Nuke Mine (Come Get Some)

Its all about nuke. Too much brown and green maybe. But it’s 94…and there’s a cohesive NUKE in all maps. Hard to find in old good times.

I'm not very good at reviewing so bear with me: If you want a quick and fairly easy WAD then this is for you. It starts out fairly easy as well as being fairly linear and than it gets harder as it goes on. It's also fairly short too as it took me about an hour or two to complete on UV difficulty in GZDoom using the Doom (strict) compat mode.

The new textures were a nice addition although they were only featured in the last few maps. There are a lot of switches and "rising structures" (floors & lifts) but the placement of them is decent so they aren't a nuisance. The switches open doors or activate lifts that are pretty much right in front of you or in an area that you've just past through so the maps aren't that confusing (which is a good thing).

The one thing that i did not like about this WAD was that the exits were not marked. I exited a few levels with only 50% or so of the map explored due to the exit just being a normal looking switch. In a map that has quite a few switches that activate doors and lifts, you need the exit too look different or at least have an exit sign above it imo.

I did notice a few misaligned textures but tbh that's normal for 1994. Also, there are different sounds for weapons and some monsters as well that kind of annoyed me. I don't usually mind sound replacements and i know that a lot of early maps had them but this one just really got on my nerves at times. You'll hear GROOVY! a lot and it's not as cool sounding as Duke Nukem saying it, even though it is the actual sound clip from Evil Dead 2 (i believe).

Other than that this E1 replacement played alright for a '94 mapset, having decent layouts and monster placements. I give it 3 1/2 stars mainly because of the exit issue that really bugged me and the sound replacement not being my favorite.

^{[Oh btw, i played continuous. I tried playing pistol start only on a few maps but i just couldn't do it. I'm not sure if it's possible tbh. Maybe some of the weapons are hidden in secrets because i often found ammo in levels for some but not the weapon for it.]}

A very 1994 wad indeed. It's got some good moments, like searching for ammo in a maze to kill a Baron, but most of the time is spent in brown rectangular rooms(first 2 maps are a prime example) or brown symmetrical rooms. Maps are not very long, an hour or 2 to complete all of them. Definitely not on the same level as IWADs, but that is to be expected. Kind of makes me appreciate how ID even managed to make maps as good as they were in the game.

a nice quickie, but there are some issues on lower settings. notably the red key is missing in E1M6 and E1M7 on ITYTD/HNTR, while in E1M8 the barons are only on UV and are the only means of actually exiting the map.

A surprisingly good episode from 1994 with great level design & some interesting custom textures that fits the "Nukege" theme. Highly recommend! 5/5