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Another overrated WWII Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 15
Date: April 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I just finished playing the single player demo and I was not impressed. This game is basically Medal of Honor with zombies. Medal of Honor was not a very good game, considering all the praise heaped upon it, and neither is this. At least Medal of Honor had some originality...

The two levels included in the demo were "escape from the castle" and "survive the catacombs." The castle level is okay, I guess. It's VERY dull and unimaginative, but you get to shoot Nazis - who doesn't like to do that? Next came the catacombs level. That level looked good at first; it's very creepy. I was thinking, "okay, this game is starting to get good." Then I saw the zombies. There are two kinds of zombies. One holds a shield in front of it as it walks. If you shoot it, the bullets bouce STRAIGHT BACK AT YOU! Even if you shoot around the shield, say, at the zombie's feet, the bullets still bounce back and hit you! How retarded were the people who designed this? But wait, it gets worse. The other kind of zombie has no shield. Wanna know what this zombie does? It shoots little skulls out at you. That's right, folks - tiny little ghost skulls that can fly around corners and kill you. Don't laugh. I'm not making this up.

I didn't just feel disapointed by this game, I felt insulted. I felt like the people who made it were mocking my intelligence. I was also rather shocked. I remember this being the big game that everyone was talking about back in '03. Now I play it and find it's quality to be that of one of those really bad value-priced games. I was actually thinking about buying it, but I certainly won't now. Thank god for demos.

Okay, here's a basic breakdown of the game:

GRAPHICS: Nothing special in this department. The graphics are definitely underwhelming, but they're not terrible. There are a few things that really stick out as poor worksmanship, though. One example is when the zombies die. They simply disappear, while a couple of little bones drop down. Yes, it looks VERY bad.

GAMEPLAY: Not fun. This game is way too linear. You have absolutly no choice about how you approach the missions. Killing the bad guys is a chore. The AI is crummy, and your guns are annoyingly innacurate.

STORY: Cool plot. Too bad it doesn't have a better game to go with it.

SINGLE PLAYER: yawn.

MULTIPLAYER: Don't know, I only played the single player. Everyone says it's good, but I like to enjoy games without having to deal with a bunch of @$$holes online. If you're the kind of gamer who just does muliplayer and never touches the single player missions, you might want to play this. But do so at your own risk.

If you know what's good for you, you'll stick to the original Wolfenstein. That's a great game. It represented the cutting edge when it came out. Of course games had come a long way since then by 2003, but you'd never know it by playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

Enemy Territory is the Game to Play

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The real fun in this game is Enemy Territory--the add-on to this edition. Each map contains a series of objectives that the offense (Axis or Allies) must achieve. The defense (Allies or Axis) must defend those objectives within a certain amount of time. It is much like Counter-Strike, in which the T's (offense) must plant the C4 bomb in more than one place, and the Counter-Terrorists (defense) must prevent the plant and/or diffuse the C4.

Independently, the add-ons of the enhanced engineer and the covert ops make this game very interesting.

so realistic its scary

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game is the most realistic ive played in a long time, well all time. The story line is amazing. you can pick chairs up and throw them at people. in each level there are secret places containing medic kits, ammo, etc. the AI is smart too. i went through a door and was being shot and i couldnt find the guy. he was hiding on the wall next to the door and shooting me from behind. multi player.... well ya. it sucks. the guns are unrealistic and i still cant figure out the plot of building towers and stuff. and an added dum part in multi is that people just stand around and shoot mortars everywhere. o yeah i accidentally killed one of my guys with a nade and got banned from the server. what is that??? the single player makes up for it though. overall 4.7/5

Like the original, but better

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Like many, the Original Wolfenstein was the first, first person shooter game that many of us played. This game has that same spirit, but with much better graphics, and amazing sound. Its very enjoyable, action packed, and a great game to play. I highly recommend it!

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