Doom 2 Map Order

[LocoCaco]

Shouldn't the City levels be first? At the end of Doom 1, Doomguy is clearly outside a city. Logically, this makes sense. Why would Doomguy be at a Starport when he wasn't far from the City?
And there's more order confusion. Why does the City separate the Hellish Outpost and Hell levels?
But enough of my whining, in my opinion, the map order should of been The City -> Starport -> Hellish Outpost -> Hell

[Doomkid]

Doom is notorious for not making that much sense. What exactly are 'underhalls', anyway? A fancy-shmancy name for rivers of dung?

What location could possibly be named 'The Focus', what the hell?

I can just picture the engineer's discussion with the UAC board. "Hey, so the construction team has just finished building the latest starport, exactly as designed and functioning as intended." "That's great news, things are looking up for the UAC - So what are we going to call it?" "Uhh.. Tricks and Traps? You know, just for funsies."

I just quote MST3K when trying to wrap my brain around Doom logic.. "Repeat to yourself, it's just a game, I should really just relax."

[Gez]

The Doom II storyline actually explains that. What survived of humanity has massed into spaceships to flee, but the demons have some sort of device that somehow prevents the survivors from actually going away (maybe a forcefield or AA cannons or whatever). Doomguy has a mission: infiltrate the starport, locate the mechanism, and turn it off.

"YOU HAVE ENTERED DEEPLY INTO THE INFESTED
STARPORT. BUT SOMETHING IS WRONG. THE
MONSTERS HAVE BROUGHT THEIR OWN REALITY
WITH THEM, AND THE STARPORT'S TECHNOLOGY
IS BEING SUBVERTED BY THEIR PRESENCE.

AHEAD, YOU SEE AN OUTPOST OF HELL, A
FORTIFIED ZONE. IF YOU CAN GET PAST IT,
YOU CAN PENETRATE INTO THE HAUNTED HEART
OF THE STARBASE AND FIND THE CONTROLLING
SWITCH WHICH HOLDS EARTH'S POPULATION
HOSTAGE."

You complete your mission in Circle of Death. Mission accomplished, game over. But wait, there's more! You can take on another mission! And since the alternative is sitting there and waiting to die, you figure you may as well.

"YOU HAVE WON! YOUR VICTORY HAS ENABLED
HUMANKIND TO EVACUATE EARTH AND ESCAPE
THE NIGHTMARE. NOW YOU ARE THE ONLY
HUMAN LEFT ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET.
CANNIBAL MUTATIONS, CARNIVOROUS ALIENS,
AND EVIL SPIRITS ARE YOUR ONLY NEIGHBORS.
YOU SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR DEATH, CONTENT
THAT YOU HAVE SAVED YOUR SPECIES.

BUT THEN, EARTH CONTROL BEAMS DOWN A
MESSAGE FROM SPACE: SENSORS HAVE LOCATED
THE SOURCE OF THE ALIEN INVASION. IF YOU
GO THERE, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BLOCK THEIR
ENTRY. THE ALIEN BASE IS IN THE HEART OF
YOUR OWN HOME CITY, NOT FAR FROM THE
STARPORT. SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY YOU GET
UP AND RETURN TO THE FRAY."

So here you have the explanation why you go to the starport first (to help humans) and to the city next (to hinder demons). Also, nothing says that the city you see in the E3 (and E4) end screen is the city in the second episode of Doom II.

YOU ARE AT THE CORRUPT HEART OF THE CITY,
SURROUNDED BY THE CORPSES OF YOUR ENEMIES.
YOU SEE NO WAY TO DESTROY THE CREATURES'
ENTRYWAY ON THIS SIDE, SO YOU CLENCH YOUR
TEETH AND PLUNGE THROUGH IT.

THERE MUST BE A WAY TO CLOSE IT ON THE
OTHER SIDE. WHAT DO YOU CARE IF YOU'VE
GOT TO GO THROUGH HELL TO GET TO IT?

"How do I destroy a hole? I dunno. Let's go to the other side maybe."

THE HORRENDOUS VISAGE OF THE BIGGEST
DEMON YOU'VE EVER SEEN CRUMBLES BEFORE
YOU, AFTER YOU PUMP YOUR ROCKETS INTO
HIS EXPOSED BRAIN. THE MONSTER SHRIVELS
UP AND DIES, ITS THRASHING LIMBS
DEVASTATING UNTOLD MILES OF HELL'S
SURFACE.

YOU'VE DONE IT. THE INVASION IS OVER.
EARTH IS SAVED. HELL IS A WRECK. YOU
WONDER WHERE BAD FOLKS WILL GO WHEN THEY
DIE, NOW. WIPING THE SWEAT FROM YOUR
FOREHEAD YOU BEGIN THE LONG TREK BACK
HOME. REBUILDING EARTH OUGHT TO BE A
LOT MORE FUN THAN RUINING IT WAS.

"Well I haven't found how to destroy the hole, but I've done the next best thing and killed all the demons. I guess I can as well go back to the hole and go back to Earth."

[LocoCaco]

Gez said:

The Doom II storyline actually explains that. What survived of humanity has massed into spaceships to flee, but the demons have some sort of device that somehow prevents the survivors from actually going away (maybe a forcefield or AA cannons or whatever). Doomguy has a mission: infiltrate the starport, locate the mechanism, and turn it off.


You complete your mission in Circle of Death. Mission accomplished, game over. But wait, there's more! You can take on another mission! And since the alternative is sitting there and waiting to die, you figure you may as well.



So here you have the explanation why you go to the starport first (to help humans) and to the city next (to hinder demons). Also, nothing says that the city you see in the E3 (and E4) end screen is the city in the second episode of Doom II.

"How do I destroy a hole? I dunno. Let's go to the other side maybe."

"Well I haven't found how to destroy the hole, but I've done the next best thing and killed all the demons. I guess I can as well go back to the hole and go back to Earth."

Ah. I see. Thanks.

[Doominator2]

I just realized how boring the "episode" names are so let me go off topic for a second and show you the names I made up if doom 2 had episodes.

Starport: Knee Deep in the Dead once more

Hellish outpost: The Opening to Hell

City: The Corrupted City

Hell: The Icon of Sin