Operation Overlord

The map feels interesting, fresh and new in the beginning, with you feeling like a part of a grand army assault under oppressive enemy fire. Unfortunately it's not long before your comrades are all dead, you find yourself all alone against an entire army, and tedium sets in. The map is RIDICULOUSLY difficult; I'm not kidding when I say you're likely to die every few seconds and need to reload over and over and over again (especially due to these damn machine-gun emplacements), which ceases to be fun real quick.

I know I probably said it hundreds of times, but a great wad has both a great premise and great gameplay. the idea to make a D-Day-inspired level is pretty great, storm a beach, plant charges to get through barbed wire, then continue on solo. so that's basically what the level is about. the game gives you a railgun early, and it's truly a necessity since the hitscan snipers are by far and wide with each step up onto the beach. the steps through the trenches can get tense, as well as when you finally hit the compound and all, nice claustrophobic action. getting a Thompson and using it actually makes the going a lot smoother.

so what actually makes this not as good as expected is the entire minefield part. the mines are one thing (they can be shot at least) however the one thing that really sucks are those fucking respawning turrets, who won't stop spawning until you cross a certain line. they are strong and broken in how they operate too, a major problem and they even appear later on. I would say this entire part single-handedly ruined the whole level too, even though the rest is exciting, but having to hug the closest wall and rush through while picking off numerous mines and avoiding annoying turrets was the one thing that really screwed this level up.