《Day of Wrath [Doom 2016/Eternal rewrite]》(Level End Card Secrets - SPOILERS)
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I just added these in, but every chapter will have an ending card like the classic game levels.
The Kills stat is pretty simple, the amount of demons the Slayer killed in each chapter. And the Time stat is supposed to be a stat of how much time has passed on Mars in that chapter - makes it easier to keep track of the story's timeline.
However, the interesting one is the Secrets stat. This is the number of Easter Eggs that I have included within each chapter, and which I will be listing in this tab (in no particular order).
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Elite Guard Commando uses zombie voice lines from Brutal Doom.
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Ruby being sheltered from the Lazarus Wave attack in an elevator is inspired by the similar plot element in Doom VFR. The tik tik tik heard when Ruby is being stalked by a prowling imp is based on the similar notes in the classic Imp Song. The prototype UAC Mega Armor is based on the classic blue megaarmor.
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The Marine deriding the irresponsibly placed nukage barrels is inspired by the...environmentally conscious Doomguy in the infamous Doom comic. The Power Colt handgun is based on the protagonist of Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon, Rex "Power" Colt. The Flamer zombie is inspired by the Pyro class in Team Fortress 2. Lore-wise, UAC Flamer Specialists are supposed to be biohazard workers that use flamethrowers to safely cremate biohazardous demonic gore/tissues in the event of breaches or contaminations. This may come as a surprise, but Hiro Romero's name is inspired by the classic Doom designer John Romero and the protagonist of his infamous game Daikatana, Hiro Miyamoto. The flashback where the Marine remembers finding a plasma gun in Deimos comes from the classic game, where the plasma gun is first found as a secret in the first level of the second episode, the Deimos Anomaly. Hiro Romero's "big iron" is a reference to the song "Big Iron." In other news, the floor is made out of floor.
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The 211-V Plasma Cutter is taken straight out of Dead Space. The Marine acquiring the super shotgun from a dead soldier references the infamous MAP21 Nirvana/super shotgun theory. The Marine's former sergeant Mahonin is inspired by the antagonist from the 2005 Doom film, Sgt. Asher Mahonin. The Headless Kamikaze enemy is taken straight out of the Serious Sam series, though customized to fit the Doom universe. Excavation Site 32 is based on the Excavation map from Doom 2016's multiplayer. "Hell devours the indolent" is a tutorial tip in Doom 2016. "Too rough to be called music" is a reference to the famous Berserk quote about Guts' sword.
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The Argent plasma Extraction map is based on the Extraction map from Doom Eternal's Battlemode. The Tree of Perdiition's various prophetic lines are inspired by the whispering tree's speech in the Kadingir Sanctum level of Doom 2016. Furthermore, the Tree of Perdition also references the Perdition map in Doom 2016's multiplayer.
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The Sentinel bonfires are based on the famous bonfires from Dark Souls. The Daedric warrior with a Dragonbone arrow in his knee references the similar Skyrim easter egg in Doom 2016's Kadingir Sanctum. The Exorcist is inspired by Keanu Reeves' film version of John Constantine. Similarly, the Exorcist's quote of "Passive. A perfect circle" references the song from the film. HOW DID NOBODY GET THIS. The classified UAC FTL-capable ship "Event Horizon" is inspired by the film of the same name, which tells the story of another FTL ship lost in its maiden voyage in 2040, six years before the Phobos Event. The Scrag enemy is taken straight out of Quake. The "1337" in the maze map's upper-right corner is based on the leetspeak easter egg in Doom RPG. The Slayer's flashback to his Phobos deployment - including the emergency transmission and "watching restricted flicks in the rec room" - is based on the plot synopsis from the classic Doom manual. The fact that Hell Knights and Barons don't infight is based on the similar mechanic in classic Doom. The Dark Claw rune takes its name and description from a mentioned weapon