Combat Shock is a sledgehammer of a slaughter wad. There are four maps here totalling in about 7000 enemies.
The highlight to this wad is the large slaughterfests where either a door opens and there's a centurion of monsters or monsters start warping in. These fights are often deceptively smart with its specialized monster placement or its carefully-crafted terrain features. The interstitial fights are often simple, almost like they are meant for moments of relaxation between the juggernaut encounters that the wad is known for.
The level design is intricate and detailed without being too busy and makes visually distinctive uses out of vanillas textures. I was playing with a weapon mod and I would be lying if I said its BFG equivalent didn't sand down a lot of the wad's difficulty edge with me literally running through crowds of imps and knights and turning them into spaghetti sauce. I wasn't pushed up against the wall by armies of foes like I would have had I stuck to the vanilla weaponset but I think my judgment on this wad is fair.
The highlight to this wad is the large slaughterfests where either a door opens and there's a centurion of monsters or monsters start warping in. These fights are often deceptively smart with its specialized monster placement or its carefully-crafted terrain features. The interstitial fights are often simple, almost like they are meant for moments of relaxation between the juggernaut encounters that the wad is known for.
The level design is intricate and detailed without being too busy and makes visually distinctive uses out of vanillas textures. I was playing with a weapon mod and I would be lying if I said its BFG equivalent didn't sand down a lot of the wad's difficulty edge with me literally running through crowds of imps and knights and turning them into spaghetti sauce. I wasn't pushed up against the wall by armies of foes like I would have had I stuck to the vanilla weaponset but I think my judgment on this wad is fair.