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Maybe worth it with Xbox Live...no way without!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: May 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The game has three modes; Online Vs, 1 Player Story, and 2 Player story.

I don't have Xbox Live, so I can't comment on the vs mode other than to say that the manufacturers really could have included a 2-4 player vs mode that those of us without Xbox Live could enjoy.

The one player game is OK, but no where near as good as its fellow WWII competitor, Medal of Honor. The one advantage that this game has over M.O.H. is that you can play the story mode 2-Player co-operative. Which brings me to the third mode of play.

Two player co-operative: WHAT WERE THE DESIGNERS OF THIS GAME THINKING WHEN THEY DECIEDED NO ONE WOULD WANT/NEED TO SAVE THEIR 2-PLAYER CO-OPERATIVE GAME!?!?!?! I played this with a friend for around 4 hours when we realized we couldn't save our game. What a nightmare!

So, like the title of this review says, maybe this game is good online, but it is essentially worthless if you don't have Xbox Live. Don't waste your cash.

Not worth the price

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: March 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The game was a complete disappointment. Maybe I had my expectations set a bit too high. All the landscapes seem similar and like one of the other reviewers correctly pointed out, the controls make your head spin. Very difficult to figure out where you are on the map and where your partner is (if you play the co-op mode)and the colors downright suck

Wolfenstein Faithful Disappointed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Ok, I played Wolfenstein way back in the day and loved it. I was thrilled with the prospect of reliving the good old days on my XBox.

Imagine my disappointment when I played this game. This has no intriguing plot like the original, the graphics are sloppy, the controls are almost "Dead to Rights" terrible, and the only good point of the game is the weapons.

Apparently, the designers got lazy, then decided to market this waste of space based on a name and some updated weapons. Leave this one on the rack, especially if you are expecting something worthy of the Wolfenstein brand.

Don't buy this game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: June 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I thought this game would be something like SOCOM for ps2. Doesn't even come close. I've experienced nothing but lag and a sick feeling to my stomach. Literally playing this game for 30 minutes, I started to get nasuous. In fact I'm taking this game back today to trade it in for something else.

mediocre ugly port

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Wolfenstein is a legendary frachise. First appearing on Apple before the time of the Mac...then Atari, DOS, Commodore64...ID software picked up the ball and Wolfenstein 3D became one of the first FPS (first person shooters)...leading into Doom, Quake, and the rest is history.

Tides of War is an incredibly ugly, flat, lifeless, colorless and borish game. The graphics relative to other xbox games of it's era simply do not measure up. Very dissapointing.

Quake3 Engine. Not the best.

Nazis and Zombies = I expected more from Id

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: May 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Seeing this title on the shelves brought back fond memories of the original Wolfenstein 3d, one the original first person shooters and a ground breaking game. However, there is nothing groundbreaking or revolutionary with "Return to Castle Wolfenstein". Castle Wolfenstein is Medal of Honor meets Goldeneye meets Rise of the Triad meets a half dozen other games, all crammed together for a fairly average gaming experience.

I would describe the plot of the game, but quite honestly, I'm not sure what it is. The first part of the game finds you in North Africa fighting zombies, Nazis, and skeletons wearing viking helmets. We learn that a large Nazi lady is trying to resurrect an evil mummy. We jump from there to Castle Wolfenstein (the game's namesake) where the player spends all of three short levels before jumping to rocket bases, outdoor Nazi playforts and random rooms full of traps. It seemed as if the developers weren't sure what setting they wanted to put this game in, so they gave up and included a bit of everything.

The gameplay is without any glaring problems, but it's rather bland. The weapons are a generic blend of pistols, machine guns and sniper rifles. Aiming at single enemies with a pistol is a tedious affair due to the lack of analog sensitivity, and after spending 10 minutes in one of the many dimly lit levels, you will wonder why no one thought to include a flashlight in your character's inventory.

When my fondest memory of Return to Castle Wolfenstein is using the war-cry, "BLOCKY!" in reference to my friend's blocky, ugly looking on-screen character, that doesn't speak well of the game's lasting appeal. Castle Wolfenstein does it all, but doesn't do any of it very well.

Better on computer

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: December 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you want to play RtCW, buy it for the PC. It's exactly the same game with a different subtitle but you can play online for free. The single player is decent but Activision didn't even bother copying Halo in the co-op mode. When you play co-op you can only play missions that you've gotten to in single-player. That means that if you almost beat the game with a friend and you quit, you have to start from the beginning the next day. Why wouldn't they let you even save co-op in a different profile?

Good but some really major cons

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I think the game is very cool, but there is one major problem that I have with it. When you play in multiplayer split screen campaign you cannot save the game. Me and my friend played the game for 8 hours one night and then we found out that you can't save in 2 player mode, like you can in halo. This makes absolutely no sense at all why, would you make a game like that. The people who made it weren't thinking clearly. So if you like to play split screen don't get this game!!!

hmm nazis can take a ... load of bullets

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: June 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i had no idea a nazi could take 15 machine gun rounds and an entire clip of pistol bullets. the flame thrower was my favorite part of the game. the multiplayer is fun and that is the only strength. Enemys are ridiculousy strong in my opionon. 2 stars for the flame thrower and multiplayer. (i would never buy this game i played the demo)

Go to a different shooter

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: August 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game has way below average graphics and sound. It has no real storyline. It's like an old doom game which were alright then, but should be much better now. The replay value is nothing great. Avoid this and go for any Tom Clancy stuff or Halo or many other shooters over this one. What a dissapointment.

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