Doom II - Mouths (Ultra-Violence 100%)

Level made and submitted by Laocoön.
Game: Doom II
PWAD: Mouths_RC2.pk3
Difficulty: Ultra-Violence
Source port: GZDoom 4.12.1 (default compatibility)
Pistol start.
All kills and secrets.
No saves.
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Link to WAD:
www.doomworld.com/idgames/lev...
Link to source port:
zdoom.org/downloads
Fullscreen status bar mod:
forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php...
Widescreen status bars:
forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php...
Doom minor sprite fixing project:
www.doomworld.com/idgames/gra...
Submissions overview:
submissions.decino.nl/
Flyover shots powered by Cameraman:
github.com/borogk/cameraman
My Doom settings, extended HUD and more:
decino.nl/downloads
00:00 Intro
00:10 Playthrough
29:14 Outro

[@LA_O_CO_ON]

Hey! Mapmaker here. First: thanks for the very positive feedback and the good advice. I've been looking forward to this for months ("months" is like "mouths with an upside-down 'u' - but I digress!) Then I would like to clarify some things: 1. I use UDMF simply because that was the format I started with at a time when I was not very aware of the different formats, source ports and politics that go with them, and it is still my format of choice even though I don't make any use of its visual affordances. (I want my maps to look like Doom maps, not Duke3d maps, but for behind-the-scenes stuff UDMF is very convenient.) 2. I knew this was going to be a breeze for you, but when I made the map about a year ago, I found it challenging enough myself. I'm a much better player now and I have lots of ideas for how to make it meaner, so I will probably make the current UV into HMP and then take it from there. 3. My priority for RC2 was to get rid of the secret fight. It kind of made the whole map sag, and it gives you an invuln (not a BFG) for the two-cyber fight on the platform in the middle, making that encounter totally trivial. I will definitely make the floors damaging, even on lower difficulties, as well as other changes. 4. I don't think the cheese is very effective. I was aware of it, but it doesn't really give the player a huge advantage, unless they don't care about getting 100%. 5. As you realised, it's not about the keys. To progress, you need to click the three big skull buttons. If you look over at the platform in front of the big mouth, there are signs there to tell you how many you have pressed. 6. The cell packs at the end arrive on the conveyor with the Cybers, but I will remove them on higher difficulties. 7. You prononunce my name correctly. It's four syllables: La-o-CO-on. He was a Trojan whose fame relies on a very good Roman sculpture and a famous book about it. For more of my maps, check out my 33-map megawad Infernal Gladiator on Doomworld. Also, currently in development is a 3-map wad called Monuments. There are also a couple of wads that I made before this one that I am quite happy with and which could do with some love: 555.wad and The Curse (my first wad).

[@St00rt]

Great map man. And the sound track! Are you sure you're not Mick Gordon?!

[@LA_O_CO_ON]

@@St00rt thanks!

[@LA_O_CO_ON]

And, yeah, I am quite sure!

[@codicium]

The soundtrack deserves to be downloadable, even requires.

[@St00rt]

@@LA_O_CO_ON haha! It's great. Definitely going to go look for your Infernal Gladiator megawad. I'm almost done with Lost Civilization and need a new fix :)

[@THEGRUMPTRUCK]

'Jawsome', Decino. Jawsome. It was right there. 😂

[@decino]

But maw is a synonym.

[@whyboar]

@@decino oh, I thought you said "mousome" mawsome is deci(no)dedly better punwise

[@KernelLeak]

@@decino You could have said "jawsome", and later compared the music to "Mawgwai"... ;) Also, 27:48 - "by-product"? Surely you meant "bite-product"... :D

[@a.k8185]

Mr. Jawsome, eh?

[@gerrywinzor1103]

13:52 "It is booby trapped, but you can just..." "...jump down"

[@Chunes3]

All that ammo in the final secret made all the difference.

[@askthedoctor8696]

The most effective strategy I learned from watching Decino: "Just leave."

[@christianfensbo6980]

Cracking dad-jokes already are we?

[@alexj.f.kennedy6084]

Pumpkin man playing fricking doom on a nice evening is a must watch

[@lecoindugamer7644]

Frick*ng

[@alexrexaros9837]

This looks like a mouldy map. It's a compliment of the highest degree.

[@MrEW1985]

The title sounds like a "Going down!" map

[@T3sl4]

So does the dental work!

[@connerthecat4758]

Holy shit, what a banger. The music is A+. Idea is A+. Visuals are A+. Wow.

[@robmildon8612]

decino: "This door with health" Baron: *dies, partly of rockets, partly of burns*

[@alexandersmith6140]

Decino in other videos: "I can't English today." Anglophones: "I mean your English is better than my [insert language]." Decino in this video: "Maw is a synonym for mouth." Anglophones: "!??!??!???"

[@muffintop9120]

Over the lips, through the gums, look out tummy here I come.

[@J-_-]

This was a rad map! I've never seen a cyberdemon's remains / corpse go flying way off like that one did in this run, lol.

[@hermannhinterhauser1227]

Decino perfects his dad-joke-skills, with the same determination as his doom-skills.

