Master Levels for Doom II - Part 3: MAP11-MAP15 (Fast Ultra-Violence 100%)

Game: Doom II
PWAD: MASTERLEVELS.WAD (Custom)
Difficulty: Ultra-Violence (-fast)
Source port: prboom-plus (-complevel 2)
Pistol start each level.
Fast monsters.
All kills and secrets.
No saves.
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Master Levels for Doom II MIDI Pack:
• Master Levels for Doom...
Doom II Minor Sprite Fixing Project:
www.doomworld.com/idgames/gra...
00:00 Intro
00:10 MAP11: Trapped On Titan
21:06 MAP12: Virgil's Lead
27:45 MAP13: Minos' Judgment
40:54 MAP14: Bloodsea Keep
51:46 MAP15: Mephisto's Maosoleum

[@decino]

Master Levels MIDI Pack is now on Bandcamp. Today (Feb 5th) is Bandcamp Friday, so 100% of the revenue goes to 🅱️eter if you decide to purchase it: megasphere.bandcamp.com/album/master-levels-for-doom-ii-25th-anniversary-midi-pack

[@davidchez513]

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[@Dondlo46]

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[@trafficconememes331]

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[@decino]

1,000,000 years old.

[@decino]

Wow I'm getting cyberbullied for no reason.

[@makhauser42]

"Don't shoot rockets on the raising elevator". Ah, classic Icon of Sin propaganda

[@JoeyJoJoJoestarJuniorShabadoo]

Real men wait for the elevator to stop, then rocket jump into the brain and punch John Romero to death.

[@mjc0961]

@@JoeyJoJoJoestarJuniorShabadoo Real men wait for the elevator to stop, then Arch-vile jump towards the brain, dying in the process so their height is set to 0, allowing them to fly through the brain and letting more Arch-vile zaps kill Jimmy Romeo.

[@jehovasabettor9080]

See? Before Sunlust each Archvile was special for decino. Now he just kills them and forgets he even met them. That heartless bastard

[@AlexeiVoronin]

I knew it! Violent games desensitize people and make them evil :O

[@ream3194]

This entire level pack in a nutshell: "There's a switch here. I don't know what it does but i'm gonna press it"

[@umbaupause]

They all probably solve 1/6th of the puzzle in some random Hexen map.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

@@umbaupause At least Hexen has the courtesy of telling you the switch solves part of the main puzzle.

[@umbaupause]

@@DinnerForkTongue Yeah, that much is definitely true.

[@SuperLlama42]

"Are there any other archviles? I don't remember." The other MAP11 archvile from not even 10 minutes ago: *sad warbling noises*

[@mjc0961]

I appreciate so much that the MIDI for Mephisto's Maosoleum is called "Icon of put this map in the Bin"

[@jorts_master69]

To think that Mephisto's Maosoleum made it into the pack while a handful of probably better levels were rejected

[@popeyboy5108]

"is there any health here?... Oh there's a mancubus" This is the content I subscribe for.

[@zirtonic]

6 of one, half a dozen of the other

[@ZeroMH]

decino: fights an Archie at 9:18 Also decino at 16:52, still at the same map: the only Arch-vile in the fricking game

[@paulhealey8933]

Yep the earlier one was on the red key.

[@asabovesobelow1362]

Going senile already pepehands.

[@TheSurrealBoye]

I mean, he only recently got through Sunlust and is playing Plutonia 2 in the meantime. Compared to those, this mapset has a really apparent AV shortage.

[@vidmasterK1]

@@TheSurrealBoye well it is nice to have maps that don't rely on an army of Arch-Viles to make things challenging. Quality over quantity.

[@darriusdavis35]

26:10 Decino: “Do I have rockets?” Blasts a single imp Decino: “Okay, that was a bit excessive”

[@Destro65]

decino*

[@user-it4nl5tj3y]

ducino*

[@mja2317]

I'll say this for Jim Flynn's maps. His skybox is really nice. Something about the night sky full of stars really gels with Doom maps.

[@i3looi2]

How to make an impossible to win map for Decino, even at ez difficulty: Step 1: Remove all monsters from map. Step 2: place the end-room in front of decino. Step 3: place chainsaws in front of the end-switch.

