DMPhobos Posted January 17, 2018 A lot of doom 2 map names are really memorable: The chasm, Icon of sin, Dead simple As for the original doom, my favorites are phobos anomaly and Mt. erebus 0 Share this post Link to post
Nirvana Posted January 17, 2018 The Warrens - not sure why, but I always remember this map name, although I always forget the actual mapPhobos Anomaly - these words sound beautiful together to me The Inmost Dens - cool sounding name. Also the use of 'inmost' rather than 'innermost' is interesting Go2it - was always my favourite map as a kid and also my bugbear. Worked hard to beat it without saves, probably the reason I love slaughter wadsSwim with the Whales - the action it describes is pretty mundane, but when the words hang there on their own as a title they have an odd sort of ethereal quality to them that I really like Eden -simple, evocative title on its own, but always reminds me of East of Eden, the James Dean film (not the book) 2 Share this post Link to post
Soundblock Posted January 20, 2018 Community names: Golgotha Memento Mori Jade Earth Miasma From the originals: The Inmost Dens Thy Flesh Consumed Least favorite, anywhere: Monster Condo 0 Share this post Link to post
Black Star Posted January 20, 2018 I know it's been mentioned before, but Burnt Offerings always stood out to me as fascinating. I was *slightly* disappointed by the actual map but by no means do I hate it; quite the opposite. Just what I had in mind did not match (somewhat). But to answer main question: Awash in Blood (pwad) Vivisection (No Rest for the Living) Crucifix Held Close (cc4) Human Barbecue (Evilution) Deepest Reaches (Evilution) Redemption Denied (PSX) Of Ashes and Wormwood (gothicdm) Necrose Evangelicum (gothicdm) Human Processing (SlayeR) I'm sure there is more but that's just off the top of my head. 0 Share this post Link to post
Danlex Posted January 21, 2018 My favorites: The Inmost Con'dens'ed (C1024: Map15) Enough Space? (C1024 2: Map05) ??? (C1024 2: Map30) Cow Face (KSutra: Map25) Kill Bill (KSutra: Map26) 1010011010 (SOD: Map31) Mixed Nuts (SF2011: Map30) Bananabread (SF2011: Map32) Decimal Error (SF2012: Map27) 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) You'll hate me for saying this, but the only map name that is coming to mind right now is the Sean Connery one. I never really look at map names. I've played Doom 2 countless times yet I can't recite more than 5 map names. 0 Share this post Link to post
Percival232 Posted January 22, 2018 Vivisection, Canyon Of The Dead, And Hell Mountain Are Pretty Dope Names From No Rest For The Living 0 Share this post Link to post
Fletcher` Posted January 22, 2018 Anything from the Bullshit Map Names list is an automatic winner, no matter how grotesque or uncouth it is. 3 Share this post Link to post
vinnie245 Posted January 22, 2018 Threshold of Pain from PSX Doom is definitely my number 1, bonus is that the map is really great as well Some others: Mt Erebus Dark Citadel Altar of Pain Twilight Descends 0 Share this post Link to post
Polri Posted January 23, 2018 Shipping / Respawning - most random mapname in the Iwads The final frontier Rainbow Bridge - no obvious rainbow or bridge in this level, but still feels like a legit name for this gigantic colourful castle Rattamahatta - sounds really cool and memorable + one of those levels that does nonlinearity really well Nectar of the GodsDreamscape + those cool alliterations in Alien Vendetta: Rusty Rage, Toxic Touch, Overwhelming Odds, Killer Colours, Dark Dome ... 0 Share this post Link to post
silentzorah Posted January 23, 2018 Speedtraps for the Bee Kingdom - BTSX E2 It's funny, because the level is full of spiders. 1 Share this post Link to post
Obsidian Posted January 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Polri said: Rattamahatta - sounds really cool and memorable + one of those levels that does nonlinearity really well The name itself is the name of a neat song by Sepultura, but where can you find the map? 0 Share this post Link to post
valkiriforce Posted January 23, 2018 (edited) ^ That would be Memento Mori II, MAP04. 1 Share this post Link to post
Not Jabba Posted January 24, 2018 4 hours ago, silentzorah said: Speedtraps for the Bee Kingdom - BTSX E2 It's funny, because the level is full of spiders. I love how all the BTSX level names actually somehow make sense, but you have to figure out how. 4 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted January 24, 2018 50shades has some great ones, like "Count Trakula's Castle", "Astral Nausea", or "The Serpentine Lemniscate". "Slime Trails" from No End In Sight is also a clever name. From the same, "Quarantine Silos" and "Contagion Engine" were nice, too. "Captain Bellows" from Hell to Pay sticks with me for some reason. Nice boss map name, you just know you'll have to fight a cyberdemon in a spaceship when you see it. "Death's Door" from Hellcore. Like Threshold of Pain, it's a play on a metaphor and it works well for a Doom map. "The Hard Way" from BTSXe1. Another very meaningful name. Though most of the BTSX titles are good, really. "Nuclear Sky", "Termination", "Terror Cube", and "Sector" from ZPack. 0 Share this post Link to post
Uni Posted January 24, 2018 7 hours ago, Not Jabba said: I love how all the BTSX level names actually somehow make sense, but you have to figure out how. I agree with your statement but I can't figure how to make sense of that particular map name. The only thing that make sense to me is that because of how large the map is, it can be referred to as "Kingdom" but other than that I'm clueless. It's a great map though, one of my favorites no doubt. 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted January 24, 2018 Spider demons made traps to catch the bee angels. There, explained. "But," you'll tell me, "there's no bee angel in Doom!", to which I'll reply, it's because spider demons killed them all already. 1 Share this post Link to post
