Condense the IWADs into an episode

[purist]

It's been a while since I posted a stupid, just for fun thread. The object here is to make an episode using your favourite IWAD levels. It should have 9 levels including a start map, secret map, map that contains a hidden exit to lead to the secret map and a boss level to finish on. It should escalate in difficulty and possible theme also. Here's mine to start with:

M1: System Control (TNT)
M2: Phobos Lab (Doom)
M3: Circle of Death (Doom 2)
M4: Well of Souls (Plutonia)
M5: Dead Zone (TNT) - secret exit
M6: Abandoned Mines (Doom 2)
M7: Bloodfalls (Doom 2)
M8: Hunted (Plutonia)
M9: Tricks and Traps (Doom 2) - secret level

[General Rainbow Bacon]

I've got one:

M1: Central Processing (UDoom e1m6)
M2: Stronghold (TNT 09)
M3: Storage Facility (TNT 11)
M4: Against Thee Wickedly (e4m6)
M5: The Twilight (Plutonia 15) secret exit
M6: Heck (TNT 28)
M7: The Spirit World (Doom 2 28)
M8: Last Call (TNT 30)
M9: Hunted (Plutonia 11)secret

[joe-ilya]

Me too:

M1:The gauntlet(Doom2 MAP03)
M2:Spawning vats(UDoom E2M7)
M3:Open Season(TNT MAP06)
M4:Refueling Base(Doom2 MAP10)
M5:Command Center(UDoom E2M5) secret exit
M6:Temple of darkness(Plutonia MAP25)
M7:Dead Simple(Doom2 MAP07)
M8:The gateway of hell(plutonia MAP30)
M9:Military base(UDoom E1M9) secret map

[MajorRawne]

R1M1: Underhalls (Doom)
R1M2: Inmost Dens (Doom)
R1M3: Refuelling Base (Doom)
R1M4: Bloodsea Keep (PC Doom)
R1M5: The Courtyard (Doom)
R1M6: The Marshes (Doom)
R1M7: Vesperas (Final Doom)
R1M8: Twilight Descends (Doom)
R1M9: Minos (Final Doom)

I only really know these maps from PSX Doom, hence there are a couple of exclusive console only maps.

Underhalls is one of the most exciting slaughters in the original game and I was so new to doom that when I was surrounded by zombie corpses and could still hear distant zombies breathing, I actually thought the dead zombies were going to get back up and attack (never fought against zombies that are so easy to kill!) and I was walking backwards, keeping my gun moving from one corpse to the next.

Inmost Dens is brilliant to explore on co-op. Refuelling Base is epic for co-op carnage. Bloodsea Keep blew me away in the PSX Lost Levels TC; that map was converted superbly well. The Courtyard is a vicious and exciting map that could still kill me even when I was an expert, especially the plasma room.

The Marshes is quite simply terrifying with the lights off. Vesperas is the most beautiful of the PSX maps, achingly forlorn and accompanied by the melancholy Toxin Refinery track. Twilight Descends is IMO the best of all Doom's city maps and it scares me shitless.

Minos is quite simply an outstanding effort. I was rarely so entranced while at the same time terrified by a single map.

[Tarnsman]

M1: Circle of Death
M2: The Abandoned Mines
M3: Speed
M4: Tenements
M5: Gotcha - Secret Exit
M6: Anti-Christ
M7: The Living End
M8: Odyssey of Noises
M9: Hunted

Edit:
Actually no, calling an audible.

M1: Circle of Death
M2: Perfect Hatred - Secret Exit
M3: Tenements
M4: The Abandoned Mines
M5: Industrial Zone
M6: Gotcha
M7: Against Thee Wickedly
M8: The Living End
M9: All of Plutonia

[scifista42]

Does the episode really need to contain at least one level of Plutonia?

If so, I think I'd skip this thread. Although I have it, I'm not much familiar with Final Doom as a whole, and specially Plutonia has always been discouraging me from a proper playthrough of any of its maps.

[plums]

scifista42 said:

Does the episode really need to contain at least one level of Plutonia?

According to purist's criteria, you can use whatever maps you want, as long as they come from an IWAD. You could take 9 maps from doom.wad if you want. Also you could change or break the rules because it doesn't really matter.

On that note:
1: Winnowing Hall (Hexen MAP01)
2: Ruined Village (Hexen Deathkings MAP41)
3: The Citadel (Heretic E1M5) [secret exit]
4: Ambulatory (Heretic E4M3)
5: Darkmere (Hexen MAP08)
6: Brackenwood (Hexen Deathkings MAP46)
7: The Chasm (Heretic E3M7)
8: D'Sparil's Keep (Heretic E3M8)
9: Quay (Heretic E5M3)

[Gez]

M1: Go 2 It
M2: Go 2 It
M3: Go 2 It (secret exit)
M4: Go 2 It
M5: Go 2 It
M6: Go 2 It
M7: Go 2 It
M8: Grosse
M9: Hangar

[purist]

scifista42 said:

Does the episode really need to contain at least one level of Plutonia?

