"Ragnarog Doom"

93talio.wad

Author(s):

Tom Talionis

Year of release:

1995

Map(s):

01

Engine:

Doom2

Date of review:

07/12/2005

Overall rating:

This is a very early map again, so it's no masterpiece of architecture. But this time the lack of details is offset by some really nice, even experimental texturing and some really nice layout ideas. Plus, untypically for this time, the author spent much thought on lighting, too.
You'll find all sorts of monsters in this labyrinth, but if you're clever you don't need to kill them all by yourself. So the toughness is just perfect.
The secrets, too, are well balanced and you can find them all if you look carefully, the more if you find the automap.
In the textfile, the author suggests you also load the Ragnarok sound wad (it's not ragnasnd.wad, as it's said in the file; you can find the wad under 93talios.wad in the Doomworld archives). However, I dissuade from that, cause the sounds mostly are spoken phrases and they induce a real psychedelic but annoying cacophony. But without it, the map is very nice.