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Author(s):
Midnight Storm
SP -
Ultimate Doom
requires:
Zdoom or Legacy
Reviewer:
Sematary
Download Tides of Sin
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DIFFICULTY RATING
Yes, its hard but not so hard that you'll just walk away shaking your head and
wishing you had done something else with your time. Since the author implemented
skill levels I will just assume that the easier difficulty settings are more
suited to less experienced players. I played on Ultra Violence (as always) and
while I did find myself utilizing my saved game twice I think, that wasn't too
bad. You WILL need to use your head. You WILL need to utilize the architecture
to protect yourself at times but this level is beatable by the average doom
player. I could have imagined doing it slightly different but not much.
rating:8
PLAYABILITY
Once you figure out how to keep from getting turned to toast right at the
beginning it plays out very well. The baron at the beginning is one you will
definitely want to take out early or have him haunt you throughout the level. It
is a small but fun level to play. There are a total of 3 major battles to be
fought in this wad and it will take everything you have to beat the army of
beasts that the author throws at you but it is done in such a way and with the
right weapons at hand that you won't get frustrated as long as you think. The
only thing I would have asked for here would have been to make the level a
little larger to stretch out the length of time you get to play.
PLAYABILITY: 8
LEVEL DESIGN
As with many of the wads I see these days - this is one of the best features of
the wad. While not incredibly bestowed with unbelievable looking architecture,
it does offer a very nice appearance with good use of textures and a variety of
geography to keep the players interest. Fortunately, he wasn't ONLY thinking of
level design when he did this so you didn't end up with a nice looking level but
boring to play. I really enjoyed the floors in this level as far as the design
went. It added a nice touch to what otherwise might have been an average or
slightly above average looking level.
Design: 8
OVERALL SCORE
This is an above average level in design and playability. In fact, its above
average in almost every respect. Its not perfect but how many wads are? I would
have liked to have seen more use of boom features considering that it needs a
port to work properly - a few small 3d effects or just something that you don't
see in most maps would have made the total score a little higher but it is very
good. The author says Legacy is necessary to function properly but I played some
of it with Zdoom and it looked fine to me.
Overall: 8
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