Wolfenstein 3D Review by: XxEzraxX - 7.6/10
Wolfenstein 3D ReviewWolfenstein 3D is one of those games that you first look at and think, "there is no possible way that this game could be any good" but then kind of surprises you because it is not really that bad. It is interesting to say the least. Your main objective is pretty simple take your gun and kill Nazi's and try to get the highest score possible while traversing through different floors (or levels, if you will) of a building. Now I'm not sure at all how this game ends, I would assume once you got to the final level that you would have to take out Hitler or something along those lines but to be completely honest I am not sure. I only really played to check the game out because I heard some interesting things about it, with it being censored during a later release due to tons of swastikas around the place. However, I'm sure I made it far enough to write a pretty solid review of the game.
For the overall score I gave this game a 7.6, I didn't expect much when first going in especially since this game was first released on the DOS (for those who don't know DOS is a really old floppy disk game). However, when thrown into the game I was surprised with how much fun I had just running around and shooting Nazi's and rabid dogs, and collecting different treasures and guns. The only real problem I had with the game was that the controls were a little clunky and odd, but eventually you kind of get used to them. Maybe it is only on the Gameboy Advance that is like this? Perhaps the original had better controls, but I kind of doubt it because again it was released for DOS.
Anyway, the graphics surprised me a little I didn't think they were going to be as good as they actually are, granted they are not great but for the time period they are good. I rated the graphics a 5. Things looked blocky, but they were still recognizable. As for the sound I had to rate that really low, a 2. There was no music the only thing you ever heard throughout the game was when you shot your gun, found an enemy, got hit, collected treasure or healed with food or a med kit. It's a real shame to, I personally think that the developers could have had a lot of potential for a great soundtrack for this game.
Wolfenstein is a great game to kind of pass the time, so it being an 'addicting game' is saying a little to much. I wouldn't say that it was addicting as much as it is a time killer so I rated the addictiveness a 7. I wasn't totally absorbed and wanting to really beat it, I just wanted to shoot things and that pretty much seems like all you really do. As for story....is there even a story? I didn't in any way really find one, I rate the story a 1. Even if the story of the game is that you are an agent sent in to defeat the Nazi party and save the world or whatever, it just doesn't seem like to solid of a story to me. So in the story department this game seriously lacks.
As for depth and difficulty, the game wasn't to big and there wasn't a whole lot of options to choose from when it came down to items. I didn't even see items, and the game wasn't hard you just fired your gun repeatedly. So on that note it is no wonder that I rated the depth a 3 and the difficulty a 2. I made through a few floors in less then 15 minutes, so again this game great time killer.
Overall I actually was kind of surprised with Wolfenstein 3D, I didn't think I would really like it to much but kind of enjoyed it. Is it a game that I'll be playing a lot, probably not but I might pick it up from time to time and who knows maybe one day I'll get interested enough to actually beat it. I wouldn't say that this game is not recommendable, it is and it is pretty fun too. However, I just don't take it that seriously. That's it for this review, I hope that you enjoyed it and that maybe you'll be interested in this game. Until next review.
Graphics
5 Sound
2 Addictive
7 Depth
3 Story
1 Difficulty
2
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