Doom 1: Jeff247 - 3.7.1994 - Vanilla & Hard Doom - 100% on Ultra-Violence - (46)
1Doom Classic video #46
(3.7.1994)
(Links, secrets and more information at the bottom of the description)
Hello. Next PC Zone lvl finalist map is Jeff247, made by Jeff Smalley. This map has a lot of lifts and it definitely suffers from many more things as well.
• So, visually it's not much to look at, as these early wads tend to be like. No idea of the theme in question either. Overall, it's quite random selection of rooms, it feels like.
The letters 'Davey' caught my attention ('V' being a teleport to barons), tho. Rather neat look to it, but made me wonder, what's the origin for it.
• Difficulty for the 1st time is a bit higher, but with one playthrough behind, it drops considerably. You ideally want to approach certain rooms in specific way, either to save ammo or good deal of health.
• Ammo balance is quite ok on this one. Getting berserk is useful, but you also get all the weapons in this level, but not a whole lot of ammo for most weapons.
• Health/armor balance is also quite ok, all things considered. Depending on approach, you might end up needing proper health pick ups, but safe approach should leave you stacked at the end.
And then the bad parts...
• Yellow Key is in a secret. Naturally, you need it to progress. Furthermore, it's in a death pit in a dark room at 1st, so it's a double-bad!
• Half of the secrets aren't really the good kind. Yellow Key being one, but another is in poison pit, where other side or center leaves you just dying.
• Too many lifts for no apparent reason. There's a lot of waiting involved in this map.
• You can get stuck, if you enter last room and press button to backtrack. Wall goes back up and you don't get to go to exit room anymore.
But otherwise it delivers your average Doom experience from start to finish. It wasn't the winning material, but it could've been worse too. Chances are, that it's not that enjoyable experience.
Information:
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Author: Jeff Smalley
Date: 3 July 1994
Title: Jeff247
File: JEFF247.WAD
Map: E2M1 - Jeff247
• Enemies: 139
• Items: 17
• Secrets: 4
Port: GzDoom
Skill: Ultra-Violence
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Vanilla Doom: 0:28
Chaingun 1:25
Berserk 2:35
2) ................................ 3:54
BFG9k 7:18
1) ................................ 8:08
Yellow Key * 8:30
Blue Key * 10:50
Red Key * 11:27
3) .............................. 12:03
4) .............................. 12:38
Plasma Gun 14:50
Hard Doom: 19:50
1) ............................... 20:56
Yellow Key * 21:10
Chaingun 22:07
Berserk 23:00
Quad Shotgun 25:05 ...dropped
2) ............................... 26:49
BFG9k 29:07
Blue Key * 32:22
Red Key * 33:03
3) ............................... 33:38
4) ............................... 33:55
Plasma Gun 35:23
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Referenced secrets:
1) 'Button for Yellow Key', Light Amplification Goggles
2) Rocket Launcher
3) ' Access to high platform of Blue Key room '
4) Chainsaw, Medkit
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Links:
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Jeff247
• ( https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom/a-c/ace_dwf )
Hard Doom:
• ( https://www.moddb.com/mods/hard-doom)
Playlists:
• Year 1994 ... ( • Classic Doom 1 & 2 Custom WADs from -... )
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