Decide to make a mirror of my long going topic from Doomworld, which also can be count as vice-versa one, I guess.
Statistics at 19.09.24:
Wads reviewed: 201 = 196 + Master Levels for Doom II (1) + 4 LBR specified, 2 of them in separate topic. See below.
Wads recorded: 130 = 126 + 4 LBR specified.
From them 3 TC's (doesn't have separate number): Mayhem Mansion (2013 / 2023), Nerves of Steel (2015 / 2017), IronTusk's Diablo 3D (2018 / 2022).
Maps recorded: 50 = 43 (Doom) + 6 (Heretic) + 1 (Hexen).
Gameplay mods reviewed / checked: 12.
Links tree:
Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@UnknDoomer/videos
Discord channel (EN/RU) - https://discord.gg/cq7H93jHFn Currently empty, but there are plans to gradually develop it.
Patreon for support - https://www.patreon.com/UnknDoomer/ (check first two tiers if you are interested in new videos only).
Doomworld topic (EN, mirror) - viewtopic.php?p=1233811
Original topic (RU) - https://www.old-games.ru/forum/threads/ ... ods.93420/
IDDQD topic (RU, mirror) - http://i.iddqd.ru/viewtopic.php?p=131622
Longplays By Requests (LBR) - https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/1 ... uests-lbr/
Additional links:
Doomworld Community Console (Doom 64 / PSX / ...) WADs List (EN) - https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/1 ... wads-list/
Doomworld Community Heretic / Hexen Top WADs of All Time (EN) - https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/1 ... -all-time/
Doomworld Community Top Hardest WADs of All Time (EN) - https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/1 ... -all-time/
List of the best and exotic TC based on DOOM I/II (RU) - https://www.old-games.ru/forum/threads/ ... -ii.93415/
Doom (1993) and other early shooters (up to and including 1996). Interesting facts. (RU) - https://www.old-games.ru/forum/threads/ ... kty.93421/
Other old shooters:
Duke Nukem 3D + add-ons + EDuke32 (source-port) (RU) - https://www.old-games.ru/forum/threads/ ... rt.108796/
Hexen II + Portal of Praevus + FTEQW (source-port) / Heretic II (RU) - https://www.old-games.ru/forum/threads/ ... ii.107160/
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold + Planet Strike + BStone (source-port) (RU) - https://www.old-games.ru/forum/threads/ ... rt.108712/
Mortal Coil: Adrenalin Intelligence (RU) - https://www.old-games.ru/forum/threads/ ... ce.110826/
Articles and interviews:
Doom. Part 1. Top 25 wads that didn't get a Cacowards award - (RU) https://habr.com/ru/articles/660443/
Doom. Part 2. In search of unknown Kadath or magical realism, surrealism and strange dreams. 8 unusual wads (RU) - https://habr.com/ru/articles/808659/
Doom. Part 3. The living nightmare. 64 and PSX. 12 completely different wads (RU) - https://habr.com/ru/articles/812467/
Doom. Part 4. Technical limitations as a stimulus for creative potential on the example of 12 wads (RU) - https://habr.com/ru/articles/819065/
Doom. Part 5. Not only Doom. Gothic, gloomy cities, dark fantasy. 2 modifications and 12 wads for Heretic / Hexen (RU) - https://habr.com/ru/articles/821003/
Going through the backlog. Part 4. 5+1 forgotten B-shooters. 1993-1996 (RU) - https://habr.com/ru/articles/805965/
Back to the past. Part 3. Interview with Ken Silverman, creator of Build. From technical details and Duke Nukem 3D to Ion Fury. (EN) - https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/1 ... -ion-fury/
Back to the past. Part 4.1. id Software. Interview with Sandy Petersen. From Doom to Age of Empires. (EN) - https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/1 ... f-empires/
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Original intro.
It's about ~ 2 years passed since I've started to writing some short notes / reviews about different wads, not only sticked to Doom I / II, but also Heretic, Hexen and 64. Initially it was just an a sort of part activity of other activities them I'm doing for about past ~ 10 years on well known placement in CIS that stick to old titles in overall.
The topic is gradually growing in length, around 66+ different wads been covered (as well as many other notes been made) by current moment and, after watching for a while some of the decino's, pagb's and few others videos, as well noticing topics from Endless (1, 2), Not Jabba's Not the Cacowards, ONEMANDOOM, I came to idea that, perhaps, I might add a bit of content on the top of it as well in a longplay format. Some of the reviewed one often had no analogues on my native language and, sometimes, if talk about mostly Heretic & Hexen niche, might be not much covered on english as well.
Q. Where to find your reviews on english?
A. Not all of my reviews were translated on english, but few of them are available in the wad topics. Usual format is short and contain short description, pros and contras, as well some useful hints, especially in case how to find secret levels. From the current point I will try to continue to put all of them in this topic.
Q. When video recording been started specifically?
A. At wad review #66.
Q. Walkthrough conditions.
A. Usually I'm using latest version of the GzDoom, always, no matter how hard wad is, UV difficulty, and, sometimes, some additional mods (at first used regularly, recently not so often) - Complex Doom, Heretical Doom, Walpurgis, Corruption Cards. I'm not stick to pistol start, save / load as many as required to not make things tough with no reason, don't care much about 100% everything nowadays, but usually trying to find all secret levels. Basically I'm playing for fun & challenge, not challenge only, so this act as basic aspect for conditions I've set. I'm also going through all the recorded wads for the first time, so basically in most cases there are no "polished" gameplay will be - things are how they might be for the any random, but well experienced player.
Here the current translated list:
1. Quest for Crystal Skulls {2020} {Heretic}
2. TNT: Revilution {2017} {Doom II} {Complex Doom}
3. Plutonia 2 {2008} {The Plutonia Experiment} {Complex Doom}
4. Going Down {2014} {Doom II} {Complex Doom}
6. Doom Zero {2019} {Doom II}
7. Valiant: Vaccinated Edition {2015} {Doom II} {Complex Doom}
8. Call of the Apostate {2011} {Heretic} {Heretical Doom}
9.1. Faithless {2019} {Heretic} {Heretical Doom}. Heretic Doom was a bad pick in this specific case due a fact of a low compatibility. Later wad became a part of trilogy that currently remain in the beta stage. So. Planning to back to it later for another try.
11. The Unmaking + The Lost Levels {2021} {64; EX version}
12. Unbeliever {2019} {Heretic} {Heretical Doom}
13. Eviternity {2018} {Doom II}
15. NaNoHexen 2019 {2019} {Hexen} {Walpurgis}
16. No End in Sight {2016 / 2019} {The Ultimate Doom} {Complex Doom}
17. Deathless {2018} {The Ultimate Doom} {Complex Doom}
19. Double Impact {2011} {The Ultimate Doom} {Complex Doom}
20. BTSX EP1 (2012) {Doom II} {Complex Doom}
21. BTSX EP2 (2014) {Doom II} {Complex Doom}
22. Rainy Days In Casablanca {2021} {Doom II}
23. The Wayfarer {2019 / 2020} {Heretic}
24. UAC Ultra {2010} {Doom II}
25. DBP25: Dead, But Dreaming {2020} {Doom II}
26. Fear and Loathing {2020} {Doom II}
Q. Why the theme called "corner of ultra silence"?
A. "Ultra" because of difficulty level. "Silence" because there is enough noise around there nowadays. So in order to somewhat go abstract from it for a bit, not in case of Doom related content as well, my videos contain mostly only pure gameplay without any commentaries, external music, pop-ups and the like type of things.