Hellcrap

Doom 1 -- SP -- Boom

Two ho-hum E3-themed maps. The first map has you exploring the side corridors off a central vine-covered hub, while the second map is a trip through semi-labyrinthine red brick passages on your way to a meeting with the final bosses.

There isn't much to either of these maps. The difficulty is low, especially since the second map is quite generous with ammo (on the other hand I ran out of shells near the end of the first map), and its final boss fight is downright disappointing: it's a "Gotcha!" redux, except you're given so many powerups that there's almost no way not to win. At least the map has a semi-interesting cave exploration scenario going on, which doesn't make up for the nonexistent challenge but gives it an edge over the first level. Skip this.

[originally written Dec 2018 for The /newstuff Chronicles]

I judge this Whiskey fueled misadventure as way below the quality level of the first IWAD, whereas I consider the first IWAD to be of rather high quality. This is a room-corridor chain with non-orthogonal linedefs, red/green stone textures and next to none sector height variation. Everything is very bare and shooting is straight-forward. I would rate this 1 star if 0 stars were still available, but they are not, so have 2 stars instead.

Agree with other comments. E3M1 is really good, E3M2 is crap.

I liked the first map, it was simple, didn't need to check the map, fun to kill enemies, not too small not too big and had consistent theme. The second map however ? Awful texture choice, at first I ignored that because the start was somewhat OK but later I discovered the map was boring, big rooms, 1 enemy per corner ( I just ran past them lol ) and the boss fight was easy, if there wasn't a second map i'd remember it as casual wad to play when bored and fun to speedrun and I'd give it 3 stars but because of the other map... 2 stars

Weird crap. Mostly nonsensical design (e3m1 is way too cramped, e3m2 is way too bare and orthogonal) coexists with some genuinely nice looking stuff but in small quantities. I smell a jokewad but who knows. Quite silly overall, skip unless god told you to play this.

e3m1 was very beautiful, m2 was huge and very boring.

They feel like 90s maps, a good one and a not-so-good one.