Doom II: Necromantic Thirst - MAP08: Fear of a Blank Planet - Blind Ultra-Violence 100%

[@RoofiDoomChannel]

I've been looking forward to this! Thank you so much for playing NT! A few comments after watching your walkthrough: The BFG and megasphere thing is just a little troll I made when designing the map, but I'm going to take it back because it's currently impossible to get 100% items. On the other hand, the major skip by obtaining the yellow key is totally unintentional. And honestly, I'm thinking of keeping it, as I find it quite amusing that a very curious player should be able to skip the map to such an extent. The shotgunner at 45:40 is very annoying to shoot. I think I will remove it. And of course Porcupine Tree rocks and Xbox is a god to me ! I spent countless hours playing Time Splitters, GTA SA and other games on it when I was kid. As another comment mentioned, I could also have used the “anesthesize” music but the midi conversion of “Fear of a Blank Planet” sounds quite a bit like TNT evilution music for my taste and is suitable for a tech-base as a result.

[@Vytaan]

Thanks for watching and for leaving a comment, I really appreciate it! Great work on the map as well, I'm a fan of big and adventurish maps. Glad to know that the BFG and mega weren't obtainable, I could've seen myself hunting them for way too long if I didn't idclip so soon 😅 The yellow key skip looksreally interesting if people end up doing UV-speed for this map, it'll be fun to see what the quickest route is. Agreed, the MIDI works really well! I have to admit I'm not very familiar with Porcupine Tree but I've been looking up their stuff since this playthrough and I'm glad to have discovered them now :D

[@algebrestellaire]

@ As it is right now, there is even shorter than the yellow key skip (for the UV--speed speedrunners at least)

[@BigPashPlays]

I love the idea of a major skip in a map like this. Most people play to explore or to UVMax anyway so it’s not like they’re “cheating” or anything like that. Bravo on this map Roofi and yes, sick music choice!

[@saiprithvi6730]

Please keep the yellow key skip, I died early to the double mastermind fight and found the yellow key as my first secret on my 2nd attempt, went to the end first and cleared everything using the teleporters, thus making the fights a lot easier (especially the double mastermind fight). This made the map a much different experience entirely compared to what Vytaan went through and adds a lot more variety and replayability to it! :D

[@BigPashPlays]

@ in hindsight I assumed that the secret invul was for the double mastermind fight. Like Vytaan I realised this too late and the invul went to waste. The fact you need the yellow key for it made me wish it was more visible in the early playthrough to make me want to hunt for it urgently

[@Nob1ej0n]

47:05 Bless you! 48:00 That Xbox is beautiful. 🥲 64:15 Thank you for grabbing that last item. Always a pleasure when it reveals hidden secrets the dev left behind. And finally, holy crap, great job not dying again! Another fun looking map! I appreciate the fun door opening animations, the ceiling fans, and the pressure plates throughout the map. And the fights, while tough, never looked impossible. Still very impressive that you made it through blind. Very nice.

[@wispershadow3131]

The amount of detail is crazy in this huge labrith. The exploration is very fun either. This is the map l like most so far in this wad.

[@Mr.Showbiz]

This map was a movie 🍿🔥

[@charliepryor7399]

A brutal map that I can't blame anyone for not enjoying but I feel a lot of love for. I spent a ton of time with this one and it was one of the maps in the set that I found myself returning to for 3rd and 4th playthroughs because I just wanted to search for its secrets. I'm generally not super knowledgeable on wads or anything but NT I'm beginning to feel like I properly understand in some ways. At the very least, this is the first walkthrough where I can properly yell at the screen when I see you almost figure out or walk past secrets lol (that SSG secret is still a bit of an insane choice tho and I admire how you seemed to take it in stride lol)

[@feorg99]

Such a long map I half expected the BRB text or catcam to pop up. Also, you forgot to use the chainsaw, maybe because after remembering it at 47:34 you were distracted by the two paths and then it was already time for the final fights.

[@algebrestellaire]

I'm still watching the video but I can already say it's another great one ! I've been through the whole wad (not on UV), many times and I like watching your blind playthrough with all the differences between our approaches (the biggest being me dying a lot already at that point ;-)) and also similarities (we, for instance, have in common a lot of the questions you were asking to yourself while running through this map). To be honest I thought you would die on the spiderdemons fight, kudos for surviving on blind ! Once again, love your playthrough on this wad (and other ones)

[@algebrestellaire]

Wow, played this map a lot but never thought about this yellow key skip !

