Doom 2 the Way id Did

much like its predecessor, D2TWID delivers on the promise to make maps the way that Id did, and the authors did the same thing they did before, carefully study the design patterns of id's authors to a very addicting degree and make maps that are not tributes, but completely original levels. the end result actually made some surprisingly memorable maps, some of which are full of gimmicks, and I'm not just talking about MAP24 or perhaps MAP20 in which the gimmicks are in the titles.

just look at Tarsman's maps, which actually comprise like 1/3 of the set. dude's got gimmicks laid down but keeps very close to the id style of things, this of course doesn't exclude everyone else. D2TWID's combat is fairly standard barring the mapper I said above (who is quite fond of the chaingunner I should say), none of the maps really go overboard with monster counts (which is great). the secret maps are really cool and are some of the best as well. if only MAP33 wasn't a fuckbag of wtf I would say it's a perfect wad.