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Best/Worst maps in each Ultimate DOOM episodes?

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Which maps do you like most and dislike most in each Ultimate DOOM episode?

For me:

E1:
Best - E1M7
Worst - E1M8

E2:
Best - E2M4
Worst - E2M6

E3:
Best - E3M3
Worst - E3M7

E4:

Best - E4M5
Worst - E4M1

What about y'all?

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My opinion:

UV:
Best - E1M9
Why: The soundtrack. It's also a decent challenge.
Worst - E1M5
Why: I find it boring really. Plus it gave me nightmares in my childhood...

NM:
Best - E1M4
Why: The soundtrack along with the layout really just gets me pumped--sadly, because it's nightmare I'm usually only getting pumped with shotgun led.
Worst - E1M9
Why: I spent two hours trying to survive a run, it's just torture.

UV:
Best - E2M8
Why: Everything about the first encounter with the cyberdemon is perfect. I love this level.
Worst - E2M6
Why: I just hate this layout.

NM:
Best - E2M1
Why: The soundtrack along with the layout really gets me pumped into this episode on nightmare.
Worst - E2M6
Why: Again, I just hate it.

UV:
Best - E3M9
Why: Such an awesome surprise. I really like this map.
Worst - E3M8
Why: Disappointment.

NM:
Best - E3M1
Why: This level is crazy hard from pistol start in NM I love the challenge.
Worst - E3M5
Why: This map makes me cringe. It's neither fun for me, nor that memorable.

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E1:
Best: E1M1. I could write an entire essay on why E1M1 was the perfect start level for Doom, but I'll spare it.
Worst: E1M9

E2:
Best: E2M2
Worst: E2M9. If E2M9 wasn't so unabashedly terrible, E2M5 would have been my pick instead.

E3:
Best: E3M7
Worst: E3M2

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In my opinion:

E1:
Best - E1M3: I have no reason why I like it.
Worst - E1M6: it's kinda a good level, but I never found it very fun at all.

E2:
Best - E2M6: it's fun, and music kinda fits.
Worst - E2M2 and E2M5: I remember I used to be confused where to go every time I played them.

E3:
Best - E3M3
Worst - E3M5 and E3M7: confusing (Specially E3M7), a lot of going around in E3M7.

No opinions about E4 since I never played it as much as the other ones.

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E1:
Best: E1M5: Mainly the song and the layout
Worst: None: Personal none of the maps of ep1 are bad to me :P

E2:
Best: E2M2: Mainly the song and my love of crate textures :D
Worst: E2M9: Worst secret level for an episode

E3:
Best: E3M6: Great nonlinear map
Worst: E3M1: Worst start for an episode

E4:
Best: E4M2 & E4M6: provides the greatest challenge in Ultimate Doom when pistol starting
Worst: E4M4: Too boring and easy

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-E1
Best: hard to tell
Worst: same

-E2
Best: I love E2M2, and E2M8 are a lot of fun (I also find E2M5 pretty good too)
Worst: E2M9, pretty poor map. I also can't find why people like E2M4, I find it the second worst map in the episode.

-E3
Best: Can't decide.
Worst: E3M9, the idea is good, but.. come on! I'm sure the main reason about why they did this was to rush the release. The surprise effect was more of an excuse IMO.

-E4
Best: E4M1, E4M2, E4M6
Worst: E4M7, good design but too easy for the episode, even on pistol start (even E4M1 is harder, M7 are supposed to be hard). I find E4M4 weak too.

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Oooh let me think..

E1
Best E1M7
Worst E1M8 Probably

E2
Best E2M7
Worst E2M9

E3
Best E3M7
Worst E3M1/9

I don't know E4 too well so I can't really say yet.

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E1
Best: e1m1 - Most played level, loved the SNES music, many memories.
Worst: e1m7 - Just seems to drag on, can't get into it.

E2
Best: e2m8 - CyberDemon, 'nough said.
Worst: Dunno, they're all good.

E3
Best: e3m1 - Again, most played for me as a kid, good SNES music, childhood memories
Worst: Forget map number, but that Cathedral level with all the teleporters.

E4
Best: e4m2 - I find this pretty fun and challenging.
Worst: e4m3 - Can't get into it, dunno why.

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E1

Best: Tie between e1m6 and e1m7, Both have a lot of cool little nooks and secrets.
Worst: e1m8: Too short for a boss map

E2

Best: e2m6 : A lot of exploration and fake exit traps are boss.
Worst: e2m9: They could have tried a lot harder here based on the other secret maps.

E3

Best: e3m7: Cool teleport puzzle, lakes of blood give me a warm, fuzzy feeling.
Worst: e3m8: Disappointing final boss, not really a level.

E4

Best: e4m6: It has everything.
Worst: e4m3: Not that interesting a level.

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Picking a favorite level from episode one is nearly impossible. I absolutely love running through all of the secrets in level 2, and the soundtrack works perfectly with the pacing of the level. What seals it for me is when you first discover how to obtain the chainsaw. Definitely a "wow" moment for me.

A worst level? No thank you - not from episode one.

Episode two would have to also be level two. I love its strange texture groupings. You start out in a huge warehouse with boxes ever where, then you enter into a rather large room made all of green marble - very strange for some tech base! This level stuck out to me as very definitive of the fully registered version of Doom.

A worst level? The secret level. What a letdown after the amazing secret level of episode one! I mean it's just a couple of cave like rooms, and that's it! Hardly even worth finding.

Episode three's best level would have to be the third. I love the balance of hellish textures matched with logical architecture. And there is also the perfectly fitting Slayer rip-off/homage tune that populates the level. It's a level with nicely balanced difficulty and fun gameplay.

