The City of The Damned Apocalypse

Doesn't work with Project Brutality 3.0.

Mod Edit: Not actually a sound reason for a 1 star review.

Definitely some of the best atmosphere I've seen in a Doom Wad, few mappers can splurge on detail like Tormentor and back it up with challenging and fun gameplay.

The mod takes heavy inspiration from the Survival horror genre. As a result ammo can be hard to come by, I was playing on the normal difficulty so I only started running low on ammo near the end of the map. Fortunately picking up a speedloader gives you 20 rounds and Tommy gun wielding cultists have a habit of dropping drum mags that give you 50 rounds to use on either the Thompson or the revolver. Don't ask me how that's supposed to work.

The reused blood assets were also adjusted to be more scary and less comedic. The cultists iconic voiceline's where pitched down slightly and they can now take a lot more punishment before buying the farm. The Axe wielding Zombie's are a lot taller that they were on the build engine and the Bloated Butchers projectiles now home in on the player, That coupled with the slower movement makes them a formidable foe.

It took me about and hour and a half to complete this WAD.

I would highly recommend City of the Damned: Apocalypse to any fan of Doom, Blood or Survival horror.

A genuinely scary, atmospheric mod. The story may be cheesy but the mood is excellent, and the level is short enough not to wear out its welcome. Combat is difficult enough that each encounter is an unnerving drain on resources, although ammo starts getting more plentiful towards the end of the level.

About my only complaint is that you're often left without an inkling where to go, since doing something in one area may reveal a pathway or a hotspot in another area without any indication. Also,

Excellent map, but the ammo is scarce, is the unique problem, another i dont see

the final boss!!!, i love it, the theme and he himself make me create some years ago a powerful boss, the dark lord of my wad of monsters

is great, but hard

4 stars

What a shame. The atmosphere and visuals of this wad are very well-done and are perfect for me, a big fan of the game Blood. But unfortunately the actual gameplay is a huge letdown. It's just not fun. You're given so little ammo that even if you begin with perfect aim, you'll undoubtedly run out and be faced with hitscan cultists and zero ammo. So you need to use the pitchfork on the poisonous enemies in the beginning (unfun) to have a chance against the cultists later on. This sums up the entirety of the mod's progression. You need to take EXACTLY the right path and make EXACTLY the right moves or you will be fucked. Which is really stupid since the city is so non-linear. It's punishing players for exploring. Just started exploring the city and feel like checking out this warehouse? Nope, here's two mini-bosses you couldn't possibly defeat at this point! How fun. And also due to this non-linearity, one is liable to get lost, trying to find the way to progress or remember exactly where to backtrack to.

Some would say "it's supposed to be ammo-starved & punishing like Blood". Well really only the first few levels of Blood are ammo-starved, for most of the game you are given a reasonable amount of ammunition. Which is good, because running past enemies like a headless chicken or making painstaking effort to melee them is not fun.