If so, I think I'd skip this thread. Although I have it, I'm not much familiar with Final Doom as a whole, and specially Plutonia has always been discouraging me from a proper playthrough of any of its maps.

Nope, do what you want. I shared the IWADs a little in my list cos I'm just like that. If I'm more honest with myself I'd dump Dead Zone for Perfect Hatred but TNT would have looked a little under represented if I did.

Some interesting choices here. I knew Tarnsman's would be Plutonia biased.

[Obsidian]

M1: Computer Station
M2: Military Base
M3: Wormhole
M4: Spawning Vats
M5: Bloodfalls
M6: Pandemonium
M7: The Spirit World
M8: Go 2 It
M9: Pharaoh

I need to play more Final Doom.

[Epyo]

Ooh I think it'd be fun to just reduce episodes 1/2/3 to just one episode, with the sameish story:

M1 E1M1 Hangar
M2 E1M2 Nuclear Plant
M3 E1M4 Command Control
M4 E2M2 Containment Area
M5 E2M5 Command Center (secret exit to M9)
M6 E3M2 Slough of Despair
M7 E3M6 Mt. Erebus
M8 E3M9 Warrens
M9 E1M9 Military Base

[Tango]

I like Gez's choice. such variety

[SFoZ911]

Tango said:

I like Gez's choice. such variety

Seconded.

[T-Rex]

My dream episode.

M1: The Focus (Doom 2)
M2: Computer Station (Doom)
M3: Open Season (TNT)
M4: Circle of Death (Doom 2)
M5: Dead Zone (TNT) - secret exit
M6: Deepest Reaches (TNT)
M7: Refueling Base (Doom 2)
M8: Last Call (TNT)
M9: Wormhole (TNT) - secret level

[Deleted_Account]

Let's see;

Map 01: System Control
Map 02: Nuclear Plant
Map 03: Toxin Refinery
Map 04: Computer Station
Map 05: Phobos Anomaly
Map 06: Open Season
Map 07: Central Processing
Map 08: Odyssey of Noises
Map 09: Wormhole

[scifista42]

So I'll approach it simply. With a representative map of each IWAD or (D1) episode, anyway. Picked to be short. The 2 maps I picked from Plutonia are pretty much the only Plutonia maps I'm familiar with.

M1: Entryway (D2 MAP01) (classic)
M2: Refinery (D1 E2M3)
M3: Unruly Evil (D1 E4M4)
M4: Computer Station (D1 E1M7)
M5: Congo (PL MAP01)
M6: Mount Erebus (D1 E3M6)
M7: Redemption (TNT MAP10)
M8: Living End (D2 MAP29)
M9: Go 2 It (PL MAP32) (classic in yet another way)

[Xaser]

I think Gez's post makes anything I would've contributed to this thread completely redundant. :D

[TwinBeast]

Let's go with these...

M1: Congo
M2: Ghost Town
M3: Abandoned Mines
M4: Caged
M5: Twilight - Secret Exit
M6: Baron's Lair
M7: Heck
M8: Cyberden - Final Level
M9: Caribbean - Secret Level

E4 sky for the sky. Music from from Doom 1.

[TheLazenby]

Gez said:

M1: Go 2 It
M2: Go 2 It
M3: Go 2 It (secret exit)
M4: Go 2 It
M5: Go 2 It
M6: Go 2 It
M7: Go 2 It
M8: Grosse
M9: Hangar

Have M6 and M7 be Go 4 It and Have @ It, just to switch things up. :-P

[Doominator2]

M1: Fortress of Mystery
M2: Deimos Anomaly
M3: Halls of the Damned
M4: Military Base (secret exit)
M5: They Will Repent
M6: Downtown
M7: Wolfenstein
M8: Grosse (Boss Level)
M9: Barrels o' Fun (Secret Level)

[Acid]

M1: Icon of Sin (secret exit) (Doom 2 - MAP30)
M2: System Control (TNT - MAP01)
M3: Dis (Doom - E3M8)
M4: Hangar (Doom - E1M1)
M5: The Living End (Doom 2 - MAP29)
M6: Congo (Plutonia - MAP01)
M7: Go 2 It (Plutonia - MAP32)
M8: Entryway (Doom 2 - MAP01)
M9: Underhalls (secret map) (Doom 2 - MAP02)

Alternatively, you could take Barrels Of Fun 9 times and go fuck yourself.