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GULAG

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A five-level wad for Heretic, incorporating numerous new graphics. The appearance of each level is quite different; there is no unifying theme except that the action takes place on a series of islands. If I could have figured out how to replace the end screens, (assuming it's possible with Heretic), I would have named the levels:

1) On the Beach 2) Subterranea 3) Skull Mountain 4) The Flying Dutchman 5) Circus Maximus

Three of the levels are quite large (Circus Maximus is over 700K); I have been told that Gulag plays "too choppy" on a 486, so the wad may require a Pentium, or similar processor, for smooth gameplay.
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Awesome map set, maybe the first Heretic wad in history with this achievement (sorry if I forgot older outstanding wads)? It consists of five maps with the level of detail never seen before. Several of the maps are multistory as well... The gameplay is mainly puzzle-based, very much like Hexen, so if you want straightforward gameplay, this wad is not for you. Generally though, you should revisit the areas a lot, as some new location gets open. The difficulty is not that high, but you should save at the beginning of each level, because I'm not sure they can be wand-started.

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Architecturally great. But new textures is motley, work with light is lame, gameplay, oriented on cave crawling with savegames is fault. **
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Great. I'm downloading this WAD for fourth time now :) Never gets boring. - Trollmann -
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BEST,BEST,BEST
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I didn't play all Heretic levels (How could I?) but this is simply the BEST I ever did play. Great style of mapping, big, really epic Levels, a Pwad you will never forget!
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epic boredom
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This is a great set of levels, with clever puzzles and game play with some tight fights. I love it. 5/5 Kristus.
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Amateurish. In the rough. 2 stars.
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Balanced gameplay, puzzles are tough but not too tough, an all around excellent WAD!
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Quite an adventure! 5/5
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Great! 5 stars! Awesome, well-detailed level design and new textures, very splendid. For those who like Eternal Doom, this is a must play! The levels are enormous with a lot of switch-hunting to confuse you :) and wtf 1997? that's quite nice for its time.
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Decent WAD you have here. The cave parts were boring and summed up to be relentless switch hunts while the later levels were wonderful. 4/5
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very good the caves aren't boring imo either
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I would say "Best Heretic WAD ever", but I don't have tested all Heretic WADs avaiable. The fact remains that I love this one, levels have an "Eternal-ish" style with their puzzles and triggers. I need more PWADs like this one ! Legendary for sure. 5/5. ~Naan
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The first level is epic, and then the second builds on it ever moreso. I don't like how you have to wait so long to get the Dragonclaw, same with the Hellstaff and the Phoenix Rod also. It's not designed for wand-starts in any level which is a let down, and the third level is truly infuriating as going back and forth between 5 floors all the time is time consuming and it gets very monotonous.
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