/vr/ - Retro Games

I know no one likes to read rants, but I'll post this anyway because I need to get it off my chest.

After an insane amount of work, I finished Community Chest, aka. No Ammo: The Megawad. I ended up cheating, because I don't enjoy the idea of having to chainsaw dozens of Barons and other tough enemies dead because the map only gives you 1-2 boxes of shotgun shells and that's it. I checked the map statistics at DoomWiki, and I'm not imagining it: most maps in CC1 really do have very few ammo pickups available compared to most other WADs. I watched some UV-max demos and I have no idea how they make their ammo last. The demos always pistol start, but I didn't. I scavenged every secret area, killed every enemy that drops ammo and carried some ammo from the previous levels and I still had to cheat, because it isn't enough.

The first few levels are good, but around map 6 or 7 it starts to go down and fast.

The WAD is also full of maps that aren't fun to play even when they have enough ammo. They're filled with annoying puzzles where you have to find switches hidden in walls that aren't marked in any way. You spend more time trying to figure out where to go next than killing demons. Map 29 is the worst. Little ammo (compared to how tough the enemies are), extremely frustrating puzzles, and it never ends because it's so huge. Go and read the walkthrough (https://doomwiki.org/wiki/MAP29:_Citadel_at_the_Edge_of_Eternity_(Community_Chest)#Walkthrough).. See all those puzzles? They simply aren't funny. They just waste your time.

Thank $DEITY it's over now and I never have to play CC1 again. I tried it years ago and I ragequit, now I remember why. Never again. It is the most annoying and frustrating megawad I've ever played.