#CRING666

[doomwads]

CRINGE!

Game: Doom Year: 1994 Source Port: Any Specs: E2M1-E2M9 Gameplay Mods: None Author: Mark Klem and Eric Sargent idgames | doomwiki | onemandoom

Mark Klem was always a wicked cool composer but my knowledge of him was essentially limited to music and his few contributions to Memento Mori I & II. Enter CRINGE!, his debut release with a secret level from Eric Sargent. This mapset is full of wild and weird abstract level design and moments of player hostility that include - among other things - a tube-like shield that seals the player onto a damage floor after pressing an innocuous switch. It’s delightfully dickish if you find that aspect of ‘94 level design fun(ny). Many of the maps feature obtuse progression which can be found at its most dense level in E2M3, “Cancer”. Player beware - you’re in for a scare!

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