Doom II - MAP04: The Focus (Nightmare! 100% Secrets + Items)

[@dkfrumwithin]

“Greetings everyone, and welcome to my 99% play through of the Master Levels on I’m Too Young to Die difficulty, chainsaw only, with permanent partial invisibility.” -Decino on April 1

[@AlexeiVoronin]

I'd watch it ;)

[@ugandanknuckkles9667]

10/10 content

[@iguana9173]

@@AlexeiVoronin me too.

[@Moleoflands]

So... miss 1 item and 1 kill?

[@iguana9173]

@@Moleoflands I wonder if he gives up going for all the items halfway through this walk through.

[@SuperLlama42]

"My health is actually very nice." Chaingunner: "Hang on, I'll fix that for you."

[@rodrigoabarca3014]

Followed by "Oh, nothing respawned! Nice!" "Oh, except the shotgunner"

[@UnknownCleric2420]

Christ, I yelped out of instinct and fear from that Zombieman respawning right next to you after you started going for the red door. Thank god iD added that half-second delay to respawning enemies on Nightmare.

[@georgeheilman885]

That shotgunner at death number 3 practically finished your sentence, along with your run.

[@CamDeElite]

This map is where it starts getting hard and you really need to... Focus.

[@DreamSphinxGaming]

Yeah, he really needs to Focus on this level and make it through this Gantlet, or else he might never make it past the Entryway and will end up in the Underhalls of hell.

[@greenguykanoe2912]

I always loved the funky OST in this map

[@JangianTV]

Think it's based on a Wolf 3D midi too; same composer! 😁

[@AlexeiVoronin]

@@JangianTV Bobby Prince composed the soundtrack for quite a few games, including the Blake Stone series, Duke Nukem II (the 1993 platformer) and even the infamously hard Bio Menace.

[@tacticaljunk1608]

The percussion solo is the best.

[@ItsBofu]

Thank you for appreciating this track. Not all Doom music needs to be metal or moody trance stuff, some variety is nice.

[@AmalekIsComing]

no you didn't

[@maltardraco9555]

This is the map that ended my Nightmare run.

[@BigMacDavis]

Excellent work. I tried this a few days ago, just to see if I could get anywhere, and the farthest I made it was to the Red Key. Teleporting back to the main room killed me. Props to you.

[@ArpeggioPegasus]

It's the pony man!

[@perfectenrager]

Huge fan BigMacDavis!

[@McQuade8200]

I absolutely love this Nightmare marathon you've got going. I've seen them all. It made me get back in to playing Doom and making maps.

[@Hellbane224]

I guess we can call it NightMARATHON! ... I'll see myself out.

[@s2korpionic]

Makes me wish there's a Nightmare-lite really. 90 second respawn time?

[@SimBol1216]

American McGee is a genius. One of the most efficient level designers, and probably created the blueprint that the Casali brothers would use for Plutonia. My favorite McGee map (and my favorite Doom II map overall) is Map 14: The Inmost Dens. It's just beautiful.

[@estefencosta1835]

Knowing how McGee was mistreated by the sociopath Willits makes me sad. No one deserves that in their workplace.

[@IzunaSlap]

@@estefencosta1835 Quake 2 is so dull compared to their previous games without Romero and Petersen, and McGee was burned out from making Doom clones all the time by then, so his heart wasn't really in it. The guys who made Doom and Quake 1 special were gone or near-gone when Quake 2 was made.

[@estefencosta1835]

​@@IzunaSlap Yeah I think the decline of most big studios can be traced to the people who made the studios special in the first place leaving. It's almost never just one guy, it's getting a bunch of really talented guys together at the same time. Some of id's games after doom/quake like Rage were technically very impressive, but Carmack is just a programmer, the game itself was fairly soulless.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

I don't know, the remaster for Quake II sure has redeemed it at most. If you want truly terrible, there's Rage 2 Wolfenstein: The New Colossus, and perhaps Hexen. I don't care if they're made by different devs.

[@IamusTheFox]

Your ending was so rough, but fun to watch. So much genuine energy

[@chezzington918]

You know its true hit scanner hell when its almost double the enemies killed at 194% kills lol. Godspeed Decino for what is to come in later maps.

[@kelleroid]

One of my favorite Doom 2 map visuals, one of the more realistic looking techbases yet! So realistic they had to add those constantly moving shutters so that it would make less sense. Even has The Interactive Light Switch!

