Guess the map [9th Edition] (NEW HINTS)

[galileo31dos01]

Previous threads: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

 

 

The idea is simple, you see screenshots of map layouts from the widest pool ever that is doom content, and you're free to guess as many maps as you can. Each will belong to a different wad to make things varied and interesting, and they can belong to Ultimate Doom/Doom 2, Final Doom, Heretic, pwads from those games, and total conversions as well. We are not gonna provide a tier difficulty curve this time again, however things will gradually become more or less harder the further we go along, with particular random spikes in between.

 

Like before, the screenshots will be accompanied by a hint for each one. New additional hints will be revealed on the 2nd of December, and the answers on the 5th. So get guessing!

 

(I will try to make a chart showing who guessed what at the end)

 

 

01

Spoiler

- Despite looking awfully familiar, there are definitely more barons and cacodemons lurking in the cave, so if something's not clicking...

- While this dates back to 2011, the mapper's most recent work mentions something about gods and guardians

 

 

02

Spoiler

- A slow army of mancubi will start clogging the northern RL hallway to the sound of gunfire

- To reach the exit area, you have to platform over slightly thin skull-textured pillars

 

 

03

Spoiler

- Predominantly brown techbase full of secrets, including a computer area map near the exit

- You may see red pills on health kits if played a certain edition of this

 

 

04

Spoiler

- Gray, slaughtery, but not too tall

- A couple secret invulnerability spheres might come in handy if you care to speed up the carnage

 

 

05

Spoiler

- What is the trooper on the bridge watching for...

- One memorable detail is the use of similar textures with different tones to simulate colored lighting, noticeable at the start

 

 

06

Spoiler

- In the large squared section, you have to intercept the centre and duel a platinum baron 

- The imps certainly love falling into the slow crusher trap at the southern cave don't they... 

 

 

07

Spoiler

- A dismal place where it seems dead lonely everywhere, then a sudden horrible blob pops out of a corner

- Speaking of blobs, the northern round-ish section features an ambush of these, culminating with a horrid monstrosity that zaps somewhat like an archvile

 

 

08

Spoiler

- The rain feeds the poisonous skull plants outside

- Formerly present in one of the Doom Upstart Mapping Projects as a map 40

 

 

09

Spoiler

- That airplane or whatever rising in the air is pretty sick, specially considering it's in vanilla 

- Lots of cute references to Refueling Base, mmm, well, the wad is supposed to be a sequel after all

 

 

10

Spoiler

- From the ol' days where three people collaborated with each other via e-mail to create this map

- The start is pretty exposed, quite a hell something... 

 

 

11

Spoiler

- Gotta climb up the tower to claim the holy BFG replacement

- "HALLELUYAH, ha ha ha!!" - [your character]

 

 

12

Spoiler

- Part of a series called after a doom original episode

- Apparently half of this marble kingdom is optional, so you can scavenge for powerful tools to liquefy the pit barons nearing the exit

 

 

13

Spoiler

- A large map from this year, thematically around three liquid types provided by OTEX

- One particular secret puts you into solving a math equation to deactivate a set of red crushers

 

 

14

Spoiler

- You start in a watery chamber, various ophidians watching in their cells

- That isolated room puts you in a sandwich of disciples and the green key overlooking

 

 

15

Spoiler

- Imps, troopers, sergeants, and three keycards for such a breezy techbase

- From the classic days, the classic era, all classic

 

 

16

Spoiler

- The beginning of a long journey using The Return assets

- Winner of a cacoward on 2017

 

 

17

Spoiler

- If you hate this maddening course, you can always look for the alternative quest

- The mapper themselves called it crap, and possibly the neighbors too, which would explain why the main course is just you alone

 

 

18

Spoiler

- A divisive concept, exploring a subterranean base covered almost entirely in toxic slime, and protective suits aren't unlimited

- The mapper is known for running yearly, let's say "organizations", where people join in and make maps during a period of month (october this year)

 

 

19

Spoiler

- The creature you see far away at the start, well you gotta get in its mouth somehow

