Hello again fellow Doomers, welcome back to another playthrough. It’s time for quite a hefty commitment from me – a full megawad. Not just any megawad, but an expansive remaster of Realm of Chaos; a mid-1996 creation by The Macintosh Team (TMT) which was kind of sidelined and forgotten at that time. Spearheaded by Cammy, this updated and modernized version of RoC gives some much-needed love to the ancient megawad through “fresh new lighting, clearer progression, improved visuals, and beefier action. It comes pre-packaged with the custom sprites that were relegated to a side-wad in the original, and is scored by an all-new bespoke soundtrack”. Best of all, it’s 100% vanilla-compatible. That’s an excellent pitch, so let’s see how that facelifted old-school action fares!
Basic info
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IWAD: doom2.wad
Difficulty: Ultra-Violence (pistol start)
Map authors: Clint Sago & Rob Berkowitz (aka DocBob)
Music: “Command No Control” by Cammy
Port: DSDA-Doom 0.27.5
Compatibility level: 2 (Vanilla)
QoL mods: Colored Blood, Ultrawide Statusbar (included in WAD pack)
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Additional notes
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Whoa, tough crowd. It’s amazing how this brute force approach of simply throwing monsters directly at your face can raise the pulse and offer you that good old adrenaline rush, there’s something very primal about that. Granted, it only works at the beginning because we finally get our hands on that perennial workhorse of Doom II – the super shotgun. Post-SSG, the map transitions into a run-of-the-mill but still fun blasting session where you’ll encounter a couple of interesting ambushes like that pig + spider sandwich just before the red key grab, or the mildly shocking pinkie + HK + pain elemental trap in the exit corridor. The aesthetic identity is a bit all over the place but I don’t necessarily mind, the visuals are serviceable. Last but not least, Cammy goes slightly dark and mysterious with the jazzy “Command No Control”, providing a cool contrast to the first two chirpy tracks.
Secret 1: 0:52
Secret 2: 1:15
Secret 3: 3:09
Links
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WAD:
https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/125508-realm-of-chaos-25th-anniv-edition-now-on-idgames/
QoL mods:
Colored Blood:
https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/118074-dsda-doom-source-port-v0243/?page=16
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