I really like these two '94 wads, reccommend me more?

[invictius]

Enjay's first wad I think?

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom/m-o/nj_soh1

Elements - Just like the setting and the sky:

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom/d-f/elements

They're both not a slaughterfest, their layout isn't confusing, and you're not left with "where do I go now?/Where's the key?"

The Serenity series was also alright but had a lot of puzzles.

[SuperCupcakeTactics]

The Good, The Bad & The Architectural

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom/g-i/g-b-arch

The Far Side of Phobos

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom/p-r/phobos

That's all I got, these are from 98 and 99 tho. I tried looking for map packs :u

Also thanks for sharing that elements wad it was neato

[joe-ilya]

http://doomwiki.org/wiki/Top_100_WADs_of_All_Time

[invictius]

Is it reasonable to assume that if I want an episode replacement that merely mimics the difficulty and (lack of) complexity of E1, that I should merely look at episode replacements made in '94? I'm guessing that early wad designers tended to copy the gameplay of the iwad and didn't make stupidly large levels until the hardware was available to support it.

[Doomkid]

If that's what you're after, you may have played it, but Fava Beans is almost exactly that.

There are some more modern wads that are only slightly more difficult and detailed, so if that still fits what you're after you definitely don't have to limit yourself to 1994 releases.