Heretic - Episode 1,2,3,4,5 Smite-Meister Speedruns

Runner: Zero-Master
Date: 2021-05-01 to 2021-05-04
IWAD: Heretic.wad
Category: SM-Speed
Map: Episode 1,2,3,4,5
Source Port: DSDA-Doom v0.18.0
Time: 5:39, 6:16, 7:58, 7:04, 9:30
Episode 1 (City of the Damned): 0:00
Episode 2 (Hell's Maw): 6:02
Episode 3 (The Dome of D'Sparil): 12:38
Episode 4 (The Ossuary): 20:56
Episode 5 (The Stagnant Demesne): 28:19
Description:
This video is made from 5 segments, 1 for each episode. Nearly 5 years since I last ran a game that wasn't doom, which of course was Hexen, so here is the prequel: Heretic. Spent a few days on this, heretic records are pretty weak so there is still a lot of time to be saved. Played episode 4 and 5 for the first time 1-2 days ago too, though I've played episode 1-3 before a few times like 10 and 20 years ago or something like that.
Normally you carry 1 of every item in your inventory to the next level with the exception of Wings of Wrath, since the wings can be used to sequence break several levels. There is however a glitch that allows you to keep them which is if you still have Wing of Wrath active while you have them in your inventory. So this is used to save a lot of time on episode 1,4 and 5. This is also why I go through the secret level in episode 5 as it is faster despite taking nearly 2 minutes.
Demos and videos are made by using the new DSDA-Doom sourceport which now supports heretic, thanks to Kraflab for making that happen.
Some level comments:
E1M1: I try to avoid taking too much damage here and grab some extra arrows for the next level.
E1M5: Absolutely awful exit, thought I hit the switch, but I didn't.. twice. Otherwise time was ok, got blocked a bit in the tunnel.
E1M6: I should look into just getting the undead warrior to walk out, I tried to just push him, but it didn't work this time so time is slow.
E2M3: Missed the blue key bump a few times.. I grab the 200 armor for the next level.
E2M4: Think I could have saved a second by skipping the tome of power. The phenoix rod jump works like 50% of the time, no time to set it up.
E2M6: Wings of wrath are pretty good here.
E2M8: Can save a second if you grab the wings at the end, but I was on the wrong side.
E3M6: I don't think I need the Ring of Invincibility secret, I just blindly followed what someone else does. Dragon claw + Tome of Power does the job really well here.
E3M8: Need to be careful of linedef skips at the start. This boss is a complete nightmare for speedruns, got a decent time here I think.
E4M1: Difficult level, but doesn't take too many attempts to get through.
E4M5: SR50 setup for the blue key grab, a bit slow, but so is everything else at the moment. Chaos device used to save a bit of time after grabbing the wings.
E4M6: Should have looked into a setup for the green key grab.
E4M7: A consistent green key grab setup, messed up my inputs a bit though.
E4M8: Also didn't quite get the hang of my inputs here, everything was a bit slow.
E5M1: One of the hardest levels in heretic, got a good time here compared to what I normally get.
E5M2: Just run through and spam hell staff.
E5M3: New route for ep5 here by doing a glide. The jump to the phenoix rod is quite easy.
E5M9: Nearly 2 minutes spent just to get some Wings of Wrath for the next level, amazing that this saves time overall.
E5M5: You can save a second by using the wings immediately, but I just take it safe to make sure I don't run out before the level is over.
E5M6: Grabbing the wings is a bit dangerous.
E5M8: Awful time, lost over 20 seconds to really bad flame thrower use. I have no idea what previous runs were doing here, it's clearly faster to use the dragon claw powered, I think under 2 minutes is doable if you can get good flamethrower at the start. Obviously getting them close to the wall makes it a lot easier, I just messed up really bad here.
Thanks for watching!

[@Djsjdndnfrkkee]

The legend has awoken once again

[@mja2317]

I hope this leads to Black Plague 100% runs. If anyone can pull those off with style it's definitely the Zero Master.

[@EldricDayne]

Heretic was the first game I’ve played. I’m glad you speedrun this game

[@Skibbi198]

same

[@tristikov]

Zero Master doing a Heretic speedrun? Whoa, thought this was a Dwars video for a second!

[@themetalcatacombs3790]

I think Dwars having a stroke after that.

[@Flailfist_Jr]

when there's no endless verbal diarhea from frame 1 , one knows it's not dWars

[@qpn6ph9q]

So great to see a Heretic run in my feed! Almost makes me choke up with nostalgia! Zeromaster you're the greatest.

[@kaledmarrero1011]

Wake up everybody, Zero Master has uploaded a new video.

