IDITAROD.WAD

Some maps are fun, others have some weird switch combinations to put pressure in the player, I didn't have a good time with these maps. Just read vdgg review.

This mapper did create good stuff, pazuzu, diabolos and odyssey. This is way, way below these WADs. I am the first reviewer to mention massive (but massive) HOMs on MAP10! 2 stars for:

- awesome grey blocks area in motion in the middle of MAP08

- some occasional decent moments, I guess MAP03 is fine, MAP04 is okayish.

- visually it is not bad for 1996.

But come on. One motif is: "press switch A to lower a lift, press switch B that opens a door somewhere far, but press it a bit later, just to get in time to the lift, not too early as the door will shut". After that door you often have a wall of monsters, so sometimes you retreat and repeat. This motif is used over and over and over again. You also experience cramped mazy hallways quite a lot and lots of damaging floors. Some of these damaging floors are used for extra spice during combat, but most of them are there to make you think faster about the puzzle solution :) It is not easy for me to pick the worst map, MAP05, 07 and 09 set the bar quite high. And it is me who is writing this, I enjoy cleim20, odessas, some cryptic stuff, but I just can't stand >80% of this creation.

10-map episode by Myscha, one of the authors behind Unreal. Remember Unreal? Big open levels with expansive vistas. Its the polar opposite of IDITAROD. Its still a cut above the crop for the time if you can get past the claustrophobia. Boy he wasn't kidding about the difficulty spikes. Not sure how you pistol-start MAP07.