What would be the perfect MegaWAD for you?

[Alephany]

More precisely : What maps from other MegaWADs would you put into one MegaWAD?

 

Of course, just putting whatever map at whatever slot would be too easy. The rules are :

1. The maps that you want in your perfect MegaWAD has to be the same as the original slot.

2. Maximum of 2 maps from the same MegaWAD.

 

For example, let's say I really like Toxic Touch from Alien Vendetta (MAP10) and Hazmat Hazama from JPCP (MAP29). Then in my "perfect MegaWAD", those 2 maps will take the same slots. And so on until you have 32 maps.

 

Curious to see how you guys/girls will make your perfect MegaWAD!

 

EDIT: Honorable mentions are allowed.

Edited December 5, 2021 by Alephany

[Pixel Fiend]

Breach    01    ⛧    Breach
Heartland    02    ⛧    Bruce R. And Son Construction Co.
Funnelcake Apparitions    03    ⛧    Sinister Continuity
Abandon    04    ⛧    Abyssal Artifact
Sunder    05    ⛧    Precarious
Eviternity    06    ⛧    Reconnect
3 Heures D'Agonie 3    07    ⛧    Six Seulement
Cyb's Freaky Colonoscopy    08    ⛧    Voided
Sunder    09    ⛧    The Cage
Auger;Zenith    10    ⛧    Photon Geyser
Arrival    11    ⛧    Neon Artifacts
Carnage Oasis    12    ⛧    Carnage Oasis
Mutiny    13    ⛧    Laboratory
Ancient Aliens    14    ⛧    Blazing Boulevard 
Mutiny    15    ⛧    Breaching The Unknown
Abandon    16    ⛧    Thrice-Razed Capitol
Akeldama    17    ⛧    Blood Covenant
Sunlust    18    ⛧    Mu Cephei
Back To Saturn X E1    19    ⛧    Bingo Pool Hall Of Blood
Alien Vendetta    20    ⛧    Misri Halek
Mayhem 2048    21    ⛧    Aberinkula
Eviternity    22    ⛧    Viscera

 

This would be a diverse adventure. Try playing that way.

Edited October 17, 2021 by game

[Andromeda]

MAP01: The Ancient Navajo Wolf Warp (Ancient Aliens)

MAP02: Empty Handed (Three's a Crowd)

MAP03: Crawl Space (Going Down)

MAP04: Industrial Zone (STRAIN)

MAP05: Blood Eagle (NOVA III)

MAP06: Colossus (The Rebirth)

MAP07: Cannibal (NOVA III)

MAP08: Research Lab (Realm of Chaos)

MAP09: Knockout (Hell Revealed)

MAP10: Beacon (Vile Flesh)

MAP11: Toxic Waltz (MAYhem 2020)

MAP12: King Arena (Kama Sutra)

MAP13: Drop 'Em! (Eternal Doom)

MAP14: Pistol Only (Eternal Doom)

MAP15: The Serpentine Lemniscate (50 Shades of Graytall)

MAP16: The Core (Speed of Doom)

MAP17: Precipice (Valiant)

MAP18: Zombie Hideout (Zone 300)

MAP19: Crash Landing (Ancient Aliens)

MAP20: Inverti in Darkness (Sunlust)

MAP21: Enter the Fist (MAYhem 2020)

MAP22: Une Journée en Enfer (180 Minutes Pour Vivre)

MAP23: Aztecorum (Plutonia 2)

MAP24: Bridge of Blood (Going Down)

MAP25: Heat Miser (MAYhem 2048)

MAP26: Blast Wave (Valiant)

MAP27: Press Gang (Doom II: 25 Years on Earth)

MAP28: Maelstrom (Sunlust)

MAP29 (BF THUD!)

MAP30: Darkness Without End (Speed of Doom)

MAP31: The Way Forward? (Three's a Crowd)

MAP32: Ephemeral (1000 Lines 2 CP)

[Astro X]

Idk many wads, so here you go. My list:

 

MAP01:

MAP02: Rope or bullet (Combat Shock 2)

MAP03: Hone gumi (Combat Shock 2)

MAP04:

MAP05:

MAP06:

MAP07: Tarnished luster (Micro Slaughter Community Project)

MAP08:

MAP09: 14 Angrier Archviles (Valiant)

MAP10: Candlecove (Valiant)

MAP11:

MAP12: The zealous machine (Sunder)

MAP13: Technocratic terror (Micro Slaughter Community Project)

MAP14: Tomb of Cheogh (Astroverse)

MAP15:

