Looking for scary maps, help!

[jamai36]

Been playing Doom since release and have done a lifetime's worth of lurking on doomworld.

 

Through all of the amazing wads I download, I think I'm always looking for one elusive thing in particular, more atmospheric and dark maps that remind me of Doom 64.

 

Does anyone have any recommendations? I have sifted through a lot of maps, but it's very rare I find anything close to the mood/vibe set out in the Doom 64 wads.  I grew up on the more fun, actiony doom maps, but it would be cool to find a few maps closer to those found in D64.  Even Doom 2016 was a bit of a letdown in this regard.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Roofi]

Abyssion by Death-Destiny

[amackert]

Unloved.

[VanaheimRanger]

Sunlust has a very dark, forboding atmosphere to it.  But it's also a very hard wad with lots of slaughter maps.

[Dragonfly]

Here's a single horror map I made back in 2015, the screenshots are missing but it's a little mod that utilises GZDoom's dynamic lighting to provide a typical horror setting with a few scary moments. :)

 

https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=48273

 

To help fit your requirements, this uses some sounds and music from Doom64, as well as coloured lighting and a moody setting.

 

Hope it's what you're looking for!

Edited December 20, 2018 by Dragonfly

[Havoc Crow]

Never played Doom 64 so I'm not sure if that's what you're after, but Maskim Xul has a rather dark and creepy atmosphere.

[Merry Widow]

happytime circus 1&2, maybe some Yukiraven maps?

[meapineapple]

This may or may not be what you have in mind, but a lot of those who played Wyrmwood seemed to find Map 9 tense or frightening or disturbing - which was my full intention - though I didn't use anything like conventional horror game tropes to do it. The map isn't dark and it's low on surprises. It's all about manipulating the player's expectations and building suspense.

 

 

 

[jamai36]

Awesome, I have lots to check out. I have played Maskim Xul and definitely got that vibe from it, but the others are new.  Thanks!

[SP_FACE1]

Doom64 always reminded me of the Alien film which is quite Lovecraftian in the cosmic unknown horror sense. Thus I would recommend Dawn of Reality

That is a realistic map though. Not sure if that qualifies.

Edited December 20, 2018 by SP_FACE1

[Salt-Man Z]

10 hours ago, amackert said:

Unloved.

#1 for me. I've never played a WAD so disturbingly creepy. The final fight is over-the-top-ridiculous slaughter that I had to noclip through, but everything up to that end point is just incredible. 

[Barry Burton]

5 minutes ago, Salt-Man Z said:

#1 for me. I've never played a WAD so disturbingly creepy. The final fight is over-the-top-ridiculous slaughter that I had to noclip through, but everything up to that end point is just incredible. 

 

Agreed. Unloved is a masterpiece, although some areas are downright impossible on UV (the catacombs with the two archviles in the corner next to a switch comes to mind)

[Obsidian]

There's Nightomb if you're looking for a somewhat more low-key horror experience.

[Payload4367]

This map set was inspired by System shock 2 and Doom 3, with lots of dark areas and creepy atmospheric sounds.

 

[Loud Silence]

Daikatana will scare you.

[Salt-Man Z]

4 hours ago, R4L said:

Agreed. Unloved is a masterpiece, although some areas are downright impossible on UV (the catacombs with the two archviles in the corner next to a switch comes to mind)

I played on HMP and remember 2-3 spots that just about made me give up, but I was able to eventually figure out. That ending, though...

[Bushpig2dope]

Though its not Doom, I highly recommend the game Dusk. It only just came out and its awesome and spooky

[AL-97]

Spooktober Community Mapping Project, which is a recently released, horror-themed megawad from the ZDoom forums. Check it out.

[Noiser]

The Ghoul's Forest 3. It's focused on jumpscares and nothing else. But still a classic.

Nihility: Infinite Teeth for a more traditional Doom experience. It's very good, with a lot of cool dehacked tricks including ambient sounds and new enemies

Also, Dead.Wire and Dead.Air, great single-maps for GZDoom

Edited December 21, 2018 by Noiser

[jamai36]

On like the fourth reply so far, I have lots of content to go through, thanks again!

 

It's interesting because D64 always stuck with me in a way that vanilla Doom didn't. While it has gained a bit of cult traction over the years, I think most still consider it an interesting but inferior diversion from the main Doom titles (outside of 3 of course).

 

Something about the lower light levels, more colourful lighting and the dark ambient soundtrack just makes it more Doom than well.. Doom.  When I load up new wads I'm reminded of how much bigger the influence of D1/D2 is. But I know it's more of a fringe opinion. 

Edited December 21, 2018 by jamai36

[Havoc Crow]

MAP24 of Restoring Deimos has a pretty scary atmosphere (it even has Aubrey Hodges's ambient music from PSX Doom), although I haven't really played it and cannot vouch for the quality.

[whirledtsar]

Hellground.