This new version of WOLFENSTEIN is not as much fun as RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN, but it has some new features. Chief among these is “The Veil” which is an energy field that makes your character faster and more powerful for brief periods of time. The Veil also opens doors into other dimensions and reveals other occult secrets. Nazis and the occult…what more could you ask for? I would ask for a little more fluid gameplay. The action is usually brief, but intense. Then, there’s a lot of downtime while you search for gold, energy for The Veil, and Intel. The designers of WOLFENSTEIN have also added a DIABLO feature of buying weapon upgrades. If you like first-person shooter games, WOLFENSTEIN will amuse you. GRADE: B
I had no idea you were into fps.
Sometimes, you just want to blow stuff up, Drongo.
I don’t know what fps is but I am never surprised with what you are into.
First person shooters have been around for awhile, Patti. I prefer the games with a lot of action instead of the games that turn into a bunch of puzzles.
Patti, it means First Person Shooter, a type of video game where you the player see everything through the eyes of the protagonist. You’re inside his/her head, watching and experiencing the action as they do.
Well said, Drongo. I became a fps fan when I first played DOOM eons ago.
I’ve always pictured you as an American version of the tweedy Oxford don, not as a gamer.
What other secrets do you hide…?
You’ll have to ask Patti, Drongo.
Puzzles are good. Shooting is bad. Is it any mystery that I’ve not played a computer game since the early days with my Apple IIe with the dual disc drives (and the 80-column card, a big deal at the time!). There was a game where you had to try to get into a space station and do something, I’ve forgotten what. It was all text. It drove me crazy for a couple of weeks and then went into the trash. Pah! Who needs games, there are books to be read!
Sometimes I’m just in the mood to mow down some monsters, Rick. The puzzles just get in the way.