[@christianfensbo6980]

The music in this map is actually the best I've ever heard in a Doom map. I think it gives it a dimention other similar maps doesn't have.

[@worldoffood123]

Awesome level! Always nice to see "slaughter" maps that aren't brutally difficult. Maybe of us are not Doom gods lmao!

[@Jurarigo]

The hardest fight in this map was the friends we made along the way. Also it's very very cool, one of those "I can't believe is all vanilla Doom 2 textures".

[@rieskaruisku]

I was expecting the "Untitled" midi to play on the background (Haha, get it? "Hold your mouth for the war! Use it for what it's for!") but damn does the music go hard in this one.

[@johnmendon18]

The number of people picking up on the Pantera to "Untitled" reference is probably too low. 🤣

[@riba2233]

Big mouth strikes again! Great music and cool map :)

[@_Lacking]

5:57 decino swears

[@kelleroid]

Buff Winnie-the-Pooh is slacking

[@Qoko88]

Others have already mentioned, this had a Cyriak vibe start to finish. That is indeed a huge compliment (I'm an almost too ridiculous Overboard aficionado). The mouth concept somewhat reminiscence map 20 of Going Down also. Amazing stuff, and I especially like the encounter space becoming smaller at the end! You can turn that up to 11 on UV and just leave only the walkway available, or even just make the whole thing timed start to finish. Options a plenty I'd say.

[@Astridion]

I started playing classic doom for the first time because of this channel

[@XzMondayNightzX]

Yooo Laocoon made the map which is pretty cool AND the music that kicks ass? Instant 10/10. Theme is great and it reminds me of that Dantes Inferno gluttony level with all the mouths.

[@purple_ruberoid]

Oh, this mix of glowing FIREBLU and cacos, amazing 20:10

[@exiledPostman]

I'm really enjoying that background music

[@adampagano5361]

I love how this level picks a theme and commits to it so well.

[@georgeheilman885]

This map and this playthrough definitely puts a smile on my face.

[@Captain_Idaho]

Wow that was a good playthrough and map. The medi was especially a highlight for me. Very impressive in Doom.

[@timsweeney9283]

Awesome map and amazing soundtrack, amazing work to the author and great playthrough as always Decino!

[@theminecraft4202]

very creative use of the icon of sin asset

[@rhainehook4544]

Really cool map and play-through. The music was incredible too.

[@Olek54321]

this map is one huge moment of appreciation, great looking map! I'm surprised it's not that mean as eg. Sunlust :D Beautiful maps are very often difficult

[@DinnerForkTongue]

This was amazing. The innovative vanilla texture combos, the lighting, the map architecture with a focus on the texture effects, and the whole ambience created with the alien sky. Top notch stuff! I know I'm just gushing, but today my brain is in boiled potato mode

[@user-kw4qx4qu8c]

A tainted thought slipped into my mind when I watched this video around 15-16 minute. The level might use some Giger stuff. Yes, the Hans Rudolph Giger and his erotomechanics. That would be truly hellish.

[@ukirocom]

Laocoön is a sector artist I'm definitely watching. He even influenced eviternity II map36, and I'm really looking forward to seeing his deeper dives into Otex.

[@LA_O_CO_ON]

Thanks so much! Check out Infernal Gladiator and Monuments on Doomworld!

[@proosee]

20:40 great, a caco between the teeth, now we need to floss

[@bad_ending909]

This brings a whole new meaning to 'mouth for war'

[@JangianTV]

That central mouth and the Cacos coming out of it was sick!

[@dinitroacetylen]

Heavens help us all, because now someone will take this as inspiration and make a map about the opposite end of the body.

[@lordbiscuitthetossable5352]

Hello! Just letting you know after about 2 minutes, I checked out so I can play this map for myself. I'll be back after I've thoroughly chewed it over because it looks and sounds awesome.

[@lukebehrendsbro.]

Now this map is Mouthsome! 👄Also love this MIDI as well. This is really fun overall! LA_O_CO_ON knows his stuff when it comes to designs and content he putted in. Thank you so much dear sir! 😀

[@friedchickenUSA]

loved the theming of this map, and great soundtrack too -liz

[@MagnyusG]

Don't worry pumpkin man, I appreciated your mawsome pun.

[@Gna-rn7zx]

Those 3d mouths are so cool!!!

[@simonreij6668]

I'd have probably hours of good times trying to get through that awesome map

[@rankoinazuma6788]

nice concept/map, and kickass music 20:09 YEET!

[@jeromedangelo7028]

Fantastic music! Really cool map!

[@blethigg9320]

That's a particularly beautiful map.

[@Malefication]

Damn, this map looks awesome! Really love the mouths, gotta try it out myself.

[@joshuafoster1395]

That intro sure was a mouthful

[@zetamaniac]

30 minutes? what a mouthful.

[@Chozo_Ghost]

Oh shit, just looked at the submissions list. Can't wait to see the next one! Just downloaded it this past weekend and want to get to trying it out soon!

[@slinkman8253]

Another banger as always mate, always good when decino uploads

[@SkitzTGPG]

Great gameplay, bada** maps, and he's already making dad jokes. 10/10

[@user-kw4qx4qu8c]

Demons made a jawsome little habitat, but guess what is waiting for them? Pain. Agonising pain.

