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- ~Wolfenstien 3D
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- WOLFIE04.PCX
- WOLFIE05.PCX
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- Reviewed by Adriano Maurizio Grisanti 1995.
-
- You are Captain William J."B.J" Blazkowicz, and have recently been
- captured by the Nazis, will trying to undercover a plot by them to
- win the war, which if undertaken, would make the Allies defenseless,
- leading to a lot of blood shed and a great defeat. Any way, you are
- prisoner in Castle Wolfenstein, and must escape to stop the Nazis
- winning the war.
-
- There are six chapters in all to complete, each with 10 levels (one
- of which is hidden), yes thats a great thumping 60 levels, and to top
- it all, there are 4 skill levels to choose from, which are :-
-
- (1) Can I play, Daddy? (for beginners only)
- (2) Don't hurt me (recommended for more fun)
- (3) Bring 'em on! (only recommended if very good)
- (4) I am death incarnate! (only recommended for hard nutters)
-
- The games six chapters are also listed below:-
-
- (Chapter 1) Escape from Wolfenstein
- (Chapter 2) Operation : Eisenfaust
- (Chapter 3) Die, Fuhrer, Die!
- (Chapter 4) A dark secret
- (Chapter 5) Trail of the madman
- (Chapter 6) Confrontation
-
- When you start the game on the first chapter, you start of with just a
- knife and hand pistol, with 8 bullets, and notice you are standing
- over a dead guard you've just killed, now you must escape Castle
- Wolfenstein.
-
- The game then has you shoot your way out of the castle, finding new
- and better weapons along the way (A machine gun and Chain gun), you
- also can pick up treasure, ammo and keys up along the way. The keys
- let you unlock some of the doors on each level, which usually lead to
- the next level. Besides all this, there is abundance of secret rooms
- and levels for you to find.
-
- The sound is quite good, and adds atmosphere to the game, especially
- when the guards shot intruder, or shout something in German, the gun
- effects are quite good, along with the other effects. The music on
- other hand is alright, but you'll soon be turning it off, as it gets
- a bit repetitive at times.
-
- Wolfenstein 3D is similar to Doom, in fact it is produced by the
- same company. This version of the game I reviewed is V1.4, which has
- been released as a commercial product, and not the original shareware
- version, however a little while back the game got released as a
- commercial package, relabelled Spear of Destiny, but had an optional
- 2 data disks (add-on levels), it was virtually the same as the
- Wolfie3D, with just a few variations in level design.
-
- Any way I give this game 75%, as it looks a little dated next to
- the likes of Doom, but is still very playable, especially if your
- a Doom fan of late.
-
- If you Like Doom, Heretic or Blake Stone you'll like this, and will
- look forward to ID's forth coming game Quake, and Apogee's latest
- game Blake Stone 3D. However stay well clear of Corridor 7, Virtuoso
- & some of the other well known Doom clones, as they are all rubbish.
-
-
- ~Editor Adds.....
-
- Wolfenstien 3D was actually the first Doom style game (as everybody
- calls them nowadays). Wolfenstein is made by the same people
- simply because Doom is basically Wolfenstein 3, where Wolfenstein 2
- was Spear of Destiny. For people who weren't around at the time
- of the release Wolfenstein then you would have missed all the fuss
- on this game, very similar to that of Doom in the past couple of
- years......
-