Morning Discussion
Then. Birds scatter from the trees. A dog barks in the distance. Your neighbour's car alarm goes off. Your ears catch a slight rumble. Is that...? The first sirens begin.
BlizzCon is coming.
-
preacher
replySo, anyone got Wolfenstein, how is it ?
-
It has a 78 going on metacritic so far: http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/wolfenstein
Sounds pretty generic and forgettable. I'm taking a pass on this one. -
-
RTCW wasn't spectacular, it was ok though. Mp was kinda fun. ET was awesome but that has hardly anything to do with the wolfenstein franchise. Imo they really don't need to update the series any longer.
Nobody seems to give a shit other than the nostalgia of "hey i used to play it on my 386"
-
I always wanted to see a realistic treatment of Wolfenstein, i.e. photorealistic graphics, stealth gameplay, and realistic Nazis.
-
But then it would be like every other WW2 shooter. I want Wolfenstein to be even more wacky.
-
-
-
[deleted]
-
-
Its pretty boring IMO. I've beaten 3 main levels and a couple of side quests from the town hub and its not really pulling me in for more. The guns sound beefy and the aiming is really good, the controls are basically just as tight as COD4. However, the AI is very bad they always blindly rush at you when indoors, and in open areas they spam grenades and rarely move if you throw them back or your own. Most of the features seem like they were just checking off boxes like weapon upgrades (there is only enough gold on 1 playthrough to upgrade 1 or 2 guns), a town hub (which gets really repetitive when you're fighting down the same streets over and over to get to the next mission), powers (the veil offers bullet time, and others but aren't really that exciting, and being in the veil makes everything green and not that attractive aesthetically). Overall its not even as good as I hoped. I was hoping that it would have been at least like Quake IV, a dumb but fun game with great weapons and set pieces. There isn't anything keeping my attention despite all the laundry list of features. Rent it at best.
-
Do you have it set to easy mode or something? I don't know what you are talking about with the AI I find it to be most challenging. I have had them rush me when I'm reloading, try to flank me, I even saw one dude run away down the street and come back with with a whole squad. I like that in the hub you get to have little skirmishes it helps break up the "go to check point get mission" I think it keeps the game more engaging. The mire power is so damned useful, I have clicked it on and burst though a door and killed everyone before they can get a shot off. I don't see how that isn't cool. I don't think we are playing the same game. I was concerned by the lack of hype at first but I have pleasantly surprised.
-
No, I'm playing on the second hardest difficulty. It's boring me that's all, there isn't anything new here and what it attempts to implement as new comes off as rushed. The town Hub is extremely repetitive, I just want to get to the next mission, not fight Nazis down the same street 100 times. There are hunts of awesomeness like the zero G explosions and the boss fights are very inspired and old school but everything else just isn't exciting me. They turned Wolf into a CoD clone, Quake IV was fun because it retained the same frantic gameplay. Graphically it's a mess, some levels look great while others like the town hub look like a Quake 3 mod. It's just not consistent.
-
-
-
-
[deleted]
-
[deleted]
-
Fuck the doors are really irritating, I didn't have a problem at first but later levels in the destroyed cities are really making me go nuts. AI getting stuck in it both friendly and enemy, closing randomly, won't open for some reason causing a reload, etc. How do they fuck up doors?!@!@?!
-
[deleted]
-
-
-
-
-
-
[deleted]
-
-
-
-
[deleted]
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
[deleted]
-
-
-
there are two different executables. also in the MP one it won't let me bind my side mouse buttons but in the sp it did. yay. also there is not option in the menu for turning on punkbuster which you need to have on for most servers ... the option is in the sp exe's menu i think. :S
-
-
-
-
[deleted]
-
-
-
-
-
-
[deleted]
-
-
I haven't experience mouse lag and I've played through most of the game
-
-
having played it it feels like there is is a problem with the mouse input in the sp to me. quake wars had the same exact problem for me at first so i don't know if it's something related to the engine, or logitech mice + this engine, or what. they patched quake wars to fix it so hopefully something happens with this.
-
-
-
-
[deleted]
-
Works fine for me, turn off vsync
-
I wasn't impressed with what I played at quakecon, but then again they didn't the MP available either.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-wolfenstein/54583
here is the GT video review, they make it sound as if the SP is better than the MP and that kinda worries me-
[deleted]
-
-
I posted this yesterday.
Wolfenstein PC Review after playing SP halfway through.
I have to say this game is pretty fucking fun, I got it after work yesterday and played it for roughly 4- 5 hours total. The SP is absolutely one of the funnest FPS experiences, its like a mix of COD (shooting, bobbing, nades)+GTA (open world town to explore!)+Soul Reaver (the veil, power ups).
The thing that I hated at first but grew to like was the compass, It keeps you from getting totally frustrated when your trying to find an exit. The games not insanely linear like Doom or Quake either, and has some beautiful outside/inside areas with a multiple paths and tons of shit to collect (like gold to buy upgrades, maps and intel). Another great aspect is the weapons upgrade system, you can buy ammo dumps, extra clips, silencers, powers for your particle cannon (disintegrating Nazi's!), and also new additional permanent power ups for you veil powers.
About the open world town, it's a fairly large town with some shops and bars that you can visit and talk with people at between missions. Also while walking around to your next spot or simply exploring you will encounter random squads of Nazi soldiers to dispatch so it keeps the action going when traveling (another time the compass comes in handy, since finding shops without it is a pain in the ass).
The graphics are really good, not like Doom 4/Rage good of course, but i thought overall they looked better than than any of the promos they've shown and definitely are on par with some of the major contenders (GOW fanboys f.o.). Fire effects and lighting are this games strong point, although the cutscenes all look like they were animated back in '02.
*Almost forgot the enemies, they are everything you wanted in wolfenstein and more, your standard soldiers are COD fare, with the addition of Tesla power armor 'shock troopers', and magicians that are so fast you have to slow time down to catch them. There are some interesting bosses, but nothing too massive (Hulk gustapo).
Overall great game and was well worth my $50. Also, no DRM. Mein, leben!-
-
Game performance is very similar to ETQW, it runs fine on my 8800GTS at 1920x1200. It was definitely made for a console first but playing it on PC isn't that bad. In fact no complaints from me about the port. Interface is kind of shitty but you don't really need much interface for an id game. I didn't notice any DRM but I could be wrong.
-
-
-
-
I like it, but it's very fragile. I don't really want to play with it.
http://www.foxescoyotesandwolves.com/files/2152358/uploaded/wolfstein.jpg-
[deleted]
-
-
[deleted]
-
-
I've only noticed a few and I'm played like 66% of the game. Most of the communication is in First Person.
-
Did you play into the game far? Cause the veil isn't any more gimmicky than bioshock's plasmids or HL2's gravity gun. It's integrated into the story very well.
-
-
It's okay so far, I enjoy the spirit realm thing. Not sure what other magic will unlock later.
-
I've heard single player is okay, but multiplayer is ass.
-
