Hideous Destructor | The Ghoul's Forest I & II | No Failure Runs
7Not sure at first whether to do a run like this or not. I'm sure I've spoken about it in the past, but HDest's weapons are genuinely really powerful compared to vanilla ones, even post vanilla-type resistance update. Still though, it seemed like a combo that I haven't seen many people do, and I can probably finagle a bit with the assets to make a particularly unique show, so I might as well.
Yeah, it's gonna be another Omori themed run. I wasn't actually too big of a fan on the "constant screamer" aspect that Ghoul's Forest lives and breathe on, so it also became an opportunity to test a few alternatives that won't blare my ears out. The first ghoul doesn't emit a constant noise, so there's only so much I can do there, but the second ghoul test was a decent success.
Went with the Infiltrator loadout for both runs. A fairly weak but consistent SMG, a grenade launcher for when I've fully expended all resources, and infrared goggles. I could probably go for Naturist and properly scavenge around the map, but the maps themselves are far too dark to see for my monitor setup and the ghouls too fast for HDestguy to bolt off for supplies.
Not sure if I'll go for the third entry, considering the nasty bits that it has. I think there is a remaster of sorts that cleans that up, along with altering the map to allow for gameplay mod setup, so I might go for that next if nothing else pops up. Will take a while to tamper with the assets to match these runs, so it might be a bit before I do run it.
Mods Used:
SBrightmaps: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=46
HQ Doom Sounds: http://www.perkristian.net/sounds/pk_doom_sfx.zip
PSX/N64 HQ Sounds: https://www.mediafire.com/file/78gxg457b30ayip/PSX_N64_HQ_SFX_15072016.zip/file
Alt Sounds: https://www.moddb.com/addons/doom-alt-sound-project
The Ghoul's Forest: https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/g-i/ghoul
The Ghoul's Forest 2: https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/g-i/ghoul2
Hideous Destructor: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=43
HDest FX: https://github.com/dastrukar/HDFX
HDest DustFX: https://github.com/dastrukar/hdest-dustfx
Personal HDest Addons: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=43
HDest GWOD (used the pickups only): https://github.com/Potetobloke/PB_HDReskin_GWoD