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hercooles130uscg
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NOTE: ON HOLD
I am putting this review system on hold for a bit to prevent myself from getting burned out. I will chip away at what I have going, but will not be taking anymore. I have over 50 still waiting. Sorry for this. If anyone wishes to help me clear the list, check out this post here:
****UPDATE 05/22/2013****
A new rule was added. This concerns what quests I will review. In short, I will focus on underplayed or new content, and will skip content already doing well, as determined by a high number (several hundred or more) of reviews and plays. This is retroactive, so any quest I come up to that meets this criteria will be postponed and a PM sent to the Author. However, it will remain in my database for anyone wanting to review it (See the PLEASE HELP section for information). The main reason for this is that I have too many reviews pending that I will never get to them all. Secondly, the hardest part of making a quest , is getting it noticed. I hope to help in this area.
If your looking for information on how to get your quest reviewed, begin reading at the green font. Please make sure to read the rules at the end of the post.
Check out TavernUGC for more great reviews and Foundry tutorials. I will be posting my reviews there as well
PLEASE HELP, REVIEWERS WANTED!
If anyone want's to partner up and do in depth reviews on their own, let me know. I will give access to my database of submissions, so all you have to do is find one you want to do and run through it. I also have a template I use for my posts written up, but as long as you can give a detailed analysis, then you can use whatever format you want. Also, your opinion is your own and you don't need to worry about conforming to mine. I will also do the graphs for you, or share the excel file.
If you interested send me a PM. I will give read-only access to my database for you to do a review. The long term goal of this project is to get a semi-stable, solid group of reviewers, and have everything transferred to a dedicated website or blog.
As of 05/16/13 Here is current list of completed reviews. with 30 lined up up to be reviewed. Keep submitting them. I will get to them someday.
*Planescape - The Skeleton Key Campaign *The Crystal Relics Campaign *Galstaff Adventures Presents Campaign *The Shadowfell Incident Campaign
*Mind Games Campaign *Dungeons of Dread Campaign *The Tome of Akronem *The Ties That Bind
*Quests with no Campaign
Seeking determined and talented Authors!
Have a great new quest that no one is playing? Want some feedback? Want a fancy pants review written and posted to your UCG listing forum posting? Well look no further friend!
I, the one, the only, the moderately clinically insane Hercooles130uscg (@jedensuscg) wants to play your quest! What will I do? Simple, I will dedicated some time each week to just play submitted quests, do my PERSONAL OPINION based review workups (no favorites!) and then post these reviews both to your own forum listing, as well as a link to it from mine. There is possibly a blog involved at a later date, providing upper management(the voices in my head) authorize the project.
How do you take advantage of this FREE* offer? Simple. I have created a Google Form that you can fill out and automatically update my database. First come first serve! Simply fill it out as much as you can, as this help with organization on my part, especially if that crazy blog happens to be delivered from wherever baby blogs come from.
*Internet bandwidth charges might occur
To get started click the following link
<Link Redacted for the time being, sorry>
Your review even includes a GRAPH. That is right. A right and proper radar graph to give viewers a quick look at how I feel your quest is defined.
Ain't she a BEEEUUUTTY.
A FEW RULES:
Due to massive influx of requests, I am putting in a few rules to ease things up and help everyone.
On a more personal note. My time to run content each week is limited. Between Military life, working on my own Foundry projects, and just doing other things, I can not promise instant turn around. I will try for a three week maximum return, depending on amount of requests. For any changes that occur in this time, (such as feedback link, remove request, etc) just drop me a forum PM.
Disclaimer: All reviews are personal opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Cryptic, the Author, King Neverember, or the National Society of Gnomes. If you hate your review, no refunds will be given, however, I will redact the review from your UGC listing as a courtesy, though it might still appear elsewhere.
I am putting this review system on hold for a bit to prevent myself from getting burned out. I will chip away at what I have going, but will not be taking anymore. I have over 50 still waiting. Sorry for this. If anyone wishes to help me clear the list, check out this post here:
****UPDATE 05/22/2013****
A new rule was added. This concerns what quests I will review. In short, I will focus on underplayed or new content, and will skip content already doing well, as determined by a high number (several hundred or more) of reviews and plays. This is retroactive, so any quest I come up to that meets this criteria will be postponed and a PM sent to the Author. However, it will remain in my database for anyone wanting to review it (See the PLEASE HELP section for information). The main reason for this is that I have too many reviews pending that I will never get to them all. Secondly, the hardest part of making a quest , is getting it noticed. I hope to help in this area.
If your looking for information on how to get your quest reviewed, begin reading at the green font. Please make sure to read the rules at the end of the post.
Check out TavernUGC for more great reviews and Foundry tutorials. I will be posting my reviews there as well
PLEASE HELP, REVIEWERS WANTED!
