whybmonotacrab Posted May 1, 2021 What's your favourite Map 07 or Dead Simple clone in general if it happens to fall on a different map slot? Mine is almost definitely The Mancubian Candidate from Valiant. Excellent subversion of the trope, great name, and just a hell of a time. Also, Plutonia's map 07 is pretty ace too. 1 Share this post Link to post
P41R47 Posted May 1, 2021 Erik Alm was a fan of map07: Dead Simple, but he never was able to make a clone of it that good. While making Scythe and Scythe 2, he made more than 40 different maps trying to make the perfect Dead Simple...and he failed! It was thanks to Dobu Gabu Maru that those maps were unearthed and bring to the public. 9 Share this post Link to post
BaileyTW Posted May 1, 2021 (edited) Only got the 4 big wads and Scythe to work off of for this, so really that's 3 dead simple maps and TNT's Prison. Caughtyard and Dead Simple are close, if the arachnotrons in Plutonia's map 7 were more of a factor it would beat out Doom 2's Dead Simple easily but they're kinda just there to waste some ammo and maybe get a lucky shot on you. Scythe's map 7 is just a rancid rancid map. Just absolutely foul. 1 Share this post Link to post
continuum.mid Posted May 1, 2021 I liked Alien Vendetta MAP07 a lot, and Freedoom Phase 2 will be getting a new MAP07 in the next release that also looks promising. 3 Share this post Link to post
xX_Lol6_Xx Posted May 1, 2021 Scythe map 07, cuz the rocket jump is easier 1 Share this post Link to post
dmslr Posted May 1, 2021 3 hours ago, P41R47 said: While making Scythe and Scythe 2, he made more than 40 different maps trying to make the perfect Dead Simple...and he failed! It was thanks to Dobu Gabu Maru that those maps were unearthed and bring to the public. Wait what? Where did you get this info? 0 Share this post Link to post
continuum.mid Posted May 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, dmslr said: Wait what? Where did you get this info? Judging by the /idgames post, it was an April Fool's joke. It's not actually Erik Alm's work, that's just a false premise to create a Dead Simple Community Project. 2 Share this post Link to post
CblBOPOTKA Posted May 1, 2021 My personal favorite MAP07 is in Slaughterfest 2012 I was little bit shocked when i played it first time ;) 1 Share this post Link to post
Eric Claus Posted May 1, 2021 Hard for me to say but I did like Glaive's map 7, and it seems there are other good map 7s that I have not played yet personally. 0 Share this post Link to post
roadworx Posted May 1, 2021 memento mori 2's map07, because i really don't like dead simple or any of its clones 1 Share this post Link to post
dac Posted May 1, 2021 The one in Sunlust. Mostly because I like the idea of having one half of the usual Dead Simple format being a secret quest to unlock an extra fight and an early BFG 3 Share this post Link to post
Tetzlaff Posted May 2, 2021 I liked the Doom 64 version map09: Even Simpler, but I‘m sure there are better ones. Would be fun if all the Dead Simple remakes/retakes would be combined into a megawad so that you could play them one after the other. 2 Share this post Link to post
Dragonfly Posted May 2, 2021 Then play Dark Scythe, as that is essentially what it is. Fun little April fools project but some good contributions all the same. 1 Share this post Link to post
Kyka Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/sf2012 Old community made slaughtermap set. Kind of liked this map 07 clone. Even if the first section is literally map 07 Edited May 2, 2021 by bLOCKbOYgAMES : because I just went back and played it, and while good fun, you have to know the map and where to go or some of the fights are just bad. Aaaaah slaughtermaps. 0 Share this post Link to post
Polri Posted May 2, 2021 Sunlust, Valiant & Plutonia Revisited Community Project. 0 Share this post Link to post
Xaser Posted May 2, 2021 Mancubian Candidate for sure. It's the most interesting take on the Dead Simple formula I've seen, full stop. Honorable mention to PRCP's Map07 (Joshy's "Caughtisle") for cleverly using the special to force a Cyberdemon fight -- it's blocking a telepad where a manc appears, so you gotta clear out the cybie first before you can progress through the map. Maybe not the fanciest thing ever, but it's nice seeing a boss monster get treated like one in a vanilla map. 6 Share this post Link to post
NuMetalManiak Posted May 2, 2021 Aside from what's already mentioned: Unusual friendship from Cyberdreams is super cute and the only cyberdreams level to incorporate infighting really. Remote Island from Fragport is well-organized while slightly incoporating the tags for the maze section. 1 Share this post Link to post
VanaheimRanger Posted May 2, 2021 I have always loved Goetia by @Roofi in Tangerine Nightmare. It doesn't follow the standard Dead Simple formula at all, and it's a bit of a puzzle to hunt down all the mancubus, but it's a very interesting puzzle in a very atmospheric map. 10/10 2 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted May 4, 2021 Clearly the best Dead Simple is Doom 2 In Name Only's rendition. 1 Share this post Link to post
AnonKaiju Posted May 14, 2021 I would probably say doom 2's the way id did's map 7 was really cool. Throwing a spider-mastermind was a fun surprise and the map layout was was more then just square rooms 0 Share this post Link to post
Somniac Posted May 16, 2021 I liked the one from Congestion 1024, frantic and you have to be moving constantly due to the cramped nature of the map. AV also has a very memorable one for me. 0 Share this post Link to post
Yugiboy85 Posted May 16, 2021 Valiant's "the mancubian candidate" and BTSX's "metal mothers". The latter of which is actually my new favorite map 07 :D 0 Share this post Link to post