purist Posted March 3, 2013 For fun, why don't we compile a fantasy megawad list made up of the best maps from the many megawads released over the years? Rules 1. Votes on maps from Hell on Earth, Evilution, the Plutonia Experiment and any megawads made for these IWADs are all eligible. (Ultimate) Doom and it's PWADs aren't as they would mess with the format but a seperate one could be done for that. 2. No restrictions on ports 3. Only one vote per person per mapslot 4. Only one level per megawad in the final 32 so be prepared to pick only your favourite Plutonia/Alien Vendetta/Etc map. 5. You're voting for not just the best maps but the most definitive maps their respective slots. Which is more appropriate for maps in 'special' slots like MAP01, MAP07, MAP15, MAP29, MAP30, MAP31 and MAP32 for example. 6. Explanations are not mandatory but might help persuade others to agree with you. 7. This is just for fun, I'm not suggesting we create an actual WAD, which would probably break permissions anyway. 8. Follow the format (Mapslot/title/author/megawad/reason) below: MAP07 Dead Simple Sandy Petersen Hell on Earth The original and best example of it's kind. Often imitated but never knowingly beaten for simple arena-based action. Doom distilled. 9. No limits on on number of maps per author and you may vote for your own maps if you must. 10. Voting stops when Doom becomes 20. I'll add some more votes later and will make an updating maplist after we've had a page or so of votes. Debate nicely everyone! 0 Share this post Link to post
Death Egg Posted March 3, 2013 MAP14 Sledge Darkwave0000 Speed of Doom Instantly came to mind, one of my favorite PWAD maps of all time. Also: (May add to this as I think of them) MAP01 Entryway Pass Doom Marine Deus Vult II: First Edition MAP10 ??? B.P.R.D Equinox MAP23 Blood Sacrifice Kim André Malde Alien Vendetta 0 Share this post Link to post
elic Posted March 3, 2013 MAP11 Nemesis Martin Aalen Hunsager Alien Vendetta Not only AV's best map (IMO), but an appropriate episode closure. Map31 Monster Mansion Jim Flynn Eternal Doom Proof that house maps don't have to suck. Also pretty fitting for a secret level. Map 28 City of the Unavenged Jens Nielsen Memento Mori My favorite city map. The whole level seems like a puzzle, but the progression never feels too obtuse. Map 22 Reactor Related Fuel Refinary Thomas Moeller Memento Mori II Moeller level design at it's finest. Map02 Sacrificium Adelusion / Florian Helmberger Requiem Requiem has a lot of great levels, but none really stand out as the best. I guess I'll just choose this one; it's an example of lots of cool architecture being squeezed into something extremely short. Map10 Feeding Frenzy Gregg Anderson Icarus Map11 is already taken, so I'm bumping this down a slot. Like Eternal Doom Map31, it shows how realistic environments can be created in doom while still having fun doom-ish gameplay. Map12 Crater Jim Lowell TNT A nice episode opener with a good amount of memorable unrepetitive room designs. Map20 Technodrome Stephen Clark Community Chest Fun face-paced episode closure Map07 To Hell and Back Ian "The Flange Peddler" Cunnings Community Chest II Uber-detail done right. Also manages to use the 666 tags in a cool way without seeming too much like a Map07 knockoff. 0 Share this post Link to post
purist Posted March 3, 2013 I'll add a couple more votes in response to some I've seen here: MAP20 Misri Halek Kim André Malde Alien Vendetta A feat in vanilla limit engineering to rival SiD and a behemoth of a map to end an episode with. I thought this would be a shoe-in but AV is such a strong megawad it might suffer from scattered vote syndrome. MAP24 Mucus Flow BPRD Community Chest 2 A massive community favourite and generally accepted to be the highlight of the set. Otherworldy. MAP30 Darkness Without End Darkwave Speed of Doom MAP30 is not so hot on competition so I've picked this one as it actually looks like the centre of Hell. Processingcontrol, if you've picked two MAP11's you'll have to drop one. Sorry no moving to new slots allowed, that's part of the challenge. 0 Share this post Link to post
Not Jabba Posted March 4, 2013 I second AV's Misri Halek for m20, which means: Map21 The Shaman's Device Lupinx-Kassman Community Chest 4 CC4 might as well be considered some kind of best-of compilation in its own right, and Kassman's two maps were the best of the best. Map18 Elements Paul Corfiatis Whispers of Satan For me, the span between m16 (Undervilla) and m19 (Cryosleep) was the most memorable part of a memorable megawad--haunting, beautiful, desolate, and with an unusual theme. Also seconding CC2 Mucus Flows for 24 0 Share this post Link to post
Death Egg Posted March 4, 2013 purist said:MAP24 Mucus Flow BPRD Community Chest 2 A massive community favourite and generally accepted to be the highlight of the set. Otherworldy. I second this choice. 0 Share this post Link to post
Pure Hellspawn Posted March 5, 2013 WOS to me: Map25: Vulcana Paul Corfiatis CC4 has a Vulcana II, and it was a legendary map. I also like Map28 Sacrificial Grounds Kristian Aro This level felt unique. In a very good way. Maybe I could pick Vulcana II and Sacrificial Grounds? Not sure if this counts, but a contender for the final map: Map30 Shai'tan's Luck Christopher Shepherd http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/?id=15945 An extremely unique map. It's a huge slaugtermap with well over 1k monsters. And while you fight the hordes, you get some nasty surprises that only get worse. And the secrets are unique as well. One of my favorite Map30s, if not my favorite. Map24 Post Mortem Yonnaton Donner (sp?) Hell Revealed It's earned it's place in history. 'Nuff said. Semi-Honorable Mention!!! Map29 Dark Tartarus (name of megawad and level) Lee Hanchi I cannot include this in my recommended picks due to gameplay having too many flaws. But the architecture/detail of this map is nearly unheard of. Perhaps the only non-hellish level I will recommend for this, as I am a major fan of hell maps. 0 Share this post Link to post