[@kingdomkey2397]

At this point, the man is going to conquer every Idtech one game. Lol

[@SamTahbou]

Woah, Zero plays heretic speed runs?! I never knew

[@chainsawplayin]

No, it was his first playthrough of Heretic, that's why it's so long!

[@belandino]

@@chainsawplayin Long? Just 38 minutes for 5 episodes?

[@chainsawplayin]

[@Aziz.phenomenal]

@@chainsawplayin relax, it wasn't his first playthrough. He must have played it like a million times before getting so good at it

[@maclarel]

I'm a simple man. I see a Zero Master upload, I give it a thumbs up.

[@Djsjdndnfrkkee]

Simple, as all things should be.

[@conzmoleman]

i mean, yeah, sure, same obviously. but this unoriginal joke/comment format should have died at least 5 years ago

[@planet23k]

So do I : )

[@kuskus_th13]

I literally JUST beat Episode 3 of the game... and then I see this

[@jaunzftw]

Ahh, the music from this game brings me back to my childhood.

[@bradhague]

Dude. Phoenix rod jump. Amazing.

[@stefanmoravcik598]

31:45 The way you're navigating through those tight, Ophidian infested corridors in E5M9 Skein of D'Sparil using the tomed up Phoenix Rod is really a sight to behold. A Black Plague speedrun would do you more justice, though...

[@aliengenie8896]

Amazing runs. That monster manipulation at 0:51 is underappreciated. The parts that blew my mind are the phoenix rod jump in E2M4 and the key grab in E3M2, and the wobble-glide in Quay. I had no idea that was even possible. The Great Stair was insane from start to finish.

[@Iamtheexile]

phoenix rod jump in E2M4: 8:28 the key grab in E3M2: 13:13 Don't know what's the wobble-glide, nor the great stair (is it the labyrinthian level? That one was great)

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

he's had enough Doom, now he's doing Heretic

[@dmitrylavrov5708]

Amazing phoenix jump at 8:28

[@MagiCave]

woah, Heretic from Zero! Reading the level comments, I sense this is not the last we will see of Heretic :D and I'm all for it ;)

[@CarmeloSantosF]

Everyday I fantasize about id developing an Heretic fps reboot. Dark fantasy, cool creatures, fast as hell, inventory system, item drops from monsters.

[@metalvideos1961]

This game is made by Raven software

[@CarmeloSantosF]

@@metalvideos1961 yeah but Raven sucks, and id has great engines, thats why I want them to do it

[@metalvideos1961]

@@CarmeloSantosF if raven sucks then why did they make 2 good games heretic and hexen. makes no sense. all they did was using the ID tech engine they created the game on that engine. so you cant say that raven sucks.

[@CarmeloSantosF]

@@metalvideos1961 COD30 electric bogaloo now with funky mode ancient warfare WW11, 80gbs of skins, 20gbs of game, non-existant character design

[@Usumgallu]

@@metalvideos1961 Yeah, ID had practically nothing to do with Heretic's development. I think Raven did a great job with Heretic.

[@Skkra]

Heretic is so underrated in my opinion. It's a total classic that never seems to get the respect it deserves. It's fun to this day.

[@bro89174]

This is definitely an ancestor of the DOOM SLAYER

[@Dollar_Store_Cacodemon]

I friggin love Heretic. One of my all time faves. Awesome runs here dude, great to see these classic maps flown through in style 👍

[@merinn69]

Awesome! Hope to see more Heretic and Hexen speedruns from you!

[@slushfilter7941]

Loved the Phoenix Rod jump; I'm learning this game and will probably go for it every time - The risk/reward is just too good there! Great video!

[@juanm128]

I love it! I say it before in other of your previous videos, that heretic was waiting for you. The game needed a legend to give it some love.

[@arbtaras]

one of my first games i played. great memories. well done ZeroMaster

[@patrickvasconcelos3001]

Finnaly! how much I have waited for it. Glad to see you playing heretic, I hope you found ways to speed up this game even futher.

[@Arto91]

Played episode 4 5 for the first time a few days ago and still absolutely smashes it

[@THEGRUMPTRUCK]

It is very impressive. Played this for almost 20 years and I have heaps of trouble in episodes 4 and 5, they are very difficult.

[@pinktooth5473]

Hell yeah Heretic !! Haven’t seen this game in a minute. When I was a kid I always thought the electricity gloves sounded like the McFlurry machine at McDonald’s heh. Keep up the awesome work, bro, cheers and stay up 🙏

[@nickd3157]

I knew zeromaster ran other games but this is the first time I have actually seen it, love ya work broseph!!!

