Makensha
2012-09-24, 11:12 PM
Let's Play Doom: Epic 2
http://i.imgur.com/cMeiX.png
Hello and welcome back to Let's Play Doom: Makensha Edition. It has been a while, but I'm eager to begin.
Today I'll be starting the megawad Epic 2. Epic is a five level wad that, as the name implies, had epic sized levels. It wasn't terrribly difficult, but it was a fun challenge (unlike Lunatic, which was just brutal).
Epic 2 features a custom texture pack with an Egypt theme. It contains 32 levels and supposedly lives up to the high standard of its predecessor. I have never played Epic 2, so I am walking in fairly blind. The author is Alexander "Eternal" S.The screen resolution is very large for this first chapter. In the future I will be using a lower resolution for less image intensive internet connections and screen stretchiness. And yes, I am still using Freedoom, so that is why the default enemies look weird.
Map 01: The Entrance
http://i.imgur.com/ig756.png
And as the name implies, we are at the entrance. Time to look around.
http://i.imgur.com/Mn16l.png
Not much showing on the map. Just a large clear area.
http://i.imgur.com/T8Rvg.png
There is what looks like the entrance, though trying to open it gives no response...
http://i.imgur.com/dADsB.png
But what is this on the side?
http://i.imgur.com/FWeAA.png
Hmmm. Can't get through.
http://i.imgur.com/4C0mW.png
So I obviously need to get through this front entrance somehow... *Accidentally shoots the door.*
http://i.imgur.com/Ii7uN.png
Oh. Have to shoot the door open. Wish I would have known that.
http://i.imgur.com/xi28x.png
In we go.
http://i.imgur.com/AC9qJ.png
http://i.imgur.com/LOCGq.png
A small chasm with seemingly nothing reachable on the other side. I cross the gap.
http://i.imgur.com/pr6au.png
Well, I can't get it from here, so...
http://i.imgur.com/aU06T.png
...down the chasm it is. I'm starting to notice a distinct lack of things shooting at me.
http://i.imgur.com/SREdD.png
http://i.imgur.com/Y973k.png
Hello?
http://i.imgur.com/9V1hW.png
http://i.imgur.com/zhQnJ.png
Anyone home?
http://i.imgur.com/0Wudj.png
Looks like a room at the end of these catacombs.
http://i.imgur.com/zI5Jf.png
Unfortunately I didn't take a good picture of the area, but on the map there are three doors and one spiral staircase. Two of the door are behind a wall of bars.
http://i.imgur.com/pw4Yo.png
The staircase leads to a button, but it looks like I need to raise a bridge.
http://i.imgur.com/F8JvX.png
Opening the south easter door. Still no sign of enemies.
http://i.imgur.com/4P5xX.png
http://i.imgur.com/lAQtS.png
A blue skull door and a switch. Flipped the switch.
http://i.imgur.com/qDkp6.png
http://i.imgur.com/GrBdd.png
It brought up the bridge I need to get to the button.
http://i.imgur.com/QnBlD.png
The wall of bars comes down, opening access to the western and north easter door.
http://i.imgur.com/zI5Jf.png
http://i.imgur.com/fSuSV.png
Opening the western door.
http://i.imgur.com/gpCD5.png
Aha! An enemy!
http://i.imgur.com/524gW.png
I take him out and then turn around and shoot his friend down the hall.
http://i.imgur.com/3P3Ah.png
http://i.imgur.com/MHmcR.png
I follow the passage to an area with a pole in the middle. I press a button behind the pole and the pole descends, allowing me to access the secret I could not access when first entering the building. I return to the previous room.
http://i.imgur.com/Qj4ps.png
Now opening the north eastern entrance.
http://i.imgur.com/IFiKu.png
http://i.imgur.com/s01w5.png
http://i.imgur.com/k2mE4.png
No problem. The last picture is of a bizarre looking switch that I flip. I then head back the direction I originally came from.
http://i.imgur.com/xjt8S.png
http://i.imgur.com/SnkDI.png
I head north and east again. After running into some light resistance and a secret, I find this room.
http://i.imgur.com/PZ7t5.png
http://i.imgur.com/x57nT.png
http://i.imgur.com/1T2Y3.png
I think General Akbar would have some words of wisdom for me right about now. I grab a blue key and then...
