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Title: Ice-cream
Review #1: "The wad is short, centralized, and tough. Unless you're a DOOM god, UV should pose a good challenge for most." On the contrary, I found this level to be a breeze. Except for the occasional arch-vile, there is hardly any problem getting places in this level. You just have to do a lot of hiding behind corners to clear scenes up but that is it. It was refreshing to play a level intended for doom gods instead of the amateur player. Ammo and monster placement was fairly poor. Especially the ammo and powerups. Monsters weren't too bad, but the rooms with 4 boxes of shells, 4 boxes of rockets, 4 boxes of bullets and 4 cell packs made dealing with them far too easy. Architecture and texturing were extremely bad. With the exception of the start room, which I have to admit was fairly well done, the level seems like a first or second attempt at a map. Lots of bright rooms with no light sources, dark hallways with lights, skin textures scrolling into metal walls, some oddly impassable lines and extreme lack of detail in general. Overall, the only redeeming quality here is the playability. The layout of the map is classic, and could have been really cool if done by somebody who knew what they were doing. This level is OK for a quick challenge, but nothing else. Overall: 3.5/10 Reviewed by Lüt. Review #2: In ultra Violence mode, you start off in a room full of imps. Act really quickly, as you only have a short time to grab the shotgun to your left before the imps flood you. Not that it will do you any good, as there are so many, the only way to escape is to run away and shoot at them. Outside, rooms full of stronger enemies await you. It's ridiculous. I mean, does the guy who made this actually expect you to beat it!? On the other hand, it is a refreshing change from the sickeningly easy wads some people make... Anyway, if you cheat, you can have some real fun. Using the Zdoom Notarget cheat you can shoot one monster, then run behind a different monster. When one shoots at you and hits the other, they will fight it out. In fact, considering how few weapons lie around, your only chance is to get monsters to fight. The level is very very basic, it's just that he has it set up so anything that looks like it would help you ends up not being worth it. Like when you get the super shotgun, a wall opens up and some mancabuses come to get you. Or when you find and use the blue key, cacodemons and pain elementals teleport in to "Play" with you. Personally, I think that if the guy was going for lots of monsters, he should have included a room full of cyberdemons and spider-minds :-) For actual gameplay, it sucks, as there is not much you can even survive to do, but for fooling around with cheats, it is a 12/10, because it is fun to get monsters fighting!! Rating 7.5/10 Reviewed by Jon Comment - Lack of actual gameplay makes it suffer, but the monster positioning makes it fun to get them fighting. Last Remarks - Should have more than one player start. As this would make a great deathmatch/co-op level to play in. |
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