in the Doom Bible. John Doe uses the famous "Kill me!" line from the Predator film. John's "I'm the man" line comes from Brutal Doom. The "imp by itself in multiple locations" line comes from Markiplier's playthrough of Doom 2016, also in the Kadingir level. The Blur Artifact's operation and name is based on the classic partial invisibility powerup, though it also functions similar to the classic no-clip cheat. The Blood Prism enemy is based on the Ramiel angel from the first Rebuild of Evangelion film. John Doe's "barrels o' fun" line takes its name from a level in Doom II. The Parasite Moons are inspired by the Brethren Moons in Dead Space. The Drow offering cube is based on the spawn cube from Classic Doom. The Iron Sight powerup takes its name from the eponymous mechanic in most shooter games, also meant to amplify their user's accuracy. Lt. Rogers' line of "I don't want to turn" comes from Brutal Doom. John Doe's line of "you're gonna be stupid and dead" also comes from Brutal Doom. The 2700 series plasma cannon that the Slayer remembers using back in Phobos is based on the BFG 2704 mentioned in the Doom Bible and shown in an early Doom beta, a rapid-fire plasma chaingun. The closing line of there being "Hell to pay" references both the miracleofsound and Five Finger Death Punch songs, the former of which is actually inspired by Doom 2016. John Doe's line of "Burn motherfucker burn" references another FFDP song. The Dark Claw's secondary function of turning demons into timed biobombs is based on a similar mechanic in Prototype 2. The Slayer finding the mutilated bodies of his squadmates on Phobos (impaled or hanging) is based on the corpse props in classic Doom.
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The demonic Pilots and ATLAS mechs are heavily inspired by the Pilots and Titan mechs in the game series Titanfall. The Pilot's fragboosting, slidehopping, and slingshotting are based on actual player movement techniques in Titanfall. This chapter also features mech melee executions from Titanfall 2 - the Slayer sweeping the Northstar's Falcon's leg and killing the Pilot with a railgun, the Phalanx reaching into the Tone's Firebolt's cabin and pulling the Pilot out before crushing them, and the Phalanx using the Scorch execution of punching an enemy mech twice before raising its hands and destroying it with a flame wave. Each locker the Slayer opens in the technician storage area references a player class in Team Fortress 2. The pressure valves in the same area, caked shut with grime and releasing only steam, references TF2's publisher Valve and their notoriously slow release schedule. The mysterious Europa base code-named Tei Tenga is based on an obscure location in classic Doom. The Sentry Bot's Phalanx construct is inspired by the same-named Sentry Bot in Fallout. The chapter's title - "Unto the Evil" - comes from a DLC in Doom 2016, which also introduced the Harvester enemy. Hayden's line of the demon's "staking their claim on Mars" comes from the intro text screen in Doom 2016's 7th level, the destroyed Argent Facility (replaced in DoW with the Spaceport). The waspid enemy are based on the aspid enemies in Hollow Knight. The foul-mouthed UAC researcher Dr. Croshaw takes his name from famous Internet comedian, critic, writer, journalist (one of the good ones!), video game developer, and podcaster Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, most well-known for his video game review series Zero Punctuation (running since 2007!) and his...colorful use of the English language. Remember the PC Master Race meme? That was this guy. Furthermore, the data log in which the eponymous researcher criticizes the UAC deploying unpredictable bioweapons over simple and reliable firearms comes straight from Yahtzee's ZP episode of Resident Evil 8, in which he addresses that popular video game trope. The artwork of the looming gateway planetoid is based on the depiction of Deimos in Hell from classic Doom. Phillip Osborne's line of "Die motherfucker die!" is based on the eponymous Dope song (yes, Dope is the name of the band). The demonic mimics are based on a similar enemy from the 2017 video game Prey. The scene alluding the line "there's always a bigger fish" references Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. The Exo Zombies take their name from a game mode in the futuristic Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, also depicting augmented zombies.
