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Pleiades

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Single level with more than a megabyte of new graphics. This level weighs in at more than 1.7 meg with level data at 370 K. This is huge but the play area is not overly large; a lot of sectors and linedefs were used purely for visual effects and appearances. Views of outer space are created using a non-repeating, verically retilable sky texture. Views include view of space both over and under structural parts of the Starship Pleiades when looking out some of the portholes. (F_SKY is assigned to both floor and ceiling in the same sector which I found a way to make it work without the hall-of-mirrors that typically occurs when doing this.) Play action features random monster placement which gives the action a different twist each time it is played. Finally, this level is a standard patch wad that does not alter the main Doom wad and is playable with the standard -file parameter.
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This is part of an old wad series by the creator of phobos.wad. It's a pretty good-looking spaceship map, though it's not that fun. It's more of an artistic wad, and there are quite a few sights like the windows where you can look out into space. 3.5/5 for okay gameplay and nice visuals.
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This is an ambitious, good-looking spaceship level that seems to have become lost in the archives. It has some clever pre-source port architecture - there are tasteful custom textures, some good views of the fuselage, and a cool flying saucer. Sadly the gameplay seems like an afterthough. There are lots of pokey little rooms, a symmetrical layout, and only 50 monsters, which come at you randomly (a fad of the period). Looks good, though.
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