Where can I find Wolfenstein(2009) ?

[AdayDr1en]

For a price that isn't absurd.

I'm a story buff. I like playing previous installments in a series before I get into newer ones of it.

I noticed 2009 was pulled from Steam.

[ShikenNuggets]

Depends on what you consider to be an absurd price.

[AdayDr1en]

Originally posted by ShikenNuggets:

Depends on what you consider to be an absurd price.

http://www.amazon.com/Wolfenstein-PC/dp/B001CLYL1K

$60 is absurd for a game so old.

[ShikenNuggets]

Originally posted by AdayDr1en:

http://www.amazon.com/Wolfenstein-PC/dp/B001CLYL1K

$60 is absurd for a game so old.

It's not that old, but yeah, $60 is a bit stupid (especially since the console versions are half that price). Perhaps a better question is, how much are you willing to pay?

[AdayDr1en]

Originally posted by ShikenNuggets:

Originally posted by AdayDr1en:

http://www.amazon.com/Wolfenstein-PC/dp/B001CLYL1K

$60 is absurd for a game so old.

It's not that old, but yeah, $60 is a bit stupid (especially since the console versions are half that price). Perhaps a better question is, how much are you willing to pay?

$10 ?

How good of a PC port is it ? Video options, resolutions, FOV ?

[ShikenNuggets]

Originally posted by AdayDr1en:

$10 ?

How good of a PC port is it ? Video options, resolutions, FOV ?

I have yet to find anything below $30, and that might be the best you get.

No clue about the quality of the port, I don't own the game on PC.

[Heidrocj]

It has somewhat basic graphics options(resolution, AA, AF, shadow quality, etc) and no option to change FOV. If you want to change FOV you will have to use a community patch. Furthermore, it has a bit of mouse lag that I have been unable to remove in my attempts. I got the overall impression that the game was developed more with console in mind.

If you can get used to the slight mouse lag and use a community patch to increase the FOV, it is a decent shooter that'll keep you entertained. It's like Quake 4- Good, but not great. I personally prefer Return to Castle Wolfenstein and New Order/Old Blood over it.

I bought my copy off Amazon before the prices started going up. If you really want to get it so you can play all the Wolfensteins, buy it now because the prices are only going to increase as time passes.

Note- Even if you buy it new in a sealed case, the CD key will not activate on Steam. Therefore since you are only looking to play the single player campaign, you might save some money on it if you look for the "Used- good condition" copies on Amazon.

[SheetznGiggles]

You can't buy it digitally. I would tell you to not buy it at all. Find a friend with a copy who is willing to share it with you. Its not worth giving money to speculators and idiots just to play it. Its not a great FPS, it does some interesting stuff I havn't seen before or since, but its not memorable or all that great.

[Ceejay]

Originally posted by Ridah:

You can't buy it digitally. I would tell you to not buy it at all. Find a friend with a copy who is willing to share it with you. Its not worth giving money to speculators and idiots just to play it. Its not a great FPS, it does some interesting stuff I havn't seen before or since, but its not memorable or all that great.

I rather enjoyed it, to be fair I agree its not up there with the great fps's, but its still fun, and worth getting if you can pick it up cheap enough. Though I would not really want to pay all that much for it, given its age. I am sure I picked it up for less than £10 a few years ago, but its like all things, supply and demand. Why people think its worth $30-$60 is just bonkers though.

[Tomo]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wolfenstein-PC-2009-/262384492511?hash=item3d17559fdf:m:mD4N5UGpe6JNUI2K-VoM5fQ

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-4-ACTION-STALKER-TURNING-POINT-WOLFENSTEIN-CONTRACT-J-A-C-K-PC-DVD-/401105091108?hash=item5d63b9fa24:g:reQAAOSwv~xXDabG

Great PC port, runs perfect on any modern PC. I'm a huge Wolfenstein fan and New Order was absolute garbage though, all the previous games were a million times better.

If you do choose to buy the 2009 Wolfenstein, check out this guide to getting it to install on Windows 7 and up.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2428633

[SheetznGiggles]

Originally posted by Ceejay:

Originally posted by Ridah:

You can't buy it digitally. I would tell you to not buy it at all. Find a friend with a copy who is willing to share it with you. Its not worth giving money to speculators and idiots just to play it. Its not a great FPS, it does some interesting stuff I havn't seen before or since, but its not memorable or all that great.

I rather enjoyed it, to be fair I agree its not up there with the great fps's, but its still fun, and worth getting if you can pick it up cheap enough. Though I would not really want to pay all that much for it, given its age. I am sure I picked it up for less than £10 a few years ago, but its like all things, supply and demand. Why people think its worth $30-$60 is just bonkers though.

Yeah it is an interesting game and worth a playthrough but not worth more than $10.

Collectors and speculators drive up the prices on anything somewhat limited in video games, ever since NES collecting got big speculators flocked to videogames. Its those idiots who buy physical when digital copies are avaliable that drive up the prices. The market decides the price.

[TransgressorOfTheUnspeakableWord]

I own a hard copy, as I felt I needed it to bridge between RTCW and the new games.
I think it gets unfairly slated (likely by folk who've never played it) as I feel it's a solid FPS with a few of its own features.
For comparable FPS quality, think Prey, the Riddick games or Quake 4 - although it contains more classic shooter action than those three.
I'd actually play it through again.
Solid FPS with a little added depth and strategy.
[Oddly enough, I also had to source a physical copy of Prey, and would have had to do so with Riddick if I hadn't bought it before it was removed from Steam or didn't already have a GOG copy - which are still available]

[Ceejay]

Originally posted by Azuki Chan:

If you do choose to buy the 2009 Wolfenstein, check out this guide to getting it to install on Windows 7 and up.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2428633

Just to point out though, you may not need the guide, mine just installed and ran on win 7.

[TransgressorOfTheUnspeakableWord]

Originally posted by Ceejay:

Originally posted by Azuki Chan:

If you do choose to buy the 2009 Wolfenstein, check out this guide to getting it to install on Windows 7 and up.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2428633

Just to point out though, you may not need the guide, mine just installed and ran on win 7.

Mine did too, iirc.

[PorcusGrunzus]

Since it has been pulled from sale, digitally and physically, you are better off just getting it in the web. ;)

I dont know why they dont put it back on Steam. Guess Activision being a bitc* again.
They dont like customers and PC gamers so yeah, there you go.
Not sure whether Bethesda owns the game or Activision.

[TransgressorOfTheUnspeakableWord]

As an old gamer, I find it sad that the corporate behemoth created using the "ActiVision" branded name/identy is tarnishing the name of the long-defunct original champion of talented rogue indie development.

Even the business-minded "Atari" - which ActiVision splintered from - had more integrity than its "in-name-only" modern corporate counterpart.

I guess such mechanisms can only successfully ride on the back of others' previous work for so long before their own true soulless corporate "grey" begins to bleed through.

"You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile."
- said the Saturnian Borja/Borgia [metaphorically obfuscated as "Borg" for victims of their television]