Doom II - MAP11: Circle of Death (Nightmare! 100% Secrets + Items)

Game: Doom II
Difficulty: Nightmare!
Source port: DSDA-Doom 0.25.6 (-complevel 2)
Pistol start.
All secrets and items.
No saves.
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Link to source port:
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Widescreen status bars:
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Doom II Minor Sprite Fixing Project:
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Intro 00:00
Successful Run 00:09
Outtakes 05:00

[@fmsyntheses]

Wasn't expecting deaths on this one. Nightmare's jank is endlessly fascinating.

[@zylinderkatze]

Well it *is* called "Circle Of *Death*" 😏🤡😔

[@fmsyntheses]

@@zylinderkatze I wasn't even thinking about that

[@GeminionRay]

0:45 First time I've seen an imp clipping through the wall there. Also I had no idea there's a Supercharge right there.

[@TexasGreed]

Yeah he really glossed over that one. Romero must have been stoned that morning at work. 😅

[@TivonSanders]

Same here. I was very surprised.

[@redvolvershine4751]

Been searching the map for over 2 hours to get a 100% on items for this map and never thought there was a hidden wall in that section.

[@ireneparkin3360]

Fun (and slightly related) fact:- on the title screen of Minecraft, there's a small chance of the the splash text saying "map 11 has two names." This refers to the fact that the map is called Circle of Destruction or O of Destruction.

[@DFFfanalltheway]

This map has always been iconic to me since I got into Doom via the BFG Edition, and this is the first map that version of Doom 2 shows on the title screen demo.

[@krazyfinndude666]

same, it always shows this demo aswell in the Unity version of Doom II on consoles

[@JoLiKMC]

Circle of Death is always the first demo in all versions. However, v1.9 plays a 34 second demo while earlier versions were about two minutes.

[@DARKLORD20097]

Yeah, it was in early versions too. When I was a little kid, I loved watching these demos over and over because I didn't have youtube (i mean, it didn't even exist back then), so it was the closest thing to watching someone else playing the game (unless I was playing with friends, but that's different). Also, the fact that they always died in these demos made me feel good about my skill (because I didn't die... well, at least on the lowest difficulty), even though I played horrible, lol.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

​@@DARKLORD20097 I also liked them because the smooth turning motions mystified me. I had no idea he played using the mouse.

[@f0ggmachine420]

I love Decino's commentary. He feels like you're older brother teaching you to play ^_^ also 143% kills XD gottem

[@finaldoomer2225]

Ahh MAP11 of Doom II, or as I like to call it, The Circle of O

[@Sh0tgunJust1ce]

Or the Death of Destruction.

[@execlp]

Also, thanks a lot for playing the maps as in the "expected way" as possible and avoiding cutting corners! This makes videos much more entertaining to watch.

[@Quillyik]

Will always remember this map from the demo files playing during the menu. First time I reached it I for some reason tried repeatedly to recreate the demo.

[@victoriouswinner7745]

the debut of the arch vile! i used to think instead of a telegraphed attack, his fire just chipped away your health. Fun stuff

[@lankymaccrazyhair264]

I'd ask how you'd think that, but i guess when you're on an adrenaline high and not paying attention things slip by your notice. Archies would be mega awful if that really were the case. Look at how much damage they can do already, imagine if you couldn't avoid all of it.

[@SkullKingofCarpathia]

Nice to see that this level lives up to it's namesake

[@JangianTV]

Always been a favourite of mine. Fun progression and of course the debut of the flame boi! 😉

[@txcrix9236]

I imagine Downtown and Industrial Zone will be a good challenge with all the long distance hit scanner zombies. I'm looking forward to it!

[@its0xFUL]

Love this map so much. Pure nostalgia as it was the first demo when you booted the game up!

[@TexasGreed]

This map and The Chasm are seared into my memory.

[@RetroGamingWithEdgarRivera]

The Circle of Death also known as the O of Destruction. This map really kick my ass mainly because I didn't have the correct strategy, but of course good old Decino is here to teach us how to beat this map the correct way. Sure it took a lot of practice but the hard work paid off.

[@DrAce46]

02:00 - "I want to raise the bridge" AND RAZE HELL ON THE DEMONS!! Another masterclass mate :D

[@DeltaV287]

I love these playthroughs, I had no idea there was a rad suit near all those health bonuses that you get right near the beginning.

