It's no masterpiece

My Dad played this.

it isn't. every fucking enemy instantly hitscans you.

It is now
youtu.be/szqPmNANE14

The hitscanners for RTCW have depth because the level design and weapon variety facilitates how you approach them. Also, getting the drop on them is an automatic hitstun animation for an easy kill. Circlestrafing an enemy or jiggling left and right while sprinting throws off their aim a bit. Leaning is allowed, but you can't shoot during, which is deliberate and keeps the game run and gun. Finally, RTCW was made with PC in mind, so sprinting doesn't render your gun unusable, you can reload at the same time, and you can even strafejump. You're always able to dish out damage and be on the move at the same time, using the environment to break line of sight. Even in the sound department, you can hear doors opening, enemies reloading, and footsteps approaching clearly and distinctly.

Only thing that's aged like milk is the damage telegraphing (you can riddle them with bullets and they won't flinch or react). Everything else is great work with a lot of passion and attention to detail put in.

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Just shoot em in the head lol

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I wouldn't say it's a masterpiece, but it is very good.

The superior Xbox version had one.

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>It's no masterpiece.
It's not, but it's better than the garbage new games made by machinegames, anyway Wolfenstein 3D is still the best in the series.
Wolfenstein 3D > Spear of Destiny > Return to Castle Wolfenstein >>>>>>> shit >>>>>>>>> new Wolfenstein games

I love RTCW, but I agree with this ranking. People are too hard on Wolf 3D nowadays. As simple as it is, the core gameplay is still groundbreaking and well-designed.

Played this for the first time last year and absolutely loved it. The amazing level design still holds up. What mods should I try on a replay?

It's got flaws, but I don't see how anyone could hate this game. 9/10

A prison then..

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>It's no masterpiece.
No, it's kino

May the fates hold off the coming of this storm.

>People are too hard on Wolf 3D nowadays.
I agree, my first time playing Wolf 3D is around 2019 and it's my favorite in the series by far, i would have put spear of destiny higher if not for some bad levels bringing the expansion down.
>As simple as it is, the core gameplay is still groundbreaking and well-designed.
i think to this day it has the best implementation of hitscan enemies, aside from the mutants of course, too bad developers didn't learn from it.

Strafe jump to outrun bullets.

And that's fine, not everything needs to be groundbreaking.

This intro still looks good.
youtube.com/watch?v=QcYHJcNfDB4

>Wolf 2009 > your list
FTFY

>tfw mom finds your RTCW screenshot folder

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This, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is the prime example I think of in the FPS genre of a game that does literally nothing revolutionary, but still comes away being a good game. It's like the opposite of a tech demo in the definition that most people use, but I hate that term anyway.

I doubt anyone actually dislikes Wolf3D. Yeah, it's old, but it's the foundations of the FPS genre itself. Even if Doom is way better, it's still something you can enjoy.

My dream Wolfenstein game would be to take RTCW and make it more arcadey like Wolf 3D. More enemies, sprint speed is default movement speed, hitstun on every shot like you mentioned.

>SOUL
Seeing this screenshot i can hear the gun sounds and enemy grunts
damn, i mustve finished this game at least 20 times

Yep, I remember Drew Markham the director saying they're not going to be able to please everybody, but just wanted to make something that was easy to pick up and play and have fun. That was their vision, and they were steadfast in it. They even admitted in magazine articles that they weren't going to be setting any new standards in gore for the sake of the game's atmosphere, and while that may have aged the game looking back, I respect that they had their priorities of completing a polished game that didn't try to do too much other than be straightforward fun.

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based 09 chad

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They knew what they were doing.

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the Flame Thrower is return to castle wolfenstein looks and sounds better than most modern games

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>that *fluuuuume* sound like it's actually a jet a liquid fire
gold

Wolfenstein 3D was revolutionary but I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, RTCW is the beginning of the end of golden age FPS, still an 8/10 but Enemy Territory is one of the best games ever made

It's funny how the single-player got average, middling reviews when it came out, but looking back, it's become more beloved precisely because it didn't do much to break away from its contemporaries. Critics are always looking for groundbreaking achievements in technology or game design. Audiences just want a good game.

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>The best Wolfenstein game is a free Doom mod

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It's just a shame the shootan in RTCW is absolute shit.

its also basically an insta in ET
oh the fun i had

>alexander>is not alexander

ET was king. Shame the servers have been shit for so many years.

I wish my computer wasn't so shit so I could run this at higher than 15 FPS ;_;

I'll never forget the music from this game.
youtube.com/watch?v=CDUfvzpPtu8
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damn, Base Alarm with the actual alarm gives me good feels, as does the PS2 version of Mission (timestamp 14:49):
youtu.be/79MYYuQPp-0?t=889

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This picture can get you a life sentence in G*rmany

RealRTCW uses that variation when there's still more enemies in the level.

That first one is the sound of my childhood, wandering around trying to find where the alarm is so I can turn it the fuck off.

you mean, they wanted to make attractive and interesting enemy designs? Its weird, but back in the day games were made by nerds for nerds, And they wanted to make cool stuff, and they didnt have a suit leaning over their shoulder telling them to put in more garbage.

It's got a kino atmosphere. I love that laboratory level with all the fucking monsters escaping and killing the scientist.

>THAT mission

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A man's FPS.

We need more elite guard art.

I love how creepy the soundtrack for this level is.
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But it is a masterpiece.

pain
exactly

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imagine this coming out today
Yea Forumsincels would rotating and spam the entire catalog with OMG WOKE ANTI-WHITE shizo shit

>last guard can bug out and not trigger a mission fail, softlocking you from finishing the level

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filtered me

imagine this coming out today
twitter trannies would dilate and spam the entire catalog with OMG INCEL PRO-WHITE schizo shit

It's always that last part where you're trying to get into the truck.

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