Doomworld Community Top WADs of All Time

[Dime]

10p: Breach.wad (Single best doom map I have encountered)

9p: Lunatic.wad (Short and Sweet set of 5 maps that are too much fun)

8p: D2TWID (Lovely set of vanilla maps)

7p: Valiant.wad (More of the above, I find lunatic's maps more fun on average. Ep 4 bogs down a bit in valiant)

6p: Unholy Realms (Lot of doomers don't have this one on their radar, but fucking love blasting through UR)

5p: Pirate Doom (Can't compliment it enough, only reason it's not top 3 is weapon balancing issues)

4p: Sunlust.wad (I think ribbiks maps sadly get underrated from me since "slaughter")

3p: Scythe.wad (While the 2nd iteration is fun, the first is entertaining besides 2 maps. S2 has a shit end imo)

2p: Memento Mori 2 (old school maps and a kicking soundtrack to boot)

1p: BTSX Ep 1 (It's telling how much fun shit is released by you mappers when BTSX is last on my list.)

[Nate River]

10 - Scythe

9 - Swim With The Whales

8 - Crumpets

7 - Sunlust

6 - Sunder

5 - Scythe 2

4 - Lunatic

3 - Combat Shock 2

2 - Violence

1 - Perdition's Gate

[fveitsi]

5p - chillax

5p - alien vendetta

5p - scythe

5p - scythe 2

5p - sunlust

5p - going down

5p - hell revealed

5p - hell revealed 2

5p - resurgence

5p - swift death

5p - kamasutra

[BigDickBzzrak]

On 19.4.2017. at 5:45 PM, Dime said:

(It's telling how much fun shit is released by you mappers when BTSX is *10th* on my list.)

...None? :]

[justsomemusicguy]

 

1. Scythe II - 10 pts (Symphony X anyone?)

2. Alien Vendetta - 9 pts (never stopped loving Misri Halek!)

3. Requiem - 8 pts (surprised this isn't that high up in the list atm)

4. Deus Vult II - 7 pts (LotR!)

5. Scythe - 6 pts (Symphony X anyone? :p)

6. Plutonia 2 - 5 pts

7. Memento Mori II - 4 pts

8. Cyberdreams - 3 pts

9. Hell Revealed II - 2 pts

10. Memento Mori - 1 pt

[Havoc Crow]

Alien Vendetta •••• (4)
Ancient Aliens •••• (4)
BTSX E2  •••• (4)
Going Down  •••• (4)
Urban Brawl: Action Doom 2 •••• (4)
Valiant •••• (4)

 

Batman Doom ••• (3)
BTSX E1 ••• (3)
Community Chest 4 ••• (3)
Deus Vult II ••• (3)
Japanese Community Project ••• (3)
Jenesis ••• (3)
Vanguard ••• (3)

 

ChordG •• (2)
Memento Mori •• (2)
rf1024 •• (2)

 

Galaxia • (1)
Plutonia 1024: The Plutinya Exeriment • (1)
STRAIN • (1)
Tech Gone Bad • (1)

This will probably get changed as I play more older mods

[savagegrant]

The tally in the OP has been updated.

 

Scythe moves up to 2nd spot to make it a Scythe series quinella, though, Scythe 2 now has a pretty big lead.

[Mr. Freeze]

Man I thought I'd be alone in thinking Hell Revealed was one of the best WADs ever. 

[T-Rex]

10 points - Alien Vendetta

9 points - Requiem

9 points - Hell Revealed

5 points - Kama Sutra

5 points - Eternal Doom

3 points - Enigma

3 points - Icarus

2 points - Memento Mori 1

2 points - Memento Mori 2

2 points - Scythe

1 point - The Trooper's Playground

1 point - Obituary

1 point - One Bloody Night

1 point - STRAIN

1 point - The Twilight Zone

Edited May 8, 2017 by T-Rex

[noshutdown]

can't decide on all nominations but hr2 is probably my favorite, it may not be the best wad in the world but it works with vanilla doom.

