They are not so bad, but the previous ones were indeed better.
Hmmm, I will point out the differences I notice between the two versions, so that perhaps you can understand what has gone wrong:
- The general mountain shape: you went with much more smooth slopes before, now they are semi-regular triangles. Perhaps you should make mountains larger, raising the sloped with a more morbid line.
- Lack of graduality: you had smaller mountains/hills in the previous section, here there's too much contrast between plains and mountain.
- Density: you had a greater body of mountains, not just a line, and this improved the overall effect, I think.
- Highlights: you had more highlights in the previous version. Though the technique is the same, there's less white, thus less tridimensional effect.

Hope this helps!

On the other hand, landmass and border are great. I love the writings and the title of the map!