MAP16:

MAP17:

MAP18: Optional bases opposed (Back to Saturn X 2)

MAP19:

MAP20: Lurking fear (Plutonia 2)

MAP21:

MAP22: Bite (Back to Saturn X 2)

MAP23:

MAP24: Dying on cue (Sunlust)

MAP25:

MAP26:

MAP27:

MAP28: Maelstrom (Sunlust)

MAP29: Ticket to eternity (Plutonia 2)

MAP30:

MAP31: Azure malady (Astroverse)

MAP32: The Harlot's garden (Sunder)

[Alephany]

After playing some MegaWADs with the help of MtPain27 for motivation. Here's my unfinished list (will obviously update until completed) :

Note : Maps with a * means it's not definitive.

 

MAP01 : Uprising - TNT Revilution

MAP02 : Mysterious Cove - Speed Of Doom

MAP03 : Cave of the Lost Souls - Resurgence *

MAP04 : Warp of Time - Hell Ground

MAP05 : Klondike - Kama Sutra

MAP06 : Riminshi Valley - Japanese Community Project *

MAP07 : Temple Of Isis - Scythe 2

MAP08 : Ruée vers Laure - 180 Minutes Pour Vivre

MAP09 : Free Parking - Vanguard *

MAP10 : Toxic Touch - Alien Vendetta

MAP11 : Twi-lite Massacre - Resurgence

MAP12 : Transduction - TNT Revilution

MAP13 :

MAP14 : 

MAP15 : Gladiator - Going Down *

MAP16 : Leave Your Sol Behind - Ancient Aliens *

MAP17 : Luminescent Synapse - Auger Zenith

MAP18 : M/S Futura - Scythe

MAP19 : 

MAP20 : Misri Halek - Alien Vendetta

MAP21 : 

MAP22 :

MAP23 : Death Mountain - Community Chest 2

MAP24 : The Mucus Flow - Community Chest 2

MAP25 :

MAP26 : Sepulchural Slaughter - Nostalgia

MAP27 :

MAP28 : Gutter Grave - 3 Heures d'Agonie 2

MAP29 : Hazmat Hazama - Japanese Community Project

MAP30 : Megiddo - Nova: The Birth 

MAP31 : 1010011010 - Speed Of Doom

MAP32 : Poison Oak - Resurgence *

Edited February 25, 2024 by Alephany

[ReaperAA]

Current incomplete list. Having only 2 maps from my favorite wads makes this very hard. More so when some of my favorite maps from different wads share the same slot like Creation (Map10 of Eviternity), Electric Nightmare (Map30 of Valiant), Gossamer (Map24 of Eviternity) etc.

 

MAP01: Back to Saturn X Radio Report (BTSX E1)
MAP02: Dark Base (Mapwich 2)
MAP03: Danger Lights (Arceon)
MAP04: Royalty (Atmospheric Extinction)
MAP05: Titan of Industry (Heartland)
MAP06: Get Shafted (Heartland)
MAP07: Metal Mothers (BTSX E1)
MAP08: Fortress of Bullets (TNT: Revilution)
MAP09: The Nectar Flow (Ancient Aliens)
MAP10: Eureka Signs (BTSX E2)
MAP11: In Kasei Valles (1000 Lines 3 CP)
MAP12: Transduction (TNT: Revilution)
MAP13: Slaughter Zone (Plutonia Revisited Community Project)
MAP14: Secrets and Lies (Going Down)
MAP15: Cryonology (Eviternity)
MAP16: Leave Your Sol Behind (Ancient Aliens).
MAP17: Deadline (Jenesis)
MAP18: Lake Poison (Alien Vendetta)
MAP19: Dehydration (Eviternity)
MAP20: Sinister Daybreak (Plutonia Revisited Community Project)
MAP21: 
MAP22: 
MAP23: Aztecorum (Plutonia 2)
MAP24: The Mucus flow (Community Chest 2)
MAP25: 
MAP26: A Trail of Scorched Earth (1000 Lines 3 CP)
MAP27: Rocket Zone II (Valiant)
MAP28: The Bloodwall (Plutonia 2)
MAP29: Demolition (Going Down)
MAP30: Haunting Dreams (Scythe 2)
MAP31: Cyberwar 7734 (Valiant)
MAP32: No Guts No Glory (Alien Vendetta)

Edited November 27, 2021 by ReaperAA

[Alephany]

4 hours ago, ReaperAA said:

MAP01: The Darkened Outpost (The Darkened Outpost - 1 map wad)

 

On 10/16/2021 at 11:17 PM, Alephany said:

More precisely : What maps from other MegaWADs would you put into one MegaWAD?