[@JoLiKMC]

0:09 - _Immediately_ right out of the gate… _fireball through the wall!_ The 'O' of Destruction never fails to entertain!

[@xTerminatorAndy]

Wow. Thank you Decino. I cannot even finish this one on normal UV without savescumming a 1000x. You da man man

[@coryfusting9294]

1:09 zombieman gets gibbed by plasma rifle! Nice!

[@iguana9173]

That very rarely happens.

[@Blufferb00r]

3:26 alwyas love that bossa-nova like suddenly change of mood in that midi :D

[@keesquortrup2212]

Thanks for the great vids. You have inspired me to give Nightmare a try as well. Almost finished the first episode, just need to beat E1M7 and E1M8. Godspeed, pumpkin man

[@fellow_doomer]

ah yes. the demo preview you see when you open the game is this one! very nice to see it again!

[@dasnurk]

Decino: "Aaah... Death... Finally" Well, you said you wanted outtakes, Decino!

[@adinocc2042]

Great run! I love those wall textures at the end.

[@AlexeiVoronin]

Ummm, what was this level's name, again? I remember that Supercharge behind the fake wall took me nearly 10 years to find! And by "find", I mean I looked it up in the Doom Wiki, heh. Let's not forget to say "Hi" to our first Arch Vile. The only historical detail I know about this map is that one of the Arachnotrons used to be stuck in something and was thus immobile (this was fixed in 1.9, so it's not harmless anymore).

[@WaterCrane]

5:30 When you know you've been living too long.

[@DuckReconMajor]

mood lmao

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Talk like that reminds me of B.J. Blazkowicz from Wolfenstein: The New Order+The Old Blood, assuming one easily ignores The New Colossus onwards.

[@Robert_G101]

You nailed it again!

[@user-kw4qx4qu8c]

A few more family things about Doom 2. In mid and late 90's Doom was just as popular in Russia as it was in many other countries of a world. So working collectives often gathered to play it after shift is over. At dad's work a very common entertainment was playing Map 11 on Nightmare. I don't know if it was coop playthrough or some kind of SP competition. Or maybe both. Never witnessed it myself. And when I played it myself for the first time on UV I didn't realised how dangerous an Archie can be. It didn't looked or sounded too intimidating and I somehow had BFG cells yet. Revenants, mancubi, arachnotrons - heck, yes. First one got my attention by bizzare attack, while others was just looking as menacing as they are. But archie and his goofy meatball friend... No, not really. Only in 2007 I refreshed my knowledge of Doom 1-2 and re-evaluated these guys.

[@angrystalin]

Awesome! Brings back so many memories

[@jrock718]

Nice run pumpkin man

[@DoomBoi-]

“Uhhh death finally” you crack me up decino

[@chriswaudby1084]

O hell yes that time again another nightmare masterclass from decino

[@OldMovieRob]

Another epic job with this. I remember playing this and being instantly destroyed by that arch-vile.

[@maciektrybuszewski9964]

The spacier the map the easier it gets. What makes Doom on nightmare an inverted experience.

[@klaxxon__]

"Ah, death, finally" -Decino's epitaph.

[@TheRogueWolf]

"You want cover? Well, how's it feel to want, buddy?" John Romero, while designing "O of Destruction", probably

[@iguana9173]

The PlayStation/Sega Saturn versions of doom use o of destruction in the achievement screen instead of circle of death. Finally some outtakes. That last one was really humiliating.

[@senyaiv]

The Donut 'o' Death, aka The O' o' Destruction.

[@krazyfinndude666]

nice, now I think comes the most fun part of the series, the city levels. Big wacky looking levels with tons of items to collect

[@try1992]

Thx for.your help

[@leodoom8563]

Circle of Death, O of Destruction, Donut of Obliteration, Ring of Eradication.....call it what you want but, it's a nice ending for the episode. Definitely the hitscanners in the ring are deadly. The Factory........oh boy.........already thinking of the caco lift convention area and the shotgunner trap behind the blue door...Good luck there.

[@lukebehrendsbro.]

