Which is consensually the best wad?

[ArchViolence]

What is the wad that most people in the community (here, the ZDoom forums, etc) agree is the best ever, basically.

Edited May 22, 2021 by ArchViolence

[Chip]

Just posted this the other day. read it to find the answer you're looking for. 

Edit: I also don't know if this is on the list, but here is a thread that's pretty easy to find on the forums. 

 

Edited May 22, 2021 by Chip

[baja blast rd.]

46 minutes ago, ArchViolence said:

What is the wad that most people in the community (here, the ZDoom forums, etc) agree is the best ever, basically.

 

Here is a voted list of Doomworld's favorite wads, but basically there is no consensus. The current #1 in points Ancient Aliens has 11 10-point votes -- and probably a few more than that at most if it's just "whoever assigned their highest number of points to it." That is out of 158 total voters, so it's pretty diffuse as a plurality. (Here is also one for ZDoom's community, which includes gameplay mods.)

 

That is the beauty of Doom of course -- there is something for everyone, and no one will agree. Of 2020, there were 20-25 wads I know of that I saw someone (on Doomworld, Discord, Twitter, etc.) feel deserved a Cacoward, sometimes quite adamantly. (That includes the "official" 10.) You won't find a great deal of consensus anywhere unless you start to narrow it down into specific things like, "What do people agree is the best slaughterwad with a sector toilet in it." 

[Biff Dunderbuff]

Obviously it's Imp Encounter

[princetontiger]

1 hour ago, Chip said:

Just posted this the other day. read it to find the answer you're looking for. 

Edit: I also don't know if this is on the list, but here is a thread that's pretty easy to find on the forums. 

 

 

The last post should be pinned.. incredible.

 

 

I don't know the draw to ancient aliens. i think alien vendetta may be the best third party wad ever created. glad to see it rank #2

[Jacek Bourne]

There is no consensus on what the greatest wad is. It is subjective.

[DynamiteKaitorn]

HDooM I know Eviternity is fairly well rated.

[leodoom85]

Consensually, there's no best wad being set in stone. Only a bunch of lists that you can find to help you decide which is the "best" wad.

[out_of_service]

On 5/22/2021 at 2:36 PM, Biff Dunderbuff said:

Obviously it's Imp Encounter

I don't think there was anything consensual about that.

[Doomkid]

dwango5.wad obviously

[Bridgeburner56]

Clearly we should be asking which is sensually the best wad

[VoanHead]

wow.wad

issa mastahpeace

[DevilMyEyes]

Plutonia 3 of course.

[DevilMyEyes]

16 hours ago, Bridgeburner56 said:

Clearly we should be asking which is sensually the best wad

Kama Sutra is pretty close

Edited May 25, 2021 by DevilMyEyes

[Teo Slayer]

Plutonia 666 is the best Doom WAD ever

[Murdoch]

No such wad exists. People like different things for different reasons.

[Terraformer9x]

tnt31.wad

[jerk-o]

On 5/24/2021 at 10:22 PM, Doomkid said:

dwango5.wad obviously

dwango9.wad is better