Catpho Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) On 1/22/2018 at 0:14 PM, geo said: You'll hate me for saying this, but the only map name that is coming to mind right now is the Sean Connery one. I never really look at map names. I've played Doom 2 countless times yet I can't recite more than 5 map names. Woah,how do you do that tbh :P Edited January 24, 2018 by Catpho 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Catpho said: Woah,how do you that tbh :P The older I get... the more I think I'm the male version of a bimbo. Like just oblivious to the obvious with no sense of seriousness or depth. 0 Share this post Link to post
Paul977 Posted January 24, 2018 Perfect Hatred Against Thee Wickedly Hunted 0 Share this post Link to post
94's the best style Posted January 24, 2018 I really like the very last mapnames: Dis Living End (and maybe Icon of Sin, but that has become more of a general term for that type of boss.) and Redemption Denied 0 Share this post Link to post
Havoc Crow Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) Sunlust's "God Machine" is an example of cool synergy between the map and its name. On its own the map wouldn't likely inspire any deeper thinking. But when the blasphemous name is bestowed upon these labyrinthine, LED-studded tunnels and unfathomable, towering techno-pillars--it makes one ponder. What is this machine? Who built it, and why? What does it do? If I ripped the metal casings off the giant columns, or plumbed the depths of dark slime, what kind of components would I find in the machine's guts? What does its name mean? What kind of cataclysm am I averting by eliminating its demonic operators? 4 Share this post Link to post
Zulk RS Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) On 1/16/2018 at 4:39 PM, Redwind said: Speaking of unusual titles, I remember I once stumbled upon a map in one of the wads, titled 'Crucified Factory'; not joking. I think that's from 1Monster.wad but I may be wrong. The map names I mostly remember: Inmost Dens (Doom2 Map14) Even Simpler (Doom64 Map07) Last Call (TNT Map30) Dis (Doom E3M8) Underhalls (Doom2 Map02) You've Gotta Be Kidding (Empyrion Map32) Go 2 It (Plutonia Map32) The Finest Joke Is Upon Us (50 Monsters Map29) Mad Space (ProDoomer) The Chasm (Doom2) Mt.Pain (TNT) Nirvana (Doom2) The Gundam Factory (Doom Hack Map17) Blue Rings 255 Rupees (Doom Hack Map02) Dead Simple (Doom2 Map07) The entirety of Hell Invasion 2 Share this post Link to post
valkiriforce Posted January 25, 2018 Some highlights for me: IWADs: Spoiler Spawning Vats Tower of Babel Fortress of Mystery Sever The Wicked Against Thee Wickedly Unto The Cruel Entryway Underhalls The Gantlet The Focus Dead Simple Circle of Death The Inmost Dens Industrial Zone Suburbs Tenements The Citadel Gotcha! Nirvana The Catacombs The Chasm Monster Condo The Spirit World The Living End Icon of Sin System Control Human BBQ Wormhole Prison Metal Stronghold Redemption Storage Facility Crater Steel Works Dead Zone Deepest Reaches Mill Shipping/Respawning Administration Center Mount Pain Quarry Heck Last Call Pharaoh Caribbean Congo Well of Souls Aztec Ghost Town Onslaught Hunted Speed Genesis The Twilight Neurosphere The Death Domain Impossible Mission The Final Frontier The Temple of Darkness Bunker Anti-Christ The Sewers Odyssey of Noises Master Levels: Canyon The Catwalk Titan Manor Paradox Subspace Subterra Trapped on Titan Virgil's Lead Bloodsea Keep Mephisto's Mausoleum Vesperas Black Tower (lovely concept) The Express Elevator To Hell Bad Dream Tried making a list for fan stuff, but nah...way too long. 0 Share this post Link to post
Chewyninja69 Posted January 25, 2018 On 1/14/2018 at 0:30 PM, EmotionalFelineinaMadstate said: Circle of dea- er, I mean 'O of destruction'. That one was memorable for me because I could never figure out why the name was like that. Minecraft flavor text says "Map 11 has two names", so either one is acceptable, lol. 0 Share this post Link to post
Chewyninja69 Posted January 25, 2018 The Shores of Hell, Tower of Babel Doom 2, Dead Simple, Tricks and Traps, Nirvana, Bloodfalls, The Spirit World, Wolfenstein The Master Levels, Mephisto's Maosoleum, The Express Elevator to Hell, Paradox, Doom 64- Even Simpler, The Absolution 0 Share this post Link to post
Taw Tu'lki Posted January 26, 2018 Computer Station, Hanger, Deimos Anomaly, Phobos Anomaly, House of Pain, Pandemonium (Doom) Suburs, Wolfenstein 3D, Grosse, Icon Of Sin (Doom 2) Human BBQ, Shipping/Respawning, Open Season, Administration Center, Habitat, Pharaon (TNT 2) 0 Share this post Link to post
Phobus Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) I'll gloss over the IWADs, as they've been thoroughly covered here and say that Yakworld may be the most memorable map name I've ever heard. I first saw it in 1994 and have never forgotten it. It probably helps that it's written out in giant letters at the start of the map. Sure, I'll remember other maps and some for just as long, but Yakworld. It's just so bizarre, like Castle of the Eternal Carrot in the Sky, or The Sky May Be, but so simple. 0 Share this post Link to post
Roofi Posted January 29, 2018 (edited) "Nina Dobrev" (ESP map 23) A perfect name for a map where your main goal is to rescue Nina Dobrev from monsters. Peter Perv's private place (ESP map 29) 0 Share this post Link to post
Chewyninja69 Posted January 29, 2018 Just now, Roofi said: "Nina Dobrev" (ESP map 23) A perfect name for a map where your main goal is to rescue Nina Dobrev from monsters. The woman from that one vampire show? 0 Share this post Link to post