A very interesting map to explore here. Arch-Vile was the reason the enemies are resurrecting around which is never a good thing. Invun helps you really nicely here and I did enjoy taking out all enemies as I can. Nice job. 👍

[@jonbourgoin182]

I see that BMD reference you made and raise my glass to you

[@avvn9331]

nice map, looked like a breeze through the way you played

[@SiFi270]

2:05 "Play it like Romero wanted you to play it." You mean the same Romero who totally intended for a Pain Elemental to help a player into an otherwise inaccessible secret?

[@xMrGreeneJeansx]

The co-op cyberdemon on this level is a huge pain. Since you spend so much time on the circle and there's not a ton of ammo, you can't really kill him til you get the BFG at the very end and he's always hitting you with splash damage (he can't get a direct shot on you easily but the circle is so narrow you get caught in the blast).

[@Ply447]

I'm so use to playing this map on co-op that not seeing that cyberdemon throws me off.

[@cataclystp]

im giving this video engagement hoping it will show me more videos like this love you babe

[@FriedEgg101]

Clever naming. The Lion King also came out in 1994.

[@DarkQuill]

The Circle of Death. The O of Destruction. The Circumference of Surprise. The Sphere of Destiny.

[@MrMonneybottoms]

not even 10 seconds in and an imp fireball breaks through a wall classic nightmare

[@Lackooo84]

Finally!

[@georgeheilman885]

I figured a death might occur around the arch-vile room, but not with the cacodemons ganging up like that to scam you. At least you got them back on the successful run.

[@shunksounds]

Enjoying the nightmarish items season muchly. For 40 year anniversary: nightmare, all the items and co op monsters enabled please.

[@lucierymelez9204]

Hiii new video yes 💜💜map 11 donuts of the death

[@EnemyAce88]

The music in this map is so passive. It's essentially elevator music.

[@joeythe_revenant5121]

Time to say goodbye to The Space Station because The City is gonna welcome you with one arm open and another with a knife behind its back.

[@groove66]

Zombieman gibs with the plasma are always fun

[@Ben_of_Langley]

Arrh circle of death I actually really liked this level though I could never figure out how to get that god mode power up it never occurred to me that the door to get in there was to the side of those bar's where they closed that arch vile though that made me jump originally I'm surprised though decino If I was guess which one you would have died in I would have thought refuelling base would have been it simply because of the hit scanners but like you said just because It's easy doesn't mean it can't catch you off guard and I never knew about the supercharge in the wall so that's new to me . And with that as always cheers for upload decino

[@venomsnekko]

"And just grab the Supercharge inside the wall here" Naturally...

[@aquepaique]

My fav map

[@theKbott]

"Ah. Death, finally" - Decino, 2023

[@VitorMach]

"death... finally!" - decino

[@nolan412]

Just clicked but I already know: This needs to be PrBoom's default demo.

[@lhfirex]

The O of destruction couldn't stand up to decino!

[@chiqi335]

Yeah! The 'O' of Destruction! or circle of death or circle of destr.. idk, the map that is *11 levels before pain.* Also there is a lot of stuff and items i didn't know that exist, i always speed run it

[@reptongeek]

I'd forgotten about the Plasma Gun in the Arch Vile room, also the now ubiquitous demon made its debut here. Interestingly although the game considers this level to be the final one of Episode 1, if you speedrun for Compet-N back in the day it was the first level of Episode 2

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Well, it is the last "Space Station" map for the game.

[@maltardraco9555]

The map they loved so much they named it twice.

[@megasphere308]

Man, I had totally forgotten about this last supercharge 😅

[@MichaTerajewicz]

I end my work day. The same moment Decino publishes a new clip. Coincidence? Not likely.

[@DEdens1525]

What a nightmare.

[@themetalcatacombs3790]

A suit, a cell pack and an obscure SuperCharge inside a wall... wow. I Didn't knew these.

[@lecoindugamer7644]

Oh yes the round of unaliving

[@backstab86]

Mt Pain is gonna be sweet :D

[@wizard_4194]

ive been playing this game all my life and i JUST discovered the hidden supercharge by accident

[@elbray4n735]

Just realize that (0:28) that enegy cell pack existed

[@iguana9173]

I never knew that was there either. Same thing with the radiation suit beforehand.

[@williamsmith666]

"The blue key we don't need..."

