I just finished Scythe.

[AtticTelephone]

I finished Scythe with saves on UV, and I single-segmented all 3 episodes. MAP30 was the most spectacular, a map you should only play once. It was an amazing megawad. Now what should I do? I'm not done with my Ancient Aliens playthrough, and I don't plan on doing Scythe 2 anytime soon. I'm thinking that after Ancient Aliens, I'll do something like Rush to get ready for Valiant. What do you guys think?

[Pseudonaut]

Those all sound like reasonable choices, though I'm not sure you need to "get ready for" Valiant, since I don't think it's significantly harder than Rush or Ancient Aliens. For me, after I finished Scythe (the first fanmade megawad that I finished), the wads I played next included Lunatic, Going Down, JPCP, and Alien Vendetta (not exactly in order, I don't remember that well.)

[Redneckerz]

Im happy for you that you finished Scythe.

 

 

 

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Hey, you asked me what i thought of it!

 

Play Demonfear.

[Nembras]

Incidentally, I just decided not to finish my playthrough of Scythe (UV, pistol starts). Maps 25 & 27 were rather irritating (don't ask me what makes map27 irritating, it just was for me. I want to like it, but it's no fun to play), so when "Run from it" came around, I gave up after a couple attempts at beating the gimmick, and skipped to map29. After trying that one a couple of times, I decided this wasn't the type of map that initially drew me in, and that I wasn't really playing Scythe anymore. So while I did enjoy most of it, I don't necessarily agree that all of it is amazing.

 

A megawad that I do think is amazing is Valiant, and I second the opinion that you probably don't need any kind of preparation or warming up for it. 

 

Edit: grammar

Edited November 15, 2020 by Nembras

[GarrettChan]

single-segmented and saves? I don't understand.

[AtticTelephone]

15 minutes ago, GarrettChan said:

single-segmented and saves? I don't understand.

I did each episode without pistol starting, aka a single segmented playthrough, and I used saves.

[GarrettChan]

Just now, AtticTelephone said:

I did each episode without pistol starting, aka a single segmented playthrough, and I used saves.

You really don't know what's single segment...

[AtticTelephone]

1 minute ago, GarrettChan said:

You really don't know what's single segment...

Well, I didn't mean single segment speedrunning.

[GarrettChan]

1 minute ago, AtticTelephone said:

Well, I didn't mean single segment speedrunning.

Then use a different word.

[Noiser]

Both Scythe 2 and Valiant are amazing and deserves a playthrough imo
 

17 minutes ago, AtticTelephone said:

I did each episode without pistol starting, aka a single segmented playthrough, and I used saves.

Continous run is probably the term you are looking for :-)

Edited November 15, 2020 by Noiser

[AtticTelephone]

1 hour ago, Noiser said:

Both Scythe 2 and Valiant are amazing and deserves a playthrough imo
 

Continous run is probably the term you are looking for :-)

That's it.

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

I'm one of those psychopaths that thinks Scythe 2>>>Scythe. The original Scythe is actually more enjoyable when pistol starting in my opinion.

Edited November 15, 2020 by TheMagicMushroomMan

[Pseudonaut]

8 minutes ago, TheMagicMushroomMan said:

The original Scythe is actually more enjoyable when pistol starting in my opinion.

 

This applies to almost all wads.

[Andromeda]

25 minutes ago, TheMagicMushroomMan said:

I'm one of those psychopaths that thinks Scythe 2>>>Scythe.

Hmm, I thought this was the popular opinion?

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

25 minutes ago, Pseudonaut said:

 

This applies to almost all wads.

Does not apply to Scythe 2 :P

 

9 minutes ago, Andromeda said:

Hmm, I thought this was the popular opinion?

I don't know, almost everyone seems to love the first Scythe. Many people specifically hate the custom enemies in Scythe 2. The Afrit never caused much trouble, but it can be annoying. Mr. X is a cheap garbage enemy and fighting him is never fun. Probably the worst custom enemy I've encountered in any wad. The last three maps of Scythe 2 (which were added in an update) pale in comparison to map27, which made for a great closing map. So there are definitely a lot of (valid) complaints about Scythe 2. Not many complaints about the first one.

 

But the aesthetic of Scythe 2 makes it much more memorable to me.

Edited November 16, 2020 by TheMagicMushroomMan

[Lucky_Edie]

Scythe 2 is much better with pistol starts, saveless and blind. 

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

4 minutes ago, Lucky_Edie said:

Scythe 2 is much better with pistol starts, saveless and blind. 

Yeah, nothing more fun than having to start a thirty minute map over because of Mr. X appearing out of nowhere to kill you in a half a second!

[Lucky_Edie]

I'm glad you agree.  Map23 took me 8 hours. 

Edited November 16, 2020 by Lucky_Edie

[AtticTelephone]

2 hours ago, TheMagicMushroomMan said:

Yeah, nothing more fun than having to start a thirty minute map over because of Mr. X appearing out of nowhere to kill you in a half a second!

Uh, hey, I never played Scythe 2, and I only heard about two custom monsters, the Afrit and the Deathmatch marines. Could you tell me about it?

[Lucky_Edie]

Mr X = DM marine. They get introduced in map 16 and the name of that map is "Mr X"

Edited November 16, 2020 by Lucky_Edie

[Andromeda]

9 hours ago, Lucky_Edie said:

Mr X = DM marine. They get introduced in map 16 and the name of that map is "Mr X"

That is if you don't find the secret level :P

[Doom OG]

That's a great megawad...I tend to like the earlier levels more.