Wolfenstein 3D

Wolfenstein 3D

Released1992
Wolfenstein 3D is a first-person shooter presented with rudimentary 3D graphics and a follow-up to the top-down infiltration game Castle Wolfenstein. The game is broken up into levels, each of which is a flat plane divided into areas and rooms by a grid-based pattern of walls and doors, all of equal height. Each level is themed after Nazi bunkers and buildings. To finish a level, the player must traverse through the area to reach an elevator. Levels are grouped together into named episodes, with the final level focusing on a boss fight with a particularly difficult enemy. While traversing the levels, the player must fight Nazi guards and soldiers, dogs, and other enemies while managing supplies of ammunition and health. While the name was kept the same as the original release, this and future releases of the game came with the base campaign and the Nocturnal Missions expansion campaign together.
78Wit Score

Details

Developerid Software
PublisherActivision, Apogee Software, BAM! Entertainment, Imagineer, GT Interactive Software, Bethesda Softworks, Wiz Technology, Powerslave Software
ReleasedMay 5, 1992
StatusReleased
GenresShooter
ThemesActionFantasyHistoricalScience fiction
PlatformsPC (Microsoft Windows) PC (Microsoft Windows)PlayStation 3 PlayStation 3Xbox 360 Xbox 360DOS DOSGAM Game Boy AdvanceXbox One Xbox OneACO Acorn ArchimedesPC- PC-9800 Series
ModesSingle player
SeriesWolfenstein

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Worth Playing78/100

About This Game

B.J. Blazkowicz, a resourceful American operative embedded in Nazi Germany during World War II, finds himself trapped in Castle Wolfenstein after his capture while pursuing intelligence on a sinister military initiative. Across a series of dangerous missions, he must navigate hostile fortresses and underground installations to uncover and dismantle the regime's shadowy operations—including a horrifying scheme to weaponize undead soldiers and a final confrontation with the Reich's leader in an experimental mechanical war machine. His fight against fascism takes him from a medieval castle to the heart of Nazi power, where each objective brings him closer to dismantling the totalitarian machine from within.