- But before, you gotta explore inside and around rows of houses joined together 

 

 

20

Spoiler

- Single map, one of the earliest examples where the mapper showcased how marine best friends behave in action

- I met this one by checking the ongoing Doom Wadarcheology thread (yeah, obscure choice I know)

 

 

21

Spoiler

- Keeping distance from the toads is healthy

- The pickup sfx was replaced with a voice saying "groovy"

 

 

22

Spoiler

- A middle last-episode, red hot chili map clearly referencing Alm's most known hell caverns

- You'll certainly end with [insert wad title]s on your body after putting the last afrit to sleep

 

 

23

Spoiler

- Deadly intense trap-centric green and red single map

- Elon Musk's ex-wife and this map have something in common

 

 

24

Spoiler

- The eastern side is something of a pyramid you gotta climb to the top, except it's heavily guarded by non-doom horrible, noisy, robotic atrocities 

- One of the areas you teleport from the hub features a platforming task sort of reminiscent to E1M9, although first you may have to deal with small dinosaurs and mutant heads with horns in the dark (ugh)

 

 

25

Spoiler

- The marble fortress in the centre opens up after clearing the arachnotrons and mancubi on the periphery

- It's not Plutonia, but it's close in distance

 

 

Good luck!

Edited December 2, 2021 by galileo31dos01

[Shepardus]

My attempt:

Spoiler

4. I guess from the hint it's from 50 Shades of Graytall, but don't know the map.

11. Preacher MAP04 - Dark Tower (thanks to the hint)

13. Viscous Realms (guessing based on the hint)

Only got a couple this time.

[NuMetalManiak]

Spoiler

1. Wonderful Doom E4M2

2. Requiem MAP19

3. I recognize the layout somehow but it escapes me.

4. Almost said FCFF but the hint shows me that it's 50 Shades of Graytall. The Breezeep map, forgot what slot.

5. BTSXE1 MAP20

6. STRAIN MAP16

7. Looks like UDMF level

8. yakfak? Xaser? help?

9. Plutonia 2 MAP10

10. Hell's Eventide

11. The only wad that I know of that talked holy weapons was Justice Infernal Mechanics and it certainly isn't that.

12. Crossing Acheron

13. Not something I played this year.

14. Hint says something Heretic but I haven't fired it up in a while.

15. Probably Breezeep again.

16. I have DEFINITELY seen this layout somewhere before. (edit: thanks SiFi, it was Legacy of Heroes, I just knew what wads had RETRES but Legacy of Heroes did escape me)

17. Probably a Sasha level.

18. Probably a valkiriforce level.

19. Another ZDoom format level?

20. Another one that looks like a valkiriforce level but the hint says otherwise.

21. The layout screams Iikka Keranen. But I'm probably wrong.

22. I swear I've seen this somewhere. Bloodstain maybe?

23. This is a DD level, Grime I think.

24. Hacx MAP15

25. Urania MAP07 (I actually blame the music for helping me remember this one).

 

Edited November 29, 2021 by NuMetalManiak
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[SiFi270]

Without hints:

Spoiler

12. Crossing Acheron

 

Man, first time I split my guesses likes this and it's already this embarrassing.

With hints:

Spoiler

3. No Rest for the Living map02

10. Hell's Eventide

11. Preacher map04 (apparently the wad has a duplicate labelled map34?)

14. Heretic E3M2

16. Legacy of Heroes map01

 

[RHhe82]

I gotta say I’m outta luck this month. Only one, very far-fetched guess:

 

Spoiler

1. Looks a lot like Perfect Hatred, but it clearly isn’t. Maybe this is from the one Community Project, Imperfect Hatred, that used E4M2 as main source of inspiration?

