Someone on the Discord pointed out that the levels are randomly assigned "by type" so it doesn't make sense to divide up the levels like this. Dammit! Oh well, I'll do an index post at the end.
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Monday, October 7, 2024
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Friday, September 13, 2024
Friday, September 6, 2024
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Ramp2024 Doom Map Reviews - Part I
If you don't know what RAMP 2024 is, go here and download it, then go here and download GZDoom, install Doom somewhere and get to playing. It's great.
Review Rubric
1/2 - 1 star. Bad, a waste of time, offensive in some way. Simply doesn't run at all. I don't expect a community-created pack like Ramp2024 to contain anything in this range.
1.5 - 2.5 stars - Good but with a gamestopping bug or mistake. "Basic" maps with no significant depth. "Decent" maps with a serious flaw. By the time you get to the top of this range you're talking about the "median .WAD I would download from a ftp site in 1997".
3-4 stars - Solid maps, simple-but-polished maps, a good execution of an idea, feels good to play. By the time you get to 4 stars you're talking about a really cool idea, a commercial-DooM-level experience, or a highly polished experience.
4.5 - 5 stars - Superlative, great execution, a great idea that's explored well, great ambition, total conversions that hold up fully.
My own personal preferences only ever amounts to around 0-1 star in either direction, typically if it's too hard, if it's a slaughter map or a map of another "type" that I just don't care for, if there's music I don't like, etc. I try not to let this affect my score too much but they're my ratings so they do, a bit.
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