Abysm: Dawn of Innocence (UZDoom) Windows

Credits:

Developed by: Jazzmaster
Type: Doom II Total Conversion Mod
Style: Heretic/Hexen-like Action RPG
Status: Complete
Initial Release Date: 20 Dec 2018
Current Version: v1.2
Patch Date: 25 June 2020

Source and details: https://www.moddb.com/mods/abysm-dawn-of-innocence

Abysm: Dawn of Innocence is an action adventure GZDoom Total Conversion mod for Doom II inspired by Medieval themed games such as Diablo, Dark Souls, and Hexen.

The mod features a hub level progression where you complete quests while slaughtering demons along the way with various Medieval weapons and Spells.

Story:

The peaceful Kingdom of Astrea has been invaded by demonic creatures from Hell. You, a brave warrior of the Church of Sunlight, were sent by the High Ministry to aid the Royal Hunters in recapturing the Astrea Sunlight Monastery and saving their homeland from certain doom.

May the God of Sunlight guide you through your battle against evil. The Dawn of Innocence has begun.

Gameplay:

The combat follows the core run and gun gameplay of the classicom games, you find a weapon and you kill demons. There will be various health items and powerups scattered around the maps which you can put in your inventory and use when needed.

Slain monsters will drop gold that you can use to purchase items from shop keepers and, depending on the particular monster type, they will also drop either white or black mana which is used as ammo for various Magic Weapons.

Featured Content:

The mod consist of an Overworld map and 16 dungeons - 8 main quest dungeons and 8 optional dungeons.

The Main Dungeons are unlocked sequentially by following the main questline while the optional dungeons can be explored at any point in the game and will contain extra items that will help you on your journey.

Quests are given to the player either by interactions with characters or by certain events in the game. You can open your quest log to see your current objectives.

How to Run:

1. Open the bundled ZDL Doom launcher (ZDL.exe) and in the Launch config tab use the + button under External files and pick the Abysm - Dawn of Innocence.pk3 file like in Screenshot 1.
2. In the General settings tab under Source ports use the + button to pick UZDoom's .exe and under IWADs use the + button to pick the Doom II .wad file like in Screenshot 2.
3. Go back to the Launch config tab and click the Launch button in order to play the game.
4. You can now play the game straight as-is or use the settings in UZDoom to configure it to how you want.

Included in the download is the manual PDF. Be sure to read it for a little more info about it.

This is a really nice whole new game created using GZDoom. While it doesn't have some of the more advanced custom scripting and effects like some of the commercially released GZDoom created games have (like Selaco and Hedon) it's still a nice fantasy action adventure campaign for fans of classics like Heretic and Strife. Along with its sequel and expansions it offers quite a lot of content to explore and should keep you entertained for hours and hours.