Rip and Tear Through Ocarina of Time’s Forest Temple in this Fan-Created Doom II Map
Posted on December 06 2023 by Kristen G. Rosario
As one of the more eerie dungeons to crawl through in Ocarina of Time, the Forest Temple comes off as a haunted mansion when Link discovers its confines. Haunted by a small group of deadly Poes and all manner of creepy crawlies, there’s no easy way to get through this maze of a temple. Even if you do make it through all the dungeon-filled frights, you still have Phantom Ganon awaiting you at the end. That’s why it’s so interesting to see how one such person on YouTube decided to add more guns and brute force to the temple’s equation in their own unique way.
While said content creator, Reece “Kiwi Talkz” Reilly, is more known for their interviews and video essays, that didn’t stop him from recreating Ocarina of Time‘s Forest Temple using a Doom II custom map editor. According to him, this map was built as part of a bigger 32-map pack he created during 2020’s COVID-19 lockdown in New Zealand. During development of these maps, Reilly found a whole new level of appreciation for those in the game industry.
The main goal with this Doom II version of the Forest Temple was to keep it as close as possible to the original, but to still make it fit into the Doom aesthetic. Take the original temple’s four initial Poes, for instance. Reilly had an initial idea in terms of a replacement for him that didn’t quite pan out:
My original idea was to kill 4 Pain Elementals (resembling the 4 ghosts) to allow the teleporter to open up to the the final area but I couldn’t work out how to program a teleporter trigger to open up when the 4 Pain Elementals die using Slade so I opted for the key option.
Reilly even asked commenters in the video which should be the next Ocarina of Time dungeon recreated in Doom II, putting out that trying their hand at recreating the Water Temple would be interesting, due to Doom‘s limits involving water physics. While the Shadow Temple seems to be the most obvious answer to the temple up next, I wouldn’t mind seeing him take a crack at the inside of Jabu Jabu’s Belly. Using the gore factor the Doom series is known for could definitely bring that dungeon up a notch.
If you want to keep up with whatever Reece “Kiwi Talkz” Reilly is working on next, you can follow him on Facebook, Spotify, X (formerly Twitter), Discord, and Instagram.
What do you think of this Forest Temple recreated using the power of Doom II? What other Ocarina of Time dungeons would you like to see re-created into a Doom II map? Let us know in the comments below!
Source: Kiwi Talkz
Kristen G. Rosario is an Editor who joined Zelda Dungeon back in September of 2015. His current goal is to become a full-time video game journalist, hoping to eventually gain a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism. While he pursues that dream, he not only takes care of his adorable dachshund Angel, but also helps run a YouTube channel with his brother. The Zelda series is a quest he hasn’t fully completed yet, but hopes to get there one day.
