Doom Wads/Mods #628:Machete
1https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/machetefinal Now this, is a knife. Its that time again for a sharp feeling, like being stabbed but yet the speed and adrenaline that Doom gives. I speak of a wad I only learned of through Mtpain27's Dean of Doom series that I do check out from time to time, It led me to this stealth release by A2Rob who cut their teeth in The Joy of Mapping 3, Doomworld Mega Project 2014, The MAYhem series and their 2020 Cacoaward runner up Running Late II among other projects.
Released in 2022 on December 29th, Machete is a 32 level megawad that follows us as a UAC Marine that was recently fired, hell invades and its time to raise hell and send them packing. What first strikes me is A2Rob's massive references list to Scythe, Doom II's city levels, Auger Zenith's coat wearing doom guy sprite, Scythe II's hell levels and much more, almost making Machete feel like a tribute wad that keeps both barrels loaded.
Machete will beat the fuck out of you if you don't learn the basic gameplay of how it runs: Berserk is king when its available but don't wade into monsters wrecklessly, Chaingunners are the number 1 priority in any level, and don't waste ammo as, like Running Late II, You cannot afford to punch every monster (like high tier) and ammo is placed like a ammo puzzle. However, here, It feels less restrictive vs Running Late II.
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