 

Of course, just putting whatever map at whatever slot would be too easy. The rule are :

1. The maps that you want in your perfect MegaWAD has to be the same as the original slot.

2. Maximum of 2 maps from the same MegaWAD.

This cannot work as it is a single map wad. Has to be at least 2 or more maps.

[ReaperAA]

1 hour ago, Alephany said:

This cannot work as it is a single map wad. Has to be at least 2 or more maps.

 

Well it wasn't written that one map wads can't be used :p

 

In that case, I have made my edit.

[Alephany]

11 minutes ago, ReaperAA said:

 

Well it wasn't written that one map wads can't be used :p

 

In that case, I have made my edit.

Yeah it's my bad. The thing is would be too easy to pick single map and put it in whatever slot hence why in my version there is Warp Of Time even tho the WAD is 7 maps only.

[Lewonx]

N means - not a great map, bit I had to put something.

 

Map 1: The Furnace (Community Chest 2)

Map 2: Ion Storm (Community Chest 3)

Map 3: Sifting Adjunct (UAC Ultra)

Map 4: Under Pressure (Alkylation) N

Map 5: Time Warp (Going Down)

Map 6: Central Processing (KDiZD)

Map 7: Computer Station (KDiZD)

Map 8: Frozen Acid (Whitemare 2) N

Map 9: Stronghold (TNT Evilution)

Map 10: Ruins (Jenesis)

Map 11: Sneak Peak (Scythe) N

Map 12: Elk Monastery (50 Monsters)

Map 13: Another Dead Hero (Community Chest)

Map 14: The Inmost Dens (Doom 2) N

Map 15: Floating World (Whitemare 2)

Map 31: Stair Crazy (Going Down) N

Map 32: Go 2 It (Plutonia)

Map 16: Bootcamp (Icarus) N

Map 17: Deadline (Jenesis)

Map 18: Courtyard (Doom 2) N

Map 19: Monster Mansion (Community Chest)

Map 20: Interstellar Sickness (Community Chest 4)

Map 21: Shaman's Device (Community Chest 4)

Map 22: Spiraling Into Nether (Valiant)

Map 23: Death Mountain (Community Chest 2)

Map 24: Culture Shock (Ancient Aliens)

Map 25: Xenoarboreum (Ancient Aliens)

Map 26: Fear (Scythe)

Map 27: Starhenge (Icarus)

Map 28: Heck (TNT Evilution)

Map 29: For We Are Many (Community Chest 3)

Map 30: Electric Nightmare (Valiant)

 

This was really hard to make: some spots have so many great maps, while others had almost nothing to work with. I definitely need to play more megawads.

[BigBoy91]

Scythe.

[Jacek Bourne]

A completed Deus Vult II 2nd edition would probably be very close. If only…

[Azure_Horror]

That was hard. With two maps per WAD limit you need to be extremely strategic with your choices.

 

map 01 Chasing Suns (Sunlust)

map 02 Molten Desolation (Tangerine Nightmare)

map 03 Further Infiltration (Rowdy Rudy II: Powertrip)

map 04 Hangman's Paradise (Vanguard)

map 05 Blast Off! (Syringe)

map 06 Clutched Cargo (Roudy Rudy II: Powertrip)

map 07 Dead Symmetrical (Vanguard)

map 08 Fortress of Bullets (TNT: Revilution)

map 09 UAC HQ (Uprising)

map 10 Trip Switch (Going Down)

map 11 Cave Culture (Sunlust)

map 12 Magnetic force apparatus (Japanese Community Project)

map 13 Sci-labs (Uprising)

map 14 Frimaire (Eviternity)

map 15 Cryonology (Eviternity)

 

Secret map 31 Meat (Doom Zero)

Secret map 32 Rêve Brisé (180 Minutes Pour Vivre)

 

map 16 Leave Your Sol Behind (Ancient Aliens)

map 17 UAC energy plant (Japanese Community Project)

map 18 Skies the Limits (Bourgeois Megawad)

map 19 The Popes of Roam (Valiant)

map 20 Mouth of Madness (Going Down)

map 21 Starbourn (Doom Zero)

map 22 Dead Echo (Speed of Doom)

map 23 Anger (Scythe)

map 24 Culture Shock (Ancient Aliens)

map 25 Harvester's Reminiscence (Doomworld Mega Project 2016)

map 26 Leviathan's Hideout (Struggle - Antaresian Legacy)

map 27 Discommodious (Bourgeois Megawad)

map 28 The Antaropolis (Struggle - Antaresian Legacy)

map 29 Xanthophobie (180 Minutes Pour Vivre)

map 30 Darkness Without End (Speed of Doom)

 

Two notes about map compilation above:

1) Death exits on maps 15, 18, 20, 27 are part of the fun.

