Haslam's Book Store of Doom

for a wad from 1997, it's not horrible, but it's not really good either. the blue key is hidden in a mandatory secret, and the vast majority of enemies, of which there are a fuckload of, are either hitscanners or imps with a few larger enemies scattered throughout (along with a SMM and cyber). the only real difficulty comes from the fact that there's very little health on the map.

 

i will say that the custom textures are alright-ish, and i assume that the map is actually accurate to the bookstore. i have no idea if it is or not tho, cuz i don't live in florida.

 

also, for some reason this of all things was the first pwad i ever downloaded. i have no idea why.

i like the wad but if i see you on the street ill ha-slam your face

pepole may struggle when trying to find the blue key but other thain that it was prity fun 3/5

kool

This is dated February 2006, although it's actually from 1997. It's one of a handful of old wads where the website is still around and still being updated, although it no longer mentions Doom. As for the level, you slaughter 284 mostly weak baddies in a miniature town-style map - really just two buildings in a field. It's incredibly simplistic but also therapeutic simply because you get a chance to mow down hundreds of weak baddies.

I guess it's ok. It's basically a pretty big bookstore(?) with a handful of baddies. Kids, reading hurts your eyes, don't do it!

it looks good and plays well too 4/5

i visit florida often, and if i stopped by the store i would probably bring a plasma rifle.