Best wads with OG textures

[Skronkidonk]

Does anyone know good looking wads that use the classic textures? I'm curious on what some of these amazing map makers can do with OG textures.

[continuum.mid]

My picks would be Sigil and Going Down. Neither are strict on use of classic textures, but they do use them almost exclusively and to great effect. Sigil is my favorite Hell episode in Doom (well, maybe tied with Eviternity), and Going Down is a singularly creative mapset, especially in later levels.

[MattFright]

Hurt has the best use of IWAD textures i've ever seen.

 

[Smite of Disrespect]

I liked Base Ganymede

 

Scythe also has good maps like 27

[E.M.]

Hellbound is the first WAD that comes to my mind. There's also Going Down, but those are all slaughter maps, so be warned. If you want something that came out recently, try 25 Years on Earth.

[baja blast rd.]

Counterattack is amazing.

[Noiser]

Some of my favorite stock-texture wads:

Baculus by @Crunchynut44
Sinergy by @Crunchynut44
Moonblood by @Deadwing
Estranged by @Foodles
Base Ganymede by @Khorus
CPD by @Cheesewheel

Edited March 30, 2021 by Noiser

[Misty]

Brigandine by Viggles. 

 

[Lippeth]

Lunar Catastrophe is one of my favorites

And Bourgeois Deathmatch (includes single player)

 

[PeterMoro]

@Misty is right! I recommend Breach and Brigandine by @Viggles.

Really stunning work. 

[WH-Wilou84]

Vela Pax and the aforementioned Counterattack (both by Mechadon) feature the best stock texture usage I've ever seen in a wad.

[Chris Hansen]

4 hours ago, MattFright said:

Hurt has the best use of IWAD textures i've ever seen.

It truly is quite insane and mindbending isn't it! Wow, just wow.

[Doomkid]

It's currently in the process of being improved and bugfixed, but I'm playing through a newer beta of this wad by @TheMightyWhoosh right now:

 

 

..and it is damn fun, some of the cleanest stock texture use I've seen in a while. Absolutely worth your while.

[Major Arlene]

Mapwich 1 (Bridgeburner et all) uses vanilla tex as well, GZDoom set :D

[MFG38]

Thirding(?) Hurt.

[Shawny]

Agree with E.M . Hellbound is my definitive choice, especially considering the project is "vanilla" (limit-removing).

[nrofl]

In my opinion Breach mentioned above and HeDRoX utilize the stock doom textures the best. I think HeDRoX in particular is also one of the best wads with having insane sector detail without it being too overbearing. 

[Roofi]

Maybe objectively not the most beautiful maps but I love how TimeofDeath uses the stock textures. It always look very overworldly/surreal. Thanks also the sky , you always feel like in a kind of dream.

 

[Devalaous]

50 Shades of GRAYTALL.

[Doomenator]

WTMDGEA.WAD

[Jaromir Bergmann]

Hell's Farthest Shore map (35min to finish, Doom 1, E2M1)

https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/119237-hells-farthest-shore-epic-single-player-doom-map/

[Andromeda]

More reading material:

 

[Conk]

I know this thread is quite old, but I highly recommend Dark Encounters. Something about abstract but intricate Doom architecture just tickles my brain.

https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.p hp?t=58375