I've played the first map and it's pretty good. I'll state my thoughts on the various aspects of the map -
SPOILERS for those haven't played it yet:
Good stuff:
+ The story was interesting and well written.
+ Dialogue was also good and the timing of the transmissions was appropriate.
+ Gameplay was interesting and unique, being given control of a large amount of Zealots. Objectives were clear enough and the beacons were easy to find.
+ The battles between the Zerg broods were enjoyable and gave a good feel of the despairing situation on Aiur.
+ Difficulty was on the right spot: it grew more difficult later on as I kept losing troops, but overall it's perfectly balanced imo. I only had a few Zealots in the last few moments before capturing the Fleet Beacon and my base was under attack by Mutalisks, but I didn't need to load the game once. With a few more mistakes, it'd have been much harder for me.
+ The map was very straightforward and tactical.
Bad stuff:
- The terrain lacked detail. More doodads and different layers would be good.
- No ambience at all, other than the cinematics showing the battles: few sound effects, no custom music and, as I mentioned above, terrain was less than immersive.
- Although the mission objectives were clear, they should be displayed on screen as well. Also, as someone said, point out that we can't build air defenses.
- A few grammar mistakes, like "perimiter" and "Auir".
Overall:
The map is pretty good and the campaign has a lot of potential if the following maps keep up with it. I find custom music to be vital for a good map - it does much toward setting the mood, so it should feature some of it IMO. I have a reasonably big library of sfx and music here, so if you're interested, PM me.
Going to play the rest later today or tomorrow.
On the other hand, you can take the initial base and supplement it with Vicerators from the blue base.