[@WOOD5_for_life]

Ok there we go, an impossible map: drive.google.com/file/d/1A9FL_V6RLvhqFO3DSH8lxVEjPPqyIrT8/view?usp=drivesdk

[@eduardodiaz9942]

It seems that the late Dr. Sleep also liked his Divine Comedy references in the map titles. For those not familiar with it, Virgil was Dante's guide through hell and purgatory, and Minos was the judge that determined to which circle of hell damned souls were sent. Later Master Levels by him include Geryon, who was the monster that transported Dante and Virgil to the 8th circle, and Nessus, which was the leader of the centaurs that used the damned in the 7th circle as target practice.

[@esmerylan]

IIRC, all of these levels (along with his contribution to Thy Flesh Consumed) were originally planned as part of an episode themed around the Divine Comedy, though it was never completed (a few other levels were released individually).

[@Shrek_es_mi_pastor]

To be divine it isn't that funny, really.

[@spase667]

The art style of Trapped on Titan is so quaint and nostalgic. You can tell just looking at it that it's a 94 or 95 map. You can really feel the creativity of the mapmakers in these weirder levels though. Why do something so mundane as a collection of rooms and doors when you can open up sections of wall, have pillars rising and falling, make multi-level nested cylinder rooms, and have switches change the level geometry in completely unexpected ways. It's like all the nonsensical and convoluted architecture is in the service of playing around with the idea of moving around in a 3D space, like every little detail of the map has to explore the newness of what the DOOM engine was capable of. Details like how moving backward in the starting area causes the floor to drop underneath you, revealing chaingunners and an entirely new section of the map. That would have blown my mind as a kid in the 90s.

[@januszkomin3490]

I think Peter captured that nostalgic feeling well in the MIDI for this map

[@HeussG09]

"Welcome To The Salty Spitoon. How Tough Are Ya?" Decino: 'I shoot rockets' "yeah? so?" Decino: 'At Pain Elementals' "Right this way!"

[@rockid7970]

Am I the only one who finds Arachnotron's death animation and sound really satisfying? I don't wanna sound like psycho but the view of it's brain popping with that mechanical sound effect is like very rewarding to me

[@larsalfredhenrikstahlin8012]

I was wondering if I was the only one today during an earlier vid i watched and thought nah It's so god damn crunchy It's probably common to like it. Hour later find this comment

[@expressnumber-5049]

23:50 Decino subtly avoids a chainsaw while paying respects to a man who’s passed away and complementing his mapmaking skills. The aversion runs *deep*

[@yumheart3835]

The name of map 15's track is just wonderful. "Icon Of put this map in the bin"

[@CosmicStargoat]

You have by far the best Doom channel on KZbin. All respect to BigMacDavis, Altimamantoid, ZeroMaster and all the others. The perfect balance of voice, content, editing, humility and game skill. Those Doom fans in America, and all over the world appreciate it. I have been playing Doom since 1993 and am as old as dirt, but play almost every day. Doom, and killing Imps is a very useful and distracting diversion from the pandemic isolation. Never, ever stop. Again, We appreciate it.

[@ClassicDOOM]

Totally agree. Well said.

[@muricaneagle666]

8:30 Reminds me of that room in Cultist Base in DOOM Eternal where you open cages to reveal enemies.

[@JustinQuinn623]

100 emoji

[@larko2281]

26:05 "Do I have rockets? Yes I Do!" *proceeds to make a single imp unrecognisable*

[@joeilya]

An hour of Decino and Master Levels, fuck yeah!

[@Destro65]

decino*

[@megalyth6322]

@@Destro65 *ducino

[@juanignaciomoreno5988]

Mephisto's Mausoleum. The bane of my existence.

[@dudunikolaishvili8096]

Ya can't say that these levels don't have some character in em

[@jayroksel]

1 hour of the master levels. real hell.

[@jonathanruiz3597]

Omg I remember this level lmao, I watched big Mac Davis guides

[@psionski]

The year is 2050, decino has finished all DooM content worth playing, and is currently uploading runs of random WADs from late 90’s shovelware CDs... “D!Zone when decino?”

