tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781490333212566792.post4064605201181600248..comments2024-03-28T04:01:06.446-05:00Comments on ONEMANDOOM: WAD Reviews: Serenity (SERENITY.WAD)KMX E XIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05745439363707845462noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781490333212566792.post-886641740868497322015-01-17T23:25:10.255-06:002015-01-17T23:25:10.255-06:00Decent 1994/95 efforts (this trilogy). They don...Decent 1994/95 efforts (this trilogy). They don't hold up that well today, though they are a far cry from the worst, and oddly enough I still very much enjoy their soundtracks (maybe just because I've got a lot of nostalgia for it though).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781490333212566792.post-29421928747486316692013-05-08T21:33:56.059-05:002013-05-08T21:33:56.059-05:00Well I just played it this evening, hardest diffic...Well I just played it this evening, hardest difficulty. It's playable, which is an applaud for something this old. Like NightFright said, E3M7 has surprisingly horrible layouts and architecture, though the gameplay isn't that different from other maps. I was having enough fun though to finish all eight levels, which is something I can only say for a countable number of episodes from 1994. Wasn't that tough (as is general with 1994 wads), and I managed every level from a pistol start. You do get a shotgun fairly quickly in each case. E3M7 Spider was actually the hardest, I actually BFG-rushed E3M8 without even noticing the invulnerability was there, since its death ends the game automatically.<br /><br />Secret-tagging is terrible, with some levels having lots of areas that have no reason to be secrets marked as secrets, but I'll let that part go. Occasionally there were a few mandatory actual secrets though and those do annoy me, something I think is inherently poor design.<br /><br />Starting Eternity now. Still going for pistol start except in E2M8. I think I'll carry over from E2M7 there.<br /><br />(If any of this personal commentary on wads is considered relevant to asking for opinions, ranks, or other posting you do not want me to do as asked earlier, just leave a response saying so and I won't post any thoughts on wads, even my own, through this blog.)WolfForeverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01722579221537565281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781490333212566792.post-74358144696716937302013-02-11T04:53:20.221-06:002013-02-11T04:53:20.221-06:00I have taken all my courage and played this ancien...I have taken all my courage and played this ancient WAD last night. I have to say that E3M7 indeed is one of the maps with the worst texturing and general level design I have seen in quite a while. Also, the weird animation inside of the "R" in E3M3 is questionable. I guess E3M5 and E3M8 are the highlights of the set. Still, considering this is a 1994 mapset, it's a remarkable effort by the authors. NightFrightnoreply@blogger.com