Hey everyone!

Theres been a noticeable spike in mapmaking activity lately, with the majority of them being pretty good, which Im very pleased to see. With this amount of new maps flowing in, itll be quite the challenge to pick one to highlight among them all. Well cross that bridge next week, though.

Keeping up his winning streak, Tahazzar comes at us with this weeks Map of the Week, Heads On Prices.


We start off at the docks with a Silenced 9mm Pistol, and as the limited ammunition and stage title Silent As A Candle would suggest, this ones all about stealth. You need to make your way to the end of the stage, using ammunition as sparingly as possible theres many more enemies than you have bullets. Sneaking past them and proceeding to the left will allow us to progress.


The next stage is the main meat of the level a long apartment complex packed to the brim with zombies. Your main task is to eliminate Shamblers who are carrying keycards, but theres a catch. The building is filled with dozens of Shambler heads, and only a few of them are actually linked to corresponding bodies. The right heads are indicated by some particular things around them, so keep an eye socket out. There are some spare silenced pistols hanging on the walls, whichll serve you well to avoid alerting every enemy in the house.

Repaint the apartment bloody red, collect all the keycards, and youre free to finish the level.


What I liked about this level is something that I see surprisingly rarely for a game like DEADBOLT an emphasis on stealth. Not as an optional approach, but as the only real way of playing the level effectively, further supported by the dimmed lights and silenced weapons. Also, the fact that this level got away with packing more than three enemies into a single spot while still remaining perfectly playable deserves some praise.
Play it now!