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| Patrick Smith
is famous for making wads that are damn near impossible. It's something
that the man prides himself on, and his latest wad, Knuckles, is no exception.
If you think that you are a Doom God, then I challenge you to download
this wad and try and beat it on UV. You will be ripping your hair out in
chunks !!! However, Knuckles is not just about being a hard level. It also
has some very good design aspects to the level. The level is actually very
big, and while the layout is not magnificent, it is by no means bad. However,
after playing the level for a while you do tend to get slightly lost and
a bit confused,
which can be very frustrating. The texture usage is pretty good, although I thought there were a couple of strange floor texture choices (the red lights in particular). As with Patrick's other levels, there are tricks and traps at every turn. Your little marine will be happily running along, and all of a sudden barons will jump out behind you and start to pummell you. There is also a major abundance of Archviles. In fact, on UV, everytime you turn a corner there seems to be one waiting to set you on fire. There are also switches which open doors and sections miles away, so you don't know what they did until you stumble across the new section. Thankfully, however, these are few and far between. All in all, Knuckles will prove to be a major challenge to any hardcore doomer. In the author's words, "SAVE whenever you do something good, 'cause you can bet there's trouble around the next corner". The combination of non-stop action, and the fact that you will get killed many, many times before you finish it, will keep you coming back for more. |
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