/vr/ - Retro Games

KSWOOD - http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/?id=838

you must rescue a village from "evil forces" which have erected a "firewall" around it. you first have to get there, through a forest and a small fortress, then approaching the wall you are teleported inside. clear out all the wooden huts to gain entry to the temple and eventually the wall can be deactivated.

on UV this has a surprisingly high monster population for such an old wad. firstly the opening has the classical top-heaviness of an open area with no immediately available weapons; pistolling a crowd of imps and lost souls is not particularly satisfying, so you dash for the fortress only to find it full of sergeants. it is easy to die here from unavoidable health loss.

the other place you may be likely to die is inside the village; all of the wooden huts are stuffed full of imps (Doom's lack of monster variety is evident here), and at one point you press a switch which floods the entire area with a crowd via teleport, and with you only armed with a shotgun it can be easy to get pinned down.

although i enjoyed the hordes, i feel this map would have been better with a larger variety of weapons which could cut through them faster; there is sufficient challenge already from the large population and cramped surrounding of the village building and abundance of obstructive trees.

summary: looks pretty good, but somewhat tedious to play.