[@popeyboy5108]

32:56 Decino takes a shotgun blast to the face. Also Decino: "yes".

[@kimidanger1150]

you avoid that chainsaw like I am avoiding doing actual work today, thanks for the distraction!

[@audiosurfarchive]

Dude holy shit Peter, this OST fucking slaps. You need to be behind a megaWAD that is entirely lo-fi/tripwave/phonk/trap/moombahcore/juke _or other nebulously dope hip-hop influence_ because goddamn. I cant think of any WAD thats both *definitively & completely* hip-hop driven; OST..

[@theshep]

also that rev that shot three times and caught three lost souls, RICH.

[@snah64]

Oh man I'm in love with map11's music

[@osbert]

same! and the midi track is called "wank city" lol

[@kidshapeshifter8507]

Leadhead, Civvie 11, That Trav Guy, and now Decino all posting on one day. Christmas has come early!!!!

[@theumashablepotato5349]

Wait civvie posted

[@kingkuma4112]

Who's deadhead? Name doesn't ring a bell.

[@kidshapeshifter8507]

@@kingkuma4112 they' maker video essays on video games with the goal of proving that video games aren't toys. Once she made a postal 2 video so I guess he knows that yeah, sometimes games are just stupid.

[@kingkuma4112]

@@kidshapeshifter8507 That said, stupid games can still be lots of fun, a lot of fallout is absolutely bonkers and it's wonderful.

[@iguana9173]

I just got home from work and this video is here while I’m having lunch.

[@MrFairhill]

Map 12 is also featured in Final Doom on PlayStation, there it's just called Virgil. It's following Attack, the first level. Map 13 is also in the PS port of Final Doom. No Arch-Viles in either of the maps.

[@rokaiking666ai]

I was making some popcorn to watch a movie but guess the movie will have to wait. Great timing decino.

[@iguana9173]

That happened to me too.

[@rokaiking666ai]

@@iguana9173 let's us enjoy my friend

[@CookedCrest]

i kinda love the architecture of map11. it's just strange enough to keep you interested throughout your playthrough, and peter's music for this map really accentuates that.

[@MajdFreiji]

20:04: "He cannot do much; he's stationary." The cyberdemons in Swim with the Whales: are we a joke to you?

[@peterludwig4599]

Trapped on Titan is a good map. The level design is interesting. It is vertical instead of straight forwards with some good fights. Definitely one map you should play. Virgils Lead was a nice map, it was straight forward with some good ideas. This map would be a good opener. Minos Judgement is another nice map. It is a little long with intense fights and some nasty surprises. That makes three playable maps in one round. Bloodsea Keep is awesome. I like storming a castle, but here the difficulty is deathly. I like exploring the castle and the prison below. Dont see why you hate that section, but at least you liked the throne room. Mephistos Mausoleum. Oh boy. This map gives you hell. But you survived just fine, like always. This map doesn't joke around. Only play it when you have experience.

[@Destroyah5000]

That one arena on Trapped on Titan with the Archvile and all the pillars I found myself going in to a real DOOM 2016 "push-forward" kind of frenzy, somehow without dying, and it was one of my favorite moments of the WAD. Also I feel like it inspired the room after you get the Super Shotgun in Eternal.

[@steveskipper6473]

The person who thought it would be a good idea mixing DOOM with Sonic the Hedgehog music was a genius.

[@alexandergronvall4036]

Anyone else feel comfy and find it easier to go to sleep when watching these vids? Ofc i mean it in the best possible way.

[@astromancer]

"Locrian Trap MIDI" has to be the best track name ever.

[@THEGRUMPTRUCK]

Great job. It's been a heck of a ride watching this and Plutonia 2.

[@Olek54321]

DJ Peter did great job with that MIDI pack!! But your track Prowling through the fog is a freakin' masterpiece, banging my head for a while now :D Maybe you should collab and you'll get gold record someday? =D Then concert tour through Europe or something? :D Make some nooooise for DJ Decino and DJ Peter

[@bendzam.6068]

Trapped on titan was first map from the master levels, that truly felt like a master level in terms of combat for me , I really liked it. Also I never fell from the tiny stairs XD

[@naryanr]

64 minutes!?? Awesome!

