Doom WAD Logbook
This is not an ordinary blog post and it will not interest most readers. But for me personally it serves to record which Doom WADs I have already played and what my verdict is on them. Having already played a few WADs, I’ve unfortunately lost track of them and would now like to take a more structured approach.
It’s worth mentioning that I’m a casual player with a mediocre skill level. I started playing a few MegaWADs and was very enthusiastic at the beginning, but the game became so difficult towards the end that I lost interest and quit. I play to relax, I have enough challenges in real life. I also like simple oldschool maps. If the flow is right, I have fun with a WAD.
The following table lists all WADs in the order in which I have played them and describes whether I have played through the WAD and if not, why.
| Name | Doom | Year | Maps | Ended | Verdict | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doom the Way id Did | 1 | 2011 | 27 | ✔ | as the name says: It’s like the original and therfore great | **** |
| Doom 2 the Way id Did | 2 | 2013 | 33 | ✔ | as the name says: It’s like the original and therfore great | **** |
| Hell Ground | 2 | 2009 | 7 | ✔ | needs GZDoom or similar, fun | **** |
| Brutal Doom | 2 | 2010 | ?? | no | gameplay mod, it’s a must play but in the end not my cup of tea | **** |
| Hellbound | 2 | 2013 | 32 | ✔ | excellent megawad with replay-value | ***** |
| SIGIL | 1 | 2019 | 9 | ✔ | Must play, made by Romero | **** |
| SIGIL 2 | 1 | 2023 | 9 | ✔ | Must play, made by Romero | **** |
| 5till L1 Complex | 2 | 2012 | 1 | ✔ | one huge map with lots of places to explore | **** |
| Pirate Doom | 2 | 2012 | 18 | ✔ | Monkey Island meets Doom. Excellent! | ***** |
| Revolution! | 2 | 2003 | 32 | ✔ | *** | |
| Crumpets | 2 | 2015 | 9 | ✗ | excessive amount of overpowered monsters | * |
| The Ultimate NMD | 1 | 2009 | 27 | ✔ | lots of fun. Easy in the beginning, moderate in the end | **** |
| Lunatic | 2 | 2011 | 5 | ✗ | excessive amount of overpowered monsters | * |
| Valiant | 2 | 2015 | 32 | ✗ | excessive amount of overpowered monsters | * |
| One Humanity | 2 | 2022 | 1 | ✔ | Buy it, it’s for a good cause | *** |
| Death in the a$$ of the Universe | 1 | 2003 | 27 | ✔ | Starts easy and gets more difficult but nevr unfair. Plenty of ammo. | *** |
| RTC-3057 | 2 | 2003 | 7 | ✔ | A brilliant space themed 3D adventure like Doom II partial conversion | ***** |
| Suspended in Dusk | 2 | 2005 | 4 | ✔ | Four big, complex and beautiful levels | **** |
| UAC DEAD | 1 | 1994 | 1 | ✔ | very enjoyable | *** |
| Serenity | 1 | 1994 | 8 | ✔ | relaxing and nice gameplay, quite easy | *** |
| CROSSING ACHERON | 1 | 1994 | 1 | ✔ | confusing but fun | *** |
| ETERNITY | 1 | 1994 | 8 | ✔ | Kinda easy, nice flow, lots of fun | **** |
| Trinity College | 1 | 1994 | 1 | ✔ | Nice textures, quite easy, kinda strange | ** |
| Return to Phobos | 1 | 1994 | 8 | ✔ | Sometimes a jump and run but very fun. Low monster load, plenty of ammo/items | **** |
| Slaughter Until Death | 1 | 1994 | 9 | ✔ | Lots of moving floors, hurt floors, plenty of ammo/items | *** |
| The Evil Unleashed | 1 | 1994 | 9 | ✔ | Good enemy/ammo balance, nice level design | **** |
| Fava Beans | 1 | 1995 | 9 | ✔ | Good enemy/ammo balance, lots of fun to play | **** |
| Infinity | 1 | 1995 | 9 | ✔ | Good enemy/ammo balance, annoying moving floors, strange ending but nice gameplay otherwise | *** |
| Fistful | 2 | 1995 | 2 | ✗ | I respect all the work and love that went into this WAD but the Western theme is just not my thing | ** |
| H2H-Xmas | 2 | 1995 | 32 | ✗ | The Christmas theme is not very appealing, not much ammo but powerful enemies from the beginning. Sounds become annoying after a few minutes. | * |
