General Rainbow Bacon Posted May 19, 2017 I want to start a list of wads that are more puzzle oriented than combat oriented. Maps that have torch puzzles like the one in "Last Call" and similar stuff are what I mean. What are some that you guys can think of. They can be single wads, from compilations, parts of megawads , or you can even make new ones just for this topic. Thanks! -GRB 1 Share this post Link to post
bonnie Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) don't let your cybermemes be cyberdreams Edited May 19, 2017 by bonnie 0 Share this post Link to post
gaspe Posted May 19, 2017 Eternal Doom, and other stuff by its authors: the Odessa series (Bob Evans), Enigma and the Titan series (Jim Flynn). 1 Share this post Link to post
40oz Posted May 19, 2017 Icarus MAP08: Donnybrook I made a puzzle map in Absolute Dishonor, MAP04: Raiden's Key 0 Share this post Link to post
Obsidian Posted May 19, 2017 Do Heretic maps count? E1M9 from Realm Of Parthoris (by yours truly) is remarkably puzzle-oriented. 0 Share this post Link to post
Avoozl Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) All of Void is puzzle orientated. Edited May 19, 2017 by Avoozl 0 Share this post Link to post
RightField Posted May 19, 2017 40 minutes ago, 40oz said: Icarus MAP08: Donnybrook I made a puzzle map in Absolute Dishonor, MAP04: Raiden's Key There's that ghost monster one as well 0 Share this post Link to post
Albertoni Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) Unaligned's E3M1. Zero monsters, six puzzles. 0 Share this post Link to post
Nine Inch Heels Posted May 19, 2017 If slaughter puzzles qualify try this one: https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/bandr 0 Share this post Link to post
42PercentHealth Posted May 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, leodoom85 said: All of Hexen... I thought about saying this, but I thought it was probably obvious... Also, Hexen WADs can range anywhere from really fun to really obnoxious with their puzzle design. Some are very well-designed, giving subtle clues and the freedom to fail and try again. Others are just like "Here are thirty identical switches -- push the one that won't bring the ceiling down on you." 0 Share this post Link to post
leodoom85 Posted May 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, 42PercentHealth said: I thought about saying this, but I thought it was probably obvious... Also, Hexen WADs can range anywhere from really fun to really obnoxious with their puzzle design. Some are very well-designed, giving subtle clues and the freedom to fail and try again. Others are just like "Here are thirty identical switches -- push the one that won't bring the ceiling down on you." Well, there are wads in Hexen that you must figure it out for what to do next. Others can help you by doing a camera script of the place that you must go after pressing a switch, like the Tower of Chaos mapset... 1 Share this post Link to post
leodoom85 Posted May 19, 2017 Also, I believe that A New World (another mapset for Hexen and one that I will record) has the same idea of pointing the next place... 0 Share this post Link to post
leodoom85 Posted May 19, 2017 Wait a sec, City of the Damned Apocalypse is puzzle-oriented too... 0 Share this post Link to post
Grain of Salt Posted May 19, 2017 Hexen doesn't have any puzzles. It has switches and scoreboards that keep track of how many of the switches you've found. That doesn't count as a puzzle, whatever the ingame messages say. 0 Share this post Link to post
yakfak Posted May 20, 2017 ALT maps 4 and 15 Epic 2's middle stretch Zones of Fear also has a really wonderful castle map with some simple puzzles as well as a fairly obnoxious skill testing level with teleporter mazes and pole hopping I agree that Hexen has no puzzles, it's more of a completionist mapping thing than anything else still love the game but it's not a brainteaser as such 0 Share this post Link to post
RjY Posted May 20, 2017 11 hours ago, Ancalagon said: I consider chillax a puzzle wad. True, and I would extend that to most if not all top-end modern slaughter maps. You have to figure out the exact sequence of moves, you can't just run at them however you like. 0 Share this post Link to post
hardcore_gamer Posted May 20, 2017 When I first saw the thread name I though it said Pizza wads. Damn you for getting my hopes up :( 0 Share this post Link to post