[@DasPanoptikum]

A dream comes true, zeromaster playing Heretic. I'm gonna enjoy the heck out of this!

[@_antares031]

*Rippeth and Teareth*

[@JonCurtin]

This game is total nostalgia. What an awesome childhood I had getting to play this game at 6 years old with my brother.

[@grigorsamsa6564]

I didn't even know I wanted to see this, but I 100% do. You absolute legend.

[@garyrayner6330]

Wow! I love this game! Great content :)

[@pbabar1389]

Just finished my finals and this is the best gift to watch a new zero master video

[@btv4120]

It's quite fascinating watching a pro like Zero Master employing the different mechanics (power-ups and their effects) here

[@cparty7790]

Enemies in Heretic seem way more annoying to runs then Doom's enemies do at least, until you get the wings item lol. This was awesome to watch!

[@anton0425]

I don't know this game but I can see that this is Hella impressive and it looks hard and stressful. Good job Zero Master♡

[@BladeTrain3r]

The first game Raven made on the Doom engine. Cheap on Steam, runs on anything more modern than a Pentium Pro (in fact it ran swimmingly well on those), and if you've got a decent source port (gzdoom does the trick) it gets mouselook and all the other bells n whistles you wouldn't have had back in the (early) 90s.

[@zxspectrumv7.157]

What's up, Zero Master, I just caught wind that you did a Heretic Speedrun. Congrats on it and hope you do more of this in the future. =)

[@Jurgenzoon81207]

Good job zero master please continue doing this stuff

[@epicness877]

This might be the coolest doom clone, at least that ive played. This game deserves some more attention

[@Flailfist_Jr]

not a clone but a major improvement & its sequel HeXen is even better , _way_ better (imo)

[@RevenantFTS97]

Now the madman is playing Heretic! That is amazing! You do have some great skills. I mean, you finished E1M1 under 30 secs (never could beat that fast, best time around 40, a bit +, a bit -) and you also know how to keep momentum after stepping into a teleport (for some reason I always trigger it at E1M6 but in other maps I don't manage to perform it) Anyway, congratulations to the master. Would be really cool to see more non-Doom stuff in the future. Greetings

[@Hyacsho]

Man out here just being the absolute. Stellar gameplay dude, wow.

[@stinkbomer]

Never got this far as a kid glad to see it’s done right here

[@devanwoodruff7289]

I thought my life was complete... until now

[@danin900]

Heretic, too? Nice. It's too much to ask, but I'd love to see Zero Master doing the Build engine games.

[@Fernito]

Look for King Mamba on KZbin, he's in my opinion the best duke3D/blood speedrunner out there

[@danin900]

@@Fernito thx, bro.

[@omfgbunder2008]

In before civvie sees this run and has a stroke from how easy you're making it look 🤣

[@CapteinObvious]

I'm hoping to see Hexen next !

[@therealkingofrhye]

He did a Berserker Hexen speedrun 4 years ago, got it in approx 27min. A quick search and you'll find it 😊

[@TheMylittletony]

if Sonic the hedgehog played Heretic. That trickjump at 8.28 really made me laugh. Brilliant.

[@Prompeius]

Heretic!!! You are truly spoling us mate!

[@apocalypticpioneers2116]

Whoa, that's cool as hell that DSDA-Doom supports Heretic now. I remember Dwars saying he wanted to start a Heretic Speed Demos Archive type deal, I bet he's gonna be happy about this

[@robertosciotti5962]

Heretic ! This hit to the feeling so deep on me

[@bluethunder8383]

Nice seeing other fps in you list of speed runs!

[@ThatHomestar]

heretic can be somewhat plodding in places, so it's fun to see it go fast

[@guillermojperea6355]

Very random level design, like Doom...

[@ryanforgo3500]

One of my favorite childhood games of which i had completely forgotten about.

[@humanbeing_]

I see the word "Zero Master" and "9 Hours ago" I CLICK FAST; NO questions asked! _That was 2pm CST for me and I was at work, unfortunately..._ Btw - Your Doom Eternal runs are a beautiful spectacle to behold. Haven't watched DraQu's yet, but I did see Xiae's 1:54:50 yesterday, and I'll be honest: Technically it's faster, but the playing style is much different. Looking forward to you getting the title back and watching more runs.

[@willeatpants7691]

Nice run!

[@Emperor_SPOON]

Watching this makes mme appreciate the level design in Heretic more. There's so many little fun non-secret areas in a given level that aren't necessary for progression but not too many to where it gets confusing. I kinda want to give it another replay, now.

[@user-eg7uo7vx2e]

Yes! The Master is at work!