| The Final Gathering | 2 | 1995 | 5 | ✔ | Disliked it at first, then had loads of fun. Lots of action, lots of ammo/items, interesting levels | *** |
| The Artifact for DOOM II | 2 | 1995 | 3 | ✗ | Unfair, pain floors, unavoidable hits, fake walls, annoying level design. Made it to map2 and regretted it | * |
| Nostromo’s Run | 2 | 1995 | 1 | ✔ | Loads of enemies, loads of ammos/items, loads of fun! | **** |
| The Enigma Episode v2.0 | 2 | 1995 | 9 | ✗ | I tried to like it but I failed. It’s a violent puzzle platformer with no game flow. Gave up in map04 | ** |
| Memento Mori | 2 | 1996 | 32 | ✗ | Everyone loves Memento Mori like I did in the beginning. Quit playing in map18. Levels are great but it’s full of traps, overloaded with strong enemies. It just sucked. | ** |
| Memento Mori 2 | 2 | 1996 | 32 | ✗ | Didn’t bother playing it after MM1 already sucked. | ** |
| Dystopia 3 | 2 | 1996 | 11 | ✔ | Love the level design and the game flow. Challenging but never unfair. Huge replay value | **** |
| All Hell is Breaking Loose!!! | 2 | 1996 | 5 | ✗ | It’s cheesy and I don’t like custom weapons/enemies. Wasn’t fun at all. | * |
| Icarus: Alien Vanguard | 2 | 1996 | 32 | ✔ | Lots of puzzles, map24 is horrible (ghost Imps and Shotgun Guys, uses fake walls but in overall an excellent Megawad. Was more fun the second time playing it. | **** |
| Polygon Base | 2 | 1996 | 1 | ✔ | Very nice WAD, larger map, not linear, you can search for keys in any order. Enough ammo, good enemy placement. | **** |
| 99 Ways to Die | 2 | 1996 | 3 | ✔ | nothing extraordninary but entertaining fun. Not too difficult, not too easy. | *** |
| THE TROOPERS’ PLAYGROUND | 2 | 1996 | 8 | ✔ | also here: nothing extraordninary but lots of fun. Lots of item, hard to fail. | **** |
| A Hidden Mountain Factory | 2 | 1996 | 1 | ✔ | A solid and fun map | *** |
| Requiem | 2 | 1997 | 32 | ✔ | Liked it in the beginning, started to hate it from map14 on. Realized that I played it before and never finished it. So much hate for map23 with unkillable blue uniform solders, unfair traps, stupidly overpowered monsters. IDDQD the last 2 map to make it stop. | ** |
| Eternal Doom | 2 | 1997 | 32 | ✗ | Beautiful textures, great levels but becomes very diffult. Also lots of puzzles, had to watch YT videos a lot to be able to continue. Stopped playing at map014 but will come back to it later as it is a pistol start map. | **** |
| STRAIN 1.0 | 2 | 1997 | 32 | ✗ | Started nice but got annoyingly hard later on. | ** |
| Mordeth - FEB'97 version | 2 | 1997 | 6 | ✗ | stopped playing in map03. Powerful enemies and crappy weapon situation. | * |
| The Talosian Incident | 2 | 1997 | 20 | ✗ | stopped playing in map06 or so. Confusing, annoying. | ** |
| Dawn of the dead | 1 | 1997 | 9 | ✔ | Fast paced fun, balanced enemies, nice levels | *** |
WADs to play
Here are the next Doom WADs I plan to play:
| Name | Doom | Year | Maps | Ended | Verdict | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hell Revealed | 2 | 1997 | 32 | ✔✗ | - | - |
| Hell’s Eventide | 2 | 1997 | 1 | ✔✗ | - | - |
| Cyberdreams | 2 | 1998 | 32 | ✔✗ | - | - |
| Phobos | 2 | 1998 | 4 | ✔✗ | - | - |
| Earth | 2 | 1998 | 10 | ✔✗ | - | - |
| Venom | 2 | 1998 | 1 | ✔✗ | (map01) | - |
| Tantrum 2 | 2 | 1998 | 1 | ✔✗ | (map01) | - |
| Dickie10 | 2 | 1998 | 1 | ✔✗ | (map10) | - |
| Run Buddy | 2 | 1998 | 1 | ✔✗ | (map03) | - |
| Odessa Level 14 | 2 | 1998 | 1 | ✔✗ | (map14) | - |
| Crestfallen | 2 | 1998 | 1 | ✔✗ | (map04) | - |
| Batman DOOM | 2 | 1999 | 32? | ✔✗ | (TC) | - |
| The Darkening | 2 | 1999 | 32 | ✔✗ | - | - |
| Crusades | 1 | 1999 | 9 | ✔✗ | - | - |
| CHORDG | 2 | 1999 | 1 | ✔✗ | (map29) | - |
| Jägermörder | 2 | 1999 | 1 | ✔✗ | (map01) | - |
| Twilight Warrior | 2 | 1999 | 10 | ✔✗ | (map01 - map10) | - |
| Demonfear | 2 | 1999 | 32 | ✔✗ | - | - |