Cold as Hell: Special Edition

A mod with an incredibly well-crafted atmosphere, which it quickly ruins by stuffing enemies into every last iota of space in the most random, mindless way possible.  Imagine combining slaughtermaps with "realistic" gameplay that makes everything move at a snail's pace.  Imagine having a ton of backtracking, and then intentionally disabling the map when you made every place look the goddamn same.  Only worth playing for the nostalgia, which I don't have.

"I could never find the code for the door blocking the flamethrower. Is that area a trick, or something?" My automatic interpretation of "find another way to open it" was "shoot the lock". It worked.

Atmospheric as hell and terrific game feel. Worst part about it is going back and forth across huge maps looking for items and trying to remember where they are used.

I really enjoyed the visual design and the plot (and all the little details). Unfortunately, this mod is still buggy for me -- it always locks up when I reach the radio in the abandoned base. I get the text screen, but it doesn't return me back to normal play. I stay frozen in that little side room and I've tried everything including noclip, etc. So it looks like I'll never get to see the end of this mod, which is a big disappointment given how much I enjoyed it up to that point.

Without a single goddamn doubt this wad will remain legendary. I love the mod to this day and can't stop thinking of how cool it'd look as a movie. It has all the plot elements for a perfect shoot.

Sometimes it really scared the shit outta me. Great TC with few minor bugs (some dialogues go away too quick, some battles are rather hard, some rare reloading/shooting mess). Very atmospheric and freezing cold. Absolutely recommended. 4,5/5 Cacodemon

excellent. 5/5

Well, let's get the bad out of the way first. 1) Occasional pitch black areas, 3 or 4 of them a necessary visit 2) Slow framerate with snow enabled 3) Around one to three seconds of gameplay lost upon loading some savegames. Aside from that, this is a wonderful TC, still worth a rounded 5 stars. Of course, I still wonder, I could never find the code for the door blocking the flamethrower. Is that area a trick, or something?

It's great

Dang, Son....this was an epic, epic story. I mean, I was on the edge of my seat pratically from the start! Thrilling, sometimes eerie, music makes everything work perfectly for the frozen, desolate base. And the gameplay is erratic, but still fun and engaging. There's a lot to do, but that's the beauty of it--it's heavily involved, not just "kill the monsters, get keys, find the exit, repeat." And the ending (after the final battle), is so chilling. Very well done! Do you plan on making a sequel? ;)

Very great TC. I felt like I was playing a doom version of The Thing. Very engaging story.

Fucking epic. A must play

Probably the most professional project to date, and very damn good too. Easily comparable to Void and other unique great wads. I will concede that it is very difficult though 5* -Phobus

Really mmersive plot implementation: notes and recordings draw you in, voice acting is actually good! Custom weapons suited the wad very well, though custom monsters were merely small variations on the originals & not much variety really. Thought gameplay was balanced enough but sometimes marred by item hunting, though objectives are a VERY nice change from flat-out keyhunts. Does realistic mapping really well, but arguably some areas are left looking a bit bland. Even has two small vehicle sequences! 4/5

Great level design, interesting story, horrible gameplay. 4/5

Legendary. 5/5

best fucking mod ever!

best

this a quite nice wad,i like it more because of the new weapons,cause i just love wads with new weapons

Whoever siad this was a pile of shit, you are a fucking shit-bag yourself. go ahead and give your opinion, but jesus don't be like that. Its really fuckin good by the way. I agree with all others. Epic. Legendary. 5/5

Very, very good TC. It has an intriguing story to tell and the gameplay is great aside from some item-hunting. Has support for ZDoom and GZDoom, and includes a software-renderer version.

This would have been so much better if it was possible to disable the dialogue boxes that almost totally block your view for a couple of seconds each time anything happens...

Cold as Hell is a fantastic Doom conversion. It has plenty of new artwork to feel "new", and the hub maps create a sense of non linearity... even though you have pretty defined goals. The worst part is the difficulty, this mod is VERY hard even on the easiest setting. I'm VERY glad the SE version was released, now it's possible to play this mod in its entirety.

Wonderful, wonderful game in itself, really. It's a lot different from Doom, as the enemies are much more able to hurt you badly, and your weapons, while more effective, require more skill to use properly. The balance is great, and the atmosphere, storyline, and background are fantastic. 5/5

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