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First I play through the 4 campaigns on Ultimate Doom, then I play everything in Doom II + Master levels (how many levels is this ... ?), and then I play Final Doom (how many levels is this ...?)

And THEN I start playing .wads that other people have made and I can basically play forever?
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SyZtheActuary: First I play through the 4 campaigns on Ultimate Doom, then I play everything in Doom II + Master levels (how many levels is this ... ?), and then I play Final Doom (how many levels is this ...?)

And THEN I start playing .wads that other people have made and I can basically play forever?
That is the order I am playing the games in as well. The Master levels pack has 21 levels you can play in any order, but if you want some sort of 'intended order', see the list here:
http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Master_Levels_for_Doom_II
Then, Final Doom has 2 packs in it, TNT: Evilution and Plutonia Experiment, each with 32 levels. They act like sequels to Doom 2, but don't really have any relation to each other.
So before I even get to fan .wads there are 150+ levels
Yep, pretty much. I'm up to TNT: Evilution now, and I'm just playing through a level or 2 at a time as a break between other games. There's not exactly much in the way of story, and once I've finished a level I can forget about it, as opposed to coming back to a save in the middle of a level after a long break and not remembering where I was supposed to go. :-)
So I went from like, always having 100% ammo in the first episode to never having more than 20 ammo in the second

On Ultra-Violence, of course

Wtf?
If you're low on ammo, it can help to check for secret areas. Or try to conserve it more (and don't use high-power weapons unless you really need to). If there's a berserk pack in the level, you can use that to easily take out most of the low level enemies with one or two punches to the face. Try it - it's fun! (Might take some practice though.)

But if you think episode two is difficult... Wait until you get to episode four. :-)
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SyZtheActuary: So I went from like, always having 100% ammo in the first episode to never having more than 20 ammo in the second

On Ultra-Violence, of course

Wtf?
True. Episode 1 does have more ammo pickups and more shotgun guys. It's neary impossible to run out of shotgun ammo in Knee-Deep in the Dead. Try to use the berserk powerup as much as possible to conserve ammo. Most maps have one. I don't know if you are aware that the powerup lasts until the end of the level.

I think you should play episode 4 after Doom 2 and the Master Levels. It makes the most sense in terms of difficulty.
I've picked up berserk, but all it ever does is result in me going to 100% life and then dying while I get hit by up front projectiles as I try to kill 10 things at once

There just seems to be NO ammo. Like, you'll pick up 2 of the 4 shotgun shells and then 6 imps spawn, and then in the next room you pick up a box of 20 and 3 cacodemons spawn with 2 pinkys

Also, I don't think I've gotten anywhere near par, like ever. 2 minutes on the second mission and it took me 23 minutes and I missed 80% secrets? lol
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SyZtheActuary: Also, I don't think I've gotten anywhere near par, like ever. 2 minutes on the second mission and it took me 23 minutes and I missed 80% secrets? lol
Not hitting par is pretty normal. I just ignore those par times.
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SyZtheActuary: First I play through the 4 campaigns on Ultimate Doom, then I play everything in Doom II + Master levels (how many levels is this ... ?), and then I play Final Doom (how many levels is this ...?)

And THEN I start playing .wads that other people have made and I can basically play forever?
Basically.

Here: just for the documented levels (those that have an article for them created): [url=http://doomwiki.org/wiki/Category:Levels_by_name]1485 pages[/url].

As for the id-published levels:
Ultimate Doom: 36 (32 normal + 4 secret)
Doom II: 32 (30 + 2)
Master Levels: 21 (20 + 1)
Final Doom 64 (2 x (30 + 2))

So in total: 153 levels, including 11 secret level.
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SyZtheActuary: Also, I don't think I've gotten anywhere near par, like ever. 2 minutes on the second mission and it took me 23 minutes and I missed 80% secrets? lol
Basically the par time is for people who have played through the levels several time and want to see how fast they can blaze through it. It's generally impossible, even with perfect knowledge of the map, to get 100% kills/items/secrets and be under par: beating the par time is only for when you take the fastest route possible and ignore any distraction.
Post edited November 02, 2015 by Gaerzi