What is the most painful experience you’ve had playing Doom?

[JackDBS]

Two words:
 

Hell Revealed

[Amaruψ]

That water room in Valley of Echoes.

 

I haven't slept well since.

[Craneo]

That one time I played D2DarkWorld with HDest, got stuck on The Crusher level equivalent, kept dying and was surrounded by demons that wouldn't stay dead, also accidentally overwrote my BDP D2Reloaded save with that HDest save while savescumming to try and survive that shit... ironically also overwrote that HDest save eventually while playing another mod...

[DreadWanderer]

There were many, but the one I recall best is playing the secret fight of MAP15 in MAYhem 2018 Purple Edition. Designed by Benjogami, required for entering the secret level. I just gave up. If you want to see a successful run, check out Dae's playthrough from 6:20 to about 9:30:
 

 

[Stupid Bunny]

The time I attempted a playthrough of 1337.wad, a megawad that even with prodigious cheating was never meant to be actually played

 

My spirit was finally completely broken when I spent like a thousand hours slowly, tediously, miserably grinding through a never-ending spiral of shotgunners, finally reaching the exit, and stepping in...only to be teleported into another identical spiral filled with imps.  One idclip later I realized that there would be yet two more spirals, full of pinkies and then cacodemons, and that even after all that time wasted I was effectively not even near a quarter of the way done.

[Gifty]

No memory of the specific moment but I know that it was somewhere in Plutonia 2.

 

(Plutonia 2 is great btw)

[Andromeda]

23 hours ago, faceplant641 said:

I just had a healthy chuckle at the length of that level's walkthrough on the wiki.

It's not even the longest walkthrough for Eternal Doom, that title belongs to MAP20: Silures. ZDCMP2 has an even bigger one that even got its own page so it wouldn't "clog up" the main article (which is already pretty large, but dwarfed by its walkthrough!).

 

13 hours ago, JackDBS said:

Two words:
 

Hell Revealed

Oh you sweet summer child...

Edited January 28, 2024 by Andromeda

[The Royal We]

When I was little, my father uninstalled Doom because there was a report on TV saying that it was too violent. What a painful experience.

[Explorer of Time]

Dying to E4M6: Against Thee Wickedly's central hurtfloor because I couldn't figure out how to make it to the next section, after fifteen minutes of running around trying to find the way to the next section, after having killed basically every monster on the map with lots of health and armor and ammo remaining.

 

I still nurse a grudge against hurtfloors to this day.

[Ozcar]

Listening to the song "Running From Evil" on some WADs for 500 times, which becomes a painful experience that drives me insane because of how repetitive and annoying the song itself is. 

[faceplant641]

16 hours ago, Andromeda said:

ZDCMP2 has an even bigger one that even got its own page so it wouldn't "clog up" the main article (which is already pretty large, but dwarfed by its walkthrough!).

 

 

Well, you've piqued my morbid curiosity.  That project sounds pretty awesome, I'll add it to my list.

[JackDBS]

On 1/28/2024 at 7:28 PM, Ozcar said:

Listening to the song "Running From Evil" on some WADs for 500 times, which becomes a painful experience that drives me insane because of how repetitive and annoying the song itself is. 

idmus02

[roadworx]

On 1/28/2024 at 6:28 PM, Ozcar said:

Listening to the song "Running From Evil" on some WADs for 500 times, which becomes a painful experience that drives me insane because of how repetitive and annoying the song itself is. 

the song is actually pretty good, chances are you just hate it because you've heard it way too many times :p

[Ozcar]

19 minutes ago, roadworx said:

the song is actually pretty good, chances are you just hate it because you've heard it way too many times :p

Well, you're not wrong, the song is not bad, I admit, but I'd be lying if I didn't say that it gets annoying when listening to it in several Wads.
 

[Sonikkumania]

Downloading and playthroughing Doom 1 wad only to realize it was a Shareware.

The year was 2003.

[Individualised]

On 1/31/2024 at 7:26 AM, Ozcar said:

Well, you're not wrong, the song is not bad, I admit, but I'd be lying if I didn't say that it gets annoying when listening to it in several Wads.
 

Mix it up by replacing it with Freedoom Phase 2's MAP01 MIDI every so often. Similar vibes to Running from Evil, but a completely new song.

Edited February 1, 2024 by Individualised

[Billinswillins]

TNT Map09, back when I tried to beat each level without saves my first playthrough. Total nightmare

[Clippy]

One time I played doom after getting 3 teeth removed from my head dental surgery with @Dubbag 

 

 

[TheCorinthian]

The most painful experience I have had so far playing doom I would have to say is, Lilith.wad. I remember doing LSD back in the day that didn't fuck with my head as much as that cursed wad.

[Dubbag]

4 hours ago, Clippy said:

One time I played doom after getting 3 teeth removed from my head dental surgery with @Dubbag 

 

 

DUDE I remember that lol Good Times!

[GreenAnime]

I usually dread long maps

[rita remton]

playing my own map after being extensively nerfed to fit community project requirements :(

[doomlayman]

A map mod about battles in space (Mars, Ganymede etc.) isn't techbase and isn't colorful enough.

 

I need it techbase and colorful as in Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold, Corridor 7, Apgee games, etc.

[Beginner]

When I played Adventures of Square on my old laptop, opening one particular purple door in E1M6 tanked my framerate to ~3 FPS until the end of the level. There was a weird workaround where pausing and unpausing would grant few seconds of playtime at normal framerate (~30 FPS), so the rest of the level was played while frequently scrolling the wheel to pause/unpause the game.

Edited February 13, 2024 by Beginner

[The BMFG]

My first time seeing goatse was when i was playing a DOOM wad

[Doom-X-Machina]

On 1/28/2024 at 7:13 PM, realjohnmadden said:

Thy Flesh Consumed E4M2

Awesome map!!

[Kebab_Hill12]

I honestly think it would be the whole Episode 4, i haven't finished it yet (yes even after 4 years of being in this community i still haven't finished the franchise) but the 2 levels are already painful already.

[Kebab_Hill12]

On 1/29/2024 at 9:28 AM, Ozcar said:

Listening to the song "Running From Evil" on some WADs for 500 times, which becomes a painful experience that drives me insane because of how repetitive and annoying the song itself is. 

Tbh, I find this as an annoying experience rather than something painful, which is also why i usually change the music and maybe even play the "Sign of Evil" if i want to, or simply just muting the whole thing but I think that makes the gameplay experience more creepy.

Edited February 14, 2024 by Kebab_Hill12

[mela_tonin]

Anytime I have just a sliver of health left and forget there's an enemy behind the exit door.

Edited February 17, 2024 by mela_tonin

[fishy]

hearing the first few initial notes of D_RUNNIN is pretty damn annoying when you're testing your maps