Bigbad75

I would consider this map to be Tormentor's magnum opus. The scale and detail in this map is unprecedented. The custom weapon's are all have their place and feel great to use, I found myself using the rifle the take out faraway target's well into the endgame and turning a pack of imp's into vapor with a well placed grenade is supremely satisfying. I also appreciate how the flamethrower doesn't deal self-damage, that's a level of self restraint that you don't see very often in other Modder's work. My personal favourite new weapon would have to be the Soulrender, A soul powered weapon that fires a BFG-like projectile with a ridiculously huge area of effect. It's well worth backtracking for as it trivialises some late game encounters. Zdoom allows the use of contemporary music formats such as MP3 in place of Midi, and ZDCMP2 takes full advantage of this. The opening track scored by James Paddock still live rent free in my mind nearly a decade later. And if your still not satisfied, there are New Game + and New Game ++ version's of the map that will test even the most seasoned Doom veterans. It took me just under 3 hours to complete this Wad. I would highly recommend ZDCMP's 1 and 2 to anyone curious about the features Zdoom and it's derivative's have to offer.

Definitely some of the best atmosphere I've seen in a Doom Wad, few mappers can splurge on detail like Tormentor and back it up with challenging and fun gameplay. The mod takes heavy inspiration from the Survival horror genre. As a result ammo can be hard to come by, I was playing on the normal difficulty so I only started running low on ammo near the end of the map. Fortunately picking up a speedloader gives you 20 rounds and Tommy gun wielding cultists have a habit of dropping drum mags that give you 50 rounds to use on either the Thompson or the revolver. Don't ask me how that's supposed to work. The reused blood assets were also adjusted to be more scary and less comedic. The cultists iconic voiceline's where pitched down slightly and they can now take a lot more punishment before buying the farm. The Axe wielding Zombie's are a lot taller that they were on the build engine and the Bloated Butchers projectiles now home in on the player, That coupled with the slower movement makes them a formidable foe. It took me about and hour and a half to complete this WAD. I would highly recommend City of the Damned: Apocalypse to any fan of Doom, Blood or Survival horror.