User blog comment:Jimi56/Top 5 about Shadows of Evil/@comment-1263839-20151129035727

Yes, glad to see somebody talk about the perks on this map. Besides Widow's Wine being excellent (apart from when you want to keep crawlers), I adore the fact that this map makes you choose your perks because most are necessary. Even Stamin-Up is necessary to some extent where it definitely wasn't in map's past.

I don't see what's so bad about the rituals. Unless you're playing with random people and therefore will be in the middle of a round while doing them, they're quite easy.

I personally love Shadows of Evil. It's Mob of the Dead + Origins, with improvements here and there. Sure, I have my nit picks with it, but it's a solid, very meaty map that both provides survival challenge and keeps me occupied. It's the best of both worlds and definitely one of my favourite Zombies maps. I don't know what the DLC has in store, but it's gonna be hard topping Shadows of Evil for best Black Ops III map (unlike Kino and Green Run, which were surpassed instantly IMO).