sir_egg_benedict

I loved Sigil from start to finish. My background, briefly.. I've been playing Doom since it was new (had it on a 386 that had to run it on low-detail!). I've touched basically NONE of the modern stuff for it during all that time. I may have played a co-op megawad for Doom2 years and years ago.. Any time I wanted more of a challenge I've just replayed both Doom 1 and 2 from start to finish on UV -fast. That having been said, I think in terms of this game I've lived in the bubble that Sigil was created in.. and therefor I compare it against almost nothing but the original game, and find it an amazing addition. It gave me that sense of oppressive isolation and struggle for survival that I hadn't felt since first touching the game 25 yrs ago. The levels were totally the stuff of nightmares..in such a great way. Hesitant to touch on my last point.. but I'll say it; I think it's good that it seems to draw polarizing opinions. Everything needs a push and a pull.. and that there are some particularly loud Australian gentlemen who HATE the wad is fantastic to me. I like that there are niche challenges like this that only certain people will find appealing... I guess my point is that I think it's great that there is something like this to prove this game can still give so much to people who enjoy all sorts of different styles of its gameplay. Here's hoping Romero might re-visit a project like this again!