If anyone want's to partner up and do in depth reviews on their own, let me know. I will give access to my database of submissions, so all you have to do is find one you want to do and run through it. I also have a template I use for my posts written up, but as long as you can give a detailed analysis, then you can use whatever format you want. Also, your opinion is your own and you don't need to worry about conforming to mine. I will also do the graphs for you, or share the excel file.
If you interested send me a PM. I will give read-only access to my database for you to do a review. The long term goal of this project is to get a semi-stable, solid group of reviewers, and have everything transferred to a dedicated website or blog.
As of 05/16/13 Here is current list of completed reviews. with 30 lined up up to be reviewed. Keep submitting them. I will get to them someday.
*Planescape - The Skeleton Key Campaign *The Crystal Relics Campaign *Galstaff Adventures Presents Campaign *The Shadowfell Incident Campaign
*Mind Games Campaign *Dungeons of Dread Campaign *The Tome of Akronem *The Ties That Bind
*Quests with no Campaign
Seeking determined and talented Authors!
Have a great new quest that no one is playing? Want some feedback? Want a fancy pants review written and posted to your UCG listing forum posting? Well look no further friend!
I, the one, the only, the moderately clinically insane Hercooles130uscg (@jedensuscg) wants to play your quest! What will I do? Simple, I will dedicated some time each week to just play submitted quests, do my PERSONAL OPINION based review workups (no favorites!) and then post these reviews both to your own forum listing, as well as a link to it from mine. There is possibly a blog involved at a later date, providing upper management(the voices in my head) authorize the project.
How do you take advantage of this FREE* offer? Simple. I have created a Google Form that you can fill out and automatically update my database. First come first serve! Simply fill it out as much as you can, as this help with organization on my part, especially if that crazy blog happens to be delivered from wherever baby blogs come from.
*Internet bandwidth charges might occur
To get started click the following link
<Link Redacted for the time being, sorry>
Your review even includes a GRAPH. That is right. A right and proper radar graph to give viewers a quick look at how I feel your quest is defined.
Ain't she a BEEEUUUTTY.
A FEW RULES:
Due to massive influx of requests, I am putting in a few rules to ease things up and help everyone.
- Only submit one quest for review. If it is the second or third quest in a campaign, note that you want me to play the previous quests, however, I will only due a full review on the quest you submitted (but will include references to previous quests where needed for clarity)
- Only submit COMPLETED works. My reviews are as much to help players and authors. Your review may end up on external sites (such as TavernUGC.com) as well as your feedback post. Players looking for a quest are more interested in complete quests. This does not mean your quest can't have some areas that need polish. But essentially, only submit a quest if you feel that it is at least 90% complete in both design and polish.
- Only new or underplayed content will be reviewed unless the list is clear. This means any quest that has several hundred votes already will be skipped, in order to focus on getting new Authors or Quests out there.
On a more personal note. My time to run content each week is limited. Between Military life, working on my own Foundry projects, and just doing other things, I can not promise instant turn around. I will try for a three week maximum return, depending on amount of requests. For any changes that occur in this time, (such as feedback link, remove request, etc) just drop me a forum PM.
Disclaimer: All reviews are personal opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Cryptic, the Author, King Neverember, or the National Society of Gnomes. If you hate your review, no refunds will be given, however, I will redact the review from your UGC listing as a courtesy, though it might still appear elsewhere.
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Quest: Planescape - The Skeleton Key Prologue
Campaign: Planescape - The Skeleton Key
Author:@Drakedge2
View it on the official forum listing for this campaign here
Himmelville - Are you easily frightened?
Click Here
On one side of the mountain, there were bones...
Would would giving the form a shot as well?
Done. It is crazy people like you that give me faith in humanity.
Himmelville - Are you easily frightened?
Click Here
On one side of the mountain, there were bones...
Quest: A disturbance in the Forest
Campaign: The Crystal Relics Part 1
Author: @agentjaspor
One Line review:A balanced quest that will appeal to the majority of players and that's greater than the sum of it’s parts. Recommended for most players with limited time or not ready to jump into a novel.
Click here for full review
Thunderspanker your next in queue.
Quest: Himmelville
Campaign: Galstaff Adventures Presents: Part 1
Author: @Thunderspank
In one paragraph: A well designed quest with a light but good original story, varied combat, and one of the best environment and visual designs I have seen in the Foundry. definitely sets up future quests in the Campaign well!
Read the full review on the Authors UGC post here.
Next up for review is @Nyghoma's "Gloomlight: Beneath the Veil"
I have submitted my request and depending on your review, who knows? I might get a few more plays for my quest haha
Thanks anyway
Ya the google form makes it nice, as I have all the information backed up in a spreadsheet. I also use another form I fill out before I review, that keeps track of all the scores I assign, thoughts and stuff. I want to transfer it all to Access for easier manipulation, and to help filling out the actual review easier (integrating word and access/exel) so it fills it what I need faster. But its all just time saving stuff that I will procrastinate for ever on and never do, tomorrow right? Just a heads up though, there are about 6 guys ahead of you, so it could take a week or so. Don't have a lot of time, but it will get done. Since I can never decide what Foundry quests I want to play, I use this to direct where I go, so sooner or later I will get there, lol.
