Ruma.

Ruma surprisingly landed as one of the Top 100 wads of all time, which, judging from just playing the wad itself, is quite surprising considering how short and actually uninteresting the whole wad is. compared to Espi's more notable wads, such as Back To Basics, Suspended in Dusk, and even Laitos, which was released in the exact same year, Ruma doesn't offer much. the combat is pretty tough overall as you might expect, and it's sort of a mini-challenge with what's given, a shell-centric level in other words. but it's full of brown especially in the open field which is easy to maneuver around in and the side areas don't offer a whole lot. all Ruma is remembered for is that one bridge and that's about it. it's an average level at the very worst and at the very best.

Doesn't really stand out that much, apart from the nice-looking rope bridge, but it's still a solid level.

how about you guys play this the way it was intended to be played instead of using shitty gameplay mods that will always be unbalanced because they were never tested with every wad?

next to impossible with PB the enemies we're either too OP or too many... or both gets 3/5

It's not overly detailed, but has some nice ideas. (Especially a really nice suspension bridge caught my attention.) The fights are enjoyable, too, though not too challenging. Maybe with some more effort into layout and detailing, and making the map larger, this wad would be a really convincing work. As is now, it's too superficial and too short. 3/5

Hey, this map is cool! Actually, I like it more than his Suspended In Dusk episode. Good design, good gameplay... Just download it and play, stop reading this shit! :-P 4/5 - Demonologist

short level but was too fucking hard with AEOD. I did not have enough ammo most of time but i managed to find a way to survive. still gets 3/5 stars

Fun short level. 5/5

This map sucks. 8/21/07

Not one of Espi's best, but still very good. **** -sargebaldy

nice looking and fun 4/5 - PerOxyd

Nice stuff. I really want to make something like this now. ~Ninja_of_DooM

You'll love it.

Good... GOOD! the bridge is very nice. Anyways, "RUMA" means UGLY in Finnish ;) but I think that wad is not -ruma- that way.

Pretty cool level. The new sky texture was nice too. I wish it was a little longer and there weren't as many revenants.

It's ok, I'm not too big on that brown theme with very little color variety and there is a "block monsters" line near the lift that lets you easily kill everyone from a safe spot.

It's awesome and you should play it now.

If it's short, that's not a bad thing. If it's not overly detailed, that's not a bad thing either. In fact, I love Espi's use of detail. He doesn't embellish and as a result his levels look really nice. So, ya got any other lame complaints?? 5/5

Yeah baby!

more details to increase the atmosphere would have been good, it's a great map 4.5(5)/5

For a horrible moment I thought this was a very early Ruba map. But no. It's from May 2002 and it's a solidly violent techbase in the mountains, with 130 baddies. The gameplay is structured so that there are two setpiece battles in a central canyon. It's not too demanding (you have lots of rockets) but it's fun. The design is classic-style and as the other reviews point out there's a nice rope bridge, which leads to a secret you don't really need.

frustrating and to short. 2 stars seems perfect for this level.