detracts from the overall map.

    However, there's something fun at play here that's brute-forced into the experience via heavy armaments given to players, heavy opposition to chew on with those weapons, and a fucky map to crawl around on to attack the enemies our own way. Despite the bad first impressions, by the time the map was very briefly over, I had grown quite fond of sniping robogrunts, or luring them backwards into a grenade killzone, or bringing enemies to fight the Kingpin who we couldn't throw any useful attacks at until we found the weapons after defeating him.

    It's fun. It's a fun map that I think ends far too soon. If you have a map rotation with really dumb short fun maps, this is a must. I think this would be a fun map to replay in singleplayer now that I'm thinking about it.

Pros:

  • Fun, action-packed combat for basically the whole map
  • The bit with the turrets and the robogrunts in particular was a lot of fun
  • The weapon selection is great
  • Being able to break the level is fun

Cons:

  • Being able to break the level is probably a problem, despite being fun
  • Being attacked at spawn is a poor opening
  • The map looks as beginnery as a map can look
  • Entirely too short.

Score: 6 / 10

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