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Not for the claustrophobic, this set of maps manage to work well despite how small they are. Each map plays very well with the only hang up for me being map13. The difficulty definitely increases throughout the WAD but still remains fair. I recommend this to anyone who wants to play a good yet short series of maps.

Doom 1 with challenging but fluent action is always something that's difficult to achieve. There are some moments here that are too aggressive in mauling you with pain and death, but in overall the WAD is excellent with visuals barely, but still, surpassing the vanilla E2. Despite some use of high HP enemies there's always either enough ammo to kill them, or enough of space to skip or postpone the fight.   The last map, though, is something really, really stupid, as felgro has already stated. It seems it was supposed to be extra-hard, but actually it just makes your left hand twitch into a gesture that can press ALT+F4, and then you press ALT+F4.

Expect the same that is in the vanilla Episode 1. A large portion of abstract base levels with some nukage, many optional sections, gameplay that doesn't involve post-shareware monsters and not very high difficulty level. This is some good, light-hearted play good for a slow morning or for an evening with a nice glass of beer. The action doesn't stall and the level layouts are interesting. Pretty good.

This one took me about 30 minutes. There's a frantic start - hunting for ammo and only killing certain monsters to preserve ammo. Things calm down a bit once you get some more ammo and progress further into the map, but there's a very nasty trap about halfway through when picking up a certain weapon. You'll see it coming from a mile away, but it's still very tough thanks to an arch-vile among a huge crowd of enemies, and is a true challenge for your limited ammo supplies. Thankfully, there is a hidden berserk pack I would recommend seeking out, as I think a 100% clear will require some punching to achieve.   The map looks good. Nothing outstanding, but the texture choices are good. The music choice was a little strange given the map's theme though. I recommend it if you're looking for a somewhat challenging 30-40 minute map.

An open and dynamic E1M7 styled map, with a nice effect on the nukage to add. One criticism is the lack of health items as there is next to none the entire time, although not necessarily a bad thing if you play carefully. Otherwise, a fun solid map for those who are fond of E1M7 or just Knee-Deep in the Dead as a whole.