Astrostein 2

those brave enough not to quit at the sheer monotony of Astrostein's first incarnation will find that the sequel holds much of the same thing. loads of similar rooms, finding switches and/or keys (making sure not to break sequence otherwise you'd get stuck), and fairly slow gameplay. weapon progression is a bit slower too, and the enemies are of course hitscan-heavy. the layouts take a turn for browner bases, which is a good departure from the gray stuff from before but not nearly enough to compensate for the level layouts, which are still bad. the chainsaw replacement was somewhat interesting, a cargo mover that could be used to drill enemies, and there's even an enemy who uses it too.

overall though, Astrostein 2's gameplay actually is a little worse than the previous one. the first level will have you getting a laser rifle (shotgun) after a rough beginning but nothing else, and then you get the SSG replacement in the next level thankfully. the BFG replacement is a somewhat useless minelayer this time around, you get it in the last level but it has next to no value when the plasma gun can do the work just fine. you may also notice that there's officer-centric levels, these guys for some reason replace chaingunners, and other enemies which serve as sprite replacement actually gain a lot more health this time around, SS's included. level-wise, again, it promotes the copy/paste shit and exploring every single room, even hiding important keys in samey rooms to completely throw players off. MAP05 has weird scaffolding where you'll have to go outside to get a red access card, and for some reason there's a duplicate boss monster outside the map in MAP10. it's the worst of the trilogy gameplay-wise, and perhaps story-wise too. still not the absolute worst of WolfenDoom and I'm of course not saying the entire series is horrible.