[DOOM II] Chillax - Map 32 - UV-Max in
Pwad : Chillax v9.7.3
Map 32
Skill : Ultra-Violence
Category : UV-Max
Time : 01:15:43
Additional setting : Item Respawn
NOTE : Download link : http://grandvoid.sickedwick.net/wads/...
-- Reminder : This level was meant to be done with ItemRespawn option on --
About the level : Oh, I think you already know this one... Half extremely hard, half joke map. Three huge arenas, three monstrous challenges, and almost not even a single error allowed... Yeah, it was horrible.
36 Cyberdemons in the first arena, teleporting by pack of 12 and wandering around the maze. You need to lure most of them in the middle alleys and circle around with your bfg. But, remember : even a single facerocket can kill you, that's why this room is very very tedious...
The second arena is way easier. 92 Arch-Viles, and a cool concept of an arena. A hunting fight where YOU are the hunted. But it is in fact quite simple. Just make external circle and get enough distance to kill them without any splash damage from your bfg. This way they can't target you. Of course killing them is slower, but it's almost safe...
And then, the final arena... An extremely huge arena, with 400 Arch-Viles and 72 Cyberdemons. Certainly one of the most preposterous boss number of any level ever made... [And no, 3.000 Cyber or Nuts doesn't count] But the maze strat you have to do is not hard as it seems. The only issue here is that once you loose your blue armor, you can't take any facerocket no more. And I don't need to tell you it happens quite easily with such narrow corridors... At first, you have few minutes before first arch-viles can reach you. And if you're too slow, you can change your position to the opposite : as all cyberdemons are deaf, they block every corner of the maze, so they have to turn back to catch you. But if your timing is right, just kill the least possible cyberdemons and find a good position to defend. I figured out west side maze seems to be the best one, because - sssh, it's a secret - it has 19 connexions while other sides have only 18 - which means 1 per corridor, so west has two corridors connected by 2 connexions at level 5/6 while other sides have only 1, which means two base points, so you can move from one to the other and bring the arch-viles at free will. Once you killed most of them, finish the job by hunting all the remaining cyber horde and exit is yours.
Definitely an insane level, but pretty exciting - because time attack, and also a very good one to test and upgrade your dodging missile & time-managing skills...
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Also, bugs can happen sometimes, like arch-vile fire blast while you can swear you were hidden correctly ; it is because the map size exceeds the safe mapping zone - around +16.000/-16.000 units from the center of the grid ; this one goes further than +27.000... ; so be careful, you never know.
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About the run : Whew, finally, I did it... Funny thing is that it took me 30+ attempts to beat the first arena, but it was my first attempt doing the two other... Thus, I would say the first arena with the 36 cybers is the hardest of the three, by far... Once I beat arena 1 & 2, I decided to approach the fights more carefully, that's why at the end you won't see me killing all remaining cybers with insane dodging and 2 bfg shots : After an hour of recording attempt, I simply wouldn't want to redo the whole level at all. A facerocket happens so often I wouldn't want to take any risk. Thus, I can also say that this level is beatable within an hour, but you won't see me try, ever... I had to turn off music before the final hunting, because it really started to annoy me, and I needed to be more relaxed after an hour of huge concentration. Also, it can help out to ear enemies more clearer, although it is not an absolute need.
Definitely the hardest map I've ever recorded from today. Was quite fun to do, but also really unpleasant to retry every time the first arena. Have you ever tried this one ? Did you complete it already ? Let me read your thoughts, I'm interested !