OBERON BASE

This one is fascinating. It's a squiggly techbase full of wacky oldschool angles drawn off-grid. The design has a lawless '90s vibe of "appealing ugliness," but with a higher detail level that befits its actual release date (the current Doomworld Files screenshot doesn't reflect this). The mapper clearly had an education in craft, shown by skillfully intricate use of the sky horizon trick and other effects. It reminded me of Didy's mapping in a few places.

 

Runtime was unexpectedly short, under 15 minutes for me. Many of the 200-odd monsters appear in messy but satisfying brawls, using lots of low-tiers with bulkier stuff tossed in for emphasis. The balance is very lenient and favors near-total dominance of the SSG, once you are equipped with it. Power weapons exist but are provisioned stingily.

cool

This is dated April 2003, although it looks and feels like a very good 1996-era level. It has an eccentric, intricate design that resembles a kind of LEGO construction base; it's frustratingly cramped and confusing at times, but undeniably clever. And there's a lot of fighting, which is always a good thing. You get plenty of health and ammo, and it's never hard, but I enjoyed it. The level's nooks and crannies are fun to explore even without the monsters.

Like the other maps made by the author, there is too much ammo and health (and barrals). The rooms here are clever conected with a good high variation; good architecture and layout - design is average. Maybe worth 4*, I give 5*.

Great level!!!!!!

Quite good and difficult

Art

cool 4/5

Not bad... Not bad at all :-D

great