[34/40] Oil Rig T4M - "Unbelivable Detail!"

[The_Reaper]

Map: Oil Rig T4m/B03 update

Made by: steviewonder87

Setting:

You're on an Oil Rig from the MW2 campaign mission ''The Only Easy Day... Was Yesterday''. You look around yourself and there's just water and the continuation of the Oil Rig above you. Quickly you grab and gun and start to explore all of the wonders of this beautiful map.

Positives:

This map is a re-imagining of the MW2 SP mission ''The Only Easy Day... Was Yesterday'' , and oh boy, it's pretty epic! I can say without a doubt that this is one of my favorite maps, if not the favorite. The level of detail is amazing for a game that has been made in 2008! I do remember this mission from the MW2 campaign and it was pretty good, but honestly, this map is better than that! Also note to self, this is an updated version of the original Oil Rig and therefor you will need to have T4M installed to run this map.

Let's start off with the guns first. The ammount of guns in this map is incredible! There are guns from BO2, Ghosts, Titanfall, AW, BO3 and more! The level of detail on each of the guns is amazing! They have made great textures, great shading as well as great animations and gun sounds for each weapon. What is even better is the Pack-a-Punched variant! They actually used different kinds of optics for those weapons, for example the PaP'd M27-IAR (aka the Mystifier) has a titanfall optic! And the camo is also one-of-a-kind , it's kinda like a blue/purlish animated camo, every time I look at my gun it feels like I'm looking in the universe.

There are also easter eggs and buildables on this map. There's an easter egg for the Venom-X from Ghosts , and that gun has really been buffed , and could be considered op. There's also a main easter egg that feels like a Treyarch easter egg , and if you complete it , not only will you get all of the perks permanently (like on Moon) , but you will also get a cutscene! The buildables are also pretty neat, there's a buildable sliquifier , a blundergat conversion kit and I believe there's also something else, can't remember though unfortunately.

There are quite a few perks, unfortunately you can only buy 4 of them, but that's pretty much makes the map a good challenge and it balances it out, I like it. A new perk has been added that has can be seen in Industrial Estate , Ammo-o-Matic, this perk is a must have if you want to go to high rounds, since you will get ammo for your guns for each kill, best to use for 1 shot kill weapons.

Currently, there are 3 bosses on this map, there's the Panzer Soldat, a minigun Juggernaut, and a normal Juggernaut. The Juggernauts have already been in Industrial Estate, and the addition of the Panzer is also great.

There has been some balancing and some buffing of certain weapons. For example, the Ray Gun Mark II PaP'd can kill a Panzer in 2 burst on round 30 and it can kill a Juggernaut in 1 burst on round 30, therefor they made it very rare, and can be only obtained when the box has moved at least 2 times. There also has been some buffing of the original Ray Gun, and it's damage has been boosted.

A new version of the Nova Crawler has been added , the Kamikaze Nova, he will explode and kill himself (and he will kill you too lol) , other than that there are also an EMP Nova and a normal Nova.

Trophies are something new added to custom zombies , there are currently around 10 trophies avaiable that you will obtain by doing different tasks , for example kill the Panzer without jugg, or Kill a Juggernaut with the Deathmachine. Pretty neat in those regards.

Negatives:

As far as the detail, and the gameplay goes, the map is almost perfect! But there are some minor bugs such and the No-Wall-Glitch that happens when you stand on a certain part of the map and look down.

Also I'm not sure if it's common for other people, but I've experienced a few crashes, when I try to take a screenshot or when I just simply try to look something up on the steam alt + shift browser. If you're playing this map for the first time make sure to put Corpse count to Tiny in your graphical settings or you will run a risk of getting a G-Spawn error.

The other thing I've noticed is, if you make a crawler and he's around 10 metres away from you , he will respawn, and he's going to run for you.

Generally, the zombies are really fast, they run faster than you can walk, so make sure to sprint most of the time.

One thing I've noticed is that LMGs have gotten a big nerf in run speed, do never run circles with an LMG otherwise you will die, always find a camp spot if you want to use LMGs.

Conclusion:

This is a very great map, it plays well and it's almost flawless, but what ruins your gaming experience are the crashes. It's a challenging map and it's a lot of fun either with friends or solo. I recommend this map to everyone who wants a challenge in zombies.

Level of Detail: 9/10
Custom content: 9/10
Fun Factor: 8/10
Replayability:8/10

OVERALL SCORE: 34/40

Download link:

http://ugx-mods.com/forum/index.php/topic,9134.0.html

[Logan]

Your review has convinced me to try out this map. Very well written! I'll give it a good playthrough and then I'll come back and voice my opinions about it as well. Keep up the good work!

[The_Reaper]

Originally posted by PvtLoganator:

Your review has convinced me to try out this map. Very well written! I'll give it a good playthrough and then I'll come back and voice my opinions about it as well. Keep up the good work!

Thanks man!
If you want to know a good place to train zombies, go where PHD Flopper is , that's the best place!

[Xperience]

Man, like Pvt said, extremely well written, Reaper! I also agree with your review. I admit, when I first heard about Oil Rig I had thought it was overhyped. I know stevie is a great mapper, but I figured people were just saying that to get on his good side. I now know why everyone wants to play this map. Man I need to check out the Venom-X and these camos. Like I said before, great job man, and keep up the sweet work!

[The_Reaper]

Thanks! I try my best to make these reviews, glad you guys liked it

[BattyBlu]

Live Pvt and Sam said, Great review! I tried this map a couple weeks ago and I couldn't get very far without the game crashing. The detail is fantastic like you said and I did enjoy the map besides the crashes.

[The_Reaper]

Originally posted by Zanee:

Live Pvt and Sam said, Great review! I tried this map a couple weeks ago and I couldn't get very far without the game crashing. The detail is fantastic like you said and I did enjoy the map besides the crashes.

Thanks! Here's some things that I found, that might crash your game:
- using the steam browser
- going to your desktop while the game is still running
- making screenshots