Doom II: Hell on Earth - Nightmare! Speedrun in 21:01

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Published 2023-01-05
Runner: Zero-Master
Date: 2023-01-04
IWAD: Doom2.wad
Category: NM-Speed
Map: 1-30
Source Port: DSDA-Doom v0.25.2
Time: 21:01

Level - Level Name | Time | Diff | :)
Map 01 - Entryway | 0:06.29 | 00.00 | :)
Map 02 - Underhalls | 0:39.09 | -00:05 | :)
Map 03 - The Gantlet | 0:36.91 | 00.00 | :(
Map 04 - The Focus | 0:32.86 | -00:05 | :)
Map 05 - The Waste Tunnels | 0:32.29 | 00:01 | :)
Map 06 - The Crusher | 0:55.20 | -00:03 | :)
Map 07 - Dead Simple | 0:18.46 | -00:01 | :)
Map 08 - Tricks and Traps | 0:32.20 | 00:05 | :((
Map 09 - The Pit | 0:55.74 | -00:05 | :)
Map 10 - Refueling Base | 0:37.80 | 00.00 | :)
Map 11 - Circle of Death | 0:35.80 | 00.00 | :)
Map 12 - The Factory | 0:55.94 | 00:04 | :(
Map 13 - Downtown | 1:08.06 | -00:03 | :)
Map 14 - The Inmost Dens | 0:20.94 | -00:02 | :)
Map 15 - Industrial Zone | 0:32.63 | -00:02 | :)
Map 31 - Wolfenstein | 0:34.57 | -00:01 | :)
Map 16 - Suburbs | 0:17.29 | 00.00 | :)
Map 17 - Tenements | 1:19.11 | 00.00 | :(
Map 18 - The Courtyard | 0:25.77 | -00:01 | :|
Map 19 - The Citadel | 0:44.94 | -00:08 | :)
Map 20 - Gotcha! | 0:37.80 | 00.00 | :)
Map 21 - Nirvana | 0:20.46 | -00:01 | :)
Map 22 - The Catacombs | 0:36.66 | -00:01 | :|
Map 23 - Barrels o' Fun | 0:46.86 | -00:04 | :)
Map 24 - The Chasm | 0:41.80 | 00.00 | :)
Map 25 - Bloodfalls | 0:57.80 | 00:01 | :(
Map 26 - The Abandoned Mines | 0:39.97 | -00:01 | :|
Map 27 - Monster Condo | 0:44.09 | 00:17 | :(((
Map 28 - The Spirit World | 0:54.37 | 00:03 | :(
Map 29 - The Living End | 1:34.86 | -00:11 | :))
Map 30 - Icon of Sin | 0:42.74 | 00:10 | :((

Description:
13 seconds faster than my previous 21m14s record set on 2018-03-15.

Last time I did doom2 nightmare I wrote that I might do this again in 5 years, 4.75 years is close enough.

I'll be lowering this record further this year.

Map comments:
Map 02: new glide setup makes this map a lot easier and faster.
Map 03: got blocked too much by the spectres
Map 08: uv difficulty muscle memory kicking in, didn't fire to wake up the barons earlier so I lost a lot of time to getting blocked there.
Map 10: fence clip now used
Map 12: took too much damage so I had to slow down a bit in the cacodemon room
Map 17: I had different settings than when I practice so I was very lucky to open up the yellow key bars as my visual que was gone.
Map 22: failed the jump at the end there, happens every time though.
Map 25: a bit low of cells
Map 27: missed the second BFG which was supposed to hit the hell knight, so I didn't want to let the hell knight have the last hit on the arch-vile as the vile would take too long to kill the hell knight. So I went to check if he was infighting and I got lucky as he had to have been hit by a lost soul after I left. Unfortunately I then got quite unlucky afterwards by having the vile bump the door twice without opening it. The vile then bounced off of the alive hell knight to open it eventually. I just ignored the lost soul here as I didn't want to fire so I could hear the door open.
Map 28: really made a mess out of that switch.
Map 30: everything was line up perfectly here, unfortunately I was too focused on hitting the first rocket timing that I kind of forgot about the 3rd rocket and went a couple of frames too early. Should have just gone with the old setup which is to lower the lift and then fire the rocket, but that can also fail if I take a projectile at the wrong moment.

Not too bothered by missing the last rocket and not getting under 21 minutes, lost too much time on map 27 so it wasn't good enough anyways.

All Comments (21)
  • @twitchykun
    It's amazing that people are still doing speedruns of this game, 29 years later. Bravo.
  • @Fillduck
    Zero Master: Oh boy, here I go breaking records again!
  • I usually listen to podcasts at 1.25x speed and had to double check if I had left it on for this. Nope, that's just how fast Zero Master is! What amazing skill.
  • What timing! I was just binge watching your records yesterday! Excellent play
  • @48Mei
    Absolute madlad. You’re an inspiration 👏 awesome run, was alot of fun to watch
  • "Hello you absolute legends!" I think we gona hear this sooner or later :) Great Job ZeroMaster!
  • @NickZypher
    Damn! I remember sleepless nights playing this game in the middle of 90's... This is so cool! Still rocking! Doom eternal is really good too.
  • Very nice, congrats :) Cool to hear that more runs are coming, too! I can't believe it's been almost 5 years since your previous Nightmare run.
  • @neometallX
    New Year, new speedrun! holy hell! you did one of a hell job! well done!
  • @WrenFJ
    Excellent run! Looking forward to seeing it improved later this year ;)
  • @Pepeperez357
    This is insane man. Amazing way to start the year.
  • @danielparkes8
    Nothing can beat a good Nightmare Doom speedrun for me. Great job!!
  • @Super8LP
    So many quick and smooth glides and trick button presses. It's cool to see those maneuvers getting more efficient over time.
  • @LogHar11
    This is an amazing start to the new year, really good run
  • the legend back at it again, you are always killing it dude
  • @0babul0
    Happy New Year! Beautiful start of 2023, cheers.
  • @Wildnomad33
    As always, insane skills and perfection. I can't believe it's real and that the boundaries get pushed up every so often.
  • @Latsaaben
    Holy crap! Well done! Those BFG shots with teleporter is a neat trick!