Tower of WAR is not a good WAD; let’s get that out of the way right up front. It’s the only WAD I’ve discussed on this column that isn’t exactly awesome — and you can decide for yourself whether that means this whole thing has jumped the shark. I don’t enjoy playing Tower of WAR for the most part, if I’m completely honest, but I do actually think it’s worth checking out. But what is Tower of WAR? Why haven’t you ever heard of it? Well, it was a 32-map megaWAD designed by a little-known mapper named Net Nomad. It
Tag: 2003 WADs
Scythe
It’s weird to think that I’ve been doing this Doom thing consistently for over a decade. 2002 is when I really got into it, even if I did dabble in Doom as a kid back in ’94. I was a teenager by 2002: no longer terrified of the pixelated demons, and newly equipped to navigate the internet and find WADs to play. That’s where I found the three names that still embody that early time of wonder and discovery, as I first stepped into the glorious world of Doom WADs: STRAIN, 2002 A Doom Odyssey, and Scythe. Returning to Scythe