"007: Licence to Spell DooM"

007ltsd.wad

Author(s):

The Ultimate Doomer

Year of release:

2002

Map(s):

E4M1-E4M9

Engine:

Doom1 + ZDoom

Date of review:

08/16/2006

Overall rating:

-unrated-

This wad is impossible for me to rate. It's an exceptional work, with a whole new gameplay style to Doom.
You not only have to shoot all monsters and find the keys, but you also get special tasks to complete.
Some things are really astonishing. In the first map you have to saw your way through rocks and blow away obstacles with dynamite. In the secret map you're asked to solve three puzzles by using player duplicates to leave the map. I found this map in particular very tricky and inventive.
So, this Doom1 episode is a blast of originality.
However, there's also a downside. The solution to the riddles is not always obvious and more than once, I found myself running around helplessly, without finding a way to proceed. This became quite frustrating and when, after three evenings, I still didn't find the missing red key in map 05, I finally gave up.

If you're ready to spend several days with a goodlooking, innovative wad full of challenges and tricky puzzles, you should download this. But if you want to have the normal, straight Doom fun and clear up a map from monsters, this is probably not your first choice.