Wolfenstein 3D

Considering I played this as a kid when it first came out more than 30 years ago, it's amazing it is still a great game. I am stunned how I still remember where everything is. Basically what is supposed to be an impossible maze, if I go by instinct I end up finding the keys and the metal doors right away at least for the first 2 episodes which I played a lot. I got the whole wolfenstein 12 game series and doing a full playthrough (can't get the last one 13th since it requires VR equipment). 3 sadly aren't being sold anymore (2 because they're old and the other because they were owned by too many companies that changed hands and ip), but I still found all of them.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☑ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☑ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☑ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☑ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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---{ Author }---
☑ https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template

The original Nazi killing app.

Despite not having aged as well as something like Doom or Quake, and also not receiving any remasters or enhanced versions like those two outside of the X360/PS3 ports, it's still a good game worth checking out. It has the old DOS controls which some won't want to put up with and if that's you I recommend using a sourceport for more modernized controls, resolutions, etc. ECWolf and LZWolf seem to be some of the most recommended ones. I've never used them at the time of writing this so I can't speak on them from my own experience. This also includes the Spear of Destiny prequel now. I played the standalone release before it was included with Wolf3D so I can't really speak on this version of SoD in particular but I doubt it's changed much. It's more Wolf3D, worth checking out if you liked the regular game. It's already cheap but it still goes on sale for even cheaper, less than 2 dollars usually. Give it a go.

Yes

Wolfenstein 3D, 6/10. Outdated, but can be fun in certain ways, I guess. I mean, you get to kill H*tler, too, so that's a plus.
W3D: Spear of Destiny, 7/10. Better, but not by much. It's much shorter in length, and that's probably why I like it more. The bosses are more unique within a shorter period of time.

If you want a better Wolfenstein 3D experience that's more modernized, just play Brutal Wolfenstein 3D using GZDoom. You'll have more fun with it, I promise! But, if you're willing to ABSOLUTELY try the original game out for yourself, then do it, I guess. I still think DOOM drastically improves over Wolfenstein 3D, however.

wolf3d

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!