Whispers Of Winter is a solid and enjoyable Custom Map, overall.

However, there’s not too much about it that really stood out, other than the very early Tanks we got on Chapters 1 and 2 (both fights with Tier 1 weapons only), a Moderate Gauntlet to a boat at the end of Chapter 4, and Chapter 3’s labyrinthine Hard Gauntlet event; where you had to backtrack through a warehouse to complete several objectives (fortunately there’s lots of Bile Bombs and explosives of various types spread around to make it more manageable) (note that on subsequent playthroughs, you could probably cheese this event by having people wait at the red generator and the button, respectively).

This map also has one custom melee weapon, a sledgehammer, which is nigh-omnipresent.

Some of the large wide open areas (especially on Chapter 3) were notably very sparse in terms of Infected and props, which made swathes of this map feel more or less empty (a Witch out in the middle of a wide-open field was amusing to see).

The Special Infected (especially on Chapter 2) and even the Tanks also had pathing issues on several parts of this campaign (notably a Tank got stuck on the lip of a breakable wall of the house during the Finale, making it an easy and quick kill).

With the Special Infected Nextbots getting stuck, expect the Survivor Bots to also have pathing issues on Whispers Of Winter.

The Finale area is notably not very pretty, with the river terminating at a 90-degree waterfall, the snow-covered trees being copy-pasted to create an unrealistic-looking forest behind the house and lighthouse, and the lighthouse being pretty clearly stitched together (with not much polish done on blending the vertices).

The Finale itself was a pretty easy Defend-Tank-Defend-Double Tank.

We held inside and on top of the lighthouse close to the weapons and ammo, and had no issues until the surprise Double Tanks; which got some lucky rock snipes. Nevertheless, we defeated the Tanks, got everyone up, and made it to the escape helicopter over the waterfall, no problem.

Also keep in mind that the house on the Finale has a death ledge outside of the hole in the attic, trying to walk/stand on the outside of it will result in you sliding off and being Downed instantly (just like on ‘Back To School’, where this house asset is also used).

Whispers of Winter is fairly generous on supplies overall, and notably includes several guaranteed Laser Sights pickups.

Whispers Of Winter also has a Gnome secret. You can find the Gnome in the mall and then have to bring it somewhere later.


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