Dead.Air

By Xaser Acheron - 1 Map
Format: UZDoom
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Started: February 15th 2026
Finished: February 15th 2026
Status: Completed

While I like it a bit more than Dead.Wire, it's definitely false advertising to call it a spiritual successor. Dead.Wire's spooky atmosphere and horror elements are traded in for Xaser's backpack of cracked out overpowered weapons, high energy fights with hundreds of enemies, and some pretty jammin breakcore. The experience of playing Dead.Air is pretty fun, the major fights take place in some cool areas and the new weapons are fun, but the complete departure from the horror-y elements leaves me kinda dissapointed, and the final fight is yet again a bit of a nightmare. 10 upgraded cyberdemons that shoot endless barrages of instakill homing missiles that you can just barely outrun by using the kickback from firing the BFG replacement to give yourself some extra speed. If you save the invuln from the start of the fight you might be able to kill everything before it runs out, but probably not, and if you didn't save it, well enjoy another round of IDDQD just like Dead.Wire's final fight. I have an easier time recommending this over Dead.Wire, but those seeking a refined version of what that map was going for are better off looking somewhere else.

Rating - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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