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Duke Nukem 3D, no contest. Doom and Doom II are classics bestowed with superb gameplay and are very easy to learn, no doubt, but the levels are mostly abstract with a superficial resemblance to what their names suggest they're representing. Doom's first level is called Hangar, but it's pretty much a linear romp through a few large rooms arranged around a large courtyard, with one room having a zig-zagging walkway through toxic sludge.

Duke Nukem 3D, on the other hand, starts with Hollywood Holocaust, an admittedly nonindicative name, but the level's centerpiece is a movie theater that closely resembles a movie theater. It even has a bathroom with urinals and stalls. One stall memorably is occupied by an alien taking a dump. Moreover, the level's non-linear, presenting two entrances to the theater. One is to go into an alley and enter trhough the back door. The other is by literally exploding a hole into the ticket booth.

It just gets better from there, and I didn't even mention the weapons. I have to give special note to the the shrink gun. It's introduced in the second episode, and it does exactly what its name implies. Almost any enemy can be shrunk to the size of a beer can witha single shot and then be stepped on for a one-hit-kill. The large behemoth that is the end boss of episode 1 return as a minibosses are impervious to the shrink gunbut not its blast radius! The shrink gun has a blast radius, albeit a tiny one, so if the shot lands right at the big dude's feet, he'll be shrunk down! It's hilarious, and very satisfying.

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Sigs are rather pointless, except if it's to showcase animation and images.