2) The WAD assumes some weapon buffs. At the very least, plasma rifle no longer has cooldown, and Borgeois Megawad buffs are applied to pistol, chainsaw, combat shotgun and chaingun. Likely, some more profound weapon buffs should be included

 

Perfect megawad is more than just a set of 32 fun maps. Not only each of 32 maps should be fun on its own, they should also be fun togeteher. At the very least, the maps should not feel the same, and there should be no outlandish upwards difficulty spikes.

 

So I set 4 things to achieve with my map compilation:

1) Pick fun maps, with as little filler as possible

2) Provide coherent-ish difficulty curve.

3) Choose maps with diverse gameplay

4) Make the switch from one map to the next at least somewhat plausible

 

(In short, my dillemma was: how to make something like 180 Minutes pour Vivre, or Ancient Aliens, using only 2 maps from those two megawads?)

 

I think, I managed to succeed in my goals. I especially like the  stretch from map 07 to map 11 and teleportation from map 15 to map 16 via stone circle at the end of map 15. Moreover, it seems that the resulting megawad could be made boom-compatible. (Some MBF-compat maps notwithstanding.) Obviously, that would require some extremely clever enemy replacements to consolidate all the custom monsters into some more manageable number of foes.

 

I hope, I would find some time to explain my map choices in detail on a later date.

 

Compiling 'the perfect MegaWAD' under the strict conditions in the OP was not easy. But the search for good maps inspired me to play and replay many fun doom pWADs.

[Horus]

EDIT: Fixed to 2 maps per megawad
 

Map 1: Bad Reception (Valiant)

Map 2: Slugfest (CC4)

Map 3: Arachnotron Arrival (AA)

Map 4: Seclusion (AV)

Map 5: The Canyon (Requiem)

Map 6: natas ot etubirt (Requiem)

Map 7: Claustrophobia (Doom Zero)

Map 8: Embassy (64KB Limit Removing)

Map 9: Ancient Archives (Doom Zero)

Map 10: Inner Fear (CC4)

Map 11: Underground Base (Hell Revealed)

Map 12: Village of the Black Sun (Bloodspeed)

Map 13: Mining Project (Scythe 2)

Map 14: Power Outage (Scythe)

Map 15: Cryonology (Eviternity)

Map 31: Inside my Brain (64KB Vanilla)

Map 32: Ephemeral (1000 Lines CP 2)

Map 16: Leave Your Sol Behind (AA)

Map 17: Book Lords (Scythe)

Map 18: Lake Poison (AV)

Map 19: Withering Away (Scythe 2)

Map 20: The Pale Helm (1000 Lines CP 2)

Map 21: Blood Keep (64KB Vanilla)

Map 22: Viscera (Eviternity)

Map 23: Vainglory (Bloodspeed)

Map 24: Post Mortem (Hell Revealed)

Map 25: Marmalade Man (64KB Limit Removing)

Map 26: Blast Wave (Valiant)

Map 27: Tower of Hades (Congestion 1024)

Map 28: The Scar (MAYhem 2020)

Map 29: Magus (Congestion 1024)

Map 30: Fleshipice (MAYhem 2020)

Edited December 5, 2021 by Horus

[Noiser]

The perfect megawad doesn't exi-

[Azure_Horror]

20 minutes ago, Noiser said:

The perfect megawad doesn't exi-
 

-Titlepick of Valiant-

 

Valiant contains 32 maps from Valiant (DUH).

Sadly, the rules from OP allow only 2 maps from the same megawad, so Valiant does not count for the purpose of this thread.

Besides, Eviternity is better MBF megawad anyway**

**(that's only my subjective opinion, which by definition can differ from other people's opinions)

Edited December 5, 2021 by Azure_Horror

[yakfak]

sunlust 7, 23

neis e2m2, e3m7

epic2 28, 21

alt 22, 23

eternall 26 and... 11?
that'd be a funny/ridiculous episode 1 anyway

 

dunno, a lot of the maps I'd wanna include in a compendium megawad wouldn't be from other megawads

and i find them harder to remember than solo maps
single maps can be way more interesting than ones from packs, a lot of my fave sets end before map16 etc