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oh Hell Revealed II, you are one of my more replayed wads, but even as replayable as you are, you're still not one of my favorites. my opinion on the two Hell Revealed has changed a bit, and I think the sequel does improve in making some pretty decent levels. while there's less ideas and the detail is often still crap (bar MAP25, which seems to be the only one with some custom textures), this is outweighed by some more interesting combat scenarios as well as some excellent music tracks, the metal-sounding midis work well with some of the tougher outings. you can tell some of the authors went quite over the line with layouts, MAP19 is the biggest example of this, with a five-tier central area with four 3D bridges, of course there's more to 3D bridges as other levels like MAP24 use them (although that one doesn't do it well). aside from the 3D stuff, there's gonna be some interesting homages whether to the first Hell Revealed or otherwise, like Dis 2000, the aforementioned MAP24 which is the Inmost Dens III, Not That Simple II, The Path II, The Descent II, Hardcore (a Dead Progressive-type level), Siege II, and Resistance Remains. gameplay of course is hard. believe it or not, the worst enemies in all of Hell Revealed II are actually the hitscanners, expect chaingunners in some real problem spots, or just about everywhere, and that includes ITYTD too. it's a rough ride all the way through the latter levels because of these things. chaingunners are real blatant in some levels, like MAP22 with its backtracking and its liberal chaingunner usage, which is even MORE liberal on a later map, MAP29. advice: keep watching your back at the last stretches of MAP29 for the chaingunner teleporter ambushes. that's just one example of a marathon level, so try to push through as much as you can there. in a way, the difficulty is what makes this enjoyable, although some maps are much less forgiving and more tedious than anything. early maps like MAP04 and MAP05 are badly cramped. MAP12 is an easy standout for its huge wide open closets and some teleporting enemies, worst of which are the archies. MAP24 is extremely tedious due to its 3D bridge usage along with some annoying monster placement. MAP28 is another example of tedium with somewhat bad monster placement, although really it's the hunt for the switches in the map that makes it bad. these examples are of course offset by the nicer homage levels and the open slaughter/marathon ones that are actually decent. to think that despite my overall opinion on HR2 not changing, I still use it as a nice testing wad for other mods and such shows just how skilled I am at things. it's got some crazy levels alright, just watch the hitscanners and where you are.

OK, I just feel I were stupid to give this shit 1/5 because it's not THAT bad at all, but...it still sucks in many points, whatever. Actually, Map01, Map04(Secret Level) and Map06 are OK, even they can got boring if you don't like the style of this wad. Well, it's Masa's first work and I think I can see he put some heart in it but too bad it failed by mess a lot of bad things. 2/5 -playerlin

as u may not know, this is a MASSIVE trial, this is only to see how the public like the wad, before i post the 5 map version. Its also gonna be much betta with... bug fixis - health stats - jetpacks - (map04 and 5) and much much more, if i think about it :)

Utterly boring. Maps 1-3 are meh, map04 should be named 'the temple of confusion' and map05 is very good, except for the pathetic use of a Romero-on-a-stick for an ending. Gameplay is nowhere most of the way, tons of cells, nothing to use them on, bad monster placement. This is a wad that definitely hasn't aged well. 2/5 - Belial

The author fails to see the importance of playtesting. Map03 is (probably) impossible to beat. Those archviles in the YK room were an excellent idea. The second room after the YK door is ridiculous as well. Map01 has severe ammo problems. A 'tips' section in the txt won't fix them. Map01 has a broken monster teleporter. A bug in map02 crashes PrBoom (RK room). The monster teleporters in map04 can screw up. The sexy fights in map04 and the outdoor section of map03 can't save this wad. 0/5 - Belial

I was never a big fan of E.D. I could mention the neverending switch hunts, the annoying, unplesant gameplay, the dullness of many of the levels and the way Sverres maps stick out as far supreme and make the rest look even more mediocre then they are. The wad is worth playing only because of Kvernemo's map04, 05 and 12. And even those architecturally grand maps suffer from a mundane gameplay. New sounds and graphics just made it look like a weird version of heretic. 3/5 -Johnsen

This zip file has been updated from 3 maps to 7 (by a rerelease of the wad on May 11, 2006). In addition to 4 more levels, the original 3 maps (which run on Map02, Map03, and Map06 of this wad) have been improved in multiple ways. Map07 is brand new (albeit small) while Map01, Map04, and Map05 were previously released and selfish-x.wad, selfish4.wad, and selfish5.wad respectively. All in all, these maps certainly meet Paul's standards of great looks and GP and are well worth 5/5!

This is the trailer for a set of levels that have not been released as of 10/08. Despite the readme, it is a joke wad - surprisingly funny in places. The end of Map01 made me laugh. Map02 and 03 are dull. Map04, the painting, is genuinely clever and original. Map05, battleships, was a let-down. Map06 was reminiscent of The 7th Guest. Matrix level looks wonderful but uses too much bullet time. Map08 not great.

The text file doesn't lie, this is a good example for other WAD makers. a few tiny HOMs present in map03, and.. Wait a sec, a different version of map04 is present in dwango5.wad, that's weird. Anyways, I reccomend playing these.

Very fun! Especially for a first WAD. But seriously guys? 1/5 and 0/5's ? This ain't a 1 star/0 star wad, that would belong to Wow.wad and Terry's WADs. I like the storage room with the metal walls in MAP04, the WAD seems to be a little too easy in some areas, but I've almost died a few times so far ;) 4/5 -TB171

That brass instrument version of Sanitarium on MAP04 is one of the funniest MIDIs I've ever heard, along with a brass Smells Like Teen Spirit cover I heard on some other shitty '90s deathmatch wad. 2/5

I still hate everything in this wad. Especially that Map04 music, it sucked ass. 5/5 - Moti