Review: Wolfenstein

[S-Unleashed]

"Oh, hello Mr. Mean Nazi! Poff!"

Splendid!

That was for the win.

 

[Asehujiko]

Also the hit detection sometimes goes all screwey, it leaves you pumping bullets into and invisible corner of the wall your hiding behind, almost as if the walls model is slightly bigger than it actually looks.

Well, I will say that the physics are a bit off in places. A hospital bed managed to completely stop a rocket I'd fired -- that's some pretty sturdy construction. Certainly no worse than other games, though, and a minor complaint in a very, very fun game.

I recommend upgrading Empower. It gets rid of all Schrödinger's Walls(you don't know if there's one until you shoot at it).

On topic of the review, i think there should be a section on the boss battles too, considering that they are a large part of the game. Hans in particular was very epic(and very trial and error at some points).

Also, how was the difficulty on the consoles? I found the PC version to be laughably easy, completing Uber in 10 hours 30 minutes and could have done it in less then 8 if i hadn't combed over the town 3 times for money for upgrades i didn't need.

Having no idea who Nightcrawler is and never having seen Hellboy, i assume that the scary nazi is the burning green skeleton that's immune to almost everything and has veil powers on it's own, am i correct? On the PC version they are also the most aggravating opponents in the game, zipping around and occasionally instagibbing me unless i get the drop on them with an empowered particle cannon. Which makes them the only credible threat that isn't a boss. Scribes like teleporting straight into my bayonet range, Ungesehen aren't that unseen at all and don't respond well to Veil and neither do the Drache Troopers or those female ninjas with 2 square feet of cleavage

It's definitely not the hardest game you'll ever play, but I wouldn't say it was laughably easy. Depending on your particular shooter skill, though, you may have a different experience.

The boss fights are a big part of the game, but I found them to be mildly disappointing. They relied a bit too much on "do X a specific number of times", which while classic boss construction, feels a wee bit stale. Still, they were grandiose and flashy, which is always good.

And no, that's not the guy I'm talking about, though those green bastards are pains in the ass. No, I mean the guy who first shows up in the hospital who's a cross between this guy [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mW2XN7egyE].

That would be the Ungesehen(english: unseen). Activate Veil Sight when you hear them. That makes them visible. After which you rush at them and kill them with Mire/Bayonet/BFG Poof Gun.

Even for a non-hardcore game, 8 hours isn't what i expected on the highest difficulty, using only the sniper rifle except for bosses and no prior knowledge of the series other then the fact that it at one point featured mecha-hitler dual wielding double barreled gatling guns. What was your total playtime and on what difficulty? Maybe it's just the PC version that is poorly balanced because using a scoped bolt action gun to kill anything not in stabbing range shouldn't be a viable tactic against everything without it's own theme song.

 

[gxs]

The Poofgun comment made me laugh. Nice review. I don't like zombies but this looks really nice.

 

[Susan Arendt]

Im quite enjoying the game, as you said its nothing new but its rather fun. The paranormal twist to the Nazi lore is a good touch. The upgrades and add ons fit in well to the Wolfenstein formula.

On a different note, watching your video made me realize the one thing that annoyed me about the game on easy, you can take a ton of damage. By the way Susan, youre supposed to get out of the way of the bullets

Oh, shush. The tough thing about making these videos is that you're trying to get a specific image, and concentrating so much on that, that you kind of forget you're being shot at. So, yeah, I die rather a lot trying to get the perfect shot of Mire or the Poof Gun, or whatever.

 

[sneak_copter]

It's awesome. I'm not too keen on the "hub-world" aspect, but whatever.

It doesn't stop the missions being brilliant and the last boss being AWESOME.

 

[ZerOmega]

Just for once I'd like to play a WWII FPS game that doesn't invole the protagonist killing half the population of Zürich. I know that the nazis lost the war and all, but don't you people ever get tired of killing the same enemy all the time?

 

[Spleenbag]

Just for once I'd like to play a WWII FPS game that doesn't invole the protagonist killing half the population of Zürich. I know that the nazis lost the war and all, but don't you people ever get tired of killing the same enemy all the time?

May I point you in the direction of Call of Duty: World at War? You get to kill the Japanese too!

 

[ZerOmega]

May I point you in the direction of Call of Duty: World at War? You get to kill the Japanese too!

Multiplayers don't count.

 

[Nerdfury]

Just for once I'd like to play a WWII FPS game that doesn't invole the protagonist killing half the population of Zürich. I know that the nazis lost the war and all, but don't you people ever get tired of killing the same enemy all the time?

It's one of the rules of gaming. If it's (un)dead or a Nazi, you can do whatever you like to it.

 

[John Funk]

May I point you in the direction of Call of Duty: World at War? You get to kill the Japanese too!

Multiplayers don't count.

The entire American half of the game is set in the Pacific Theater, broseph.

 

[not a zaar]

Did you even like the game? I think you forgot to mention that somewhere in your 'review'.

 

[Valdsator]

I got this on the PC recently and I LOVE it. Although, it might be because I'm a pretty big fan of the Wolfenstein series, but the missions are tons of fun, and the combat is simply amazing. I found lots of people kind of complaining about the hub world, but I actually enjoyed that. It allowed me to have some fun, simple firefights before going into a mission with 2 Uber Soldiers and those invisible assassins.

The PC version didn't feel like too much of a port to me really. The menu was easy to navigate with the mouse, and I didn't get any trouble with the game displaying Xbox 360 controls like many people had problems with. Maybe I'm just lucky. Now I'd just like them to balance the multiplayer a bit (it seems like offensive objectives are much harder than defensive) and make it less rough.

I'll definitely play through this game again.

 

[MortisLegio]

It looks awesome but has alot to live up to
kapoof... hahahahaha
(obscure RTS reference)

 

[r_Chance]

Just for once I'd like to play a WWII FPS game that doesn't invole the protagonist killing half the population of Zürich. I know that the nazis lost the war and all, but don't you people ever get tired of killing the same enemy all the time?

I have never killed any Swiss citizens (knowingly) in a shooter. I may have killed half the population of Berlin, but that's another story entirely. And yes, it's still fun

 

[KazNecro]

Hmmm... am I the only one who looks at the Veil and thinks of the Underworld in the Soul Reaver Series? The only things missing are the various souls and monsters roaming the dimension. Or am I wrong? I didn't see any evidence of enemies that roam the veil.

Still, it definitely sparked my interest. And after blowing the heads off of countless enemies in Fallout 3, I need something new to laugh maniacally at.

 

[ZerOmega]

Just for once I'd like to play a WWII FPS game that doesn't invole the protagonist killing half the population of Zürich. I know that the nazis lost the war and all, but don't you people ever get tired of killing the same enemy all the time?

It's one of the rules of gaming. If it's (un)dead or a Nazi, you can do whatever you like to it.

Why can't we shoot some allies for a change? Doesn't have to be Americans. There were plenty of other nations involed as well!