ROOTPAIN.wad

What I'm about to tell you is a true story. No, this isn't about a game being haunted by a ghost or anything.

IF you wish to try this mod you can find it here: http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=36738&hilit=rootpain&start=15

You will need Doom2.wad and GZDoom to play it

I've been a big fan of Doom since the 90's and still am to this day, I'm also a member of the still alive doom community who put out modifications for the game to give everyone something new. Some mods of the game are good and some are bad but what I am about to talk about is different.

First before I go on: I am a user on the Zdoom forums. in the April of 2013 the user "Zygo" created a mod called "Classic Rivalry" which included classic FPS heros to play as and random enemies from different games. The mod was atrocious and recieved a very negative reception on the forum, most common complaint was the duplicated redundant weapons and how every object in the game was replace with a randomizer. the thread was locked after a short amount of time, and it's funny how this author could create something so terrible after he released (and canceled) a pretty decent mod called "POSSEST".

 So in July I had noticed Zygo had just released a new mod called "ROOTPAIN". I noticed that only a picture of the title and a download link for the wad was there. The description for the mod was simpily "NO INFORMATION PROVIDED". Confused and curious I decided to download it and run it in GZDoom, a source port that allows Doom to be played in OpenGL and includes certain effects like dymanic lighting and 3d floors.



So the first thing I noticed was the rather interesting title screen, composed of blood and gore. Before you ask, no. this did not creep me out, as gore is common in Doom and it's mods so I found this kinda cool. There were only 3 options "START", “EPILOGUE” and “XCAPE”. Start and “Xcape” work exactly as you’d expect. Epilogue just leads to the game options. I selected start and began a new game.

The first thing I noticed was the odd map, rather bland to put it. The textures looked to be flesh and there were 2 corners which led to dead ends with floating orbs on each one. I then decided to look at the automap and saw that the maps name was “WOMB” and as you’d guess the map resembled a uterus. I then presumed I was in for a terry trap where my “ASS GETS RAPED” or some dumb shit like that but waiting for about   5 minutes nothing happened. I wandered around growing bored and then finally gave up and decided to cheat. I presumed that those ovaries were my objective. I decided to cheat and use IDKFA (which gives you all the weapons in the game). And noticed that the text was changed from “Very Happy Ammo Added.” To “Mifepristone Added!”. What the hell was that about?

I gained all of Doom 2’s normal weapons, no custom ones available so I brought out the shotgun and blasted one of the eggs only to have it explode into gore and heard a bloodcurdling clip of a woman screaming in pain. I then procedded to blow up one of the other eggs, same thing happened. I decided to then go to the main chamber to see if anything was going to happen. I then saw something forming in the center. It revealed itself to be a fetus and started chasing me around the map making some sort of weird screaming noise, I shot at it a couple times with my shotgun with no avail. I then ran into one of the ovaries to take cover only to have it follow me. I switched to my chaingun hoping it would get me out of this mess. It didn’t and right when the fetus got to me I heard a loud scream presumably from my character and the game crashed.