http://i.imgur.com/42qYm.png
...side doors open...
http://i.imgur.com/kHTaI.png
and the fun begins. After trying to shoot them to death and running out of ammo three times, I realize that this looks like a doorway.
http://i.imgur.com/0ZYJV.png
And so I try to open it with a bunch of monsters on my back.
http://i.imgur.com/Q5Jsk.png
Ohhhh yeaah.
http://i.imgur.com/yHFfv.png
A neat little pile.
http://i.imgur.com/K25gH.png
On the north side of the room I press a button that opens a passage near the secret ankh door.
http://i.imgur.com/niYJk.png
http://i.imgur.com/efTuC.png
It gives me a quick route back to the blue door.
http://i.imgur.com/u0C5K.png
http://i.imgur.com/7CTgT.png
Through the door I find an enemy I have an especially hard time putting down for some reason.
http://i.imgur.com/CK4Hv.png
http://i.imgur.com/rfdk1.png
This leads to a chasm with a moving platform and a group of soldiers I dispatch easily.
http://i.imgur.com/6caWK.png
And now for the final room.
http://i.imgur.com/aPtLt.png
http://i.imgur.com/DPcvf.png
I dispatch the enemies, find a skull trigger in one of the hideouts...
http://i.imgur.com/uHF9j.png
...which leads to a fight with a creature I never got a good picture of...
http://i.imgur.com/Dss2L.png
...which brings me to a blood stained lever...
http://i.imgur.com/j1mtQ.png
...that creates a bridge to the exit point of the map.
http://i.imgur.com/fpQ7j.png
Final Clear
http://i.imgur.com/ZijQ3.png
Start of Map 02, Voodoo, which is where I finish this first LP.
Death Count: 3
http://i.imgur.com/YJQwi.png
http://i.imgur.com/aCDN0.png
2 captured, 1 forgotten.
Not particularly hard or large, but it is only the first map. Once I figured out I was supposed to use the secret to beat the room of fleshworms, ammo stopped being really tight. In future installments I will probably reduce the amount of images significantly, and eventually I will have to switch from imgur. But I'm glad to begin a new project.
http://i.imgur.com/cMeiX.png
Hello and welcome back to Let's Play Doom: Makensha Edition. It has been a while, but I'm eager to begin.
Today I'll be starting the megawad Epic 2. Epic is a five level wad that, as the name implies, had epic sized levels. It wasn't terrribly difficult, but it was a fun challenge (unlike Lunatic, which was just brutal).
Epic 2 features a custom texture pack with an Egypt theme. It contains 32 levels and supposedly lives up to the high standard of its predecessor. I have never played Epic 2, so I am walking in fairly blind. The author is Alexander "Eternal" S.The screen resolution is very large for this first chapter. In the future I will be using a lower resolution for less image intensive internet connections and screen stretchiness. And yes, I am still using Freedoom, so that is why the default enemies look weird.
Map 01: The Entrance
http://i.imgur.com/ig756.png
And as the name implies, we are at the entrance. Time to look around.
http://i.imgur.com/Mn16l.png
Not much showing on the map. Just a large clear area.
http://i.imgur.com/T8Rvg.png
There is what looks like the entrance, though trying to open it gives no response...
http://i.imgur.com/dADsB.png
But what is this on the side?
http://i.imgur.com/FWeAA.png
Hmmm. Can't get through.
http://i.imgur.com/4C0mW.png
So I obviously need to get through this front entrance somehow... *Accidentally shoots the door.*
http://i.imgur.com/Ii7uN.png
Oh. Have to shoot the door open. Wish I would have known that.
http://i.imgur.com/xi28x.png
In we go.
http://i.imgur.com/AC9qJ.png
http://i.imgur.com/LOCGq.png
A small chasm with seemingly nothing reachable on the other side. I cross the gap.
http://i.imgur.com/pr6au.png
Well, I can't get it from here, so...
http://i.imgur.com/aU06T.png
...down the chasm it is. I'm starting to notice a distinct lack of things shooting at me.
http://i.imgur.com/SREdD.png
http://i.imgur.com/Y973k.png
Hello?
http://i.imgur.com/9V1hW.png
http://i.imgur.com/zhQnJ.png
Anyone home?
