The Mansion 1408

[ApeCake]

Well, here's my review on it.

Goddamn. That was a solid piece of fine work. The environment was great and the walls were greatly put together (gotta love carpets, great idea to use them, they really helped with setting the mood). And the sound design & music was goddamn unbelievable. Damn that was a blast playing with headphones on. Also the idea of a small house, unlocking every door every so often, but still playing through the same rooms was a genius idea. It really felt like every time I returned to the bed the whole house was different. The story was good and the voice acting was about as amazing as it can get. Also the environment felt very original. The only thing that leaves a bitter taste in my mouth is the ending.
Spoilers ahead (my opinion on the ending).

Spoiler below!

I chose to offer myself and rescue my son, but by the time I got all four books turned on the environment began to bore me a bit. Also it was a bit frustrating using the hammer first on the broken book, at first I thought that was the only item you need. Then I went upstairs after the great voice actor told me that I was doomed. So I went -slowly - to the dinner room when the monster came up. Usually I'm scared of them, but I didn't felt any sort of fear when encountering him. It's probably because I expected this and hoped it wouldn't happen because it would make a bad ending. So I kept looking at the brute for a few seconds and then it turned to me, to which I responded by running at him; promptly turning the screen black, and popping a text up; "You did not escape the house."
So I thought, no biggie, I'll try again. But that was it. Still good to have a "one-life" system in these kind of maps, don't get me wrong. But I just expected a... grand finale. This ending dissapointed me.

I'd rate it a 9/10. (I'm a bit of a critic so that's a very nice rating indeed!)

One of the best maps I've ever played. Everything was just so perfect (except the ending). Oh god, it just makes me want to dance to think that there are mapcreators out there who can just create a map this amazing.
Anyways, an absolute amazing map, and I recommend everyone to play it this instant!