[@Nob1ej0n]

Mousome map. Very teeth. Much grin. 9:50 Yeah, I agree with you on horizontal autoaim. It'd be nice to have it disabled by default on future complevels. Not sure why it wasn't turned off already for anything above vanilla complevels.

[@jojo0753]

This map looks good, I'll have to try it out.

[@jeromedangelo7028]

0:11 BOOOO!!!! :throws tomatoes::

[@scottl.1568]

Laocoön?! I remember reading about him in high school!! 😮

[@chellsolo4162]

You handsome devil, already practicing your dad jokes XD awesome video

[@zls9890]

For using stock Doom II textures, this looks very cool! Love it! 😎

[@wymanrtaylor]

Digging the soundtrack 💪

[@LA_O_CO_ON]

Thanks!

[@wymanrtaylor]

@@LA_O_CO_ON map was pretty awesome too!

[@iguana9173]

This was a really Jawesome map.

[@annarodriguez5870]

your videos are the best

[@jayocaine2946]

This is art.

[@DEdens1525]

Killer music.

[@Emu0181]

0:17 oh god, the "Dad puns" have started already

[@Ironstarfish]

Fun map and great music

[@DARKLORD20097]

Cool map. Really like it.

[@pannomic1818]

Woo que increible mapa I saw in my head those mean changes to make it more challenging, that would make this map be ++A

[@LA_O_CO_ON]

Working on it!

[@pannomic1818]

@@LA_O_CO_ON yeeeyy lets go my man!!

[@giovannigarrido9696]

With that intro joke, instant like to the vid

[@paillave]

this is a nice gazeboesque map

[@scalewingedprophet2975]

You can just leave. It's never get old

[@popeyboy5108]

I often wonder about complex maps using original textures... Could these maps have been in the original releases! And imagine if they were!

[@lise_meitner]

0:13 dad jokes coming

[@simonreij6668]

that map just looks super fun

[@Vordikk]

It's UDMF! No need for voodoo doll clutches to make difference between difficulties. Worth a couple of strings of code without wasting time and resourses on adding more objects and locations.

[@Noutelus]

Very cool music

[@uckto2720]

00:15 "Mou-some? Come on Decino, the map is obviously jawsome.

[@decino]

Mawsome!

[@Luke96-sy9jv]

Good gameplay lad

[@Oneirophrenian]

Oh I laughed at using coincident as synonym with facerocket, hahaha.

[@just_a_casual_user]

You just saved my day

[@flaviapunktexe6924]

Looks like a mouthfull of work

[@TimothyKing1]

Awesome map. I'm not sure if I like the map or the music more.

[@JoshuaPare]

So when you said at the end level 16 was rejected I was like so your telling me there a chance my level RNGesus might get picked

[@silverroddo1468]

All your mega-armor drags me down, nothing hurts like your mouths mouths mouths mouths~ 🎶

[@TheLightningRick]

Yay, decino

[@andarerYT]

First few seconds showing decline evolving into dadcino

[@alxmst]

Hey Decino! Great thanks for your videos! I've been enjoying your content for years :) I would like to ask if there's any way to contact you? I would like to know if you need help with video editing or maybe some animations for your analysis videos. Just wanted to ask that and don't know any better place than comment section :") Anyways, thank you so much for your videos!

[@decino]

I'm good. Thanks for the offer.

[@rootbeer666]

The map has many mouths and I must scream.

[@eagle25311]

That's a lot of mouths to feed.

[@Md936S]

Can't help but wonder if they could have replaced the skull keys with teeth keys.

[@ItsBofu]

9:50 "It'd be cool if MBF24 could just get rid of it (horizontal autoaim), or at least have the option to disable it." I have some very good news for you.

[@jamez6398]

The very first release of Doom 1 and 2 had no crosshairs, and you can learn how to aim without it but for new players especially back in the 90's when FPS was a genre new to the mainstream horizontal autoaim would have seemed like a logical decision, the lack of precision aiming in favour of movement and your placement being the focus is why I like hard Doom 2 maps even though I save scum because I suck. There's really nothing like it, even Doom Eternal requires precision aiming to quick scope headshot one of the enemy types with the sniper rifle secondary fire of the machine gun weapon, most games require precision aiming to land shots effectively especially when having to shoot far away enemies in games like Operation Dragon Rising, Sniper Elite, Battlefield, PUBG, Escape from Tarkov, Arma, Wildlands, and Warzone. There is nothing quite like hard Doom 2 PWADs out there, it is quite unique...

[@creaturetypesorcery]

If the video starts with a pun, im sold! :D

[@Khrada]

This already looks very nice, and it is just RC2? Gold version is going to be so interesting.

[@decino]

Gold version is up on Doomworld now.

[@Khrada]

​@@decino Thanks for the heads up, decino! Looks like your suggestions have all been implemented.

[@popenderaza]

Mouths of Madness

[@darkhelmutt3417]

Jawsome, decino. Jawsome

[@Headspr0uter]

as a mouth, this map looks jawsome

[@doommaker4000]

16:40 That's called "pacing" pumpkin man