[@hulkofcake6411]

Thanks decino for uploading a feature length film for us all to enjoy

[@x1teDota]

44:44 genuinely a spooky teleport

[@jonascarrillo8699]

OMG. I am just playing the master levels for the firs time, and I´m stuck in map 15 and I was looking for your video just yesterday because I could´t figure it out but I found none. ...the universe works in weird ways I guess. Thanks for our vid Decino. I enjoy them so much, your style is so charming. :)

[@jonascarrillo8699]

UPDATE: I just finished the last 5 maps and oh F, they are soo tedious. They are not a challenge to your skill, but a challenge to your patience. Definitely never playing The master levels again. Im getting started wth Hell Revealed.

[@chaoscommandant]

Map 11 - Yellow Key Area: "Oh there's an archvile.. i forget about you... the only archvile in the game and i forget about you" Archvile at the red Key: Am i a joke to you?

[@xX_Lol6_Xx]

Greetings everyone and welcome to my 100% playthrough of Bullying the chainsaw on UV and fast monsters enabled

[@T-West]

I wonder if the people who put all of the Chainsaws in these levels ever actually used the Chainsaws themselves.

[@Keldor314]

Chainsaws are nice if you're not playing with fast monsters! Though they don't scale well to the tough enemies found in contemporary wads, sadly.

[@majungasaurusaaaa]

@@Keldor314 You can still saw pinkies on fast monsters if you backpedal while maintaining saw on flesh contact. The chainsaw outranges the pinky's bite. But you better have room to do so. Against a lone one it's an ok way to save ammo without beserk. Against a herd of them it's suicide.

[@clinteastwood6875]

That Trapped on Titan MIDI slaps like there is no tomorrow!

[@SpacialKatana]

Random comment looking for decino's blessing ;) Oh, and I am just adding the finishing touches to my first map in twenty years and I used that grey texture in one of the rooms !!

[@RevolverRez]

That room at 9:00 reminds me of that one section of the Cultist Base in Doom Eternal. Where you have to open what basically amount to monster lootboxes and fight off whatever is inside each one to progress.

[@creamyicecat450]

Friccin love the MIDI

[@wojciechszmyt3360]

41:36 pinkies are being a bit weird today 🤣🤣 Cracks me up completely

[@XzMondayNightzX]

I think the thing I hate most about these levels are the drab color pallets. They didn't even mark the doors.

[@Chozo_Ghost]

"Any other Archvile's? I don't remember" Archvile earlier in the same map: "What am I, chopped liver?"

[@fluffydestroyer8336]

holy shit the music on that first one is insane

[@ultrak0w]

The new MIDIs indeed make this a different experience...

[@voidwalker3591]

Interestingly, Cultist Base from Doom Eternal had a section similar to 8:45 from Trapped on Titan.

[@PeterLawrenceYT]

That's something I noticed as well. It's probably coincidence.

[@expressnumber-5049]

@@PeterLawrenceYT great music beter

[@Robomorons]

47:50 Punch corpse, receive freedom. 10/10 map design.

[@anew742]

The prison area at 47:15 would be way more interesting if all the cell doors suddenly opened as soon as you got close

[@musthavechannel5262]

Thanks for another great video. Map 11 was very nice. One request though, I know it must have to do with video length and your overall interest with the level, but it is very easy to lose track of things when you play so damn fast :D

[@AllBogs]

Digging the music for maps 13 and 14!

[@Ashachi]

The perfect video to watch when I am eating

[@Ben_of_Langley]

Sweet I needed this nothing cheers me up more than watching a fellow slayer ruin the day of demon kind lol. Cheers for the decino

[@TheLazyD1]

The Bob Ross of Doom commentary

[@felynecomrade]

I feel like BigMacDavis has a better claim to that title.