Thank you.
Website Dedicated to Foundry Tutorials: www.NWUGC.com Twitter: @NWUGC
Gold or Bones!!
Himmelville - Are you easily frightened?
Click Here
On one side of the mountain, there were bones...
Every time they idiot-proof something...they make better idiots.
Thank you for doing this! I really appreciate the idea. (Although in my opinion, the game should offer an incentive for people to play and review new and more unknown missions itself)
Quest: Gloomlight: Beneath the Veil
Author: @Nyghoma
In one paragraph: A long quest worthy of the coveted FEATURED title. Lots of original story, challenging and intense combat and exceptional level design, which is hampered by a much needed grammar and context spelling pass.
Read the full review on the Authors UGC post here.
@Njgreen123456.
Very kind works. Thanks!
My grammar is horrible. It's even worse when I can't see it for myself, lol.
Yes Ilmateur's was intentional for D&D lore, also the Vasharans and Zuggtmoy, which is a bit more obscure of references, that you might have missed
All maps were custom built from scratch, no prefabs.
There were also 2 side quests in the quest which are easy to pass up.
As for the last encounter, I just added 2 friendly npc mobs that will appear and help you fight if you die and rez, by the spawn point.
The story ended abruptly b/c it was in a crunch for time. And dupe maps broke for me. In addition, I was getting complains about quest length. Gloomlight is planned for a 3 part campaign. When I hit 60, I'll be starting to work on part two.
I hope that helps.:cool:
Every time they idiot-proof something...they make better idiots.
Heh, my grammar is horrible too, which is why I did not really hit you to hard on that in terms of the rating. I know some people that will just dump a quest if they see bad grammar or spelling. I caught sight of the one quest to find something for the Sister, but never found the item. Must of missed the second quest, unless it was involved with the illusion asking for help.
This is why I like to post the reviews on peoples own UGC posts, so they can rebuttal. All in all it was a great quest. I guess an idea for the end without making a new map is to have the Father meet you in the sewers, maybe the guy you freed brought him down for helping him.
They have community achievments for doing other peoples quest. I always do at least one a day before work. Hercooles is doing an amazing thing here and I love it.
Her missing bag was in one of the tents in the market place. The second side quest did revolve around the illusion. The quest giver was a goblin assistant in the apothecary's house.
Without revealing too much for part II, Father Urihm took a trip over to the farming community of Whisperwood on "parish business" (as in the Brother Andrel text). Part II of the campaign involves collecting your reward from him and all the madness that ensues due to it. But ultimately I agree, the quest ends too abruptly.
Every time they idiot-proof something...they make better idiots.
Anyhow, I forgot to add this to my notes field on the submission, however I do recommend you pick up at least one other player when you do mine. It's not exactly a friendly environment.
Can't wait to see what you think.
Death of a Guardsmen by @Njgreen123456
In one paragraph: A challenging combat heavy quest that sharply turns into a more story driven experience midway through. Better still then over half of the content in the Foundry, though not top notch.
March of the Destroyer by @zaphtastic
In one paragraph: A quick story driven quest that will not suck up your time or patience.Does a good job at setting up future quests in the campaign. In essence this quest feels like it is PART of a campaign, and not the campaign itself.
Up next is parts 1 and 2 of the Dungeons of Dread campaign by @chilki1179
If your interested in doing some detailed reviews, read the update on the first page. Also, feel free to play through my quest A Birthday Affair, search for @jedensucg or click my signature for my feedback page.
Author: @BardicKnowledge
Q1: Prologue - The Lady and the Worm NW-DPQPJSVTH
Tags: #Challenge, #Story, #Solo, #Group
Got a pretty long list right now. About 25 awaiting review. If you could fill out the form and add it to the database it will be easier for me to track in the long run. But it could about 2 weeks before I can get to it, work and life keep getting in the way. In fact the only play time I get in Neverwinter is when I run a quest for review. Have not played any official content for several levels now.
Labyrinth of Lunacy by @chilki1179
Part 2 of the Dungeons of Dread Campaign
In one paragraph: A story driven quest that is light on reading, balanced on combat and a load of fun. A playthrough of the first quest IS A MUST however for maximum enjoyment.
This Campaign if on of my favorites so far. If you like the review of Labyrinth of Lunacy, check out the first quest in the Campaign called Crypts of Carnage first, or you will ruin the experience.
Up next for review is:
The Tome of Akronem by @staalkbh
A two part request that I will try to combine into one review.
Current quests awaiting review is 27! If you wish to help out, check out the UPDATE on the first post of this thread.