http://i.imgur.com/0Wudj.png
Looks like a room at the end of these catacombs.
http://i.imgur.com/zI5Jf.png
Unfortunately I didn't take a good picture of the area, but on the map there are three doors and one spiral staircase. Two of the door are behind a wall of bars.
http://i.imgur.com/pw4Yo.png
The staircase leads to a button, but it looks like I need to raise a bridge.
http://i.imgur.com/F8JvX.png
Opening the south easter door. Still no sign of enemies.
http://i.imgur.com/4P5xX.png
http://i.imgur.com/lAQtS.png
A blue skull door and a switch. Flipped the switch.
http://i.imgur.com/qDkp6.png
http://i.imgur.com/GrBdd.png
It brought up the bridge I need to get to the button.
http://i.imgur.com/QnBlD.png
The wall of bars comes down, opening access to the western and north easter door.
http://i.imgur.com/zI5Jf.png
http://i.imgur.com/fSuSV.png
Opening the western door.
http://i.imgur.com/gpCD5.png
Aha! An enemy!
http://i.imgur.com/524gW.png
I take him out and then turn around and shoot his friend down the hall.
http://i.imgur.com/3P3Ah.png
http://i.imgur.com/MHmcR.png
I follow the passage to an area with a pole in the middle. I press a button behind the pole and the pole descends, allowing me to access the secret I could not access when first entering the building. I return to the previous room.
http://i.imgur.com/Qj4ps.png
Now opening the north eastern entrance.
http://i.imgur.com/IFiKu.png
http://i.imgur.com/s01w5.png
http://i.imgur.com/k2mE4.png
No problem. The last picture is of a bizarre looking switch that I flip. I then head back the direction I originally came from.
http://i.imgur.com/xjt8S.png
http://i.imgur.com/SnkDI.png
I head north and east again. After running into some light resistance and a secret, I find this room.
http://i.imgur.com/PZ7t5.png
http://i.imgur.com/x57nT.png
http://i.imgur.com/1T2Y3.png
I think General Akbar would have some words of wisdom for me right about now. I grab a blue key and then...
http://i.imgur.com/42qYm.png
...side doors open...
http://i.imgur.com/kHTaI.png
and the fun begins. After trying to shoot them to death and running out of ammo three times, I realize that this looks like a doorway.
http://i.imgur.com/0ZYJV.png
And so I try to open it with a bunch of monsters on my back.
http://i.imgur.com/Q5Jsk.png
Ohhhh yeaah.
http://i.imgur.com/yHFfv.png
A neat little pile.
http://i.imgur.com/K25gH.png
On the north side of the room I press a button that opens a passage near the secret ankh door.
http://i.imgur.com/niYJk.png
http://i.imgur.com/efTuC.png
It gives me a quick route back to the blue door.
http://i.imgur.com/u0C5K.png
http://i.imgur.com/7CTgT.png
Through the door I find an enemy I have an especially hard time putting down for some reason.
http://i.imgur.com/CK4Hv.png
http://i.imgur.com/rfdk1.png
This leads to a chasm with a moving platform and a group of soldiers I dispatch easily.
http://i.imgur.com/6caWK.png
And now for the final room.
http://i.imgur.com/aPtLt.png
http://i.imgur.com/DPcvf.png
I dispatch the enemies, find a skull trigger in one of the hideouts...
http://i.imgur.com/uHF9j.png
...which leads to a fight with a creature I never got a good picture of...
http://i.imgur.com/Dss2L.png
...which brings me to a blood stained lever...
http://i.imgur.com/j1mtQ.png
...that creates a bridge to the exit point of the map.
http://i.imgur.com/fpQ7j.png
Final Clear
http://i.imgur.com/ZijQ3.png
Start of Map 02, Voodoo, which is where I finish this first LP.
Death Count: 3
http://i.imgur.com/YJQwi.png
http://i.imgur.com/aCDN0.png
2 captured, 1 forgotten.
Not particularly hard or large, but it is only the first map. Once I figured out I was supposed to use the secret to beat the room of fleshworms, ammo stopped being really tight. In future installments I will probably reduce the amount of images significantly, and eventually I will have to switch from imgur. But I'm glad to begin a new project.