/vr/ - Retro Games

Ungrateful Dead
ud.zip (56 KB, 2008-02-29) - Doria
https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/?id=15241

this is a 300+ monster maze from 1996. it is unafraid to show that it wants you dead.

- mostly dark (128 or less)
- small rooms, cramped corridors
- overreliant on finding unmarked doors to progress
- traps everywhere
- closets of hitscanners opening behind you
- watch for crushing ceilings too

i only died a couple of times but saved often; it's the sort of map that, had my last save been a long time ago, i probably would have quit instead.

good things i can say about it, well aside from one big slime trail and some texture alignments there are no bugs. the author obviously cares and put a lot of effort into it. i think if it were a little brighter (had more light variation, instead of everything being 128) and not so dependent on wallhumping, it would be a good map for those who enjoy carefully stepping through oppressive houses of horror. as it is though, hard to recommend to any but the most avid old-school map or puzzle map fans.