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DOOM: Threshold Of Pain

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Threshold of Pain is a ZDoom episode which attempts to recreate the look and feel of Midway's famous PSX conversion of Doom whilst maintaining the core elements of the PC versions and a level of difficulty PC players would expect.

PSX Doom fans will know that ToP gets its name from the final level of PSX Ultimate Doom. Like many others, my first proper Doom experience was on the Playstation, so when fenderc01 released the PSX TC last year I was excited to get to play these levels again, only this time with PC controls! Whilst he did an amazing job, I found it to be way too easy, even on UV setting. This was not fender's fault, merely a testament to the compromises Midway had to make in bringing such a game to a console.

ToP attempts to redress the balance whilst maintaining the brooding atmosphere that Midway brought to the game. It is NOT a PSX TC - many features which were missing from the Playstation remain, so expect to encounter the Archvile!

This is my first real attempt at a releasable WAD, so I wasn't too concerned with highly detailed levels, more on decent gameplay, set pieces, and a few puzzles. That said, I have tried to make them look halfway-decent, despite the coloured lights :P

New features include:

Tons of coloured lighting, but nothing too garish.

The infamous PSX burning sky, given a ZDoom makeover.

PSX/N64 audio.

New Weapons - the Minigun and the Unmaker.

The PSX Final Doom SSG.

A new powerup - the Doomsphere.

New monsters - the nightmare class monsters from PSX Doom and Doom64, a handful from the Realm667 Bestiary and ZDCMP, plus a new final boss...

A few other PSX/N64-style gameplay tweaks.

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Uninspired design sugar coated with over abundance of (G)Zdoom features. Playable, but nothing special.

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Some missing textures. 2/5

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This wad manages to misuse PSX/N64 resources so bad it actually made me appreciate more how good the official PSX port and Doom64 are. Gameplay, architecture, looks, atmosphere, everything misses the mark here. Randomly throwing colored lights around is seemingly enough to placate people into thinking anything is a masterpiece, which is slightly depressing. 2/5

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5/5 ^where?

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Awesome. Brillant light use. Fantastic music and sound. New monsters. One of the best of the year.

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I am not sure why this is getting so much praise. The WAD emulates the mood and feel of PSX Doom really well, but the actual level design is just so so. If the levels were edited so that all of the colored lights were removed and the monsters/weapons given only their normal sounds then the same people that rate this WAD so highly would only be giving it average scores. 3 stars out of 5 from me.

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I deeply appreciate works like this. And the kind of projects I'd like to see more of from the Doom community. PSX/N64 is a sorely underused style (not that I want it to be overused either) and can be used to implement some truly great settings. The creepy atmosphere is all there, with Aubrey Hodges' soundtrack, the colored lighting technique, and some classic gameplay with simple but attractive detail that proves you don't have to R667 resource/detail the shit out of things to be good. 5/5

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A perfect tribute to the PS Doom/Doom 64 games. 5/5 -Philnemba

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I liked it. The lighting enhanced the mood, and while I'm not crazy about the new monsters they are a nice change. The music and mood are consistent with the design, and it keeps you on your toes. Definitely a fun set of levels to play through.5/5

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I never played psx doom, so I don't know how much it's influenced by that. However, I have played doom64. The verdict: I love it! It screams professional level design all over. And I like the moody lighting and had a blast killing the new monsters (fav is probably the one with the alien gun). Negative: When the action slows down, it can get a bit boring; similarly, when the action intensifies, the fights are sometimes boring. Positive: everything else, including some great battles, design, and secrets.

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GREAT level set with some fun action, and with a very nice atmosphere. It's always a small vocal minority that will nitpick and will hate something just because it's not BooM, and blame everything on Zdoom features. It's best to not get worked up over them, Scalliano. ;)

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If you grew up with PSX port of Doom like I did, then you simply owe to yourself to play this gem!

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^^ Its's not a masterpiece because the colored lights (which looks very well), it's a masterpiece because has a decent mapset, a good gameplay, nice sound effects and music, new enemies, and I enjoyed a lot. 5/5

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Awesome, mixed bag with DooM64 and PSX DooM shit. Levels are fun and good for me before MAP08, I skipped MAP08 and MAP09 because I feel boring with them, sorry. And MAP10... no comment... well, I guess the unmarker weapon is overpowered for the Cyber prototype... :\ 4/5 -playerlin

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Way too many squares and rectangles. Some sub par texturing. Gameplay is ok, but ammo balance leans to the excessive. Decidedly average. 3/5

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One of the best wads this year level design is 10/10 excellent music. Loved it Loved it Loved it new monsters Sometimes i get bored of the standerd Doom monsters so I look for Wads with new monsters. The problem is that they do not always fit in. In this wad it was perfection. the new monster additions add so much to gameplay. 10/10 woderfull use of the jump and crawl features all new wads must follow this starndard 10/10

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Does a great job replicating the darker atmosphere of D64 and PSX doom. Levels have a great balance between retro feel and modern quality. Uses custom monsters well. just great really. Play it!

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Ignore the naysayers, they are full of BS. "Randomly colored lights" WTF? Colors are used to enhance the environment much like PSX did, mainly for doors, mainframes, outdoors and special lighting. The gameplay, map design and architecture are all sufficient to make one hell of a wad. PLAY it! Best to get familiar with Hell since we'll be going there when we die.

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Atmospheric masterpiece.

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OK, I finished the final maps, I really liked the Dark Cyberdemon boss fight. I made all the 10 main maps without dying once! Although I haven't found any of the secret levels normally, I warped to them with IDCLEV cheat (11 and 12) and I actually died few times in the secret levels because all I had was a pistol and MAP11 had a lot of traps. Oh well, still I enjoyed very much the wad, I'm looking forward to the sequel: Threshold of Pain 2! -FistMarine

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I've played both psx doom and the n64 version and this is a good comparison to some of the stuff, you should've used the lazer weapon in the n64 version though. Overall, job whell done. 5/5

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Played until MAP09. I have to say you've done excellent job on this wad! I have made my way through until now WITHOUT DYING once! Yes, at end of MAP08 the fight with many monsters once you get the unmaker, almost killed me (I was low on health) but I escaped somehow. My only complaint was in early maps, there were too many green armors. The wad is easy until you reach later maps, from now on it gets tough. BTW I'm playing on HMP skill. I give this wad 4/5 stars! -FistMarine

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It's nothing like the Doom 64 style, if you pay more attention to the difference between psx doom and Doom 64 you'd know by know it isn't the same.

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This is one of the most epic WADs I have played in my whole life. If I don't see your name on a Cacoward trophy this year I will personally scold the one responsible for the award ceremony. Obviously 5/5. -CarpetolA

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5/5, love doom64/psxdoom. Awesome lighting, awesome gameplay.

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