Wolfenstein 2009 review and opinion

[Win2000Fan]

Seeing how everyone here at Steam, Wolfenstein 2009 Discussions, is either trying to sell their copy or someone is trying to buy the game for way more than its worth, I thought I would brake the mold and give it a very short review.

I am not known here on Steam as a reviewer or part of the Steam social environment. However I am a senior gamer (yes that means that I am old) and have had an account here at Steam for many years. In fact I go back to when Steam first started. My gaming experience goes all the way back (1992) to the early computer DOS side scrolling games like, Duke Nukem 2, not 3. Duke Nukem 3 was an early 3D shooter not a side scrolling game.

How do I qualify to review this game? I am a huge fan of early ID works, such as Doom, all four Quake games, and my favorite game of all time is: Return to Castel Wolfenstein, along with other id games. I have played all those games through at least three times and more. Yes I have played other games than id games but that is not what this is about.

All game date releases I mention in this review are in fact stamped on my original games box’s from id.

Remember no matter what is wrong or how many bugs there might be in this game there will never be a bug fix or an update and or a directors edition. This game has been pulled and we must take it the way it is. If you are fighting to get this game and paying lots of money to get it, then be prepared to except it for what it is, as it is flawed.

Before playing Wolfenstein 2009, I read the original 2009 reviews of the game to get their input first. Most all of them gave the game at least a 70% rating but some less and after playing it I understand why. All were put off by some buggy issues, like doors closing on dead bodies and jamming shut, the very stupid AI’s that would run at you while you shoot them, I had a map issue where the map took me to the wrong place but I did figure it out, not being able to save the game anywhere you want, below average visuals in a few areas while other areas look fair to good. One of the biggest complaints they had and I have is it use of the Doom 3 gaming engine that was released around 2004. The Doom 3 engine was five to six years old when Wolf 2009 was released. In my opinion the visuals in Quake 4, which was released in 2005 (it also used the Doom 3 engine) were a lot better and stretched that Doom 3 engine for every pixel they could. Its almost as if the Wolf 2009 software writers were prepared to write a B quality game and did not care. Maybe all these issues was some of the reasons the game was pulled.

Is Wolf 2009 fun. Yes it is fun but it is not Ravenwears or ids best work like, The Return to Castel Wolfenstein is. Yes it feels like a spin off from RTCW but lacks the strong story or the outstanding (for its time) visuals. Except for the opening cinematic, It also lacks any real historical references to the real Nazis like RTCW did throughout the game. In my opinion that is important in setting that WWII era feel.

Several positive very important things I need to mention and that is not once was I crashed to my desk top while playing Wolf 2009. Not once was I stuck somewhere in a bug that I could figure my way out of. If any of you can remember the game Sanitarium, it had a bug that I think stuck me at the second level and was not playable till a bug fix came out. So yes games can get that bad and are still are today but are sold for more than twice as much as they did then.

Last, I am glad that I am one of the lucky people who own it? Yes, even with its flaws and I have excepted the game will never get better.

If you have any questions about my experence playing this game please ask.

[jungle.james]

How would you say it compares to the newer titles? I liked "The Old Blood" due to its emphasis on the SS' interest in the paranormal and the lack of a love story when contrasted with "The New Order".

[Win2000Fan]

Like you, I did not like the love story of the New Order, as well. It is like watching a War moive and then some idiot throws in a love triangle. Enemy At The Gates, comes to mind. My guess is they did that for the young and lady gamers. I also did not buy the Nazis going to the moon and having an colony in 1963. Yes they could have gotten there a little before 1969 but not colonize. Last, like BJ said in Old Blood, there is no way America would ever bow to something like the Nazis. Many of us would rather die first.

I am in the middle of playing The Old Blood and so far I like it but the over the top castle size is a little much. The castle in Return to Castle Wolfenstein was an old world castle which added to the creppiness.

I need to add that I did have a crash issue in Wolenstein 2009 that I forgot about. It crashed at the end of the Farm about 3 times but I worked it out.

To answer your question it is actually a good spin off from RTCW and is closer to the Old Blood than to the New Order. My opinion.

[forth]

Gross spelling errors all over the place at least you use paragraphs, it seems less of personal review of Wolf 09 but more an opinion/observation piece of Wolf 09 being pulled from the store.
Another thing the Idtech 4 engine was a complete rewrite of the Idtech 3 engine (so it's not the same) the info is on the Wiki, it still crushes anything make with Unity today.

I hated Wolf 09 back in the day because it had far more complex mechanics than the average WII shooter, today post Fallout 3 I dig the RPG-lite mechanics, at least Raven was trying to bring something newer than the average WII shooter back then.

[Win2000Fan]

random, thanks for being my school teacher.

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random, thanks for being my school teacher.

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