A worst level? Again, the secret level. It just isn't enough for me to modify E3M1 and expand on it. Again, I'm thinking of how great E1M9 was and how excited I was when I first found that level.

Episode Four is kind of icky in general. There are a few nice levels, but the lack of difficulty progression makes the episode seem random. Perhaps level two is the best one, in that it's an amazing challenge and the layout is very creative. But I don't like playing these like original three.

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E1
Best: E1M7, probably my favorite map of all time.
Worst: LOL

E2
Best: Hard to pick one, I love this episode. E2M2, M3, M4, M5 and M7 are totally awesome though.
Worst: E2M9, but it's still a decent map.

E3
Best: Again a hard pick. But I guess I'll just say E3M6 and E3M7.
Worst: E3M8, Huge disappointment.

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It's incredible how many people voted against E2M9. Didn't the sudden burst of barons and cacodemons scare you first time you entered? I know it scared me and that was the point of the map.

My favorite Episode 3 map is definitely 5, Unholy Cathedral, for its proto-Heretic-like feel.

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Best - E1M8. Maybe E1M3 if I wanted to go with a regular map.
Worst - E1M10. Yeah, I'm cheating.

Best - E2M1. We're not in Phobos anymore!
Worst - E2M2. urh crate maze urh

Best - E3M9. Nice twist, and the only other Cybie fight in the original game.
Worst - I can't think of one, and not for lack of trying.

Best - E4M9. Puts you right in the thick of things.
Worst - E4M4. Alternatively, E4M7.

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E1:
Best - E1M1, is burnt into my memory forever
Worst - E1M7, I still get lost in this one and it seems to take forever sometimes

E2:
Best - E2M8, showdown time
Worst - E2M6, large amounts of monsters appearing after you got the keys made me paranoid. This is where I learned why saving is good.

E3:
Best - E3M9, Is it a glitch? Am I really playing the first level again?? NOPE!
Worst - E3M7, I should probably know what teleporters go where but I just can never figure this out. Sooo much lava.

E4:
Best - not sure
Worst - E4M2, brutal from the start if you lack weapons and ammo.

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Cutman said:
Worst - E3M7, I should probably know what teleporters go where but I just can never figure this out. Sooo much lava.
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But the best part of E3M7 is the trick jumping to skip parts of the map.

I hate E3M1 and E4M2, But I love E1M7 & E1M1.

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All of episode 1 maps are great, so it's hard to pick the best and the worst one.

E1:

Best - E1M7, E1M6
These two levels have gotten me because of their outdoor areas, and their puzzles.
Worst - E1M8
The baron boss fight is kinda disappointing...

E2:

Best - E2M2
I'm a s*cker of crate mazes. This level is creative, and has many secrets. And it allows you to punch out all of the demons, how cool is
that? And with the lack of hitscan enemies, this level is very easy. One of Sandy Petersen's best job.
Worst - E2M9
14 monsters? With two awfully designed rooms? With a mandatory secret? Come on... What is this compared to E1M9?

E3:

Best - E3M6
This level is the best, not just in episode 3, but in all of Ultimate Doom. This was the first level with a huge, open-world style until
doom 2. There were islands you can travel across, and there is also the secret exit that you can access. This is just a fantastic level.
Worst - E3M8, E3M7, E3M5
E3M8: You can beat this level in 15 seconds because you can kill the spider mastermind with maximum 3 BFG shots, which you get in E3M3 and 
E3M7. This level is disappointing.
E3M7: I hate levels with such a complicated mazes. When i first played this level, i took less damage from the monsters than the blood. 47
monsters? This map is just an awful, very complcated maze level. I hate this map till my last breath.
E3M5: This level is bad for the same reason as E3M7. Teleport puzzles aren't fun. There are several ways which takes you to teleporters that
teleport you back to the central area. In the central area, 3 of 4 teleporters take you back to the center. At least this map has more 
monsters than E3M7.

E4:
Best - E4M7
I hate E4 maps, so it was hard to choose the best. E4M7 is the best in E4 because it's nice atmosphere. And it also shares it's music with
E2M6, which is a nice map as well.
Worst - E4M1
This map is a middle finger for first time players. For a starting level, this level is a f*cking b*tch. It's cramped, has a lot of monsters
teleporting in, and that keygrab through the window will not make your life much easier.

E5:

I don't know SIGIL maps very well, i played sigil one time in my life, and i barely remember which map is the best.

Best - E5M5
The same reason as E3M6. I love that outdoor area.
Worst - E5M6
This level is pain. It hates you before you can hate it. It's brutal.
 

Edited by supdol4944

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Favorite Levels           Least Favorite Levels:

 

E1M2 - Nuclear Plant          E1M6 - Central Processing

E2M4 - Deimos Lab            E2M3 - Refinery

E3M4 - House of Pain         E3M5 - Unholy Cathedral

E4M3 - Sever the Wicked    E4M2 - Perfect Hatred 

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Hmmmm favortie / hated levels from Ultimate doom....

 

I guess i'll do favorite first then hated.

 

Favorite levels:

 

E1M3

 

E1M9

 

E2M2 (because of the midi of course)

 

E2M4

 

E2M7

 

E2M8

 

E3M6

 

E3M9

 

E4M1

 

E4M8

 

E4M9

 

Now the hated ones:

 

E1M1

 

E1M2

 

E1M8

 

E2M3

 

E2M5

 

E2M9

 

E3M1-E3M7 (expect E3M6 and E3M9)

 

and most of E4 (expect E4M1, E4M8 and E4M9)

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