Wolfenstein 3D

Chunky tiny mustache man goes "mein leiben!1!". Cool classic, just get a mod for your resolution at fps beyond 60 and you are golden

history channel at 3am

8/10. Fun

must be really quiet to survive, i take a step then i die

Classic game, have loved it for many years. May not be for everyone, but I think it holds up well to this day. Recommended that you play with ECWolf, as it runs the game a lot better than DOSbox.

Very fun but when I play I feel trapped because of the level roof making me feel claustrophobic nonetheless great game.

I get that a lot of people play this game for nostalgia, but it has not aged very well. Just play the game knowing that it is old, and be soft on it.

This game is so great. Spear of Destiny is a classic.

this game slaps like a 1950s husband

i absolutely love finding the exit, finding out it needs a key, and then trying to find the key buried underneath a small section you would never even think of looking in

On one hand, this is REALLY impressive stuff for a game released in 1994, especially for a game running on DOS. That being said, when you look at it as a game and not as an art piece, it's not the best. I'd still probably recommend it for the historical factor (and it's only 5 dollars at the end of the day), but it's not super fun to play.

- Probably the most important thing to know about this game going in is that it's a DIRECT port of the original DOS version. The game files literally come packaged with a build of DOS Box, and all of the little foibles that come alongside a DOS game should be kept in mind.

- Other reviews have mentioned the controls, and the tank controls are definitely clunky, but I was surprised by the mouse controls, and how they were also just as clunky. If you've ever played TF2, held down ALT, and tried to move your mouse, that's very similar to how the mouse controls feel. They're very slippery, and the speed is uncapped (likely because most mice used trackballs around this time), so you can fly around levels in a way that doesn't feel very intentional. Though, to be fair, I definitely prefer it to how slow Wolf Guy's normal movement speed is.

- The enemies are weirdly polarized (fitting for not-zis) in their mechanics, and especially in their damage output. Damage is distance-based, and if an enemy sees/hears you from around a corner and gets a cheap shot off, you're going to lose 50 health out of nowhere. Likewise, if an enemy shoots at you from a long distance, it'll do almost nothing. The same is true with your own weapons, and you can do some crazy things if an enemy doesn't see you first, but the enemies can definitely take advantage of it more, leading to some frustrating moments.

- The level design is very serpentine and aimless, and it's shockingly easy to get lost, especially in levels that require keys. This would be much less of a problem if there was a map, but that doesn't get added until DOOM, so for now I hope you enjoy retracing your steps looking for the one door you haven't opened yet.

- The game also has a lives system, and is also the originator of the annoying trait of this breed of game to respawn you with just the default weapon. When compounded together, it means you're likely to lose multiple lives in a row if you die once, and if you run out of lives entirely, you lose ALL of your progress. I'm very happy that this kind of design was left behind in the arcade era, but unfortunately this game is just old enough to still get caught in that cultural crossfire.

Overall, I probably wouldn't recommend it to the average person, but if you're looking for a gaming history lesson, or you want to see where DOOM, John Carmack, and John Romero got their start, it's probably worth picking up.

A classic! And a fun one at that.

Classic Boomer-shooter. the OG

WOLFENSTEIN

Usually dumb fun but it borders on sadistic at times (EP6 and EP2)

Classic! The OG! This is where it all began. The beginning of all FPS games. Respect your roots!

I won't write a full review for this game, but just to say that it's a fun throwback. There is obviously minimal story to the game given the time period it was made - there wasn't really the tech to have full narrative story telling very well, yet. Even the sound effects are primitive with the closest thing to music being a midi file playing, lol.

The game itself can be frustrating as the controls are absolutely terrible as is the sensitivity and you can't re-configure the controls. I'd give the game a 6/10 just barely a thumbs up if you want a nostalgia run, but the game itself really isn't all that great.

It's also very tough to find your way around. The game is literally a maze of floors.

Wolfenstein 3D is an iconic game. Although showing it's age more and more as the decades pass, it's legacy and innovations can't be forgotten.

That being said, don't play the current version right here.

While Doom and Quake have gotten lovely remasters, Wolfenstein has sadly yet to receive one. Instead, it's a crappy DosBox version with terrible mouse controls that make the game flatout unplayable. Don't waste your money on this version and wait for a proper remaster...which I hope is soon.

Wolf3D is the classic Nazi killing simulator that'll run on just about anything DOOM can. I'd recommend playing this on ECWolf or any modern sourceport for the best experience, especially now with community mods. This package only contains DOSBox files and lacks Mac-exclusive files, so you'll need to source out Mac or other port-exclusive content if that's something you want.

For some reason a game that gives me the simple joy of killing a bunch of nazis sounded fun these days.
Also get ECWolf and rename it to DOSBox in your game folder. It gives you a minimap and other QOL updates.

nostalgic

This game is a lot harder than i thought it would be. But i dont mind. Its a great game.

This game is a classic and a blast from the past. Gameplay is fun at first but overtime it gets very repetitive and it just becomes "Get key, find where it unlocks, kill enemies, next level". But It is the first big fps on pc so I will cut it some slack. Overall a 8/10

Schutzstaffel!

