World War II rages and nations fall. SS head Himmler has Hitler's full backing to twist science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. Battling alone, you're on an intense mission to pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop Himmler or die trying. Fighting in advanced team-based multiplayer mode, you'll wage your own WWII in an all-out Axis vs. Allies contest for frontline domination.

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Über-awesome game! Nuff said.

A milestone of id technology

Among one of my first introductions to true PC gaming as a 3/4 year old when I wasn't playing Matchbox Emergency Patrol or Disney CD-ROMs. Among games that released beside it like Max Payne (a game I only watched my father play at his side), the photorealism of the game blew my mind and struck me with fear in its darker moments; especially the undead-infested crypts. I definitely remember also touching on the Xbox port growing up, watching my father play the co-op mode with a friend of his from work at their house. The X-Labs portion was fun to watch having the two figure out how to outsmart the lopers.

Nowadays, this is a game I come back to every so often for the modding scene and nostalgia trips. RealRTCW breathes more life into the game with period-accurate weaponry and textures while still maintaining the core atmosphere and gameplay of OG RTCW. It's a much more surreal experience when you go for a more vanilla experience by replaying with the ioRTCW source port and use upscaled ESGRAN textures.

The multiplayer protion of the game is something highly regarded to RTCW's fame, being popular for its team objective-based campaigns and generally hectic gunplay. I've only touched on it as a kid on a LAN match, exploring levels and never really playing real matches. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory would be the game I got hooked on as I got older. Playing on Fearless Assassins servers and dicking around with the modded voice commands while going on rampages with the expended arsenal the expansion introduces from RTCW.

Totally recommended to play if you're into the Wolfenstein franchise as a newcomer from the "alternate timeline" franchise or looking for a new retro shooter to settle on.

Kill'em all, BJ!

One of the most fun FPS games I've ever played. I didn't play more than a few hours of multi-player, but the single-player was exciting, scary, and had a nice story that doesn't take anything away from the gameplay. There's neat cutscenes before some missions, and mission briefings to read while every mission loads, which explain what's going on. You can choose when to start the mission once it's done loading. In other words, you decide when you're done reading and ready to start playing. The cutscenes are skippable, too.

The Nazi occult and evil scientist themes mesh nearly perfectly together, and make the atmosphere of this game really unique and interesting compared to other games of the early 2000s.

The soundtrack does well at conveying the sinister and dangerous nature of the locations, enemies, and story.

There's many great mods that improve existing features, add new features, and new content, all for free.

The only big flaw is the stealth missions where it's basically impossible to know when you've been spotted by a distant enemy until you get the "mission failed" message. You've failed but don't know it soon enough to save time by just reloading your last save.

Great game, even today.

An old school reboot of an old school series done RIGHT!

10

Fun and easy to get into.

I like how the campaign is cinematic done right, through gameplay and level design rather than cutscenes. Combat is very satisfying, and the hitscanners are well-designed since circlestrafing while sprinting throws off their aim. Sometimes they even kick grenades back at you. Great game.

fast paced hitscan action + phenomenal multiplayer