Wads with innovative gameplay

[Aldaraia]

After playing so many Doom levels with the same (but great) gameplay of killing monsters, hitting switches, and running like hell towards the exit, I've grown hungry for a break. Not from Doom, but just the same gameplay, at least for a while. I found wads like Cyberdreams, Turbocharged Arcade demo, others that I can't remember, and to an extent, Void, to be a breath of fresh air.

Seeing the flexibility the Doom engine and its source ports has to offer, I'm sure many other people have used their imaginations to create something beyond the ordinary gauntlet. What are some recommendations for wads offering innovation in gameplay? I'm sure this thread would be a decent place to share and discover ideas that come from outside of the box.

[Xaser]

Action Doom and Action Doom 2. There you go. ;)

[ianfreddie07]

Foreverhood :D

[Guest]

RTC 3057 is well worth a look.

Did they ever make more than the one hub for it does anyone know?

[SteelPH]

Batman Doom and ZanZan are worth checking out if you can get them working.

[Deeforce]

Doomworld Forum Adventures
Enigma 13
Equinox
Hell's Twisted Influence
Lego Base Enhanced
Pacman Doom 2
Virus
Wart 04: Den of Evil (this wad is for skulltag, singleplayer!)

and of course there are more innovative wads that are as good...

[Sporku]

Romero Death Skittles
Doom: World Carnage League (Concept Level)
Pretty much anything by LilWhiteMouse, like Chosen
There was also this one cool Doom racing thing that was being worked on a while back that I seem to have forgotten the name of. I remember it having a ROTT-themed track.

I've been pretty out of the loop, so I can't think of anything recent. :P

[Spleen]

All Out War 2, Ghouls vs. Humans

*hides*

[DooMAD]

SRB2, although it might be a little too distant from regular Doom gameplay.

[Chopkinsca]

I'd self promote Phocas Island 2. I would recommend version 2.5, but you might have to wait for a while.

[scalliano]

CIF3.

Seriously, give it a chance...

[gemini09]

I really liked Doomworld Forums Adventures.

I'll second Cyber Dreams as well as I remember it being a very fun and different experience.

[Xaser]

AgentSpork said:

There was also this one cool Doom racing thing that was being worked on a while back that I seem to have forgotten the name of. I remember it having a ROTT-themed track.

Zoom, sounds like. I really hate that it was canceled -- it was a really cool wad from what I saw of it.

[Deeforce]

DooMAD said:

SRB2, although it might be a little too distant from regular Doom gameplay.

This doom "wad" is called "Sonic Robo Blast 2". It is a really enjoyable game! No one mentioned that we have a problem now, because there already exists a Super Sonic Doom wad [just kidding :-P]... I played all of the Sonic 2D games and I really like, what I see.

[Bank]

Massmouth 2 was very innovative. I admire a lot of Cyb's work because he really knows how to set a mood and make things work.

[doomygecko]

void and (flame shield up) skymaybe come to mind.

[zap610]

Daedalus.

[brinks]

spacedm5

[[LeD]Jake Crusher]

Well, I guess that you can check Cheogsh 1 & 2 (since there are non-standard Doom monsters), Cold as Hell, as well as Caverns of Darkness (with ZDoom patch), WolfenDoom...

[NaturalTvventy]

*shameless self-promotion*

Awakening

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=16043

I tried mighty hard to make interesting battles.

NT

[DooMikE]

Zen Dynamics - !

[Hitherto]

paganrun

[The Ultimate DooMer]

Just Doom? Or Heretic/Hexen too? :P

[Guest DILDOMASTER666]

Fragport is pretty interesting to play. Some of the maps are just bad but overall it holds up well, I think.