I don't recommend a blind playthough because the design is a bit dated. Instead search up the official hint book and read about a level before playing it. It makes it a lot more fun as you won't get lost trying to hump the correct wall to get the last 2 secret kills of a level. Plus mutants are kinda mean, you need to be prepared for them.

One of the first 3D games out there, and it's still fun to go in and take out the enemy, plus finding all the secret rooms with their treasures! It's so easy to get lost for a couple hours blowing up stuff and having fun.

The Gruppenführers must die!!

Mein Leben/10

Great Old school FPS!

played for years

i love shooting nazis <3

good

Absolutely don't play this without BetterWolf mod unless you're just really craving that old school experience. Adds a minimap (GAMECHANGER, literally for these mazelike levels), adds proper strafing on A and D keys (instead of turning), and adds proper mouse turning without also making you move with the mouse. With those small modern quality of life improvements, it is to this day a very playable game. Glad I experienced this piece of history (with some minor tweaks) finally since I wasn't alive when it came out. The grandpa of the FPS genre is still doing well for his age!

great musk hunting sim

best game i've ever bought. 10/10 would 100% recommend

good

Wolfenstein 3D. A great game with a huge legacy. I'm not going into that. This will just be a simple review of the game itself.

Firstly, get a sourceport. It helps the playability of the game a lot. It adds true 3D graphics, better mouse controls, strafing and an automap.

Ok, now for the review.
Wolfenstein 3D is simple. Really simple. You have 4 weapons, about 7 enemies total and six bosses. That is used over 60 levels in maze like levels for you to solve and find the exit in. That's it.

The first three episodes are the best. The levels aren't too mazey and the enemies are placed in a more balanced way. The last 3 episodes are much more maze like. Each episode starts you off with a knife and pistol. You get ammo and health from pickups. You can get n machinegun and a chaingun. Each weapons is a flat upgrade over the previous one. You never have a reason to go back. Sometimes doors are lockd and requires keycards.

And that's pretty much the game. Get weapons and ammo, go though mazey levels, get keycards, shoot Nazi's and get to the boss level. It's very basic and repetitive but I love it. It's so much fun.

I'd recommend it.

As a pixel heavy retro game, it is so visceral you can almost smell their musk.

MEIN LEBEN!

This game is amazing, the theme really goes good with the genre and i think you should try it!

Original FPS. Except for DoD.

We hates those mutantses! We hates them so much!

This game was fun 30 years ago

it's fun today

Mein Leben!

My typical Wolfenstein 3D experience:

1. Start level.
2. Run around, killing any enemies I find.
3. Get lost.
4. Start wall-hugging and mashing 'E' to find any hidden walls.
5. Somehow get even more lost.
6. Finally find path to exit.
7. Get shot and killed by off-screen enemy.
8. Cry.

Wolfenstein is a classic game anybody would love unless they're a gay zoomer who doesn't like old retro boomer shooter games or are actually a Nazi but ain't much of those no more.

Buy this, then go install ECwolf.

Wolfenstein 3D is a gaming historical classic, and it should be treated with such respect.

But In terms of the game itself? its ok, it has aged somewhat poorly, especially in the terms of level design and how repetitive they can feel, one after another. again its not bad, but even for a game like og doom, that game hasnt aged a bit and if anything its still getting re-releases and updates, same with quake 1 and 2, they also got remakes and re-releases that fixed some isssues, modernized graphics and overall tightened the game up for better performance.

but wolfenstein 3d (and basically the rest of the franchise) kinda just seems to be an after thought to id software and more of a side thing, compared to their precious doom and quake childs. You can tell the lack of care since this game is still only running on DOS, and while dos isnt bad and works fine and gets the job done; a unity version honsetly wouldnt be bad, have extra content, hell give us a new batch of levels like how you did with dooms legacy of rust expansion.

again the game itself is. at its core: good. but for an almost 30 year old game as important as wolf 3d, there needs to be SOMETHING involving a remake, or remaster, or something to keep this game afloat, bc honsetly dos has flaws, like how some times the dos launches the game in monochrome, or how sometimes it just crashes, or how you still have to manually use wolfenstiens old controls like moving your mouse forward to go front and back, which is annoying.
i feel like a re-release could fix all of these issues, and thats exactly what doom got, and hey; doom got a unity version AND got to keep its dos version for old school players: and new school players to get introduced to doom.

hell, thats how i got into doom, through dooms re-release on the nintendo switch back in 2020, i was able to experience this great game and now i fucking love doom. And i feel like wolf 3d could use the same treatment (same goes for return for castle wolfenstein)

its not the end of the world, but i know wolfenstein fans want SOME thing new, especially since the newer games have been hit or miss imo

just as good as my nostalgia remembered.. but also, more difficult both control, and gameplay wise than I was expecting too. 8/10 for being a front runner for fps gameplay

ooh yes [but zesty]

One of the OG Nazi killing games. Pretty fun but a bit maze-like.

9/10