Phobos Mission Control

I think that the combination between shotgun and chaingun combat, and the hitscanner shootouts this WAD offers are really fun and engaging. Pinky Demons are placed in areas where they're not frustrating, (The opposite being something I see very often, nice work Romero :P.) My only issue with this WAD is that one or two of the secrets, specifically those found in the darkened tech room, are sort of esoteric. The one where you have to jump from a platform isn't the worst, but the one for the Mega-Armour is annoying and in my opinion, unfair to find.

Despite these small issues, I think that Phobos Mission Control is an excellent and exciting level to run through, and I applaud Romero for returning to the Doom Community to make new levels.

Played this around release and again recently. Still a solid Doom 1 map with a cool theme of the base opening up as you progress. 4/5

my two-word review describes this as "pretty fun" but let's see what I really have to say. getting a chaingun at the beginning is real nice, the numbers correlating switches to doors helps in progressing through, and combat usually stays pretty decent, as would be the case if this really was an E1M4. it's a lot bigger than you'd expect most of the time, and a lot of the time will likely be spent at that area at the southwest end, with all the terminals and shit and having to cross bridges looking for secrets and such. the cracks here are crevices, all are death traps for sure, and the opening up of everything at the end is neat too. well, it's a neat wad, even regardless of who made it.