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Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994)

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Map: Witch Hunt (PREACHER.wad MAP08)
Category: UV-max
Time: 7:29
Source Port: PrBoom+ 2.5.1.5 (-complevel 9)

A much shorter map than the previous one, but extremely chaotic. Multiple cyberdemons roam around the map, threatening to ruin your day with unexpected rockets, and everywhere you go to avoid them you can expect packs of other enemies that are no less dangerous. Fortunately, you're provided a super shotgun right at the beginning, and since you start with the teleporter right in front of you, you can guarantee your start location by running backwards from the start to grab the SSG, then forwards into the teleporter without turning at all. This makes sure you always walk into the teleporter at the same spot and thus get teleported to the same location. Since I didn't turn you don't get to see the door that opens at the beginning to reveal a cyberdemon that chases you into the teleporter, but you can hear it at least. From there I pieced together a plan to get all three keys early on, releasing enemies but also giving me access to powerups such as the preacher's staff/BFG (requires yellow key) and the megasphere (requires blue key).

Complicating matters is the fact that many of the floors in this map can move up and down, controlled not only by player-activated switches but also by monster-activated triggers. At the beginning when there are still many monsters in the map, the platforms are in constant flux, which can make it difficult to get where you want to go because the monsters keep lowering the lifts before you have time to step off at the higher level. Despite being able to ensure a consistent starting location, the way these platforms work makes it hard to get a consistent route through the rest of the map, which like the rest of Preacher can be both frustrating and fun depending on how much you're counting on your success.

There's one map left in Preacher (not counting the credits map) for which I have not uploaded a video. MAP09, "Crown of Thorns," is the longest and hardest map in Preacher, so it may be a while before I have a demo ready for that.

Find the rest of my Preacher playthrough in this playlist:    • Preacher UV-Max  

You can download Preacher from the /idgames archive here: https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/lev...

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