[@Vytaan]

Awesome that you played through the entire WAD! I can definitely see why you (and others) thought this map would get me :D Though that accidental facerocket was very close to being my first death 😅

[@BigPashPlays]

This map is the highlight of the megawad for me so far, Roofi knocks it out of the park with visuals and tone. One part that annoyed me is the teleporter at 54:25 to the rocky section led me to getting instantly trapped and beaten to death by the Heck Knight and Baron as I hadn’t explored that area yet and killed them from the other side. That would have SUCKED if I was playing without saves.

[@hebonky]

Definitely my favorite map in E1, I love all the widgets, fans, sliding doors, etc. and the fights are really good.

[@vonhapen1]

Quite a big one, but very fun.. Secret hunting on this one took me a while. Also: Gesundheit @47:07 😁

[@_grisly_]

Didnt use the chainsaw and didnt use the berserk! Just for that I demand another cat video!🤣

[@01ryan10]

Yeah wow. No chainsaw I can understand and forgive. But for the man that loves punching so much, to not use the berserk fist even once....

[@Vytaan]

Double apology incoming 😆

[@peterludwig4599]

Is the beginning of the music a variation of the Halloween theme? Sounds like it. Beside that, man what a brutal and ruthless map. This WAD truly takes no prisoners so far.

[@dreadwanderer]

Superb MIDI, very cool and complicated map. Some of the outside visuals remind me of Bellatrix: Tales of Orionis. That one's made by franckFRAG and sort of occupies a universe of its own, it's very distinctive. Shows how various members of the French Doom community influence each other. Well done, that was very fun to watch.

[@Wus83]

At 47:06 Gesundheit xD

[@Vytaan]

Thank you:p

[@nahraziel]

we need to start a petition to have Editaan adding a timer on megaspheres and super chargers to see how long they last

[@Vytaan]

3 seconds on average 🥲

[@germanb90]

for reference, fear of blank planet is an amazing song and album by porcupine tree, probably one of the best prog rock/metal bands, not sure if you're into that who knows :)

[@kamikaze25281]

Doom and Porcupine Tree, that sounds like a match made in heaven (or hell?)

[@adinocc2042]

That was a lot of fun!

[@thesoulingredient06]

Damn, my shot in the dark was this map because I thought that mastermind fight would've got you, but you played this map very well! Roofi's maps don't come around too often, but when they do, they provide an instantly memorable and adventurous experience. His maps add a ton of value to the WADs they appear in. This was another instant classic for me, and one of the first maps to make me realize that Necromantic Thirst is a different beast entirely. The MIDI is also an incredible choice on Roofi's part.

[@darylcastillo1439]

8th map in and it took over an hour to finish blind. No wonder Necromantic Thirst won the Mordeth award and took so long to complete.

[@asabovesobelow1362]

Porcupine tree mentioned.

[@engrpiman]

I've started this wad after watching. I still get owned by the traps

[@crit-c4637]

18:17 just staring at that obvious secret and... nothing. 🤦

[@yawg691]

I've been level hopping in this wad. Holy SHIT some kill counts are MASSIVE

[@TheRealNormanBates]

25:25 you have to use infighting to get the monsters to do your dirty work for you. 27:00 never mind. 31:39 is that a green switch by the door on the right?

[@Vytaan]

Relying on infighting at 25:25 would 100% get me overwhelmed and killed, as there's simply too many enemies and you need to constantly create space to survive.

[@JuTubeUserNo5]

Revie and maggie in the house 😂

[@alos8965]

one hour and 7 minutes lmao Roofi should've picked anesthesize for the music track xD

[@Vytaan]

And I thought this was going to be one of the longest videos 😅

[@Lunar_Sovereign]

man, i had the invuln and i still died multiple times to that mastermind fight. lol it's a little nuts that if you find the yellow key as soon as it's possible you can skip like half the map. from what i can tell there is no way to get that mega legitimately.

[@two_close]

Hi @Vytaan the playlist is in reverse order for these. can you fix it? thanks!

[@Vytaan]

Thanks for letting me know, no idea why it happened! Fixed :)

[@proosee]

57:34 bro complains about not having rockets next to the big doors but pass by them all the time SMH 😅

[@southpakrules]

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