E4M2: E3M2 - Their Torment Ascendeth (Switcheroom)
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E4M2: E3M2 - Their Torment Ascendeth is the second map in the fourth episode of Switcheroom. It was designed by Magnusblitz and is based on the layout of E3M2: Slough of Despair.
Contents
Walkthrough[edit]
Essentials[edit]
You start in the south-east corner of the level, at the base of the "hand". The "palm" consists of a number of islands surrounded by lava, and several barons of Hell and cacodemons wait to ambush you as you move between the metal walls.
Kill the two shotgun guys in front of you and take the rocket launcher, then head north-west through the lava to a small island with a radiation shielding suit. Look north and deal with an approaching baron, then continue north until you drop into the "thumb", which contains spectres. Head north through the thumb to find the yellow skull key. Taking the key opens several compartments behind you with imps, lost souls and barons; go back to the south end to find a teleporter that goes back up to ground level.
After entering the teleporter, go west to a staircase with a yellow skull pillar, then open the pillar and climb the steps to reach the "fingers". Enter the westernmost finger and fight through some imps and zombies to reach the blue skull key, pick it up and kill the imps that are released around you, along with the cacodemons that are released near the entrance. Now go into the second finger from the left, wait for the wall ahead to lower and destroy any lost souls that are waiting behind it before opening the blue door to reveal a skull switch. Press the switch to raise the nearby lava, kill two spectres then go to the door on the other side of the pit; opening it reveals a baron guarding the exit teleporter along with two more barons behind you, so go back to the blue door to escape the ambush. After dealing with the barons, enter the white teleporter to go to E4M3: E2M3 - Instruments of Cruelty.
Secret exit[edit]
Refer to secret #7 below for information on reaching the secret exit to E4M9: E1M9 - Hate.
Other points of interest[edit]
Secrets[edit]
- Go towards the zigzag staircase with the yellow bar and notice a rock east of the staircase is in the shape of an arrow. Press on the wall the arrow points at to find a berserk pack, shotgun shells and an energy cell pack. (sector 161)
- At the easternmost finger, go into a small lava section behind vines in the south-east corner, which has a candle. Use the switch behind the north vines, then teleport back up and head south to a chaingun and a backpack. (sector 11)
- Get the blue key and backtrack to see a triangular platform that rises when you step to the left of it. A switch is on the south side of the triangular platform, which will open a wall behind where the blue key was. This has rockets, an energy cell, a box of shotgun shells, a computer area map, and another switch. This actually lowers the triangular platform. To get to the secret exit, you need to stand on the triangular platform as it has risen a bit, then jump through the north wall, which has a switch with five candles in front of it. (sector 74)
- In the second finger from the right, approach the teleporter at the end, and a window behind you opens up, with medikits, a box of shotgun shells, and health bonuses inside. There is also a switch here, which lowers the west alcoves at the beginning of the finger. You may have shot some of the lion switches there to access the secret earlier, but one is not triggered by gunfire; the second-to-last alcove. Go there and press that switch to find a switch with two candles. (sector 118)
- Approach the teleporter again and open the wall to the north of it to get medikits and an energy cell pack. (sector 129)
- In secret #5, open the wall behind the teleporter and take it from there to teleport to a plasma gun. (sector 216)
- The secret exit is located in the south end of the map, and requires five switches with candles to access. Secrets #2, #3, and #4 have three of the switches. For the switch that has three candles, you need to go through the zigzag hall in the middle finger and press the right switch, then return to the zigzag hall where the switch will be in the first inner corner. The switch that has four candles is accessed by opening the exit door, which opens an alcove to your right. Enter that alcove and open the north wall to get it. With the five platforms raised, you can now go to the secret level at the south end of the map. (sector 169)
Bugs[edit]
Demo files[edit]
Areas / screenshots[edit]
Speedrunning[edit]
Routes and tricks[edit]
Current records[edit]
The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:
Run | Time | Player | Date | File | Notes |
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UV speed (normal exit) | 01:12 | Andrea Rovenski (Cyberdemon531) | 2014-11-02 | s4r2-112.zip | |
UV speed (secret exit) | |||||
NM speed (normal exit) | |||||
NM speed (secret exit) | |||||
UV max | 7:05.80 | Andrea Rovenski (Cyberdemon531) | 2016-02-20 | s4r2-705.zip | |
NM 100S | |||||
UV -fast | |||||
UV -respawn | |||||
UV Tyson | 12:08.83 | Andrea Rovenski (Cyberdemon531) | 2016-02-20 | s4r2t1208.zip | |
UV pacifist (normal exit) | |||||
UV pacifist (secret exit) | |||||
NoMo (normal exit) | 0:31.97 | Brayden Hart (AD 79) | 2015-02-12 | s4r2o031.zip |
The data was last verified in its entirety on May 30, 2024.
Deathmatch[edit]
Player spawns[edit]
This level contains five spawn points:
- facing south. (thing 339)
- facing west. (thing 340)
- facing north-west. (thing 341)
- facing south. (thing 342)
- facing north. (thing 343)
Statistics[edit]
Map data[edit]
Things | 361 |
Vertices | 1477* |
Linedefs | 1419 |
Sidedefs | 2087 |
Sectors | 249 |
Things[edit]
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:
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