That’s because Ultra Nightmare is a one-life difficulty.
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Zero Master has staked a claim to be the first player to manage to beat the insanely tough mode, uploading the video to the site a couple of days ago. Given that they are the developers and should pretty much know the game inside out, it sounds like the Ultra Nightmare mode will indeed prove to be a nightmare for gamers attempting it.
The Ultra Nightmare difficulty combines the game’s second highest difficulty setting, Nightmare, and permadeath, which means if you die, you would have to restart at the beginning of the game.
One such detail is a new difficultly level called Ultra Nightmare, a new spin on the originals’ most challenging level, Nightmare (which the new Doom still has).
The Youtuber also mentioned that he has tried beating the game on this difficulty the day before, but he died before reaching the final boss.
YouTuber Zero Master has beaten Doom on its hardest difficulty setting – something id Software admitted prior to the game’s release that it couldn’t manage.
Doom speedrunner DraQu has set a new record for id Software’s FPS reboot with a new run today ending in 89 minutes and 56.42 seconds.
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It hasn’t taken very long for speedrunners to start finding time-saving tricks for Doom.