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SPENC_R, otherwise known as Spencer, is actually an early development concept of Samuel Hayden from our boy Emerson Tung. However, he looks... You know what? I'll just link it you. The Hack Module is based on the eponymous items from Doom 2016's multiplayer, which rather functioned as consumable perks, but the name was too good to pass up. The tram schedules are based on the release dates of the five mainstream Doom games, which was actually depicted in the ARC level of Doom 2016. D193 refers to Doom I which came out in 1993, D294 is for Doom II which came out in 1994, D304 is for Doom 3 which came out in 2004, and D416 is for Doom 2016 which came out in... 2016. The last line of tram D519 being delayed and passengers being transferred to D520 is a reference to how Doom Eternal was delayed from its initial release in 2019 to 2020. The error messages the Slayer receives when trying to configure his Praetor Suit are actual error messages in GZDoom. Not to mention the well-known Windows error message of us requiring administrator permission to delete files on computers we're the sole users of. The "ancient machine dragon buried beneath the surface of Mars for thousands of years" is an easter egg of the mythical Void Dragon from Warhammer 40K. You know, if I were to include a scene of a Satanic ritual interrupting a news transmission in my Doom fanfic, some assholes on the internet might call me out for being too "heavy-handed" with my imagery. Some assholes might say that if the exact same thing hadn't happened IN REAL LIFE ON AN AUSTRALIAN NEWS CHANNEL BACK IN AUGUST!!! UAC Spokeswoman Brittany Miller's repeated usage of "There is no crisis on Mars" is a reference to similarly-spirited "There is no war in Ba Sing Se" from Avatar: The Last Airbender. Hayden's line of "when the bombs fell and our world knew oblivion" is a reference to the song "Oblivion" by Aviators, a song that keenly describes the history of DoW's world and the nuclear exchange, known as The Fall, that happened in this story's Earth back in 1984. This is an event that bears close connection both to the Slayer and further elements of DoW, and will be an important plot element in the future. Romero's line of "I love the kind of woman that can kick my ass" is lifted straight out of Cowboy Bebop. The term Bloodstone is sometimes used to describe the Artifact from Doom 3, but I used it to describe a distinct gem-like substance that can expand one's Argent reserves and store excess blood. The Smart Pistol, which automatically locks onto enemies and fires homing bullets, is a weapon from Titanfall 2. The Skulltag grenade launcher is a reference to a weapon from the Skulltag port of Doom I and II, which also inspired the multiplayer-only grenade launcher from Doom 2016. The Vinson grenade launcher that fires 4-round bursts of plasma grenades is another weapon from Titanfall 2. The Super Grenade Launcher is a reference to the eponymous weapon from Project Brutality. The corporation Iris Solutions is a reference to Aperture Science from the Portal games. The OCULUS operators are inspired, visually and behaviorally, by the Personality Cores from Portal, though their abilities are more like the Monitors from Halo. The Scout Bots are mentioned a few times in Doom 2016's Codex, and although I designed them after the UAC Asp armor set from Doom 2016's MP, P3 and A7 are directly based on P-body and ATLAS from Portal 2's co-op mode. The dino-corvid chimeras appearing in Helix Labs are an easter egg for the crow chicks that appear at the end of Portal 2's co-op mode, which GladOS insidiously implies she will convert into "killing machines." The material emancipation grids are also lifted from Portal. "Triceratoptron" is the name of a song from Doom's SIGIL episode, though I've repurposed it here to refer to a type of ancient Martian war machine. The chapter name "And Hell Followed" is based on the second DLC for Doom 2016, which saw the introduction of the Reaper weapon and the Cyberdemonic armor sets that the Griefers are based on. If you couldn't tell by now, the Griefers are based on certain types of asshole players you'll find in shooter games, particularly the "realistic" military variety like Call of Duty. The Camper, the Hacker, the Spammer, the Gambler, etc. The other Griefer killstreaks of Hellstorm Missile and air strikes are likewise based on COD killstreaks. The "Door stuck" line is a famous meme originating from CS:GO. The scene where the Slayer catches a thrown Griefer knife out of the air and returns it while falling, landing a seemingly impossible headshot on the same demon, is based on another improbable classic scene from Call of Duty history. Several lines are taken from background text and