[Epic 2] MAP02: Voodoo (UV-Max Demo)

moving right along with epic 2. one thing i forgot to mention about this wad in the first video is unlike the first epic, it's actually vanilla compatible, with a few caveats. i don't think there's anything in this level that seems particularly unachievable without boom, but i'm pretty sure there's some wizardry in the later levels. all the magic in this one is just a lot of careful lighting work in this dark and dusty tomblike setting. we also get the new secret sound effect, from blood, i believe, and the grimy rocket launcher rework courtesy of powerslave. even with all the secrets, ammo's pretty tight in this level. fortunately you get a berserk early on and it's worth heavily leaning on through a lot of the level. it's better than having to pump action everything to death, that's for sure. also in the level is the new pitch-black pain elemental and the awful screeching sounds given to the lost souls. they definitely won't be sneaking up on you, that's for sure. it can be a little tricky to keep track of everything that needs doing here, and you'll wind up having to go around in circles a couple times and closely watch your health and ammo, but it's still a fun map for early in the wad.
epic 2: www.doomworld....
get the demo: s3.yrriban.net...
source port used: dsda-doom 0.27.5
sound font used: arachno.sf2
flags: -complevel 2

[@Skronkidonk]

Lol I wonder where the "Thats Right" is from. Dang this midi was also used in Scythe 2 ! This wad looks like so much fun. Nice run.

[@Yrriban]

i took a second look; i had thought that line was from blood because it sounds like stephan weyte, but it's actually from DOS Powerslave (console powerslave doesn't have a voiced protagonist). i definitely associate this track more with blood than scythe 2 (which i uh... haven't played) but it's a great track either way.

[@Skronkidonk]

That's really cool you found that. I wouldn't be surprised if Eternal used textures from that game as well looking at some screenshots of it.
Also, Scythe 2 is absolutely amazing. Its my second favorite wad of all time behind Alien Vendetta. Alm really perfected his craft in that one. In my opinion there are no bad maps in it. Bad the last 10 maps are definitely not for the faint of heart, absolutely brutal stuff.