[@tenhundredkills]

1:09 That's a Coincident-level jinx!

[@Ben_of_Langley]

Wow that was close probably a little too close at certain points it's that treck to the red door those shotgunners in that area behind the opening and closing window those I can imagine are the most deadly depending on how many have respawned and teleporting back literally a nightmare I guess it's a fine line between staying and taking out hit scanners in the way but also not hanging around too long because of the health that's gunner be chipped away let alone the chaingunners and that in the final room to the exit anyway brilliant video as always and with that cheers for upload decino

[@GeminionRay]

I'm surprised you still made it to the exit after those failed jump attempts. That was one hell of a run.

[@Batgirl_fangirl]

I've been really looking forward to this one!😀 I knew this one would provide a challenge ever since you announced you were doing this challenge. Great job decino.🙂💛

[@victoriouswinner7745]

I love this map, it’s wonderfully chaotic

[@tornado100able]

Fits well with the soundtrack

[@estefencosta1835]

I'm not a huge fan of Doom 2's levels in general but this one I like.

[@alexanderiskandar8379]

Man, you have become so good at the game, I can't believe you only took a handful of tries for this, very well done!

[@Vytaan]

Only 5 attempts, very well played! And you got so close in your first (and fourth) attempt... I completely agree that anyone who's into Nightmare should give this map a try: it's very hard but so much fun thanks to it's short length.

[@NellWatson]

Congratulations on making it through this struggle!

[@TheRogueWolf]

"You want hitscan hell? I'll give you hitscan hell." - American McGee, circa 1993, probably

[@Quillyik]

Nice! I've never finished this one without saves.

[@evenfallabeksylt9271]

This has always been one of my favourite Doom II levels - short and sweet (not so much on Nightmare apparently), a perfect early techbase map. I even dig the music.

[@tormuse2916]

Wow, that one shotgunner was the cause of all four of your deaths! :o He's a real Doom-Slayer-Slayer. :P

[@iguana9173]

1:09 Decino: but my health is actually very nice. (gets pounded by a chaingunner) it WAS nice but not anymore.

[@WratchetDeth10mm]

Me in 1994- 38% health?! THIS IS BULLSHIT!! Decino in 2023- 38% health. Very nice.

[@Nob1ej0n]

Man, I stopped breathing for the last room of the map! This map really, really scares me off of doing a Nightmare run. Well done finishing it.

[@MaxT-SFX]

These runs are so great! I love that even though there is no attempt count at the start of the run like the older days, you foreshadow in your narration your deaths lol. "Please floor be nice to me." etc. Good luck with the runs!

[@vitalyandreyev]

8:08 shotgunner jumpscare

[@HexdaHeresiarch]

One thing to mention in terms of difficulty is that this map has only 2 Medikits as the biggest boosts of health you can get in this map, with one being behind the two legions of shotgunners. I don't even remember there being any armor in this map beyond some bonuses. Definitely a very tough one.

[@crit-c4637]

I think the shotgunners in those 2 side rooms at the start are easier to kill from the secret door, instead of peak shooting through the moving window.

[@Dollar_Store_Cacodemon]

Single segment nightmare runs really do change the dynamics of these OG maps don't they. On standard UV you just fly through with ease then you get this chaos!

[@AlexeiVoronin]

First map to feature the brown sludge damaging floor (let's pretend it's mud and not... something else). Also, the only map in Doom 2 to have a switch that turns lights on. I've always wondered what those constantly moving "window shutters" near the start are supposed to be.

[@odstagent1070]

Also first map in Doom 2 to have damaging floor, i like to think that brown sludge is acid (and not just toxic waste like the green damaging floor) or just coca-cola haha Alzó since i was a kid, i used to think that these "window shutters" were food trucks

[@AlexeiVoronin]

@@odstagent1070 The only food they serve today is bullets :P

[@iguana9173]

@@odstagent1070 actually it’s caco cola.

[@odstagent1070]

Hey, we are getting the menu done already =D

[@evenfallabeksylt9271]

I think there's another light switch in Map28, isn't it?

[@Roy-hn4ek]

Already difficult enough to deal with the monsters in the focus, and we still havent seen a single one of the bigger DooM II new monsters yet (revenant, pain elemental, arachnotron and archvile). This is going to be a very intense yet fun challenge to finish the whole game. Keep it up, decino 👍

[@ravagerslb]

Archies are a bit underwhelming in Doom2, they are rare and some in awkward positions.