 

[RjY]

Thus far I have 6

Spoiler

01 Wonderful Doom e4m2
02 Requiem map19
03 NRFTL map02
04 50shades map11
05 BTSX_E1 map20 (map19 in beta)

06 ?
07 ?
08 ?
09 Plutonia2 map10
10 Hell's Eventide

11 ?
12 Crossing Acheron (the oldest version, without the northwest altar)
13 ?
14 ?
15 Classic Episode e2m1

16 Legacy of Heroes map01
17 ?
18 Absolutely Killed e1m7
19 ?
20 Doctor's Crypt

21 ?
22 ?
23 Grime (not Crimson Horizon as I first thought)
24 ?
25 Urania map07

Don't count the ones with strikethrough as guesses.

P.S. Thanks to everyone so far for using spoiler tags :) I'm sorry for not doing so that one time.

Edited December 5, 2021 by RjY

[Doomlover77]

These are very hard !
 

I know number 12 - it’s Acheron.wad for Doom later converted to Doom2 by Dr. sleep.

 

Number 14 is Heretic E3m2. 

Edited December 1, 2021 by Doomlover77

[galileo31dos01]

Added new hints. Really scratched my head thinking of these so I hope they're helpful, and if not, apologies in advance :p

[SiFi270]

Spoiler

8. Mercury Rain. The only thing that kept me from guessing it before was the thought that it had already been in one of the previous competitions.

21. Skyewood Map02.

25. Urania Map07.

 

[galileo31dos01]

And the answers are... *intense drumrolls*

 

1. Wonderful Doom, E4M2 (NuMetalManiak)
2. Requiem, MAP19 (NuMetalManiak, RjY)
3. No Rest For the Living, MAP02 (SiFi270, RjY)
4. 50 Shades of Graytall, MAP11 (NuMetalManiak, Shepardus wad guess)
5. Back to Saturn X, E1M20 (NuMetalManiak, RjY)
6. STRAIN, MAP16 (NuMetalManiak
7. Dimension of the Boomed, MAP04 
8. Mercury Rain (SiFi270)
9. Plutonia 2, MAP10 (NuMetalManiak)
10. Hell's Eventide (NuMetalManiak, SiFi270)
11. Preacher, MAP04 (Shepardus, SiFi270, also yes the duplicate is for the in-game demo)
12. Crossing Acheron (NuMetalManiak, SiFi270, RjY, Doomlover77)
13. Viscous Realms (Shepardus)
14. Heretic, E3M2 (NuMetalManiak wad guess, SiFi270, Doomlover77)
15. The Classic Episode, E2M1 (RjY)
16. Legacy of Heroes, MAP01 (SiFi270)
17. I Hate My Neighbors, MAP32  
18. Absolutely Killed, E1M7
19. The Terraces
20. Doctor's Crypt
21. Skyewood, MAP02 (SiFi270)
22. Bloodstain, MAP24 (NuMetalManiak wad guess)
23. Grime (NuMetalManiak, RjY)
24. HacX, MAP15 (NuMetalManiak)
25. Urania, MAP07 (NuMetalManiak, SiFi270)

 

Tough one apparently. Perhaps I should ease up the hints a little bit more next time. But oh well. Thanks everyone for participating and stay tuned for the next round, if it's actually happening :x

[NuMetalManiak]

RE: @SiFi270

Spoiler

I didn't do the WAD Mercury Rain that last time, but it was a hint for the Massmouth 2 level which used the music track called Mercury Rain.

 

Also if we're still alternating hosting roles galileo than I could come up with a round at some point this week. Not now of course.

[galileo31dos01]

1 hour ago, NuMetalManiak said:

Also if we're still alternating hosting roles galileo than I could come up with a round at some point this week. Not now of course.

 

Yeah that's fine for me, feel free to start the next anytime you can

[SiFi270]

Why do allusions to custom monsters throw me off so badly? I might have recognized the DOTB map if "blob" didn't make me think "oh maybe there's a mapset where someone recreates the unused monster that became the pain elemental", and I'd played the featured HacX map very recently but somehow thought of anything but that when I saw "non-Doom", and while the toads in Skyewood weren't actually monsters, and I got it right in the end, the second hint still had me wondering what could possibly be considered a toad in the Army of Darkness TC before thinking it might actually be from one of those old DM wads that used whatever movie clips they felt like for sounds.