Recommend my next WAD playthrough

Doomworld Forums : Powered by vBulletin version 2.2.5

Doomworld Forums > Classic Doom > WADs & Mods > Recommend my next WAD playthrough

Author

All times are GMT. The time now is 11:38.

qoncept
Member

Posts: 429
Registered: 12-11

I've been playing coop and survival games with my friends lately and we're not sure what to play next after we finish Momento Mori. We seem to prefer more open levels with a lot of monsters and hate switch and key hunts. We've never really played too many WADs (just Ultimate Doom and Doom II over and over again) until playing through TNT, Plutonia and now Momento Mori. We aren't very good and wouldn't even think of playing Plutonia, TNT or MM on survival. Something a little tougher than Doom II would be perfect. So far MM has been the best.

What's next? The obvious next step would be MM2 but maybe someone has a better idea.

Edit: More for me than you, here's what we've done, in order of how much we liked them (or how much I liked them, at least)

- Momento Mori 1/2
- Vanguard
- Scythe 1/2
- Hell Revealed 1/2 -- TOO HARD but fun
- ScytheX
- Sunder
- Alien Vendetta
- Plutonia: Meh
- TNT: Meh
- 2002: A Doom Odyssey: Way too easy
- Epic 2
- Plutonia 2: We didn't like this one

On tap:
- Eternal Doom
- http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=8008
- http://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mo...maps-available/

Last edited by qoncept on 08-28-12 at 17:27

04-09-12 20:14 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

j4rio
Senior Member

Posts: 1835
Registered: 07-10

holyhell.wad

04-09-12 20:30 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Email || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

Marcaek
Forum Regular

Posts: 806
Registered: 12-10

The Abyss Is pretty good if you like oldschool stuff.

I recommend Richard Wiles' Dickie series if you don't mind loading multiple PWADS. They're really good barring a stupid trap on MAP08:

spoiler - highlight to read:

Don't run straight to the yellow key, look around after hitting some switches instead.

04-09-12 20:37 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Email || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

Krispy
Forum Regular

Posts: 827
Registered: 02-12

How about invasion?
Ghoul's world
Armageddon

04-09-12 20:39 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

KiiiYiiiKiiiA
Senior Member

Posts: 1022
Registered: 04-11

Scythe X is worth a look. Visually impressive and not too tough. 12 levels all up, great mapset.

Also one of the most widely regarded megawads is Alien Vendetta

04-09-12 20:39 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

qoncept
Member

Posts: 429
Registered: 12-11

Well, my buddy liked MM so much we started MM2. I think Alien Vendetta sounds most interesting after that. Thanks!

04-10-12 16:09 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

dobugabumaru
Member

Posts: 539
Registered: 02-12

Yeah, do Alien Vendetta or Hell Revealed next. The former has well designed and interesting levels that get quite difficult towards the end, and the latter contains massive battles that get brutal (map26 in particular). Both are big staples of the doom gaming community, and both warrant your attention.

04-11-12 08:03 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

cannonball
Senior Member

Posts: 1530
Registered: 07-11

probably one of the scythe wads, they are short and the difficulty builds up throughout the wad, starting off pretty easy, sounds like your cup of tea. Though as you liked MM, perhaps after MM2 try requiem though some of the levels are long.

04-11-12 08:49 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Email || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

qoncept
Member

Posts: 429
Registered: 12-11

Ok, here's our current log. Probably more for my own sake than anyone else's, but if anyone is interested.. We normally play on UV, always coop.

- TNT: Meh
- Plutonia: Meh
- Momento Mori 1/2: Probably the best we've played
- Alien Vendetta 1/2: Pretty good but forgettable
- Hell Revealed 1/2: Too many cyberdemons.
- Plutonia 2: We didn't like this one
- Scythe 1/2: You're right, it does go from easy (REALLY easy) to hard (impossible) They were a lot of fun though
- 2002: A Doom Odyssey: Way too easy

This weekend we tried to play Holy Hell, but once you've died in coop you can't go back through the first teleporter. I didn't even consider trying to survive.

07-24-12 16:10 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

Vordakk
Banned

Posts: 980
Registered: 07-10

In my opinion, Eternal DOOM trumps anything previously mentioned in this thread.

