Anyone else hate Cultist Base?

[Watercrown123]

Seriously, this level is my least favorite by far. I can't say exactly what it is I hate so much besides just the raw length. It's definitely appropriate considering how the hell priest is trying to tire you out, but dang, it feels so painful to go through in-game. I was cruising through my first nightmare run after I had practiced the last level a bit on my first game (after bumping that game up to nightmare too) and had barely died, went into Cultist Base, came out with no extra lives left whatsoever.

Anyone else having this much trouble/annoyance with the level?

[Kaldaien]

Yes, it does not really jive with the rest of the game content. It was clearly intended to introduce the Praetor mechanics and they somehow let the whole thing spiral out of control. That's really what it feels like, they just built convoluted platforming elements to fill-out this map because they couldn't think of anything else to pace the Praetor tutorials.

There are far fewer Mario-inspired block pushing puzzles after you get past this map. It will always feel completely out of place, I have no doubt.

[Watercrown123]

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

Yes, it does not really jive with the rest of the game content. It was clearly intended to introduce the Praetor mechanics and they somehow let the whole thing spiral out of control. That's really what it feels like, they just built convoluted platforming elements to fill-out this map because they couldn't think of anything else to pace the Praetor tutorials.

There are far fewer Mario-inspired block pushing puzzles after you get past this map. It will always feel completely out of place, I have no doubt.

It's not even just the platforming though honestly, I mean I agree that it gets a bit too excessive here (and personally I think a bit too much on Doom Hunter Base too) but I only once got damaged by an obstacle of some sort and happily armor was right before it to restock. For some reason I just get absolutely demolished by enemies here. I can go through half the last level without dying once, literally proceed to lose 6 extra lives and die several times more on this level alone. That, combined with the fact that it's about 50-75% longer than any other level in the game just makes me dread going through it.

[Sgt.Papercut]

Eh it's just okay to me. The cultist/doom hunter base looks awesome though so I probably enjoy it more based on just how it looks. I do like the design with the monster closets and other oldschool elements.