Spokesperson dialogue in the Advanced Research Complex level, including "the future is now," "a step above the rest," "innovation you can trust," "the science of sanctity and the sanctity of science," "building a better world," "haptic workshop," "obfuscation through misinformation," and "all hail the dark lord." Yeah, you thought I was kidding. But it's real. The scene where the Slayer and Hayden are awkwardly standing in an elevator as the Praetor Suit plays the classic track "A Healer Stalks" is based on the opening scene to Doom VFR. The 4 opened Argenta coffins the Slayer comes across actually appear in the ARC level of Doom 2016, which I've described here as having contained the defeated "marauding Zealots." A little tidbit for future tales. Brittany Miller's quote of there once having been an accident involving confusion between US and International units of measurement actually happened in real life, with the failed Mars Climate Orbiter mission back in 1998 (HA HA!), though I'm sure it wasn't because of an intern. The Griefer's quote of the Praetor Suit looking like a lazy HALO suit rip-off is a reference to how when Doom 2016 came out, people were dunking on it for supposedly ripping off Halo's MJOLNIR armor. Ironic, given that it was the first Halo who copied off "green army space man" from Doom. The line of the Marine's and Osborne's superiors preferring to watch them die rather than study their reports comes from the character Phobos' backstory in Quake 3 Arena. Hayden's line of "save your ammunition" is stated in Doom 2016 if the player tries to shoot him before the long cutscene in his office starts. The character Jessica Cudot, head of Human Resources, is the famous "Jessica from Human Resources" that is commonly brought up in Doom 2016 and Eternal. I DID NOT COME UP WITH JACKIE PEREZ, UAC DIRECTOR OF EUGENICS RESEARCH! THAT SHIT IS IN DOOM 2016! YOU WANNA BITCH TO SOMEONE ABOUT THAT, BITCH TO HUGO! The other male names listed in the Complex's hall of achievement are references to Doom's concept artists, which include Alex Palma, Emerson Tung, Bryan Flynn, Jon Lane, and Collin Geller. ActiVision sonar goggles are garbage, much like their real-life namesake. The name Praeleanthor appears in Doom 3 in reference to the long-last ancient Martians. The black Elite Guard safe with a red emblem is based on the classic Berserker packs. Zoe Thompson's (also known as Zeta) design of black-and-red dress suit, lab coat, red eyes and white hair is inspired by the aesthetic of the demon girls in the video game Helltaker, particularly that of Loremaster. Zeta will be an important character in future DoW stories, though her exact origin and nature remains to be seen!
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The gag of Ruby thinking the Slayer must be a master of evasive maneuvering, only to immediately cut to him realizing how lost he is, is a callback to a similar joke in Avatar: The Last Airbender. W8 is heavily inspired by the character of Wheatley from Portal 2. His being able to walk on 4 crablike legs is a reference to his meme depiction of "Wheatley crab." W8's line of having once met a young female test subject for the portal guns, who only jumped when he asked her to say "apple," is a direct reference to Chell in Portal 2, along with his line of "minor case of serious brain damage." Android Hell is likewise mentioned several times in the Portal games. The line "The cake is…eh, not as good as it looks" is a reference to the popular Portal quote "The cake is a lie." The "strange android lady down in Lazarus" that Iris built is a reference to Portal's GladOS, along with her having designed the 2nd-gen Scout Bots, the dino-corvid chimeras, and mentions of her temper and propensity for neurotoxins. The character of R0-53, otherwise known as Rose, is inspired by the eponymous Botanical Core in the fan-made Portal animation "Meet the Cores 3," along with her having produced potato-mantis hybrids. The OCULUS building a small white tripod turret with a bright red eye is based on the similar Sentry Turrets from the Portal games. The orange propulsion and blue repulsion gels are also lifted from Portal. The purple adhesion gel was actually a cut concept from Portal 2, removed because it likewise made playtesters nauseous, though it's also a reference to the atrocious purple goo in Doom Eternal. The melting pots I mean, Diversity Furnaces are based on the likewise wildly-named mechanic in Portal. The alien-like plants encountered in the Agricultural Labs are inspired by various flora from the video game Subnautica, including the membrain bushes, lantern trees, ghost weed, and Valve. The Valve plant that "can't count to three" is a reference to the popular meme of real-life video game publisher Valve not