Other DBP WADs in the style of AUGER;ZENITH

[RulesMcGee]

Title speaks for itself. To elaborate anyway -

 

I LOVE Auger Zenith. It's my favourite wad visually, and the combat's certainly nothing to sneeze at, either. The difficulty is right around my comfort zone too (maybe a smidge too easy). I want to play more DBP WADs like it, assuming they exist, because I already know those guys can create an amazing WAD. The only other one I've tried was Cyb's Freak Colonoscopy, and it didn't really scratch that itch in the same way. It was also far more challenging.

Assuming the DBP team haven't really made anything like Auger before or since, I'll be more than grateful for suggestions for wads like it outside of the DBP sphere. I've played a few wads, mostly the really popular community ones, but nothing's really felt quite like Augur.

[Bep]

There is no such thing currently as "DBP team": contributors (and sometimes project leads) differs from project to project. There is (was?) so-called "DBK Krew", who were responsible for projects starting with DBP07, but after DBP32 they left the series, and are doing their own thing for years now.

 

My favorite DBP projects are 09, 11(holy shit), 13, 26, 27, 38, 39, 47, 51, and 61. But the even the ones I didn't mention are still super solid stuff. There are a few weaker ones, but at least they pretty short. 

That being said, I don't think there is any other wad in their catalogue similar to A;Z, both in terms of visuals or gameplay. 40oz, founder of the series, did lead a cyberpunk-ish community project called Mutiny, but the combat here is less explosive and maps are freaking huge, so, see for yourself if you want to take a dive.

[Nockson]

Check out DBP59: Zeppelin Armada - it is incredible (NPCs and quests in the Doom engine!). You can also check out DBP page on the DoomWiki - it contains links to small articles about each WAD as well as all the download links.

[RulesMcGee]

12 minutes ago, Nockson said:

Check out DBP59: Zeppelin Armada - it is incredible (NPCs and quests in the Doom engine!). You can also check out DBP page on the DoomWiki - it contains links to small articles about each WAD as well as all the download links.

Good timing! I was literally just done watching MtPain27's Dean of Doom Season 3 finale, and that wad was featured. It's not as "flashy" visually as Auger, but seeing the unique mechanics, like the NPCs and interactables, as well as the aesthetic and some of the vistas, gave me a feeling I don't think I've felt since I first played Glass Messiah a good while ago. Thank you very much for the link, I'll definitely check it out!

[RulesMcGee]

33 minutes ago, Bep said:

There is no such thing currently as "DBP team": contributors (and sometimes project leads) differs from project to project. There is (was?) so-called "DBK Krew", who were responsible for projects starting with DBP07, but after DBP32 they left the series, and are doing their own thing for years now.

 

My favorite DBP projects are 09, 11(holy shit), 13, 26, 27, 38, 39, 47, 51, and 61. But the even the ones I didn't mention are still super solid stuff. There are a few weaker ones, but at least they pretty short. 

That being said, I don't think there is any other wad in their catalogue similar to A;Z, both in terms of visuals or gameplay. 40oz, founder of the series, did lead a cyberpunk-ish community project called Mutiny, but the combat here is less explosive and maps are freaking huge, so, see for yourself if you want to take a dive.

Ahh, I see. I don't know what gave me the impression the team was at least somewhat similar among each project, especially since I've only played two of them.

That's one nice thing about these projects - their length. Megawads are great when they're good enough to justify that length, but they can really feel like a slog at times (especially if you play a lot of longer, more difficult ones in succession), so a shorter, or much shorter map set sounds appealing right now.

I think I'll download Mutiny and keep it in my WAD folder for later, along with a lot of other wads I'm interested but haven't played yet. I got into this scene way too late, hahaha. Thanks for the suggestion!