I was a DOOM fan and I didn't care about the year this game was released - it was still interesting for me to play!
Do you know Aquarius199? This guy reviews DOOM wads and sometimes his "show" makes me laugh. So one day I decided to make videos about some wierd wads recently made for DOOM II. After I went through some old levels and couple of Terry-wads,I got a request from some Youtube user named "Rolf2840".
This guy offered me to play DIE.wad... If only he knew what was he requesting for...
I found that file at www.doomworld.com/idgames. It has been uploaded recently; the name,the time it was made,the number of maps,the bugs and the description were empty and true author of that WAD was unknown for some reason. Moreover,THIS was not rated at all. Even Bloodshedder himself didn't play it. Also,the only port comparable with the level was GZDoom. I wanted to try such wad...
BIG MISTAKE.
Anyways,after I downloaded it,I saw DIE.wad and DIE.txt. DIE.txt contained the same information I found at Doomworld so I decided to test DIE.wad.
Anyways,after I launched the WAD,I saw standard DOOM II titlescreen only it looked more realistic. After getting a bit impressed I started the game.
The first level was average so far. It was supposed to be some sort of a courtyard surrounding the base. The music here was absent at all. The sky was blue. The textures put on the wall were brown and the floor was brown. I already saw some imps swarming the starting area. As I got a shotgun and killed them all, music from E1M1 started playing. I was a bit shocked (why did music start AFTER some enemies were dead) but soon I decided to keep going.
The front door required a blue card,althrough it wasn't marked with DOORBLU or DOORBLU2 textures (which usually shows if you need a key (if you do,WHICH key do you need)). After a minute of running across the former battlefield I eventually found an access card. After I picked it up,I checked my automap. There were 60 monsters (12 imps were already dead). The level's name was "Station Omega".
I couldn't get one thing: DIE.wad was a bit creepy and then turned out normal. What the hell? Maybe this was a joke,organized by the Doomworld community...
Or was it?
Anyways,I advanced through the station. The concept of that map was above average and I a bit enjoyed playing it. By the way I had to collect yellow card and red skull (the latter was received when I had to go below the earth). The most of enemies were either weak imps,lost souls and demons or even weaker zombiemen,sarges and chainguners. However, there were also some cacodemons and even a couple of barons! I even found some secrets, though they were concealed in a crappy way. After I opened the exit door I saw a switch. After I pulled it...
The level was over. I was wondering what could be next. But... The intermission screen showed me:
"station omega"
What the hell? It was the same level, yet its letters were lowercase!
I spawned in the beginning of the first map again. But something was wrong.
The sky was yellow (it basically looked like sky from the fourth episode of the original DOOM game),quarter of the monsters was gone,the level name was the same. Music has already started playing. Howerer, I didn't hear music from E1M1 coming into play. Instead, I heard music composition from E1M8 (the final level of the first episode). It was more sad than creepy, but it still unnerved me. The start area was a little different as well. The rocky walls were white and the outdoor floor was changed as well (it was black). Also,there were some corpses of marines.
I blazed through the level again. It looked different by the way. Some of the monsters were already dead (including some of imps from the starting area),some walls and doors had different textures but at least the hidden places were still counted as secrets. The exit room was a bit darker than before and exit button has been already pressed. And here was a corpse...
Anyways,I hit the button again and the level was over.
I still believed this was a joke. However, the intermission screen showed me:
"StAtIoN oMeGa"
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? NOW THE LEVEL'S LETTERS WERE RANDOMLY CAPITALIZED!
As I spawned,more things have changed. First of all,the sky was now brown (like SKY1 texture from DOOM II). Also.the half of the mosters was gone and the name of the level was still "STATION OMEGA". The music was completely different. This time, it was E1M5 music, which is creepy itself.
The rocky walls were gray and floor used brown texture. All imps from starting area were dead.
Also there were more corpses (including impaled ones). The shotgun was still here. I blazed through level 3rd time and killed remaining half of monsters. I finally reached exit room. It was much darker this time. The button was unpressed and the corpse was gibbed. I flipped switch again...
After that I thought this was the end. But no...
It threw me again into the "AgEmO nOiTaTs ". The level's name was now written backwards.
The sky was now red (like SKY3 texture from Final Doom: Plutonia Experiment"),only 15 monsters remained alive. Also, there was a crapload of dead,gibbed and impaled bodies of army marines and...monsters?
The music was now completely different again. It was taken from Playstation Doom port (I failed to remember which map had it). The outdoor walls were red and outdoor floor was red too... Everything on the automap was the same (except for number of monsters),but... There were no secrets on this level. Or, should I say, there were secret areas, yet they didn't count as such.
