2002: A Doom Odyssey 1.0

The DOOM community has many well known creators among them, and one of them is Paul Corfiatis. He released a ton of maps in the late 90s, but he slipped into the background after that. That is, until he released 2002: A Doom Odyssey, a giant megawad that features the collected work of eight authors.

To install 2002: A Doom Odyssey, you need to have ZDoom and move the WAD file into the GZDoom folder, which is pretty par for the course for DOOM maps.

As soon as you boot it up, you'll find that there's actually a story. It appears that the creator was trying to place it in the continuity of his Twilight Zone saga. Also remember that even though this is primarily Corfiatis's vision, he has served other authors backing him up. However, despite all that, there was clearly great management, because each of the levels all flow together incredibly well.

The authors try to show you the key up front after which you travel for a bit to actually reach it. That makes the gameplay flow linear, but practical at the same time. They can maintain control over where each player goes this way. However, despite all that, they also manager foster a sense of interconnectivity through windows and hubs.

Overall, this is a very high-quality megawad for DOOM. The level design is fantastic and the creators overall have a great sense of game design. If that sounds like something you'd like, then you should give 2002: A Doom Odyssey a download.