Castle Doom

well, you got me on the premise, but this is simply not a good wad. if you want to know just how much of a not good wad this is, well just take a look at what we got. the high-res TITLEPIC is very cool, as are many of the hi-res textures being put on display in many of the maps. thing is, these textures are huge, and so are the maps themselves. loads of open spaces to deal with, and despite being called Castle Doom a lot of the maps are indoors, or there's even some outdoor levels that don't resemble castles at all. heck, one was a techbase even. just look at the first map, a very slow-paced beginning rife with zombiemen in many places imaginable, ground-level, ramparts, just about everywhere, but no chaingun to speak of. the second level has these cross textures as "switches" which are easy to miss. it's easy to get stuck on some levels, like MAP06 if you neglect the yellow key (also there's like two imps that are impossible to even hit) also I got stuck in MAP11 when the key platform with the crusher raised up.

you wish many of the levels would get better, but in fact they only get worse. there's not much in the way of originality in design, just slapping on some pretty large textures here and there while unfortunately not doing as good a job with the other textures, and also some HOMs can be sighted. the arena maps are among the worst too, uninspiring, easy to dodge projectiles, other maps like MAP27 flood you with hitscanners everywhere. seems this was made quickly, and can actually be fully playable in short time, but wow this just isn't good to play or look at.

Unlike many people that reviewed this megawad, I've like it. The levels are well made and not confusing, the battles are fine and there're enough ammo. If I could made one complaint would be that some maps need more monsters, but overall it's a fine megawad.