whirledtsar

Unfun map with gaudy use of ZDoom features like cutscenes and stealth monsters. Also the English is pretty poor. The music at least is cool, but that's the only real positive I can name.

Fun map that keeps you on your toes with lots of big, enemy-infested rooms and many traps. Texturing is a bit ugly but oh well. I see some reviewers complaining about the difficulty of the final fight, but I found it very fair. It's tough, but totally doable (I did it on my first try, not to brag...)

The level design and atmosphere are solid in general but the gameplay is boring because of the very low difficulty. There aren't any secrets but all the things one would make secrets (computer area map, BFG, plasma rifle, etc.) are out in the open, making the level a breeze. And the design of the final arena is really boring, just a million monsters in a square room. On the atmosphere side, like I said it's mostly good-looking but there are a few ugly "babbys first zdoomisms" (particle fountains, poorly-implemented fog). Overall not bad but not incredible.

I wanted to like this since it purports to be Doom 64-inspired (a game I love), but unfortunately it doesn't hit the mark at all. Very few stock Doom 2 textures have been replaced. The monster sprites are all D64 rips, but only some of the sounds have been changed. The weapon sprites are rips too, but their animations are pretty poor. And overall it fails to capture the atmosphere of D64, having a rock & roll MIDI soundtrack and almost all bright lighting. Beyond the failure to emulate D64, the level design is simply not fun. There are way too many doors, half of which require a switch yet have zero distinguishing features - meaning you'll constantly be stopping to open doors, half of the time not even being able to progress. And the switches to open those doors are in completely random locations, meaning you never know exactly where to go next - just that you have to backtrack somewhere. Overall not at all an enjoyable experience.