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A large alien base has been discovered by a Scout and Survey team in the Regulus Cluster on a close Terran analogue. Sensor readings show possible traces of a highly advanced technology. You've been assigned the job of exploration. Relax! Fleet Intel reports that it's 99.999% likely that the base is unoccupied and probably friendly (yeah,right!). You won't be allowed to carry any weapons in but your pistol... as usual.

FI also reports that sensors show five areas adjoining the main plaza, and suggests exploration counter-clockwise from the southeast. Some security gates and devices do seem to still show energy flows... strange. You will beamed into one location showing some anomalous energy readings.

By The Way - you wouldn't want to upgrade your insurance plan now - would you?


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Argenteo

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Jim Flynn's early magic with S. Harper, puzzles and puzzles. Plasma party on map 03. Watch the oracle for clues.

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Maximum Matt

  

If you're gonna play just one level from the Maximum Doom collection, it's got to be this one.  Massive, varied, unique, incredible 

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Meril

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Very big, a lots of exploring. For 95 very good design. In monster placement a bit overuse of changunners. Overall I recommend to play

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NaZa

  
Incredible, amazing, huge, 1995... did I miss something?

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Guest

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Simply amazing, like all of Jim Flynn's wads.

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Amazing, loved Jim Flynn's works ever since I tried his master levels. Incredible work, really.

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Guest

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Not my favorite wad......it just feels too random and as the reviewer below states "dumb luck plays a part". With all the to'ing and fro'ing you have to do perhaps it should have been called yo-yo!!!!!

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Fucking amazing for a 1995 wad, but it took me an hour to beat the map. It's way too confusing on the first playthrough because dumb luck plays a part in finding everything. Also, it's pretty ugly and the second map is awful. Still, this is one PWAD you NEED to play! 4.5/5

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At first it was cool to scavenge for weapons amid cacos and barons in map02, later it got easier but it was still OK, then... TIME SUCKS. After wasting quite some time searching, I had to cheat with DB to understand how to get get to the yellow bars, with that multi-destination tele. Way too obscure and luck prone: may be OK for the 2 secrets but not for that. Same goes for the rising ground at the start of map03. I ran around like a wacko hitting use till the switch appeared. [2/5] ~Chain Mail (08/2011)

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aw hell yeah, Jim + Scott = doomgasm. found all secrets but missed 3 monsters and couldn't figure out how to get to the yellow skull doors.

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Awesome wad

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Five stars. This is incredible for 1995, still pretty good nowadays. It's a very large and intricate level - vast for the time - and there's a lot of wandering about, but I was never bored. It's packed full of ideas and simple design tricks, and although the look is a bit old-fashioned it impressed me no end. After exploring for what seemed like ages I was still finding new bits. There's a second map, but it's overshadowed by the first.

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    • By Darman Macray · Posted
      These levels are short, sweet, and pack a lot of punch. Complete with a humorous end-text-screen containing a healthy dose of silly shock-humor, this a masterful triumph of Heretic map-making, and most certainly a must-play wad.
    • By Walter confetti · Posted
      A really frantic and fun DM map with pretty neat stuff like invisible pillar in the middle of the arena, doesn't have anything to do with the title but the level can become a BFG spamming fest soon, especially with bots. Less fun in SP but the arch-ville+bunch of nazi combo is a nice feat.
    • By Fireseth · Posted
      Only six enemies (played on UV) and no working exit. Other than that, it is a pretty detailed map for 1995. I enjoyed the general design and the poisonous vats of acid. Very cool, but not practical for good gameplay.   EDIT: Just discovered this is a ideally a DM wad… haha, for that purpose, it seems good. My original rating was 2/5, will change it now.
    • By CravenCoyote · Posted
      Lots of traps and monster closets. Some switches are activated by shooting but there's nothing to really tell you about this because they look the same as other switches.   Texturing is good and enemy placement proved rather difficult at times. There aren't may health pickups on UV so it was a fight to get through.
    • By costadevale · Posted
      It's pretty good for 1994. If you don't mind having no health items at all (except in a few maps) and the outrageous amounts of cyberdemons per map, you should give it a try. It's pretty challenging and I like it. E2M3 is a bit 'eh...' though.
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