"Purged"

ack.wad

Author(s):

Parapsyche

Year of release:

2006

Map(s):

01

Engine:

ZDoom

Date of review:

07/26/2007

Overall rating:

Hm... well... what can I say about this one? It's a small map and I can call it only half-well done. You can clearly see, that this was a beginner's map with some decent ideas, but the map doesn't feel complete.
The gameplay is easy (it's harmless monsters against harmless weapons). The map doesn't look bad and has some nice details (yes, again we have toilets here, but did you ever see convincing toilet paper in a Doom map?? :-D and there's a brilliant illusion of pieces of mirrors on a table -> clever!). But nontheless, it looks underdetailed and simple like a map from earlier times.
There's also some kind of "story" with scripted messages via computer terminals. But the "story" is quite vague and doesn't even try to convince you.
The secrets are impossible to find without cheating. In fact, even with cheating (allmap) I only found one.

The whole thing seemed very half-done, but as it's the first map of Parapsyche I'd prefer to say that it clearly shows some potential for his future projects.