Return to Castle Wolfenstein

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Summary: Whoa...
Review: I've scoured the net and game magazines about this one, and it's gonna be biiiig. As we all know, Wolf 3D was the original big first person shooter that really started the whole thing. In fact, I often think of Wolfenstein 3D as the real start of modern computer games.

So, why is the return going to be significant in the era of Half Life and Max Payne? Two words:

REALISTIC FLAMETHROWER

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Summary: Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Review: Back in 1992 i had a lot of fun playing the first FPS game ever Wolfenstein 3D, It is probably the greatest and along with simcity the most important game in history, Without Wolf 3D there would be no Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem or Half-Life. Raven software is a great company i loved their Heretic - Hexen serries games and i trust them to make a worthy sequal to the great game.

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Summary: See For Yourself!
Review: I have a link so you can download a video clip from last year's E3 show, showing footage of the game's 45% completion. From what I saw, the game looks VERY interesting. Instead of just "shoot-to-kill" action, it seems that this DM type game has some strategy elements in it. when was the last time you got to shoot out a bridge full of machinegunners using a stationary machine gun held down on sandbags? Also, notice most games open doors without seeing a hand open them? In the video, the game's hero, B.J., kicks a door open. Check it out! http://www.fileplanet.com/index.asp?search=Wolfenstein&scope=645&section=645&file=56432

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Summary: Good
Review: if this game is as cool as my fluffy cat, it'll be GOOD

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Summary: Multi-player test version
Review: I downloaded the multiplayer demo of this game on Saturday and couldn't turn it off. The test version was one map, the beachfront from D-day. It's setup just like an "assault" from quake 3:arena. You've got a time limit do either infiltrate the base and steal the war documents or defend the base depending on which team you are. There are 4 classes of units (soldier, medic, engineer, lieutenant). Each has it's advantages and disadvantages. Engineers are the only ones who can plant and disarm dynamite. Medics can heal injured players, lieutenants can call for airstrikes and give out ammo. Soldiers are the only class that has access to all the two-handed weapons.

The graphics are incredible. Very detailed and the game ran very smoothly. I can not wait until the full version of this game comes out. The single player promises to be solid but the multiplayer is where this game will shine.

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Summary: Compatibility problems
Review: I have this game, it used to play on my win 98 but since I upgraded to win xp it doesnt work anymore. Does anyone know why? How can I fix it? I doesnt help changing the compatibility settings.
Thanx a lot.



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Summary: Another Milestone in Gaming?
Review: As most of you are aware, the video and PC gaming industry loves to hype games. In the last six years or so the games that got a LOT of attention prior to release include Unreal, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal 2, Black and White, and of course, Doom 3. As you can see from this list, not all of these games lived up to expectations. Considering the tremendous amount of hype that heralded the return of Wolfenstein, does Return to Castle Wolfenstein live up to expectations?

Mostly yes. The graphics in this game are definitely good, and they seem to approach photo-realism in some ways. It helps to run this game with a good video card, and I can tell you that although Return to Castle Wolfenstein was released in 2001, my Radeon 9800 graphics card still strains a bit if I turn all the settings up. The sound, level design, weapons, and enemy AI all are very good too.

Nevertheless, most gamers would agree that this shooter was not the milestone it was expected to be. Some complained that the single-player adventure is mediocre, but I thought it was quite good. I guess there's only so much you can do with a first-person action game, and if the previews in the PC gaming press get too exciting, one should expect a let down.

So should you buy Return to Castle Wolfenstein? If you like playing action games on your PC, then by all means get a copy. At the price, you'll get a really good value because this game is as good or better than many of the newer, more expensive shooters. Moreover, playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein can lend you an idea of how games evolve and how gamers react to them.

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Summary: One of the best WWII first-person shooters ever
Review: The first time I came in contact with RTCW was when some friends of mine and I played the Beach multiplayer demo at a LAN gathering. Basically, everyone who played it went through a religious realization of how great the multiplayer experience was, and we all looked forward to the official release.

I was certainly not let down at all. Although the Beach was still by far the best multiplayer map in the game (and easily one of the best multiplayer maps of all time), the others were still excellent. The ways in which all the various classes of players could collaborate made the game team-orientated in a very original way. Although the engineer was the only completely necessary class in most cases to win a match, having an even distribution of players using all the classes made for a much easier time in achieving the objectives. For instance on the beach map, the Allies needed to retrieve some documents inside Castle Wolfenstein. In order to get inside the castle, engineers were required to plant dynamite and blow the castle walls (Axis engineers could diffuse the dynamite). Medics keep the engineers and other players alive to carry out the task, lieutenants feed everyone ammunition and throw airstrikes to eliminate the opposing threats, and soldiers employ a panzerfaust, mauser sniper rifle, venom (handheld gattling gun), or flamethrower to provide additional protection. Though RTCW was not the first game to invent player classes, it employed these classes in new ways that provided for fantastic gameplay.

Also, the single-player campaign was excellent and I still consider it one of the best of all the games I've ever played. I thought the storyline was pretty cool, and enjoyed how the writers weaved together fact and fiction concerning WWII and Himmler's work in the paranormal. The main character is BJ Blazkowicz, a captured US soldier who escapes from Castle Wolfenstein and encounters both Nazi enemies and undead demons in an effort to thwart the Germans and win the war for the Allies. In addition to the weapons listed in the multiplayer description, the game also features such weapons as the Thompson, MP40, Colt, Lugar, pinapple grenades, and potato mashers. My favorite single-player experience is a level later on in the game when Blazkowicz is required to sneak throughout a German village and eliminate eight important generals. The village is armed with an alarm system and if an enemy spots him, they can pull the alarm and the level resets. Basically, the level requires a player to use only a knife or a silenced weapon and contributes to the invention of the Covert Ops class in the sequel to RTCW, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, which is another game I very highly recommend (also, the game is free).

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Summary: Very Good, could have been a lot more satisfying
Review: Remembering the original Castle Wolfenstein on my Commodore 64 in the 80's and how original, difficult and cool it was back then. The level of anticipation I had to play this one was very high. And it lives up to the anticipation, with a few criticisms.

Gameplay is excellent, if not repetitive, graphics are outstanding, without the open environment of a GTA. As result, the game is very linear with only one path to take to get you from one level to the next. Not that this type of game is bad, it is just very objective focused with little to explore other than achieving the objective at hand.

The biggest disappointment however, was the final scene, as I was able to beat the game on only my second try. It was too easy and not very satisfying. You go through a hundred or so levels to get to the climax where you're expecting a monster so hideous, that it will literally take everything you have and multiple attempts to defeat, but alas, the weapons in the game were too overpowering even for something as gruesome as Heinrich.

Very good, but too much effort for relatively easy payoff.

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Summary: One of my favorite games!
Review: I normally don't play shooters but this game is very addictive! The graphics are good and the game play flows! You can waste many many hours on it.

The weapons are well thought out as you don't get enough of anything to make you unbeatable. There is something for everyone to like! My favorite is the paratrooper rifle and the sniper rifle.

The final fight was tough!

However, I did not see much difference between the medium level and the tough level.

All and all, you can't go wrong with this one!