[TAS] Doom: Darkening Episode 2 - Map 5 UV-Max in 3:25 by Andy Olivera

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Published on July 17, 2020 11:00:23 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QrPLdA1k4

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Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994)

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Duration: 3:38

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Pwad: The Darkening: Episode Two
Pwad name: darken2.wad
Maps: 05 - Melt-Down, by Richard Wiles
Exe: DooM Replay Editor

Time: 3:25

Author: Andy Olivera
Email: andyo@surewest.net

Comments:

I think I'm beginning to understand why these levels never received much demo attention: speed is highly dependent on luck. Slow teleporter traps mean you have to leave some of the monsters for a second pass, but the interconnectedness of the levels that makes subsequent passes so convenient also allows the monsters to wander.

Anyway, this demo turned out fairly well, but could probably be sped up by another few seconds by not going through the Arch-Vile hallway twice. I did this because the secret near the Plasmagun is triggered by a nearby linedef and I thought I had to wait for it to raise again(couldn't get back to the lift in time) before retriggering it. As you can see in the demo, however, I managed to get to the secret simply by straferunning. So, there's one possible improvement.

The rest of the demo is good, especially the Blue Key area. Getting that Arch-Vile to go down in three shots from that distance with all those monsters around took a couple hours of experimenting. The Plasmagun work is pretty cool, too.

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