[Phobus]

I'll just use the basic format and do this off the top of my head...

 

10 points - Urban Brawl: Action Doom 2

9 points - ZDoom Community Map Project Take #2

8 points - ZDoom Community Map Project Take #1

7 points - Waterlab GZDoom (by Enjay; it's on the ZDoom forums)

6 points - Pirate Doom

5 points - Urban Brawl: Dead of Winter

4 points - Zen Dynamics

3 points - Community Chest 4

2 points - Khorus' Speedy Shit

1 point - Mini-Level MegaWAD

 

Sorry for the lack of links, I'm only on my phone.

Edited May 9, 2017 by Phobus : Thought about it a bit more

[darkreaver]

Didn't really think this list through. The only one thats for sure is #1

 

10 points - Disturbia (by D-D) (epicness, mysteriousness, music, setting, design, atmosphere, secrets!)

9 points - Alien Vendetta (nostalgia, atmosphere)

8 points - Speed of Doom (atmosphere, epicness, style)

7 points - Plutonia 2 (design, Plutonia)

6 points - Hell Revealed 2 (nostalgia, epicness, music)

5 points - Elysion (by D-D) (atmosphere, setting)

4 points - Grime (by D-D) (atmosphere, setting, love the fights, design)

3 points - Scythe 2 (design!, settings)

2 points - Resurgence (epicness, hardness, coolness 8) )

1 point - Hell Ground (design, mysteriousness/atmosphere)

Edited May 15, 2017 by darkreaver

[Roofi]

10 points - Kama Sutra

9 points - Epic 2

8 points - Alien Vendetta

7 points - Legacy of Heroes

6 points - Mars War

5 points - Hell Revealed

4 points - Jade Earth

3 points - Armadosia

2 points - Eternal Slumber Party

1 point - Sunlust

[Voros]

Interesting thread.

 

5: Hacx (the levels have very distinct themes, some enemies and monsters are cool, breakable decorations, a pistol that's actually useful)

 

5: Strife (now you can talk to the monsters! And the plot, voice acting, design are all spot on.)

 

5: TNT: Evilution (that music though.)

 

5: Doom 64 (Technically it is a WAD. Right?)

 

5: Freedoom Phase 2 (that music though.)

 

5: Nex Credo (Jayextee's maps are excellent in design.)

 

5: Doomworld Forums 3 (You know it's hilarious)

 

5: Doom 64 Retribution (A real Doom 64 port to GZDoom, with an (upcoming) episode to connect Doom 2016 and Doom 64)

 

5: Mock 2 (Because we all love getting revenge on the zombiemen that killed your relatives.)

 

There's plenty more, but this is all I can think of right now.

 

@bzzrak

• Lack of the original COLORMAP lump. Apparently uses Freedoom's lump IIRC
• Ugly text messages? Or maybe that's a feature?
• That feeling of being unfinished.

I very recently looked up some things on Hacx, and it looks like a 1.3 is/was planned by Blzut3. Not sure what happened.

Edited May 14, 2017 by Voros

[bonnie]

10 points: Perdition's Gate

10 points: Hell to Pay

10 points: Scythe 1

10 points: Unloved

7 points: Cyberdreams

4 points: Congestion 1024

1 point: Scythe 2

1 point: Hell Revealed

1 point: Dark Covenant

1 point: eternity.wad

 

i don't really have time to play a whole lot of wads and i love everything and everyone

this counts right? it's 55 points, I'm fairly certain

 

edit fixed heck yea

Edited May 16, 2017 by bonnie

[Talvi]

Valiant - 5

Sunlust - 5

Ancient Aliens - 5

Scythe 2 - 5

 

Back to Saturn X E2: Tower in the Fountain of Sparks - 4

The Ultimate Torment & Torture - 4

Deus Vult II - 4

Sunder - 4

 

Beyond Reality (first one to vote it?) - 3

Back to Saturn X E1: Get Out of My Stations - 3

Scythe X - 3

Plutonia 2 - 3

 

Epic 2 - 2

Resurgence - 2

 

Stardate 20X6 - 1

AV - 1

Going Down - 1

 

 

Edit: im bad at math

Edited May 13, 2017 by Talvi

[bonnie]

@Talvi that's 56 points!! you heckin scam artist!! i can't believe you've done this ;~;

[savagegrant]

The tally in the OP has been updated.

