Whispers of Satan

Whispers of Satan, it's a fairly pedestrian megawad, slated to be the last releases for both respective authors at the time, but that proved to be false as both are still active in the community. what can be said about WOS? well, it's a fairly standard megawad with original music and well-designed levels, plus a palette which is actually unique to it. combat scales fairly, and levels are actually not that large. quite a few secret levels though, all of which are interesting in their own right. Paul's love for Wolfenstein shows in MAP32, which is one of the larger maps, but it's obviously not the best thing he's done. I give lots of credit to the well-designed hell levels, especially MAP25.

one aspect you will notice about almost every level is how each and every switch is done in a Quake-like puzzle, basically one of those "one more to go, sequence complete" type things, which adds to the pedestrian-like nature of WOS. it's a recurring theme that some people may not like, but it's not something that is truly detrimental to the wad. some of them are more creative than others, like with MAP25 as above. none of these are truly awful switchhunts so they all work out just nicely. overall, Whispers of Satan is on the level of the classic megawads like Requiem, while not amazing in the trick department, is well kept for the design department, and good enough for the gameplay.