Doom 2 - The Pit

Level 9 of Doom 2.

If I ever had a chance to meet Sandy Petersen, I'd shake his hand and thank him for being such a substantial contributer to one of the greatest video games of all time. Then I'd kick him right in the crotch for designing this sorry-ass excuse for a level, The Pit.

I hate this level with all of my being. (more...)

Level 9 of Doom 2.

If I ever had a chance to meet Sandy Petersen, I'd shake his hand and thank him for being such a substantial contributer to one of the greatest video games of all time. Then I'd kick him right in the crotch for designing this sorry-ass excuse for a level, The Pit.

I hate this level with all of my being.

Nobody likes this level. It probably violates WeGame's terms of service since it's "offensive content." Sandy Petersen's mom hates this level. What its doing in Doom 2 is a mystery. It's like a poop smear on the Hope Diamond.

It doesn't make any sense, it kills you without rhyme or reason, you do things without any visible consequence, and it's disjointed. It's hard not in a challenging way, but in a frustrating way. It's just crap. It's got a staircase made out of elevators, for cryin' out loud. There's no ammo. It takes the idea of monster closets to a whole new plane.

If I had a one-use time machine, I'd have to give serious mental debate about whether to go back in time and stop Hitler, or prevent this level from being made.

Since I hate this level so much, I decided not to inflict it upon the WeGame audience with the beauty that is the Doomsday engine. So here it is, as a form of my petty vengeance and revenge upon the design of this level, in the low-res 320x200 sprite-based DOS version. And I used cheat codes. The Pit doesn't deserve Doomsday. And I don't even actually finish the level; I catch sight of the exit which is good enough for me and about all I can stand.

About the only positive thing I can say about this level is that if I ever were to write a poem about it, I can think of a good descriptive word to use that rhymes with "pit." Also, level 21 is just about as bad, so it isn't lonely in its suckiness. (less...)