 

Voros: Only your PWAD votes have been counted.

bonnie: You haven't voted for enough WADs.

[Outrageous Videos]

10. Sunder

9. New Gothic Movement 2

8. Esp

7. Hell revealed 2

6. Speed of doom

5. Slaughterfest 2011

4. New Gothic Movement

3. Chillax (just for how funny it is, as it's a bunch of ammo shortages with retarded difficulty)

2. Holy Hell

1. Slaughterfest 2012

just to clarify these are the points I'm giving the wads

1 is lowest 10 is highest

[bonnie]

@savagegrant fixed, just for you :3

[Paul977]

The first ten that comes to mind:

 

10 Plutonia 2
10 Plutonia Revisited
8 Alien Vendetta
6 Disturbia
4 Grime
4 Crimson Horizon
4 Chord2
3 Chord3
3 Chordg
3 Chord1

 

 

 

[Xaser]

On 4/18/2017 at 3:22 PM, Grazza said:

I'd like to point out that my vote for Hacx is for the original freeware release, and definitely not the "1.2 iwad" version. So this would be the most appropriate link to give. Or just the whole directory.

What's the issue with 1.2? Serious question.

 

[Apologies for the slight hijack]

[Voros]

14 hours ago, savagegrant said:

The tally in the OP has been updated.

 

Voros: Only your PWAD votes have been counted

Why, may I ask? Freedoom's listed, and its an IWAD. The OP doesn't say "PWADs only", just WADs.

 

Edited May 17, 2017 by Voros

[Doomkid]

I would count HacX and Freedoom despite being iwads since they're basically just TCs. Doom64 and TNT on the other hand are official parts of the Doom series, not community wads.

[Dragonfly]

10. Scythe 2

9. Going Down

8. Ultimate Simplicity

7. Pirate Doom

6. Congestion 1024

5. Winter's Fury

4. Ancient Aliens

3. A Boy & His Barrel

2. Stronghold

1. Action Doom 1 (Nostalgia Vote)

[Alfonzo]

I started writing up a list a couple of minutes ago, but quickly realised that listing preferences in this sort of framework may be considered an effective posting of the Cacowards in May.

[StoneMason]

10 - BTSX E2

5 - Alien Vendetta

5 - Ancient Aliens

5 - BTSX E1

5 - Icarus

5 - Kama Sutra

5 - Memento Mori

5 - Resurgence

5 - Speed of Doom

5 - Swift Death

[Not Jabba]

29 minutes ago, Alfonzo said:

I started writing up a list a couple of minutes ago, but quickly realised that listing preferences in this sort of framework may be considered an effective posting of the Cacowards in May.

Unless you restrict your list to wads made before November 2016, of course.

[savagegrant]

2 hours ago, Voros said:

Why, may I ask? Freedoom's listed, and its an IWAD. The OP doesn't say "PWADs only", just WADs.

 

Everyone else who has voted so far seems to understand what is meant by a WAD. I could state in the OP what is considered to be an eligible WAD if I have to. I've just noticed that you had only voted for 9 WADs in the first place. None of your votes can be accepted at this stage.

[Kyka]

10 points: Alien Vendetta
9  points: Hellbound
8  points: Suspended in Dusk
7  points: Hell Revealed 2
6  points: Memento Mori 2
5  points: Plutonia 2
4  points: Sine Die
3  points: PRCP.wad
2  points: TNT Revilution

1  point:  Scythe X

 

4 hours ago, Alfonzo said:

I started writing up a list a couple of minutes ago, but quickly realised that listing preferences in this sort of framework may be considered an effective posting of the Cacowards in May.

You say that like it's a bad thing.