jamai36 Posted December 20, 2018 Been playing Doom since release and have done a lifetime's worth of lurking on doomworld. Through all of the amazing wads I download, I think I'm always looking for one elusive thing in particular, more atmospheric and dark maps that remind me of Doom 64. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have sifted through a lot of maps, but it's very rare I find anything close to the mood/vibe set out in the Doom 64 wads. I grew up on the more fun, actiony doom maps, but it would be cool to find a few maps closer to those found in D64. Even Doom 2016 was a bit of a letdown in this regard. Thanks in advance! 2 Share this post Link to post
VanaheimRanger Posted December 20, 2018 Sunlust has a very dark, forboding atmosphere to it. But it's also a very hard wad with lots of slaughter maps. 0 Share this post Link to post
Dragonfly Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) Here's a single horror map I made back in 2015, the screenshots are missing but it's a little mod that utilises GZDoom's dynamic lighting to provide a typical horror setting with a few scary moments. :) https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=48273 To help fit your requirements, this uses some sounds and music from Doom64, as well as coloured lighting and a moody setting. Hope it's what you're looking for! 1 Share this post Link to post
Havoc Crow Posted December 20, 2018 Never played Doom 64 so I'm not sure if that's what you're after, but Maskim Xul has a rather dark and creepy atmosphere. 2 Share this post Link to post
Merry Widow Posted December 20, 2018 happytime circus 1&2, maybe some Yukiraven maps? 0 Share this post Link to post
meapineapple Posted December 20, 2018 This may or may not be what you have in mind, but a lot of those who played Wyrmwood seemed to find Map 9 tense or frightening or disturbing - which was my full intention - though I didn't use anything like conventional horror game tropes to do it. The map isn't dark and it's low on surprises. It's all about manipulating the player's expectations and building suspense. 0 Share this post Link to post
jamai36 Posted December 20, 2018 Awesome, I have lots to check out. I have played Maskim Xul and definitely got that vibe from it, but the others are new. Thanks! 0 Share this post Link to post
SP_FACE1 Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) Doom64 always reminded me of the Alien film which is quite Lovecraftian in the cosmic unknown horror sense. Thus I would recommend Dawn of Reality That is a realistic map though. Not sure if that qualifies. 1 Share this post Link to post
Salt-Man Z Posted December 20, 2018 10 hours ago, amackert said: Unloved. #1 for me. I've never played a WAD so disturbingly creepy. The final fight is over-the-top-ridiculous slaughter that I had to noclip through, but everything up to that end point is just incredible. 1 Share this post Link to post
Barry Burton Posted December 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, Salt-Man Z said: #1 for me. I've never played a WAD so disturbingly creepy. The final fight is over-the-top-ridiculous slaughter that I had to noclip through, but everything up to that end point is just incredible. Agreed. Unloved is a masterpiece, although some areas are downright impossible on UV (the catacombs with the two archviles in the corner next to a switch comes to mind) 0 Share this post Link to post
Obsidian Posted December 20, 2018 There's Nightomb if you're looking for a somewhat more low-key horror experience. 0 Share this post Link to post
Payload4367 Posted December 20, 2018 This map set was inspired by System shock 2 and Doom 3, with lots of dark areas and creepy atmospheric sounds. 0 Share this post Link to post
Salt-Man Z Posted December 20, 2018 4 hours ago, R4L said: Agreed. Unloved is a masterpiece, although some areas are downright impossible on UV (the catacombs with the two archviles in the corner next to a switch comes to mind) I played on HMP and remember 2-3 spots that just about made me give up, but I was able to eventually figure out. That ending, though... 0 Share this post Link to post
Bushpig2dope Posted December 21, 2018 Though its not Doom, I highly recommend the game Dusk. It only just came out and its awesome and spooky 0 Share this post Link to post
AL-97 Posted December 21, 2018 Spooktober Community Mapping Project, which is a recently released, horror-themed megawad from the ZDoom forums. Check it out. 1 Share this post Link to post
Noiser Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) The Ghoul's Forest 3. It's focused on jumpscares and nothing else. But still a classic.Nihility: Infinite Teeth for a more traditional Doom experience. It's very good, with a lot of cool dehacked tricks including ambient sounds and new enemies Also, Dead.Wire and Dead.Air, great single-maps for GZDoom Edited December 21, 2018 by Noiser 0 Share this post Link to post
jamai36 Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) On like the fourth reply so far, I have lots of content to go through, thanks again! It's interesting because D64 always stuck with me in a way that vanilla Doom didn't. While it has gained a bit of cult traction over the years, I think most still consider it an interesting but inferior diversion from the main Doom titles (outside of 3 of course). Something about the lower light levels, more colourful lighting and the dark ambient soundtrack just makes it more Doom than well.. Doom. When I load up new wads I'm reminded of how much bigger the influence of D1/D2 is. But I know it's more of a fringe opinion. 1 Share this post Link to post
Havoc Crow Posted December 22, 2018 MAP24 of Restoring Deimos has a pretty scary atmosphere (it even has Aubrey Hodges's ambient music from PSX Doom), although I haven't really played it and cannot vouch for the quality. 0 Share this post Link to post