Die 1 is an
above average level that is similar in style to the original Doom 2 levels.
It has an easy - medium difficulty, but Dale hasn't taken full advantage
of the difficulty settings, which could have been used to make the level
harder for the experts out there. I was surprised to see two cyberdemons
and one
mastermind, especially in a single
player level. This has been offset with the availability of
the BFG and an abundance of cells. One of the Cybers can be very
annoying as he patrols a nukage floor, with no Rad suits (that I saw :-).
Die 1 has some well constructed puzzles that are not obvious at first,
but can be figured out quite quickly. One lowlight was the overuse
of seargents and imps. But then again they should be the staple of
any Doom level. Occasionly the level is a bit actionless at times,
but I found it only served to increase the suspense! |