Anvil 2 - Mobile Nukage Research Lab

A very neat 1996 map that i kinda remember to have played already long ago, or at least something with a similar start, a really good interconnected layout (even if i was roaming around asking where to go, especially after taking the blue key and trying to leave the caves section), good texturing, hard monster placement (the easiest monsters are the shotgunners), really generous with health placement and some strategic megaspheres here and there, too bad it is too stingy with ammo, leaving me battling chaingunners with only a chainsaw sometimes... but overall, very good!

A long, inventive and highly engaging level from the best period of Doom mapping. For modern skill a bit too many powerups. Also some puzzles might require wallhumping and there is a death trap just before the exit switch.

This is from late 1995. It dates from a time when people were prepared to put their full home address in Doom textfiles, what could go wrong? This is actually a decent level for the period, with a relatively high monster count (250+). It's large too, but very fiddly and cramped to get around, with lots of switch hunting. It gets more and more monotonous as it goes along, without much spark of life. Probably would have wowed them back in '95 though.

The second reviewer is a retard. Anyway... This is a pretty good wad from the mid nineties. My only gripe is the fact that the author did not make any of the secrets, or for that matter some of the switches and doors, a bit more obvious - you spend a lot of time pressing walls. Lots of backtracking, lots of action. It is possible to become stuck so save often. 4/5

And ammo??

Great research work by super_shotgun here. Anvil1 was awesome.

The Anvil series was awesome, even if a little short.

Above-average retro-look&feel level with some nice surprises. Tough but not too difficult on UV. Worth a try. 4/5

Shite.

The anvil wads are cool

Help, I'm stuck!I found blue door, but I have no key, I cant come back to start, what to do? Anyway this part of map what I've seen was nice.Its hard and has perfect oldschool feeling.4/5

Don't listen to the above guy. This plays and looks like dog shit!

Not bad. If there's anything to criticize of this level, it's a bit too much linearity in some places (which reduces the difficulty because of monster placement), but that also makes it easier to navigate for such a large map, and the overall extent surprised me. All those turns make it feel pretty massive. Worth a play-through, at least. Thanks to RL for the upload! [3/5] ~Chain Mail (03/2008)