Wads and mods recommendations:

  • DAKKA (A simple mod that has neat weapons with neat alt fires and overpowers you just right, along with a score system that can reward you with extra lives http://git.jinotra.in/ijon/dakka)
  • MetaDoom (Probably the best tribute ever done to Doom, that any Doom fan should check out, even if only once. It takes so much from Doom, it's possibly the "Doomiest" mod)
  • Samsara (A crossover about old school FPS starring 8 different characters with their own special traits and weapons, it even works with other Doom engine games like Heretic for example)
  • D4D/D4T (Two mods inspired by Doom 2016 with their own differences, like how they handle weapon upgrades and how the latter has multiplayer/co op support)
  • QCDE (Quake Champions in Doom, with a big roster of characters and some enemies for single player)
  • High Noon Drifter (A cool super natural cowboy themed mod, with cool tricks and weapons like a boomerang that picks up items and one of the best SSG alt fires ever)
  • Demonsteele (A mod inspired by hack and slash games where melee is a focus, but sadly it works batter with some older GZDoom versions)
  • GMOTA (This one also has a bit of a melee focus but it's rather inspired by stuff like Ghosts and Goblins and Castlevania i think and you play as a medieval Doomguy named Sir Blaz)(There's still other playable characters with playing styles so unique, they feel like different games).
  • Combined Arms (A mod with some weird but fun weapons and its own enemy addon)
  • Space Hunter (A mod inspired by NES' Metroid)
  • Final Doomer (Weaponsets based off Final Doom and some other megawads, along with an alternate take on the traditional Doom 1/2 arsenal) (Weapons also have their own descriptions if you press the reload key)
  • TrailBlazer (A mod where you play as some action movie hero, full of weapon upgrades and stuff to make you OP) (It's possibly the least powerfull of PillowBlaster's works if that says something)
  • Colorfull Hell (A mod that uses colors to organize randomized enemies and even has boss variants. Goes great with TrailBlazer)
  • Doom Delta (The mod that broke the Doom Bible curse, it even gave designs to the cast and has a minimap in the HUD)
  • Bratwurst (Wolfenstein 3D themed enemy mod)
  • Doom Incarnate (Wolfenstein TNO themed weaponset which also has upgrades)
  • Netronian Chaos (Cartoonish mod where every sprite is made in MS Paint and there is a bit of a limit to how many weapons you can carry, along with its own enemies)
  • Project MSX (A mod inspired by stuff like Crysis and Halo and has some interesting features like sacrificing your shield for a powerfull charged punch) (This one may also fit better on some older GZDoom versions)
  • Reelism 1/2 (You pick a level, and each round presents weird stuff happening and you try to survive the madness happening around you)
  • Heretical Doom (Heretic themed mod with crazy abilities, weapon upgrades i think and it also has its own enemy mod) (I think it's based off Brutal Heretic but correct me if i'm wrong)
  • Demon Counterstike https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=59887 (This mod spawns enemies in previously areas to make revisiting rooms more interesting and it even works with gameplay mods) (I guess depending on the settings, you can also pretend to play some sort of horde/wave mode)
  • Vanilla Doom Plus (An enemy mod that randomizes a huge amount of enemies) (It's good if you want an alternative for CH that is not as OP)
  • Legion of Bones (Skeleton themed enemy mod that turns monsters into skeleton counterparts with new moves and stuff, there's even an option to make them show up after a regular Doom enemy dies)
  • Treasure Tech (Wario Land themed mod)

As for wads and mapsets:

  • Alien Vendetta
  • Ancient Aliens
  • Back To Saturn X
  • Doom 2 Reloaded
  • Doom 1/2 The Way Id Did
  • Epic 2
  • Japanese Community Project
  • Jenesis
  • Scythe 1/2
  • Valiant
  • TNT Revilution
  • PhobosDeimos Anomaly
  • Doom 2 In Name Only
  • Hellbound
  • Memento Mori 1/2
  • Plutonia 2
  • Plutonia Revisited
  • UAC Ultra
  • Requiem
  • 300 minutes of /vr/
  • Going Down
  • Doom 64 for Doom 2
  • The Rebirth
  • Moonblood
  • Strange Aeons (Has a patch to be playable with High Noon Drifter)
  • Whispers of Satan
  • Hell Revealed 1/2
  • Icarus: Alien Vanguard
  • Doom Zero

Even more but too lazy to describe/organize them:

  • WolfenDoom: Blade of Agony (Or other WolfenDoom mappacks)
  • REKKR
  • Simon's Destiny
  • Adventures of Square
  • Speed of Doom
  • Deus Vult I/II
  • Pirate Doom
  • Golden Souls 1/2/3.
  • Beyond Reality
  • Smooth Doom
  • Beautiful Doom
  • Highway Acceleroid Booster
  • Metroid Dreadnought
  • DRLA/Roguelike Arsenal
  • DoomRPG (Not the mobile games, something else)
  • Eriguns 1/2
  • Psychic
  • LegenDoom
  • Guncaster
  • D4V
  • Aracnocide
  • Nitronian Chaos
  • Project Babel
  • MK-Champions by Mikk-
  • Complex Doom
  • Cybers Monster Randomizer
  • La Tailor Girl
  • Dusted's Pandemonia
  • Accessories to Murder
  • Cola 3
  • Hideous Destructor
  • Brutal Doom Johnny
  • BURL TUMD
  • BDLite
  • Nashgore
  • SkullDash
  • StrongHold: Edge of Chaos
  • Project Uber
  • Winter's Fury
  • Sin Incarnate
  • Cards of Corruption
  • Most of Doomer Boards Projects/DBP mapsets
  • Obaddon for Oblige and maybe some map generatiors.

But if anyone knows any mod/WAD/TC/Whatever to add or even details about the ones i mentioned, feel free to mention it.
While at it, you can also look up Doom mod stuff on tumblr blogs like Inmost Dens/Doomwads, stuff like the Cacowards, other social media/forums related to it (Doomworld and ZDoom Forums), social media accounts/blogs from Doom modders/mappers/creators and even some Youtubers.
Realm667 works too, since they have a news section.
There's also this guide https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/118178-the-ultimate-master-wad-guide/

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