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KZDoom Series Opener.

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Have you been to hell lately? I'll drop you in the middle of a highly secured factory, and you'll get your butt kicked for about 20 minutes, as you escape.

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I Drink Lava

  

An early tech demo of sorts for the ZDoom engine, showing off its new features like 3D floors, moving sectors, colored lighting, stealth monsters, and more. While this map feels mundane by today's standards, I can't even begin to imagine how mind-blowing it must've been 23 years ago. The best thing about this map is definitely the use of ambient sounds, which sound even better nowadays with GZDoom's 3D headphone audio. 3.5/5

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Havoc Crow

  

Today the level feels pretty tacky, with tons of ZDoom effects thrown in willy-nilly. However the gameplay holds up even today, although the Arch-Vile at the end is pointless. Worth checking out for early ZDoom history.

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trrobin

  
A great early Zdoom level with a bit of a quake feel to it. A bit of a silly surprise near the end, but still worth playing.

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pretty cool 4/5 - PerOxyd

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Aebeatia Sookies

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It could have been a perfect map if you didn't make the silly cyberdemon pop up once you were outside.

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classic

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This one is a bit monothematic, playing in a big machine hall. Only the finish offers some variation with a nice mountain trip. The challenge is over avarage, mainly due to the human monsters and the imps having been made harder. Other monsters are unchanged but placed in tricky places. Overall, this map is not as beautiful and convincing as its sequel, but that's pretty normal. A wad should become better with time, not worse... :-) 4/5 -Milian

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Good Stuff. I also like your KMAP series for CUBE. 4/5

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This was was pretty much the ultimate bible for ZDoom editing up until around 2001 (see also Doom3057 for another example). Like many early ZDoom wads, it is a shameless homage to Quake II. While ZDoom editing has largely grown out of particle fountains, stealth imps, and oversaturated colored lighting thrown in for its own sake, it's good to remember where ZDoom originally came from. Solid ZDoom 1.22 nostalgia. 4/5 --Woolie.

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I like the new textures but maybe not the fast imps or fast shotgun. Nice gameplay and could be tough from time to time except for the fact that you will have ammo coming out you ass. A cool little map and worth a shot. 5/16/07

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Ah, here's a WAD that's aging quite well. While it doesn't offer the innovative build of Tei Tenga, it plays much better. The increased speed and toughness of imps, zombiemen, and shotgun dudes is a threat until you realize how quick that shotgun you have is. A couple of smartly designed battles and a nice, nonlinear layout boosts the quality of this wad a lot. Just fun to play. 4/5 -Snakes

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