PHOBOS: ANOMALY REBORN

 

stunning visuals but the gameplay is atrocious

 

I'm here to play doom and have fun not to see some visuals that.

 

-JuanchoES

 

stunning visuals but the gameplay is atrocious

 

I'm here to play doom and have fun not to see some visuals that.

 

-JuanchoES

Visually outstanding mapset where what really shine here are all the various Boom special effects, tricks and the faux 3D stuff. On the other hand all of these cool things were made by sacrificing the gameplay which it's really lacking most of the time. For this reason the first levels aren't very compelling but the episode gets better as you approach the final part in the subterranean hell where the atmosphere is truly captivating.

It is detailed, but too much... Seriously... It's bad for gameplay.

Exellent new detailed version of Episode 1

Stunning visuals, even for Boom (no overdetailing). But yeah, sometimes gameplay is kinda boring, expecially after I beaten prcp.wad. Anyway this wad is worth to play. (3/5)

Incredible level design.

Absolute mintness

I like how the levels actually represent what they're supposed to be.

OMG, why do I start with 55 health everytime I play this wad? I need this ported to Doom 2 and that's my only problem. One of the greatest Doom maps, man I hear about this alot. I will still give it 5/5 stars though. Rating: 5.0/5.0

The precursor to KDiZD. Except better. Not as good as the original Knee-Deep but than again what is? 4/5

This is the real "knee-deep in zdoom" or it should rather be called knee-deep in boom or MBF. This is the real reimagining of Doom's first episode, and it is actually fun to play.

This has got to be the best episode replacement since KDiZD!

Really good. Doesn't play quite as well as Caverns of Darkness but looks even better, and it's still a fun game anyways.

this is the best levels so far nice train and i like the caves e1m5-e1m7 are da best!!! :)

A motherfucking masterpiece.

yeh this map set is pretty visual i like the ideas behind some the new map textures and i would play a megawad map set including this detail 5/5! on the subject the brotherhood of ruin is also a pretty visual map set with an ancient temple theme which reminded me of hexen 2 but the ulitmate torment & torture i am told really is the eye candy many doomers have been looking i intend to play through it when i get a computer then can render gzdoom better! 5/5!

Lutz still sets the benchmark for details and architecture. he must have devoted his life to some of these visuals... amazing structures, moving gears and bridges, etc. if you just try to play through these levels normally though you will probably never see them, as navigation is an extreme headache and it will take you two hours to find the first blue key. Also Health and Ammo seem to be lacking. Thank god for the walkthrough and IDDQD IDFA IDBEHOLDA. 5/5 for sure, even if it's not the most playable.

absolutley the greatest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whoa, this is a fine example of graphics over gameplay, so much that it is bad. the architechture is indeed wonderful, but gameplay is almost sacrificed at it's hand. so many voodoo gimmicks, sometimes monsters don't teleport in properly. worst is the number of inescapable damaging pits, even the first map has them. 2/5.

Even though there are many linedefs many rooms still look boring, the maps are too big, and the gameplay is rather lame. three stars

Great job, I only had a couple of gripes: Could have had more monsters, some of the secrets were too difficult to find, maybe a bit too much detail in places. 5/5 anyway.

Good looks and no glameplay.

i just typed iddqd at the start and launched that in glboom.exe great! i've never seen that deep atmosphere anywhere but here, gameplay cool too. detailing is something that made my edmap crash :p 5/5 for everything, was a bit worried when didn't find other episodes here.

The levels are great. I can remember along time ago when I first played this i was amazed at the detail, and i still am. The only reason you start at reduced health is simple, you just crashed and climbed out of a crater in the ground. 5/5