/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6537894
this reminds me, there is a youtuber named galileo dos whose gimmick is he plays keyboard-only with OPL music and software rendering only >>6536809
i think it spoils Wads that have great music and look great in GLBoom+ but that's his shtick
https://youtu.be/o3DQ7G_BDSk

>>6383169
>want to try some level packs starting with the biggest and best
I would actually recommend you save the best for last. Once you play Preacher.wad, no other WAD is as fun! I recommend you do pistol-starts on skill 2 with no saves. If it is still too difficult, switch to pistol starts on skill 1 - you will probably need to do this on map 9!

What makes this PWAD special to me is the gameplay - the levels are wide-open and filled with popcorn enemies so you get punished hard for moving too fast and alerting too many enemies - but at the same time, the ammo count is razor-thin so you have to keep moving or you will run out of ammo.

>>6339823
>I think I might take a break
Fuck the """"master"""" levels. Play something fun, like Preacher.wad. This is currently my favorite WAD ever and I'm not even done with it. The pacing is unlike anything I've ever played; the player starts are random and there are no safe places, the levels are open and non-linear filled with popcorn enemies and ammo is spread out through the level so you have to keep running and gunning to pick up ammo or you run out. Level 6 is my favorite so far

Adventures of Square is also unironically fun. I beat the first level on skill 5 and it was a LOT of fun (monsters don't respawn, it's just UV with fast monsters and less health). I'd recommend downloading the standalone version that comes with GZDoom so that you don't have to change your settings every time you change from Square to a different WAD - you want freelook and crosshairs in Square to navigate the underwater sections easier, and you wanna turn off freelook and crosshairs when playing Doom. Sure you can navigate the underwater areas without freelook AFAIK but unlike Doom these levels seem to have been designed with freelook and no autoaim in mind

And ofc there is Eviternity which I'm sure you've already heard of by now. Preacher's levels are funner imo but has 9 levels compared to Eviternity's 32

>>6340184
t. someone who has never played Preacher or Eviternity

>>6340184
I hated getting lost in map 19 but I think I'd have a hell of a time going for a HMP or UV saveless run of it once I have the route memorized

>>6335286
No problema. Some other anons posted their maps but I didn't wanna stop my playthroughs of Preacher or DBP22 so I missed those. I recognized you from Bad Reception, though, from the "Crispy v5.7.1" in the screenshot so I figured this was gonna be another good one in the end as well. Take a break from mapping for a bit and play map 2 of Preacher.wad on skill 2! Play in GLBoom+ so that you can see the opening demos first (the third demo desyncs so just watch the first two).

Preacher.wad, map 02. THIS is one hell of a map. You have to fight your way up this enormous staircase to get the red key, and that arachnotron behind the red key is fucking out of autoaim range so the top of the stairs are brutal