Originally released in 2001, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is an action/horror first-person shooter, and reboot of the Wolfenstein series. Powered by the Quake III Arena engine, it features a single-player campaign and team-based online multiplayer.
Story
World War II rages and nations fall. Himm...
Originally released in 2001, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is an action/horror first-person shooter, and reboot of the Wolfenstein series. Powered by the Quake III Arena engine, it features a single-player campaign and team-based online multiplayer.
Story
World War II rages and nations fall. Himmler’s German SS Paranormal Division has Hitler's full backing to twist science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. As US Army Ranger William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, you're on a solo mission to pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop Himmler...or die trying.
Features:
Experience a blend of action and horror in the single-player campaign
Wield a combination of classic WW2 and fictional, sci-fi-inspired weapons.
Fight against Nazis, the undead, and experimental mutant soldiers
Compete as Axis or Allies online, objective-focused and team-based multiplayer
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I am very dissapointed, because I was looking forward to play this game.
I just found out it exists here, and now I cant play it beacuse when I open it, it crashes immediately. I dont want to download mods or any patches like that. Im hoping you will fix that in the future, because I really like this game and want to experience it again after a long long time.
this game has a real BEEN THERE DONE THAT feel to it, and there is nothing wrong with that.
this type of formula has worked for a very long time. so if you are looking for a very generic 1st
person NAZI slaying brainless shooter then this game is for you, but just be aware of the
TASTES GREAT LESS FILLING factor. i used to love simple 1st person 3d games like this but
for me they just aren't enjoyable anymore.
I just wanted to have some fun shooting Nazis, and this Game has Nazis, Nazi Zombies, and Nazi Supersoldiers all up for the slaughter. So why didn't I like it?
After a promising first few levels, the game turns into an unfun slog. Levels are littered with gotcha snipers that you can't anticipate turning much of the game into an exercise in savescuming. Enemies are often hard to see, being brown shirts in a brown world, while you must be going into combat wearing a bright neon disco suit, because every enemy seems to be hyperaware of where you are at all times.
I think the game really wears out its welcome shortly after the flamethrower dudes start showing up. They're like a microcosm of what's wrong with the game. When I first started fighting them I thought I must have been doing something wrong because they often took multiple clips of automatic fire to bring down, so I looked at a wiki, and nope, they're just bullet sponges and take no extra damage from headshots. Meanwhile, they have an absurdly long range on their attack, it does massive damage to you, and blinds you so you can't see anything while you're taking damage. AND then you've got to unload about 2 clips of bullets into them before they go down, which is about a quarter of the total ammo you're allowed to carry for your main gun. It just feels punishing for no good reason.
But that wouldn't be so bad if the game had a good amount of health/armor/ammo refills laying around, but it's pretty sparse with those, and they never seem to be where you need them to be. So even if you manage to survive a tough fight, you may be so low on health that you'll die form the next shot from a sniper that pops up behind you, so you'll have to reload anyways. This isn't a game loop that I enjoy. I realized I wasn't having fun with the game, so I cannot recommend.
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