[@multigamer856]

I never knew about that plasma cell pack in the slime in that little corner! Or maybe I knew and I forgot. Those cacos grew brains in the 2nd death lol. They just both went to block each staircase right after blue key archvile opened up.

[@multigamer856]

@@js-wl3wi I just checked it out on Doom Builder for curiosity, it is actualy there for every difficulty.

[@odstagent1070]

So, this map is the lore equivalent of the Super gore nest in Eternal? Also is the introduction to another nightmare: the Arch-vile I don't know if it gets movement boost as the Pinkies/Specters in Nightmare! (Because it attacks as soon as you're on sight)

[@decino]

It doesn't get a movement boost.

[@XenoSpyro]

Picking up a 200 cell pack to get about 20 cells just feels dirty.

[@SmeddyTooBestChannel]

a classic map, The Ellipse of Annihilation

[@Alonbs9]

my daily dosage of doom...ahhhh

[@SamTheMasterDragon]

HERE COMES THAT FLAMEBOI

[@Arlan64]

I don't know who had the idea of putting a secret inside a wall but it was stupid, even more without hints! I remember that I spend dozens and dozens of minutes to find the secret, I gave up my research and found the walkthrough on KZbin :')

[@Mugroar]

Can I make a next WAD playthrough suggestion? ScytheX. Definitely more relaxing after this era of nightmare runs. I’m about seven levels into it, and this non-expert DOOM fan is still able to 100% all kills and secrets on UV.

[@IIFirenII]

gg! inb4 0 death on the next level.... I call it

[@anew742]

I'm immensely disappointed the thumbnail doesn't say "MAP11: O' of Destruction!"

[@samuelmay5670]

'o' of destruction... Circle of death... Why does this level have 2 names?

[@wallyhackenslacker]

It's an easter egg and a pun on the game Ultima VII, reportedly one of Romero's favorites from during the development of Doom 2. The pun is that in Ultima VII there is a super powerful joke item called the Hoe of Destruction, and since this map has a an O shape in the center... In fact, the message that says "Thou want's to quit? Then thou has lost an eight!" when you quit Doom 2 is also an Ultima easter egg.

[@wallymccary88]

I just remembered this was so difficult on GBA.

[@DoutorSocialGames]

"Death... finally."

[@aircraftcarrierwo-class]

here comes flame boy

[@DENCHIKTEAM]

O of Destruction, ah you know map eleven

[@rankoinazuma6788]

Me: Ah, map 11, I know it like the back of my hand, including the intermission story... Me: Map 11, Circle of Destruction, or 'O' of Death Somebody: But there's no O in- Me: oh, shush you!

[@TheBrassDancer]

I remember first playing this on the PSX port, which didn't have Arch-Viles. It makes the map a little less memorable to me.

[@sirbill_greebi3811]

I unintentionally learned something new today. I turned google chrome's auto-translate option on. Turns out "decino" is "dime" in Italian.

[@drajp6987]

you mean 'O' of Destruction! ? :D

[@dmitry9594]

Extra challenge for Nightmare: kill certain enemies in each level, like archvile here or cyberdemon in E3M9.

[@Scypek]

How about the cyberdemon on MAP11? Not to be confused with the cyberdemon on E1M7, this one exists in the original game for real. Nightmare 300% with co-op monsters, the true most ultimate challenge.

[@BlueSmash_404]

Lol I just watched the last video,let's see.

[@porchturds8149]

So decino, this is interesting. I grew up playing Doom on PS1. It was a decent port, but never came across arch viles. I wonder why they omitted them

[@PoulWrist]

Just watched a play through of Doom 2 on the psx and there's an arachnotron there. I guess maybe memory restraints.

[@porchturds8149]

@@PoulWrist no I'm saying there are no arch viles in the ps1 version of doom.

[@davidmcgill1000]

"There is no arch-vile because the developers felt they could not do him justice on the PSX, because it had twice as many frames of animation as other monsters." according to Doom Wiki.

[@gigasix-sq3fg]

Are going to do the secret levels and the master levels

[@DoomBoi-]

“The successful run”

[@weaseln_hecktorplaysgames9625]

If decino is going in order of the doom games on nightmare, will he do plutonia as well?!