I really wanted to quit this game right now,but I couldn't. I was too fucking curious. I had to end this map again while meeting little to no resistance. And now all keys here were skulls...
I reached the exit room. It was extremely dark. In the middle of the room there was only pool of blood and guts. That was all what left of that dead marine who tried to escape from this madness...
I finished that level. I hoped I could get a reward for playing such a wierd piece of shit.
The intermission screen showed me:
""
WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK?! NOW THE LEVEL'S NAME WAS COMPLETELY ABSENT!
As I spawned,everything was now different and creepy. The sky was different too: there were rocks with a blue shade of color on them, and the sky was black, covered with stars. The music was absent,the outdoor walls were dark gray and the floor had the same texture. All monsters were missing. There was a huge amount of dead bodies. Most of them belonged to marines.
I was moving much slower. I still managed to grab armor and pistol from the dead marine. As I was advancing through the map,I picked up more guns,but weapons were useless. Hovewer I hoped it could protect me from something more terrible than the forces of hell.
I made it through the level in a state of paranoia.
As I entered the exit room,I stood in awe. The zone was completely dark. The exit button was still here,and that dead body was missing. I pressed the switch because I really wanted to end this. Once and for all.
Suddenly,platform I was standing on began to lower. Finally I found myself in the hellish dungeon. Dead silence. As I opened the door I saw the black void. Then...something began to "speak" with my character.
"You have made it all this way...and still remained alive and sane" - I read a message.
"But you will not go any further!" - Another message popped up.
"Anyways,why do you keep trying?" - The third message popped up.
"Because I MUST live! Will you even leave me alone?" - I shouted at the screen.
"Oh well... I will still have fun with you. Even after your death. For days,for weeks,for months,for years. And this will only end bad...for you. You will suffer like a pathetic wretch you are...just because I want it".
I stood in awe. This wad was a damnation for humanity..
"But I will give you a chance to kill me and win... Which is not posible whatsoever. You are so pathetic. I should have finished you off since you found the anomaly" - answered the demon in type letters..
Suddenly the boss fight began. I was teleported to unknown area in the middle of the void. I didn't know where my enemy was until that demon actually appeared. It was a huge cyberdemon-like monster who had no rocket launcher. He roared: "MEET THE DEVIL HIMSELF!"
A short yet epic battle ensued but I eventually lost and got killed in game. Then the devil consumed the marine's soul. I was frightened.
Suddenly demon turned to me.
He typed:
"DIE".
I wanted to load the last checkpoint but I was shocked by this crazyness. When finally I tried to exit,it was too late...
Suddenly,a screamer popped out for 10 seconds. Is looked like a demonic face but with black eyes with red pupils and blood streaming from the mouth and the eyes (animated by the way); during ten seconds the horrible screaming played. It didn't scare me a lot (In my entire life I had some moments which were much more scary than this) but still I was shocked. Not because of screamer itself,but of the fact the game was now over for me.
The devil has won.
Soon after the screamer was gone a skeleton popped out from my computer screen. During struggle I was wounded but soon I managed to break his neck and stuff him back in the monitor. I sighed in relief. Hell itself failed to kill me in the real life!
Suddenly the devil said: "ENOUGH!"
And the game crashed. A second later my computer literally exploded. Althrough I survived the incident, I was hospitalized. While being in the ward I thought: could I win this battle against the monster? And if I could.what would happen?
After I became healthy (it took for me 3 months) I bought myself a new computer and found what my account on Youtube was spammed by Rolf2840. I found a lot of messages about DIE.wad. Youtuber wanted to know about this file. As he revealed, he didn't even test that WAD in GZDoom but he was going to try this himself.
I was full of anger. I wrote to him: "Don't fucking play this,you dumbass! Do you even know what is awaiting you?"
Rolf2840 just ignored me. What an idiot...
Later that day yound man named Gus Fuller was found dead in his own flat. He was torn apart by something.
His Youtube nickname was "Rolf2840"...
As it was revealed further,since DIE.wad was released 10 people got murdered. 6 of them (including Gus) were torn apart or beheaded. 4 of them were obliterated by the explosion and either got killed instantly or died in a hospital. All the victims had computers as well as game DOOM II and GZDoom. And almost everybody was going to play that goddamn wad... There were no survivors...
I was still curious about the "good ending" where devil dies and Doomguy wins. But I never got a chance to find out because DIE.wad has been removed from the Doomworld for good. And now I am devil's only victim who managed to survive.
But how long?
''This is my first Trollpasta. Don't be too serious,OK? ''