[@Roy-hn4ek]

@@ravagerslb true, but you never know how it could get out of hand and just turn into a mess... We'll have to wait and see.

[@retrownia]

You were very lucky with this run :D Last time I played it took me over 4 hours to finish this map😵

Not the most gracious ending, but you pushed the exit button, and that's all that counts! :)

[@Milka-fe4ek]

8:20 "Let's not jinx it" - a thought born in decino's mind And he got hit by a 15 damage noclipping imp fireball By the way, seems it's the first time you got hit by noclipping projectile in your 100% nightmare runs (I'm counting ultimate doom + sigil + doom 2 playthrough now) ! Honestly, there were some nasty places in Ultimate Doom, where you can easily get scammed by fast projectile and it was pretty surprising to see that it didn't happen at least once, heh

[@ericsbuds]

heck yeah. loving the nightmare runs.

[@SturmAH]

Very impressive! I was inspired to try this map on nightmare in DOOM II too and beat it … but it was only on GBA. 😅

[@avvn9331]

Nice fast paced map, music goes well along with it, yea loved this map

[@plankera]

Time to Focus, in a map full of health eating chaingunners, heavy duty shotgunners, and a very fast paced midi.

[@Zahadume]

Omg i was waiting for this one thanks pumpkin man!

[@sscloud99]

Loving these nightmare vids.

[@rootbeer666]

This map is a favorite of mine. It's really compact, and not overly abstract.

[@Garlic2137]

Wow, I've played through the entirety of Doom II several times and i never knew about the light switch. I always hated how the entire room is so dark you had to lighten up the monitor to see anything.

[@bennetb01]

I just replayed Doom 2 and went "oh there is a light switch there".

[@ScoutNDemond]

Amazing run, even with all of those fumbles at the end! I think we really need to give credit to that shotgunner who killed you in basically every single outtake, though.

[@XzMondayNightzX]

*Mcgee in his office making maps and slapping hitscanners everywhere.* "We call this one the focus and we do a little trolling... it's called THE FOCUS but we also do a little trolling."

[@FinalManaTrigger]

I love this map, has the best track in the game too.

[@Greggo24]

Your videos make me so motivated to beat doom 2 on nightmare decino.

[@eugeniosabater8449]

You really hang on very well through nightmare difficulty with barely any sign of health! That's really impressive dude!😮👌👏👏👏

[@maxilew1227]

Focus is really really tough at NM. I can't even try it 😂 You did good job, legendary pumpkin man!!!

[@FAIZAFEI]

is it just me or American McGee made some pretty good looking map in Doom 2

[@decino]

His maps are very compact and aesthetically pleasing. Underrated mapper!

[@1pcfred]

It went so well. God damn it.

[@ВиториоКлиментов]

Very nice gameplay, dude.

[@pehhii]

I have this feeling that we're gonna hear a lot of "My health is... gone" during the following maps.

[@dryued6874]

I like those little "oh no you don't"s.

[@mburg33]

With your newfound experience and skills in nightmare, do you want to do another run of “Not Even Remotely Fair” but this time to get 100% kills? I really love this nightmare series you have here and I don’t want it to end, I don’t know if “Overboard” could be done on nightmare because of the storm the castle level for example. I’m sure there’s some more nightmare friendly wads out there, if not, I hope more get made from inspiration watching this run.

[@dillogdall1]

I love this series, I am following it together with you, and playing the levels myself on nightmare, I am not nearly as good as you, so I use saves and not pistol-start, but it is great fun. I actually struggled more with level 03 than this one, as I wasn't able to make the jump to the secret as you did. Not looking forward to dead simple though, that seems difficult on nightmare.

[@BigPashPlays]

I’ve only recently graduated the school of ‘Pistol Starts Only’ and never appreciated how good the start of this map is. 25 years of continuous play rendered it a joke when you start with your carried over Chaingun.

[@krystallinekris]

You know, I'm kind of sad we didn't get to see the full force of this level making you take 20 tries. On the other hand, congrats on getting it so quickly!

[@Lord_Samael_de_Monasteriis]

8:08 😂 This is why I love Nightmare

[@Olek54321]

holy moly! that was true fight for your life, damn what a mess and hitscanner heck!