[@mikenice182]

I don't think people realize how confusing this god damn game is lol kudos zero master

[@andval256]

This brings back memories

[@lancebaylis3169]

The epicness on display here is off the scale. I can't even applaud this enough. On a side note, Heretic's soundtrack is pretty cool eh?

[@LastDollie]

Oooo, Zero Master plays Heretic!

[@lordjzargo7940]

Just finished Heretic for the first time, I'm impressed!

[@Skibbi198]

Best part is, I can see small mistakes that cost like a second at most. I couldn't do any better at all but Zero can and will.

[@skaaa6298]

No way you just play this Love it

[@reltsnie]

blown away by the d'sparil fight, never knew about that secret invincibility ring either

[@TheReal_DoomSlayer]

The king has returned

[@nikomorello1711]

Огромный лайк тебе за спидран игры детства 😍👍🏻

[@BladeTrain3r]

Good stuff, I'd even say excellent stuff :D Heretic was always my favourite of the original Doom engine bunch. Hexen speedrun would certainly be interesting for the sequence breaks... but maybe Quake or a Build game could do it too... Anyway, good run, can see you're not quite as intimately familiar with the maps as Doom but hot damn you still finish episodes in less time than it takes me to do most of the levels.

[@nikitost0p85]

Legend!

[@Danlovar]

You make Doom engine games fall in the legendary bag.

[@themetalcatacombs3790]

My jaw somewhere on the floor. But i'm not going to pull it back, I watch this and i couldn't imagine before how cheaty heretic can be done, if you virtuouso.

[@gregorymifsud5389]

Heretic baby wuuuuuuu used to love and fear this game when i was 12

[@brunovallesmunoz4757]

Epic speedrun

[@Marcinkowski]

Zero Master speed running Heretic? YES PLEASE !!!!!

[@arturom31]

i personally love this game more than Doom. I think is because of the magical theme. It's interesting to see how the use of items plays an important role on the run. That leads me to think that maybe a solo run of a level is slower than running that same level on a full run. i know your name from Karl Jobs channel. keep on making runs of Heretic please :)

[@peterludwig4599]

Insane. Just insane.

[@stefanmoravcik598]

Carrying the Wings of Wrath over to the next level should be considered illegal for this guy :)

[@phaodaimotnguoi-1manfortress]

A surprise for sure,but a welcome one

[@Ra9Kali]

this is just magickal

[@BlueLightningSky]

Holy shit, Heretic finally has a widescreen demo compatible source port.

[@archaicsoul4597]

The only speed runner I watch. 🤘😝

[@tyler_dtm]

Oh, i love old FPS)

[@Cubeface]

Good memories of running this game and getting made fun of by Dime lol, good shit Zeromaster! That wings of wrath glitch changes everything!

[@ZeroMaster]

thanks :)

[@kaczan3]

Let's friggin' go!

[@swaikstan2604]

Hyped for Hexen and Hexen 2.

[@budavargas]

Zero Master: “So there is this book that makes your weapons super awesome for the rest of the map” Random heretic player: “Dude, it lasts only for 40 seconds” Zero Master: “Huh? Really?”

[@The73rdSecret]

Damn that's fast! I sucked at this game when I was younger

[@shemsuhor8763]

Bless you, this is beautiful. Hexen run when? ❤

[@chriswelcome8102]

I'm a few months late but I was just going through the abandonware website when I chanced upon this game. Of course Zero Master is the guy who appeared first when I searched up Heretic speedrun lol

[@juanchol21]

Heretic speedrun pog

[@rabbitcreative]

8:28 That's some Matrix-level shit right there. Wow.

[@thunder____]

Uh oh, here comes Zero Meister to fuck the rankings lmao. Also, I never knew about the Wings of Wrath glitch, that's super cool

[@SandroWalach]

I wonder how this would look from the other side? "Yo, Demon Bob, I'm back from lunch, did I miss anything?" "Well there was this dude who just ran in, killed Pain Pauline and everyone one else in a straight line toward our Master, killing him soon after aswell, our moat bridge wasn't even even able close before he ran out after killing everyone." "Ohhh... So who will pay us now?"

[@dmitrylavrov5708]

31:27 whaat? :D E4 and E5 speedruns are masterpieces

[@vaiyt]

Doom's infamous bar glide, now in heretic

[@HobeyDator]

NEXT UP! Zero Master Will Conquer Doom 3 Nightmare Mode.

[@mibo747]

Jeeez to remember all the maps

[@karmineka]

Too Cool!

[@FR4M3Sharma]

This is the most close I've gotten to playing Heretic or Hexen.