[@Xeo_1999]

nothing like finishing my last IT exam and seeing decino upload while im on yt to unwind, lesgo

[@WaterCrane]

23:15 - I don't know... what did I grab? He asks as the message says "You got the Rocket Launcher!" clear as day!

[@nemesis7375]

I giggled about the textures comment. On another game for building assets I have several Doom n' Quake textures. Have used that gray smudge texture for like the outside of skyboxes lmfao

[@ArchRevival]

I love the city area on Map 11.

[@zhane9islame61]

Now that's a lot of Doom, it probably was HELL to get through

[@Robert_G101]

You beat Mephistos Mausoleum, you absolute madman!

[@digitalmalebolge]

Trapped on Titan feels so nostalgic even though I never played it, especially the city part. Almost brings me back to the times of playing CS 1.6 with wacky, mediocre but fun maps on the public servers

[@jimshllim8694]

Yes glad to see some decino just finished playing the archvile labyrinth from the Plutonia experiment and could use some calm gamin.

[@nnnmmm2401]

Just in time 👍

[@ger128]

41:44 pinky went crazy from being locked in that monster closet since 1995

[@pastrami8297]

greetings decino hope your having a good weekend

[@Zinfidel1]

I've been playing the Doom 1 & 2 console ports. My goal is to play all of the released map packs. Didn't realize Master Levels was included with Doom 2 (which I never played) so I started playing on Ultra Violence a few days ago. Today, _finally_ finished Mephisto's Masoleum. Holy shite that level kicked my ass! That last invulnerability sphere would have helped! Though that part was mild compared to the inside section. Probably spent 45 - 60 minutes on it. x_x

[@creamyicecat450]

decino: *only takes 20-10 minutes on 1 level/map* Me: *takes 1hr and 30 minutes on a Doom 2 level*

[@westonhogan1672]

In map 11 the intended way to deal with the cyber demon (and the barons): behind that platform there are stairs down to a switch that turns on a crusher.

[@Seanana_]

Greetings everyone

[@shiki8437]

Not sure why but always make me laugh while see decino trying to not pickup the C word

[@gh0stlich299]

I find it very satisfying to hear decino call maps boring and dumb and then get instant karma'd by the map retaliating back by hiding monsters so he takes more time to finish.

[@jb_lofi]

... Ugh, alright, FINE I'll try to play the master levels. Especially if I can get that awesome midi pack working.

[@SinCity2100]

Mephisto's Maosoleum... ThE BeSt MaP EvAaRrRr!!

[@stephengorin5131]

"You're gonna be fine, just fine."

[@btf_flotsam478]

Good work fighting the Hellknights with Partial Invisibility without getting hit.

[@WaterCrane]

Dr. Sleep, may he rest in peace - I couldn't tell initially if he's actually dead or the fact that his name is Dr. Sleep.

[@MaxScooterfan]

23:07 damn i'm stuck at this place. Thank you!

[@Hyperio606]

amazing

[@PICKLESIEMER]

the soundtrack really captures the feel of hell

[@ExSpectre]

“Deal with more barons!” I didn’t realize you were playing Hell Revealed again.

[@ivanalejandrocarbajal217]

Hi Decino, your videos are amazing and your "Greetings everyone" is the best intro ever jajaja I have just one question for you, There will be some chance of you doing a Horde mode gameplay from the mod of Doom Eternal? My best wishes from Mexico for you!

[@decino]

Not planning to. Got tired of Doom Eternal.

[@ivanalejandrocarbajal217]

@@decino it's understandable! Doom 2 still has a lot of content ahead of it, thanks for the uploaded video! there is much to enjoy!

[@respectfulremastersbymetal8336]

Your definition of 'wacky' varies greatly from mine. Lol.

[@mortrixs1936]

Weird you find Dr Sleep's maps boring. I think those are among the best maps in the set. Gotta give the man credit because no one knew what the fuck they were doing in 1995 and he pulled out some interesing and good levels.

[@theshep]

Severe amnesia if you forget all but the level 5 archie.

[@theshep]

Realized this comment doesn't quite work when this isn't the HR2 playthrough. I'm watching that at the same time now.

[@expressnumber-5049]

46:18 Decino’s narration is me when I see my dog