07-24-12 16:36 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

Snakes
Forum Staple

Posts: 2053
Registered: 09-09

Random ideas of the top of my head:

-Whispers of Satan
-Requiem
-Plutonia Revisted (though it may not be up your alley)
-Eternal DOOM (huge maps, lots of space)
-Reverie/Doom Core
-The Darkening/The Darkening Episode 2
-Doom the Way Id Did
-Khorus' Speedy Shit
-Base Ganymede

Mind you, I haven't played much co-op in my day and don't really know which of these play well in that mode (save Eternal DOOM).

07-24-12 17:44 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Email || Homepage || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

darkreaver
Senior Member

Posts: 1508
Registered: 05-08

"Requiem"
"Speed of Doom", though the later levels might be a bit too brutal

07-24-12 19:13 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Homepage || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

qoncept
Member

Posts: 429
Registered: 12-11

I guess there really is no such thing as "too hard" in coop because we make no qualms about coming back in to a fight after dying and obviously have unlimited lives. I'd definitely rather die a few times than make it too easy.

The problem with coop is the extra cyberdemons that tend to show up every few levels (or more) in most wads. I get adding additional monsters, but additional cyberdemons is pretty high stakes.

Like I said though, I can deal with it. What I don't like is levels that are just unreasonable, ie any of the Scythe 2 levels with the evil marine.

07-24-12 21:23 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

qoncept
Member

Posts: 429
Registered: 12-11

We finally played again last night where we left off in Epic 2. I got stuck at spawn points in each of the first 3 levels we played so we moved on to Eternal Doom. Apparently I loaded the wads wrong or something, because what I saw was a bunch of 1s and 0s floating in the air and a grid of boxes hiding Cyberdemons. Cybersweeper I guess it was called. I said "wtf?" and closed it. (Edit: Oh. I get it.)

So we ended up playing Vanguard. It's right up our alley except for one level that was a big circle with nothing but viles. Didn't like that one.

08-22-12 16:31 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

ella guro
Junior Member

Posts: 114
Registered: 08-12

that's the first time i've ever heard Alien Vendetta described as "forgettable"!

if you like Memento Mori 1/2, you'll definitely like Requiem

08-22-12 22:55 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Email || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

printz
CRAZY DUMB ZEALOT

Posts: 8193
Registered: 06-06

Dark Resolution 2008. Contains some nice textures and interesting maps in it. It's a community project much like a smaller CChest, so expect variety as well as coherence (common texture pack).

__________________
Available for download: Automatic Wolfenstein - Wolfenstein 3D bot
MBF configuration for WHackEd2

08-22-12 23:03 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Homepage || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

Obsidian
Forum Regular

Posts: 958
Registered: 05-12

How about Deus Vult?

08-22-12 23:28 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Email || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

Xaser
Forum Staple

Posts: 2140
Registered: 07-03

Oh geeze, how did I miss this thread before? I'd better link end1.wad while I still have a chance!

08-23-12 01:32 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Homepage || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

Vdaxzter
Mini-Member

Posts: 60
Registered: 02-12

qoncept said:

- Alien Vendetta 1/2: Pretty good but forgettable

Since when is there an Alien Vendetta 2?

08-25-12 06:18 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

Csonicgo

Posts: 4323
Registered: 03-04

Try Hell Revealed 3.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14696120/HR3.zip

08-25-12 06:49 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Email || Homepage || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

esselfortium
Cumulonimbus Antagonistic Posting

Posts: 6018
Registered: 01-02

Vdaxzter said:

Since when is there an Alien Vendetta 2?

There isn't. qoncept is referring, of course, to Alien Vendetta one-half. :-)

08-25-12 06:49 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Email || Homepage || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote

qoncept
Member

Posts: 429
Registered: 12-11

esselfortium said:

There isn't. qoncept is referring, of course, to Alien Vendetta one-half. :-)

Doh, I must have gotten cut and paste happy or something.

We've been working a lot lately and playing less so we're still working on Vanguard. Really liking it, but Memento Mori is still the best. Xaser's Metallica-music wad sounds fun, and I want to try Eternal Doom again. REALLY looking forward to this.

08-28-12 17:19 #

Profile || Blog || PM || Search || Add Buddy

IP || Edit/Delete || Quote