/vr/ - Retro Games

PUNISHER.WAD - http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/?id=3025

you probably know this one, it's pretty much a less refined but harder version of pl32. it is more awkward to run around, there are fewer routes between areas and more unfortunate chokepoints. it doesn't help that the doors which should stay open can be closed by monsters from the other side. there are extra switches to reopen the doors but they're all single-use. there's also a few monsters stuck together or in walls. punisher clearly had less time spent on it than pl32.

i wonder which came first. whether pl32 was a refinement, correcting the authors' perceived shortcomings, or if they thought, pl32 isn't hard enough, let's do another one, no point in putting so much effort into prettifying it, just add tons of monsters.