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I Bought Wolfy

Filed under Video Games by Paul "Tunnleram" Ille on November 1st, 2009

I eventually broke down and bought Wolfenstein after the price went down. It’s ok. I haven’t finished it yet, but I did make a post in the forums about what I saw so far. I’m curious if someone else agrees with my comments. Here’s some points I brought up.

• hit boxes. why are the hit boxes on the enemies so poor? I can shoot someone’s arm as it hangs around the corner and it acts like I never shot it.
• am I using veil or mirk? it’s very hard to tell what special power you’re using or if you’re using more than one power at the same time
• if I have to hear “that’s the spy!” one more time I think I’ll go nuts. the game needs more voiceovers or that one is just annoying
• intelligence is useless. I never read it. They didn’t make it necessary to the game and therefor it doesn’t factor in
• the BJ reports at the ends of levels are fairly annoying. why do I need to listen to a representation of myself tell me about what I just did. I know what I did!
• running in the game makes me feel like tossing my cookies
• the game feels a bit cheesy and it’s not immersive so far
• the rpg like multiple objective setup doesn’t seem to be appealing to me
• those enemies that are invisible, show themselves and kill you in two swipes are silly. It’s very difficult to see them for one, but they are far too powerful compared to the other enemies I’ve encountered
• I originally thought buying weapon upgrades would suck, but I kinda like it actually.

Tags: RTCW2, Video Games

Is Wolfenstein tanking?

Filed under Video Games by Paul "Tunnleram" Ille on August 30th, 2009

I noticed that the price of Wolfenstein went from the original list price of $49.99 down to $35.49 and on top of that, Amazon is shipping it for FREE.

Wolfenstein @ Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Wolfenstein-Pc/dp/B001CLYL1K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1251690168&sr=8-1

That can’t be good news for the game. I picked it up so I guess I’ll find out soon if I wasted $35.49.

Tags: RTCW2, Video Games

Wolf Release, Team Axed, Patch Already Out

Filed under Video Games by Paul "Tunnleram" Ille on August 18th, 2009

Well, I haven’t gotten the game yet and I haven’t read the reviews, but I’m unsure I get a warm fuzzy feeling about it. I’ll pick it up of course, but I’m a bit engrosed in Prototype ATM so I don’t want to ruin my interest in that. Check out the related news.

Have you gotten the game? Comment, tweet or reply in the forums.

Wolfenstein Review
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/101/1014821p1.html

Wolfenstein Multiplayer Team Axed
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/101/1015225p1.html

Patch already available
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewstory&threadid=101251

Tags: IGN, RTCW2, Video Games

Wolfenstein MP Leak

Filed under Video Games by Paul "Tunnleram" Ille on August 8th, 2009

id Software on Wolfenstein MP Leak says:

It was brought to our attention on Friday, 7/31 that a build of the Wolfenstein Multiplayer was leaked and is now being distributed illegally through breach of NDA and mirrors posted on the internet. I must warn anyone involved that Activision’s legal department is taking this matter very seriously.

The game also hasn’t gone gold yet with a release date of 8/18 which means it isn’t making that date most likely. I also caught a comment on a website from somewho who seemed to have some knowledge of the leak and…

…it [Wolfenstein 2] seems like a very bad, crudely programmed, unpolished product that looks and plays like an Activision Value caliber game rather than a legendary franchise from id Software.

Unfortunately with they way most games are designed lately, I have little reason to doubt it’s true. Let’s hope this person is wrong and Raven/Activision get their shit together and release a good game.

Tags: RTCW2, Video Games

New Wolfenstein Q&A

Filed under Video Games by Paul "Tunnleram" Ille on July 30th, 2009

The Aussie Gamespot posted a Q&A about the Wolftenstein Multiplayer you can find here. What goodies can be in store? Are you excited?!?

It seems like forever since I played RTCW and hung with the old bunch. Geez remember testing beta levels and goofing off in the forums all day??

Well, anyhow, you can find the Q&A here. I haven’t even read it yet so you’re going to beat me to it. Codey forwarded it over to me and I wanted to post it real quick hehe

Wolfenstein Multiplayer Q&A

Discuss it in the forums!

Tags: Multiplayer, RTCW2, Video Games