releasing proper third installments to any of their popular franchises. The "potato PC" hooked up to potato batteries, with less than spectacular performance, is a reference to the popular meme of suboptimal gaming computers. The pale tree with red fruits on snake-like stems is based on the Biblical Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil from the book of Genesis. The oranges, limes, lemons, and grapefruit in the Agricultural Lab are a reference to the infamous Citrus Scale, meant to describe the sexual explicitness of a fanfiction work. FUCK YEA, I INCLUDED THE CITRUS SCALE IN DAY OF WRATH. The volatile lemon-based devices that burst into flames are also a reference to the "combustible lemons" quote from Portal 2. That researcher's... questionable report involving themselves and the BFG-9000 is based on the BFG's Codex entry in Doom 2016 as well as the historical "Ecstasy of Saint Teresa." And yes, that last one is literally what you think it is. "Astro Biological" is a company described in some Doom 2016 background posters. The EPG-1 is a plasma rocket launcher from Titanfall 2. The Chex cereal box is a callback to the non-violent first-person-shooter released by the real-life cereal company back in 1996, titled "Chex Quest." The arcade machine Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3 also appears in the ARC level of Doom 2016. The various movie posters the Slayer comes across come from concept art in Doom 2016. "Star Beast" was actually the initial title for the 1979 film Alien. Cyber Valor 13 and Black Dawn 15 are references (respectively) to Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Battlefield 1, which came out the same year as Doom 2016 and competed with each other during the busy holiday season. And yeah, those games are the 13th and 15th installments in their respective franchises. The poster for Terminal Velocity 2 being hidden behind those of Cyber Valor and Black Dawn is a callback to how Titanfall 2 was overshadowed on its release by COD:IW AND BF1. Furthermore, the name Terminal Velocity actually comes from a 1995 video game produced by Tom Hall, the same guy who designed Doom I. The name Thalasin comes from a fictional drug in a short video of the analog horror genre. Project Soulbreaker and its accelerator suit are inspired by the Haste powerup's Codex in Doom 2016, which describes the powerup as creating a powerful exoskeleton consisting of Soul-Breaker energy to accelerate the user's natural movement. The Heart of Lothar is a mysterious artifact that was referenced in one of the earliest known screenshots of the original Doom. The scene where the Slayer lands a triple collateral with a HAR headshot on 3 Griefers is likewise based on another classic COD scene. The repeated lines of "BOOM! Headshot" is another meme associated with CS:S. The "hall of mirrors" is a well-known graphical glitch in classic Doom. The scene where 2 Griefers argue between the merits of railguns vs rocket launchers comes from a frequent discussion during the Quake days, in which rocket launcher users would blame railgun users of having poor movement skills while themselves being accused of having poor accuracy. The line "your only call of duty is to pay your debts" comes from JT Music's Battlefield 1 Rap "The World's the War." Betruger's quote of "I have such sights to show you" is based on a similar line from the film Hellraiser. Betruger's other quote of "I will bring the world a new understanding of VIOLENCE" is spoken by Sigma from the video game Overwatch. His other quote in which he asks the survivors to willingly give themselves over to keep their bodies from being too heavily mutilated comes from Doom 2016's Codex. Ruby's line of "Stick around, I'm full of bad ideas" comes from Dead Space 2. The BFG being "the prize of the military's arsenal" comes from the classic Doom manuals, though the line "the holy grail of firepower" comes from the infamous Doom comic. "Argent Energy is stored in the cores" is based on the internet meme "Pee is stored in the balls." I have no shame. Project Bastion and its robotic sentries are inspired by the character Bastion from Overwatch, a robotic unit who could transform from a mobile sentry to a static turret. Project Darkstrom is a reference to the eponymous Darkstrom Division, with which the BFG is associated with in The Art of Doom. This chapter describes the BFG as weighing 130 kg, or around 300 lb, just like the Doom 2016 UAC Handbook. The track BFG_DIVISION_V2.0.1.6 is preceded by an 11, since the song is number 11 in Doom 2016's album. Osborne's lines of "are you ready to face your deepest fears" and "let's give them a show they won't forget" come from Quake 3 Arena's character of Phobos.
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