/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6630318
well if we're comparing a full varied campaign vs a single level, then sure, I'm not gonna split hairs. might as well agree.
but it's a technicality at the end of the day. say, maps by Than are individual releases, but combined I'd take them over any single vanilla episode. and as pointed out, AD is literally just a hub with individual, often pre-existing, levels. so I don't really see the argument.

the stubborn attachment to the megawad format is actually precisely the reason I'd be hesitant to choose most user wads over vanilla Doom (or even Doom 2 campaign). the format is completely arbitrary and often feels padded, with maps blending together. especially prior to discovering the joys of pistol-starting, I definitely felt like every Big Release dragged on needlessly. thankfully it's not as rigid nowadays, but still you see people bitch about the number of levels in Sigil etc.