"The Attraction to All Things Uncertain"

kaiser_12.wad

Author(s):

Samuel Villarreal

Year of release:

2004

Map(s):

01

Engine:

ZDoom

Date of review:

05/05/2006

Overall rating:

The last of Kaiser's map I've played (kaiser_18.wad) was hard and always near the border to frustration, but beatable. With this map, he crossed the line for me.
There's hardly any single inch in this map, where you aren't attacked. And you don't even have enough ammo and health. Finally, I gave up just before the end. I could get the final key only with cheating and when I got it, I couldn't find a way to finish the map, or I didn't bother.
Apart from the overly hard gameplay, the map is looking very nice with its eleborate ambience and high level of detail.
So, if you decide to play it, don't forget to save after every monster you've killed.

(I give this 3 of 5 stars, because probably on a lower skill level it's easier and beatable - unlike other maps I gave a half star because of unplayability - but after 300 monsters, I didn't want to restart the whole game. Yes, it's a large map.)