Judgment

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Judgment
Title screen
Author Blake Collins
Port MBF21-compatible
IWAD Doom II
Year 2021
Link Doomworld/idgames
Cacoward-2018.png This mod received an honorable mention at the 2021 Cacowards on Doomworld!

Judgment is a 34-level megawad for Doom II, developed by Blake Collins (Rayziik) and initially released in October 2021, followed by an upload to the /idgames archive in December. It uses DeHackEd features extensively and introduces new monsters, weapons, textures and sprites. The project has been in development for more than eight years from summer of 2013 till winter of 2021.

Judgment received an honorable mention at the Cacowards in 2021.

On December 10, 2023, Rayziik released an updated version, Judgment: Retrial,[1] followed by another update on August 20, 2024,[2] and smaller fixes on March 16, 2025.

Content[edit]

Weapon changes[edit]

  • Pistol: Replaced with a rifle, it fires faster and is perfectly accurate.
  • Chaingun: Replaced with the minigun, it fires much faster but is no longer able to "chaingun tap".
  • Plasma gun: Projectiles look sleeker and sound quieter.
  • BFG-9000: Sprites are changed to the BFG-2704.
  • Chainsaw: In Retrial, it is replaced with the impact gauntlet.

Monster changes[edit]

  • Imp: Renamed to dark imp, its projectile attack has been changed to the lightning ball.
  • Demon/spectre: It moves slightly faster and its attack's damage happens earlier in the animation.
  • Cacodemon: Its attack is now to launch two projectiles in quick succession.
  • Baron of Hell: Renamed to lord of heresy, it launches two attacks in quick succession and is smart enough to cancel an attack if the target hides.
  • Lost soul: Renamed to forgotten one, it now moves slightly faster and will immediately attack on sight, but its health and damage are lowered.
  • Arachnotron: Its width has been shrunk down to 100 in order to allow it to squeeze into tighter spaces.
  • Pain elemental: It now has a chance to immediately retaliate after its pain state and it will launch an extra forgotten one upon death.
  • Spiderdemon: Replaced by the much more powerful spider demolisher.

New monsters[edit]

  • Former marine: Tougher former human who fires repeatedly while the target is in sight, similar to Wolfenstein SS.
  • Former captain: Tougher former sergeant who fires repeatedly while the target is in sight.
  • Former shock trooper: Tougher former human who fires plasma bolts repeatedly while the target is in sight, but its firerate is quite slow.
  • Former brute: Tougher former sergeant who has a super shotgun. Its attack is similar to the shotgun guy's, but it performs two sequential shots.
  • Baby cacodemon: A baby cacodemon with a smaller and weaker projectile attack.
  • Fallen: A fast, flying demon who launches revenant missiles from above.
  • Azazel: A bulky goat demon that launches two groups of four wider spreading mancubus fireballs.
  • Wraith: An extremely fast imp-like demon that only uses melee attacks and can teleport short distances.
  • Nightshade: A floating demon with a unique bouncing projectile attack, who cannot be revived by an arch-vile.
  • Archon of Hell: A strong and bulky Hell noble with multiple attack patterns and an explosion on death, smart enough to cancel an attack if the target hides, and who cannot be revived by an arch-vile.

New items[edit]

The clip and box of bullets are updated to a rifle magazine (or "some rounds" in Retrial) and a box of rifle rounds.

New skills[edit]

In Retrial two new skill levels are added, Mega-Violence (6) and Ultra-Nightmare! (7), by enabling things flagged for cooperative play also in single-player (for the Ultra-Violence and Nightmare! skill levels, respectively) via the MAPINFO option SpawnMulti.

Built-in demos[edit]

The original WAD features four built-in demos. All require an MBF21-compatible source port to view them. The demo levels are:

Demo Level Skill Tics Length
DEMO1 MAP03: Ritual Grounds 4 3430 1:38.00
DEMO2 MAP14: Metallosis 4 3858 1:50.23
DEMO3 MAP26: Cerulean Depths 4 3492 1:39.77
DEMO4 MAP33: Neon Crater 4 9157 4:21.63

The Retrial edition features updated demos on the new Mega-Violence skill level for the same maps:

Demo Level Skill Tics Length
DEMO1 MAP03: Ritual Grounds 6 4786 2:16.74
DEMO2 MAP14: Metallosis 6 4950 2:21.43
DEMO3 MAP26: Cerulean Depths 6 6663 3:10.37
DEMO4 MAP33: Neon Crater 6 3990 1:54.00

Speedrunning[edit]

Current records[edit]

The DSDA episode records for Judgment are:

Run Time Player Date File Notes
UV max episode, MAP01-MAP06 30:18 Master Medi 2022-05-07 judgep1m3018.zip
UV max episode, MAP07-MAP11 39:33 Master Medi 2022-04-30 judg-lmps.zip
UV max episode, MAP16-MAP20 50:02 Blake Collins (Rayziik) 2022-04-30 judg-lmps.zip
UV max episode, MAP21-MAP25 35:36 Blake Collins (Rayziik) 2022-08-14 judgep5m3536.zip
NoMo episode, MAP01-MAP06 06:47 Daniel 2022-05-08 judgep1o647.zip
NoMo episode, MAP07-MAP11 05:13 Daniel 2025-06-27 judgep2o513.zip
NoMo episode, MAP12-MAP15 04:38 Daniel 2022-02-22 judg-left.zip
NoMo episode, MAP16-MAP20 06:43 Daniel 2022-02-23 judg-lmps.zip
NoMo episode, MAP21-MAP25 06:53 Daniel 2022-02-24 judg-lmps.zip
NoMo episode, MAP26-MAP30 09:20 Daniel 2022-03-06 judg-lmps.zip
NoMo run 37:43 Daniel 2022-05-01 judg-lmps.zip
NoMo 100S episode, MAP01-MAP06 08:05 Daniel 2022-04-18 judg-lmps.zip
NoMo 100S episode, MAP12-MAP15 04:34 Daniel 2022-04-30 judg-lmps.zip
NoMo 100S run 50:00 Blake Collins (Rayziik) 2022-03-09 judg-lmps.zip

The DSDA episode records for Judgment: Retrial are:

Run Time Player Date File Notes
NoMo episode, MAP01-MAP06 06:35 Daniel 2025-06-21 jrtep1o635.zip
NoMo episode, MAP07-MAP11 05:13 Daniel 2025-06-27 jrtep2o513.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on July 11, 2025.

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Rayziik (10 December 2023). Doomworld forums post. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Rayziik (20 August 2024). Doomworld forums post. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
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