Doom II: 25 Years on Earth - One Year Late Edition Release!

Thanks for the feedback dmdr - MAP04 is intended to be MAP16 in the final release, so the spike in difficulty was more just a case of the maps I put together! I'll take a note of your pros and cons and see what I can incorporate once I've got a range of views.

Woah awesome! Checking this out for sure.

Thanks dmdr! Looks like you're making rapid progress, which is nice to hear.

Good luck with your play through, MegaPancakeStrategist and thanks for checking it out!

Hey just stopping by to say I finally beat this! Good maps! I don't could give you a more in-depth analysis though since I played it with the new Treasure Tech gameplay mod (and that I was playing it on and off since you've released this final full edition). It worked fine except I never found the mod's equivalent of the BFG so that was a bummer. Not sure if me not knowing how to hit the final switch in MAP30 had anything to do with the mod either but I killed everything anyway to I noclipped to it. Cheers!

I was streaming the megawad, and the midis in the first two maps do not set off a good first impression, they sound like something I put in my old maps, the trumpet vocals sound terrible in particular, same goes to MAP16's.
MAP17 has an infinitely tall difficulty spike, like all of the sudden it turns into Sunlust or something, it put me off so much after the easy-going that was the first half of the megawad; that I stopped playing.
MAP15 should have another way out after going through the closing door trap, so that backtracking players won't have to wait it out when exploring.

The good far outweighs the bad though, don't get me wrong, I actually find some of them inspiring me TBH.
My top 3 maps so far:
MAP05 - The setting, the encounters, the puzzles, the colour scheme, it all just clicked harmonically, a map to be proud of.
MAP07 - Oppressive, atmospheric and well designed encounters. Class act.
MAP11 - This felt like a classic deathmatch map, with the brick+grass theme and the big hub of fire and blood. Loved the verticality as well.

Honourable mentions go to the secret maps for their theme and gimmick respectively.

Karaoke midis don't have vocal trumpets though, without the trumpets it would sound a lot better, as they're my only gripe.
About MAP15, I mean you should open a free way to get out that doesn't close down when the lockdown area is already clear.

I will continue streaming the mapset today, that insane fight is way out of place, I was too used for the easyness, that I couldn't beat it even with BFG from MAP32, it was a good reminder to take a break.

EDIT : I'll be streaming in an hour.
EDIT2: NVM, it'll be tomorrow.

I had seen that review a week or so ago (with some English translation help), it was very well written! I also have a full playthrough of this wad on my YouTube channel, with commentary:

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTK5UMTFDo8_0nMGm99hnPQm2QQTS0xuO

Thanks for this! I'm assuming the quality of writing was lost somewhat in the translation from Czech, but I enjoyed reading through anyway. I'm yet to get round to doing the fixed release, so thanks for pointing out the progression breaking bug on MAP15!

I'm playing through this now, currently on Map 05. Blows me away that you have a midi version of Achilles Last Stand, fucking cool!

I'm at Map 17 now. Some really creative ideas on display here! The secret exit in Map 15 was very hard to work out, but not so hard that I felt it should be changed. And it was a cool way to approach the puzzle too. Maps 31 and 32 were both great in different ways. Your monster placement on Map 32 was impeccable; just enough monsters to make it super hard but not enough that they ruined things by infighting too much. Tough map, but very beatable. Map 16 showcased some neat ideas also! Looks like the difficulty is really ramping up on these later maps. Looking forward to the rest!

Just wanted to stop back in and say that I finished this a few days ago, and it really was excellent! I think you walked the line perfectly between modern attention to detail and old school charm. I also wanted to say how great it was that you endeavored to use every linedef action at least once. I'm honestly a bit jealous that I didn't think of that myself. I think it really forced you to come up with some creative encounters and just show more ingenuity in general throughout the 32 levels. The difficulty progression was also more or less spot on, and at no point did I feel like I was in a cheap or annoying situation. Your secrets were also rather clever, and I never did end up figuring out how to unlock the rest of "The Armoury".

Overall, one of the best megawads I've ever played, and all the more impressive that it was all designed by one person.