Wolfenstein 3D

                                   Wolfenstein 3D Review

                                              Grandfather of FPS Games

History

Wolfenstein 3D is a First Person Shooter developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software in May 5, 1992. It was heavily inspired by Muse Software's Castle Wolfenstein, this one being the third installment and a spiritual succesor. 

It was the second major success of id Software after the Commander Keen series.

Story

You are B.J. Blazkowicz, a World War II Allied spy sent on a mission to stop the creation of the Mutant Army. However, you were captured by the nazis and then trasported to Castle Hollehammer to be executed. Fortunately for B.J., they didn't find his trutsy Knife, thus eliminating the guard who came to his holding cell for the final blow. Armed with the pistol from the Guard, B.J. sets foot outside and then Escape From Castle Wolfenstein.

Gameplay

As a standard FPS, you collect weapons and ammunition to eliminate nazi hostilities in the rooms you encounter. There are four weapons in Wolfenstein 3D: your trusty knife which you will never seemingly use because most enemies are hitscan and could end you up rather quickly, the standard Luger pistol which is semi-automatic and deals less damage, the MP40 which is will be the most used weapon in the game and the Chaingun which can mow down large number of foes and bosses, but eats up a lot of ammo.

There are 60 levels in total in the game, 6 of them being Secret Floors which can be accessed only through secret areas. Aside from weapon, ammo and health pickups, there are also treasure items which boosts up your score and the completion tally at the end of each level. 

The enemy variety is a bit lackluster, only being a few types, but at least there is a different boss in each episode. 

The difficulty increases in each episode you play, adding more and more harder enemies to deal with.

Soundtrack

The music is composed by none other than Robert "Bobby" Prince inspired by both WW2 soundracks and more modern aesthetics. In my opinion the music is really good and sometimes catchy, my favorite one in the game being "Pounding Headache".

Conclusions and Score

In conclusion, Wolfenstein 3D is a decent game but unfortunately for modern standards of today hasn't aged well by having it's problems: mazelike and confusing levels, two episodes in which you cannot 100% complete and the overall difficulty of the entire game which can offput some gamers.

I give it a 7,4/10 I could even say it's a must play for Die-Hard-FPS-guys/gals-before-they-die type of game.