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Ever Shrine - https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/d-f/evshrine

Highly recommended

//Note - If you would like me to play and review your map see bottom of post. Also, text review is accompaniment to video review and not a substitute

FDA - Ever Shrine map03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQqzlv14BgY

The third and final map of the Ever Shrine mapset by Alter feels like the cherry on top of the wad. It plays like a reward for the player where you get to hose down swarms of monsters with the plasma gun and blow revenants to shit with the rocket launcher with no concern for ammo.

The theme of this maps is "grand". Huge structures, hordes of monsters to slaughter and plenty of space to maneuver in. The detailing is done intelligently where it's mostly vertical (i.e towers) or done via texturing. This means the map has visual fidelity while not having nooks and crannies that block your path as you try to dodge a stream of revenant rockets.

This map is a lot easier than map02 and is very satisfying to play. It gets to the core of Doom which is "killing shit = fun" and lets you do that while keeping things interesting. Unless you mess up there isn't too much worry since there is so much space to move in and copious rockets/cells. Even the cumulative end battle with the cyberdemon and 6 archviles wasn't difficult but was still very satisfying.

You definitely see Alter's style come through in this map despite it being so different to the first two. The trope of picking up lots of health and armor bonuses was tied in nicely with the slaughter style by having them circle the area so as you naturally circle strafe the 50+ monsters you're fighting you're constantly picking up items.

A great map to finish off an awesome set, be sure to download it and give it a go yourself, you'll be very happy that you did.

Download: https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/d-f/evshrine

DW thread to submit maps for review: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/99183-looking-to-play-and-record-your-maps/?page=4

New FDA/Review

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=vQqzlv14BgY

The third and final map of the Ever Shrine mapset by Alter feels like the cherry on top of the wad. It plays like a reward for the player where you get to hose down swarms of monsters with the plasma gun and blow revenants to shit with the rocket launcher with no concern for ammo.

The theme of this maps is "grand". Huge structures, hordes of monsters to slaughter and plenty of space to maneuver in. The detailing is done intelligently where it's mostly vertical (i.e towers) or done via texturing. This means the map has visual fidelity while not having nooks and crannies that block your path as you try to dodge a stream of revenant rockets.

This map is a lot easier than map02 and is very satisfying to play. It gets to the core of Doom which is "killing shit = fun" and lets you do that while keeping things interesting. Unless you mess up there isn't too much worry since there is so much space to move in and copious rockets/cells. Even the cumulative end battle with the cyberdemon and 6 archviles wasn't difficult but was still very satisfying.

You definitely see Alter's style come through in this map despite it being so different to the first two. One trope being picking up lots of health and armor bonuses was tied in nicely with the slaughter style by having them circle the area so as you naturally circle strafe the 50+ monsters you're fighting you're constantly picking up items.

A great map to finish off an awesome set, be sure to download it and give it a go yourself, you'll be very happy that you did.

Download: https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/d-f/evshrine

Map01 FDA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q55E5PYV948
Map02 FDA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0He0KhYnlc