Duke has traveled a century into the future, to the year 2121 A.D. He was invited there not only to fight off the latest swarm of invaders, but also to be a special guest on a Los Angeles TV talk show about time travelers.
What is Cinematic Mod?
Cinematic Mod (CM) is a Half-Life 2 modification, that adds more details and a darker look to the original Half-Life 2 series.
Imagine, a Hollywood producer got his hands on the game. The result would be similar to what the Cinematic Mod is: a graphics blockbuster, redesigned to the typical game to movie adaption with an orchestral soundtrack and beautiful people everywhere.
Burdensome regulations have long stymied the United Aerospace Corporation's ability to innovate in the energy sector. However, recent pro-business rulings represent a welcome change of pace, clearing the way for us to open an exciting new facility in the Lone Star State. Come on down 'n' see us sometime, y'all!
OSTERITY is a 7+1 map vanilla "mega episode" for the Doom 2 IWAD, powered by OTEX. A 3-episode, Doom 1-inspired megawad squeezed into just 7 maps. The basic formula is to alternate sprawling megamaps with short boss/challenge maps, though the rules are bent a little towards the end.
You are Ranger, an operator of the UTJR stationed at a secret, multinational research facility in Finland. You are being deployed to investigate the disappearance of a survey team that went missing beyond the slipgate, cast into the farthest reaches of existence. Yet through the thin veil of reality, you find only a desolate plane of flesh and despair, and a dread voice that beckons your name.
This map is larger than an entire episode, if played in its entirety, and is best experienced in segments. It includes a story, extremely challenging fights, trick jumping, and a vast amount of large secret areas, but is difficulty scaled to accommodate everyone.
Sikhl is set somewhere in the southwestern USA. There's been various reports of EDF troops getting fired upon by unknown assailants near a vast canyon area. Duke's been ordered to travel there and find out what's going on.
This map focuses on an alien spacecraft and some buildings around where it landed; by the time Duke gets there, there are way too many aliens in the area just kinda chillin'.