[@GorcStew]

I like the bloopers at the end lol

[@lankymaccrazyhair264]

"my health is actually very nice" ...i already knew that was a bad sign

[@eduardodiaz9942]

And so, the foundations of a future outtake video have been laid.

[@dragonofdaggersgamingvideo87]

I love how many times you say "no you don't" in this map

[@jrock718]

Nice run pumpkin man

[@cjdyal]

I love this one shotgunner with a vendetta against you.

[@IIFirenII]

only 6 attempts, wow! impressive, big GG

[@boomershooterlegend]

M04 is the first great challenge to do NM100S(and Items) on Doom II. Great run!

[@RevolverRez]

Firing squad kiosk: The map. That was a close one, the chaingunners are already looking like they're going to give you a bad time.

[@ravagerslb]

They will. Wait until map 22.

[@stylesrj]

2:20 You know, that light switch in The Focus needs to be pointed out more often. I only recently found out that it exists and it gives purpose to that switch at the other end of the corridor. Because for nearly 30 years I had no idea what it did... I just thought the corridor was dark on purpose and you had to have might make light.

[@planet23k]

Damn, all the deaths in one place! (almost). Glad you made it through, this one should be rather called The Luck, not The Focus ; )

[@TheBrassDancer]

American McGee knew what he was doing.

[@johnlewisbrooks]

If decino does plutonium he's going to crush his computer screen with a baseball bat on nightmare! Those hitscanners are BRUTAL!

[@AposineYT]

I never realized the slime floor deals 20 damage. That's pretty excessive.

[@talranddrake9679]

You're awesome, dude

[@LanceOmikron]

That was close. You nearly got hitscammed.

[@philadams9254]

Wow, that's a brutal one!

[@Jogahammer]

Ah, a decino video to watch. A great birthday indeed.

[@multigamer856]

Damn everything went bad in this attempt, that much better with victorious ending. Can't really think which map will be the hardest in Doom 2 Nightmare, but I'm looking forward for maps 8-10.

[@WSADKO]

my god, that is so sweaty

[@hegecactus8938]

fun with chaingunners never stops

[@АлекСандр-ч7в1ш]

Jesus, never thought, that map04 can be so difficult🌚

[@ProfessorAragorn]

I've never played this map on Nightmare pistol start so I never really noticed Hurst how little health and armor American McGee gives you on this map. This is a tough one. Well done.

[@GEMSofGOD_com]

I never really loved Doom II in any way. It felt like cheap addon to Doom, pretty much everything about it. Thank you for making Doom II actually look interesting with your Nightmare runs!

[@matheusrios4223]

that was really close D: lets see what awaits us in map 5

[@DEdens1525]

All those dark corners.

[@Akhot-Dimeal]

good job decino!! took me actually a whopping 2 days to complete this hell. (btw 4th attempt to convinve decino to play SPEED OF DOOM)

[@eldandraken4850]

Greetings everyone, and welcome to my 'you only need 1% the movie, the musical, the game, on ice'. 'The Focus' is one of the two maps that stop my Doom II runs on my tracks

[@Classicvideogames45]

Plutonia next on nightmare? 🎉 Bravo awesome job

[@krazyfinndude666]

3:51 skill issue 3 times lmao

[@fmsyntheses]

I'm used to doorfighting being a convenience rather than an obligation.

[@GiuseppeDAngelo]

Looking forward to MAP14, a masterpiece of American McGee's design!

[@BSzili]

Hitscan hell, no weapons, lots of backtracking. The perfect nightmare map.

[@wraithfivekay7082]

I've been waiting for a map where you organically get 200% kills. This one was almost it.

[@СергейМисюк-ж1к]

"Better than better!" (C) At least there is no nightmarish imps in this game. Imagine them here, bringing their barely visible silhouettes and other disturbing features with them.

[@FilkoSempai]

on todays episode of hitscan hell: decino getting bulleted

[@vespi57]

I can honestly agree with this map's difficulty on Nightmare! The starting area shredders me, I've lost count how many times I've died on the start. And there's not that much health either. Decino said maps 9 or 10 are the next difficult ones. Though I haven't played them on Nightmare! myself, I expect they are hell. Truth to be told, I haven't got past map 7 on Nightmare! Difficulty really ramps up on Doom II.