"The ArchVile Temple"

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Author(s):

Logan MTM

Year of release:

2006

Map(s):

01

Engine:

ZDoom

Date of review:

06/19/2007

Overall rating:

This is a small to medium-sized map and it's a real juwel. It's not very innovative but has everything a good map needs.
First of all, it's looking beautiful with lots of nice details. I enjoyed to run around and just make screenshots, and it's all done with the standard Doom textures.
Gameplay is excellent. It's challenging but never frustrating. And it got an extra thrill, because this temple is filled with Archviles, which makes even a horde of Imps and Hellknights a potential threat.
What detains me from giving it 5 stars is that you're provided with too much health (3 spheres with 90 monsters), which spoiled the game a bit and made me play too carelessly at the end. And maybe a meaner use could have been made of the Archvile's resurrection feature.
But still, it's a great map.