Trying to Make Sense of Doom 2's Maps - An Interpretation

Doom 2's maps may appear nonsensical, detached and overall just strange. But what if they had an actual story to tell?

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▶Videos:
In Defense of DOOM 2's City Levels    • In Defense of DOOM 2's City Levels  
Longplay of DOOM (1995)    • Longplay of DOOM (1995)  
The Cuteness of Details in Wolfenstein 3D    • The Cuteness of Details in Wolfenstei...  
Recreating DOOM Levels and How Memory Works    • Recreating DOOM Levels and How Memory...  
DOOM 2 level 16 House Tour    • DOOM 2 level 16 House Tour  

♫Music:
Doom II OST by Bobby Prince, uploaded to Archive.org by Manac03 https://archive.org/details/doom-2-ost
Ending Cutscene - 82/97 - Wolfenstein: The Old Blood Extra Soundtrack    • Ending Cutscene - 82/97 - Wolfenstein...  

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Doom 2 Beta maps uploaded by Doomkid

Thanks for goin' through hell.

0:00 Intro
1:45 Entryway
2:52 Underhalls
4:56 The Gantlet
5:49 The Focus
6:22 The Waste Tunnels
8:30 The Crusher
10:46 Dead Simple
11:11 Tricks and Traps
13:18 The Pit
14:57 Refueling Base
16:25 Circle of Death
18:08 The Factory
20:08 Downtown
22:27 The Inmost Dens
23:08 Industrial Zone
24:21 Wolfenstein
25:01 Grosse
26:07 Suburbs
27:52 Tenements
29:43 The Courtyard
30:29 The Citadel
31:47 Gotcha!
33:09 Nirvana
34:17 The Catacombs
34:45 Barrels of Fun
35:31 The Chasm
37:08 Bloodfalls
39:12 Monster Condo
41:14 The Spirit World
42:30 The Living End
44:37 Icon of Sin
47:11 Epilogue