Doom 2 "The Rebirth" Map 10: The Machine (UV Fast 4:32)
5Not nearly as hard as the previous level, but still a great challenge which took me several dozens of tries over a few days to get my first exit (this run), thanks to another relatively hard start. I found that I needed a bit of luck (or very expert ammo handling) to have enough ammo left to take out the spectres at the end. Unfortunately, most of the times, you have to leave them, go to the exit door to take out the chaingunners for some ammo, and then come back and blast the spectres. I think that probably lost me a good five to ten seconds.
There are a few other time-saving maneuvers which are possible but very hard to pull off. First, at the room where you get the super shotgun, there is a lift going down with two spectres and some rockets. It is possible to directly jump down, kill the spectres, make the lift go down, steal the rockets and be back on the lift before it goes back up. However, on fast mode, the spectres will mostly kill you sometimes even before you land on the ground. Therefore, I have opted for the safer option where I ride the lift down, kill the spectres, make the lift go down again, get the rockets and wait to go up again. The difference is probably a few seconds.
Next, in the red key room, it is possible to ignore the last mancubus, press the button, grab the stuff and exit while the imps teleport in. Infighting ensues which saves ammo. This is definitely a viable option on UV Max but with fast monsters it is very difficult to pull off consistently.
Finally, it is possible, when the crowd of cacos spawn in the large clearing in the middle of the map, to ignore at least some of them until you go down to get the blue key. This may result in infighting with the imps down there. However, you need to clear a room of two more cacos while you are exposed by the others, which calls for some very swift maneuvering.
Perhaps there are more but I have not noticed. As far as I know there is only one route possible, with a few minor deviations.
To play this, the original Doom 2 source files and the WAD file of Doom 2 "The Rebirth" (downloadable, at the time of writing, at http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=12102) are required.
This demo was recorded using the PrBoom Plus port (v. 2.5.1.2) and exported to video using Screenflick v. 1.2.7.2.
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