Hell Revealed II

Hell Revealed II

Authors	Various
Port	Vanilla Doom
IWAD	Doom II
Year	2003
Link	Doomworld/idgames
	This mod received one of the 2004 Cacowards on Doomworld!

Hell Revealed II (HR2) is a 32-map megawad for Doom II. The name implies it is a direct sequel to the legendary Hell Revealed, but neither of the mappers who made the original were involved in this project. Instead, HR2 was made by a team of 14 members led by Jonas Feragen with the original Hell Revealed mapper Yonatan Donner's approval.^[1]. Released in December 2003, HR2 was considered one of the most difficult mapsets at the time and a worthy sequel. It won a Cacoward in 2004.

HR2 had a long gestation, with development beginning in 1998. A "beta" with 17 maps was released in February 2000, but several years passed before Andy Olivera pulled the project together and released the final version. This included Olivera reusing one of his older maps as MAP28.

Differences between beta and final versions[edit]

All the levels in the beta version made it to the final version, but several levels were moved around:

Hardcore was moved from MAP08 to MAP13.
Excess Meat was moved from MAP11 to MAP18.
Raw Hatred was moved from MAP13 to MAP11.
Mind Trap was moved from MAP14 to MAP19.

There is also a second version of the Hell Revealed II Beta, with a wadfile dated to February 15th 2000. Demos recorded on some levels are incompatible between the two versions.

Content[edit]

Levels[edit]

MAP01: IGNITION! by Jonas Feragen (Chrozoron)
MAP02: High Voltage by Chrozoron
MAP03: Shackled by Chrozoron
MAP04: Reluctant Pain by Chrozoron
MAP05: Insatanity by Chrozoron and Derek MacDonald (Afterglow)
MAP06: Revival by Mike Watson (Cyb)
MAP07: Not That Simple II by Chrozoron
MAP08: Ballistics by Sam Woodman (Metabolist)
MAP09: The Siege II by Chrozoron
MAP10: Base Blaze by Yashar Garibzadeh (GeminI)
MAP11: Raw Hatred by Cyb and Eric James Roberts (Ricrob)
MAP12: Anti Static by Michael Reid (prower)
MAP13: Hardcore by Chrozoron
MAP14: Metal Meltdown by Metabolist
MAP15: The Path II by Chrozoron
MAP16: The Chapel Of Black Granite by Metabolist
MAP17: An Eye For An Eye by GeminI
MAP18: Excess Meat by Chrozoron
MAP19: Mind Trap by Chrozoron
MAP20: Fear Of The Dark by Martin Friberg (Cocoon)
MAP21: Conflux by Chrozoron
MAP22: Sewer Slaughter by GeminI
MAP23: When The Heavens Fall by Cocoon
MAP24: The Inmost Dens III by Metabolist and Andy Olivera
MAP25: The End Is Nigh by Pedro Arturo Gomez Blanco (PAGB666), Metabolist and Andy Olivera
MAP26: Dis 2000 by PAGB666
MAP27: Resistance Remains by Metabolist and Andy Olivera
MAP28: Beyond The Sea by Andy Olivera
MAP29: Hell's Cauldron by Chrozoron
MAP30: Source Control by Chrozoron
MAP31: The Descent II by Mattias Berggren
MAP32: Playground by Chrozoron

Soundtrack[edit]

MAP01: "Push on the Gas" by Sam Woodman (Metabolist)
MAP02: "The Saver of the World" by Petter Mårtensen (Thyrbse)
MAP03: "Old Bones" by Metabolist
MAP04: "Nyctophobia" by Metabolist
MAP05: "Insatanity" by Metabolist
MAP06: "Dance of Death" by Metabolist
MAP07: "Zombi Rises From His Grave" by Thyrbse
MAP08: "Lost Soul" by Thyrbse
MAP09: "Short Circuit" by Metabolist
MAP10: "Base Blaze" by Metabolist
MAP11: "Raw Hatred" by Metabolist
MAP12: "Sweaty Mancubus Armpits" by Metabolist
MAP13: "Killing Spirit" by Metabolist
MAP14: "Thorny Wall" by Thyrbse
MAP15: "The Temple of Judgment" by Thyrbse
MAP16: "Ambience II" by Metabolist
MAP17: "Risen from the Dead" by Thyrbse
MAP18: "Excess Meat" by Metabolist
MAP19: "Stormy Volcano" by Thyrbse
MAP20: "Winds of the Destiny" by Thyrbse
MAP21: "DDT Rides Again" by Metabolist
MAP22: "The Dark (Techno Mix)" by Metabolist
MAP23: "Remains of War" by Thyrbse
MAP24: "Last Wish" by Thyrbse
MAP25: "Dance with a Skeleton" by Thyrbse
MAP26: "Nightmares of the Slaves" by Thyrbse
MAP27: "Inner Fear" by Thyrbse
MAP28: "The Pyramid" by Thyrbse
MAP29: "When the Sun Won't Rise Anymore" by Thyrbse
MAP30: "The Gateway of Hell" by Metabolist
MAP31: "Damned Spirits" by Thyrbse
MAP32: "Gutknot" by Thyrbse
Title screen:
Intermission:
Text screen:

Speedrunning[edit]

In 2021, NightTerror became the first to complete the difficult D2all UV max of this mapset. It took him 5 hours and 25 minutes.

Current records[edit]

The DSDA episode records for Hell Revealed II are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File
UV max episode, MAP01-MAP10	55:23	j4rio	2011-05-07	h2e1-5523.zip
UV max episode, MAP11-MAP20	2:48:57	j4rio	2012-06-29	h2e2-24857.zip
UV max run	5:25:12	NightTerror	2021-09-16	hr2all-52512.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on July 27, 2022.

Miscellaneous demos[edit]

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed episode MAP01-MAP11 TAS	11:03	Karim El-Sheikh (Kimo Xvirus)	2009-04-19	h201-11x1103.zip
UV run TAS	1:16:27	OnyxStar	2004-04-15	h2allx7627.zip	¹

1. ^ Split into three separate files.

Last updated on July 27, 2022.

Trivia[edit]

Chris Hansen included this WAD in his 2003 list of "Great Doom Releases".

Gallery[edit]

The main menu brought up at the beginning of MAP01: IGNITION!, showing the megawad's custom menu design and status bar.

External links[edit]

Official site
Hell Revealed II at Doomworld/idgames
Hell Revealed II demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive
Hell Revealed II beta demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive
Review at ONEMANDOOM: WAD Reviews
Review (4/5) at Doom Underground

References[edit]

↑ "As with Chrozoron's Hell Revealed II, I am not involved with this project and neither is Haggay... But both of these projects have my approval ..." Yonatan Donner official website at the Internet Archive (OoCities mirror). Retrieved on October 25, 2023.

[1] "As with Chrozoron's Hell Revealed II, I am not involved with this project and neither is Haggay... But both of these projects have my approval ..." Yonatan Donner official website at the Internet Archive (OoCities mirror). Retrieved on October 25, 2023.

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