Special Operation Force

Decent-looking maps with realistic areas (like a harbour with a boat, a shooting range, theater etc) marred by some absolutely hideously obscure progression.  This is the wad that made Kes get Slade so he could work out how the hell to get through it

Great idea but, I think, a discutable execution. The level design is "instable" and somewhat frustrating, there is no clue about how you may find your path, no brightness play, no texture play, nothing, you basically have to spam every wall. It's a shame.

Talking of E1M1 for exemple :

Keys aren't intuitive at all to find either, I had to look at the map on DoomBuilder to find out that the redkey is in a completely dark room :/

Also, boiling water all the place ? Kinda mean !

I appreciate the risk the author took though, alongside the fact that this wad is dated 1994, people don't tend to try things like this anymore those days, but still I can't just give this a 4 or 5 stars just because of that, there is objectively things that could had been done far more better, so 3 stars is well-deserved.

Try it yourself anyway, you will love it or you will hate it.

Wad is great, it features mandatory secrets, turning doom into an adventure, missing some textures though. I might make a remake. This is a great inspiration for wad making.