Master Levels for Doom II - Map 18: Vesperas (UVMax 7:32)

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Published on April 14, 2023 9:00:31 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZcy9K1U5Kc

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Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994)

Duration: 7:47

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Source Port: GzDoom
UVMax, Pistol Start, No Saves
SoundFont Combo by @GoranObal
Executable file of the SoundFont Cover:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1no6ElxNSuZwZMgMAhF2k8911nJOto2nU/view?usp=share_link
Community Midi Pack: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/118804-master-levels-for-doom-ii-25th-anniversary-midi-pack/
ZDoom Hud addon: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=60356
Map Author: Dr. Sleep
Song Name: Invisible Ledge is DUMB (Peter Lawrence & Jakub Majewski)
Difficulty: 4
Design: 3.5

Feels a lot like if Nessus was a fully fledged map. The last 3 real Master Levels are big tough ones, this one is the easiest of the three but is still significantly more difficult than most previous ones. It has a few fights that feel like there were some amount of thought put into them. The cyberdemon fight is cool, and would actually be a tough fight if there wasn't an invulnerability and if it spawned at the same time as the cacos. The curved room with the barons is good and would trip me up in the past since I used to go through the map the other way around. I have 2 complaints though. the items in the starting room only pick up at a certain angle, they are placed slightly too far into the alcoves. Then... of course, the yellow key. The title of the midi says it all: "Invisible Ledge is DUMB". I forget how to get that key every single time I play the map. Having secrets that are mandatory to finish the map,, especially one as cryptic as that, is one of the worst sins a doom mapper can make. I think the rest of the map makes up for that flaw, but the invisible ledge isn't any less ridiculous, it deserves every bit of the ridicule it gets.

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