ABOUT

Blade of Agony is a story-driven FPS. The project is inspired by WWII shooters from the 90's and early 2000's, like Wolfenstein 3D, Medal of Honor, and Call of Duty, but with faster-paced gameplay in the spirit of Doom! The game can be played standalone using the GZDoom engine as a base.

STORY

It's 1942, and the war approaches its peak. The U.S. has joined the Allied forces, and the Soviets are pushing back the front in the east. The tides of war are turning, and Hitler's victory seems more and more beyond his grasp. But the Nazis, refusing to capitulate, have grown obsessed with human experiments and occult artifacts, in which they see a potential escape from their final Doom. The Allied leaders reject this possibility as nonsense; nonetheless, some still fear what the Führer might be up to. The situation is nebulous, however, and little is certain.

You are Cpt. William "B.J." Blazkowicz, an Allied spy, a fearless risk-taker, and the greatest soldier to ever take up arms in World War II. Your role has changed, though; you've retired from active duty, and now you spearhead operations as a systems analyst. You thought it would be the right choice--leading and motivating instead of doing the dirty work--but lately you've grown restless. At least until a few days ago, when you received an encrypted message from your old friend and comrade Cpt. Douglas Blake, calling you back to duty...

FEATURES

Blade of Agony is much more than just a pastiche of the classic shooters that inspired it; the project will offer a unique experience. It also has many features not often seen in source port projects--Blade of Agony truly pushes GZDoom to its limits.

  • 30 playable and unique levels in 3 different chapters (plus secret maps)
  • Orchestra-quality game music
  • Voice acting and ambient soundscapes
  • A combination of low-poly models and hi-resolution sprite assets to create the perfect retro feeling
  • Devastating armaments from the battlefields of WWII
  • Interactive NPCs that support the twisted plot's progress and help you understand the game
  • Improved enemy AI for more dynamic and challenging fights
  • Beautiful special effects (weather, elements, explosions, etc.)
  • Modern post-processing shaders (motion & effect blur, noise, flares, etc.)
  • Much, much more!

WHAT OTHERS SAY

"This is basically one of the best DOOM mods I've come across." - John Romero

DISCLAIMER & IMPORTANT NOTE FROM THE DEVELOPERS

Blade of Agony is a fictional scenario based on the alternative narratives of the Wolfenstein game series by id software and Bethesda and the corresponding canon. It does not represent accurate history, our political stance or thinking of the development team. We reject any form of racial hatred, discrimination, (Neo-)Nazism, anti-Semitism or glorification of the Second World War.

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Since the release of v3.1 of "Blade of Agony" we have received numerous messages, comments and emails. Besides positive messages and words of support, we have also received a lot of opposition and disappointment.

"You have given up", "You have given in to the shitstorm", "You have lost my respect".

After more than 6 years of working on a project of the heart, these words of course hurt and disappoint us very much and after we had answered some of the comments on ModDB and by email, we now feel that an official statement is necessary to gain understanding and shed light on the matter.

The changes and mitigations we have implemented for version 3.1 do not stem from cowardice we have shown towards some users of the Doom community. Blade of Agony is a creative, free and artistic interpretation within the Wolfenstein universe. And as long as we are unpaid developers working on such a project in our spare time, it must be ensured that we realise our vision as we see fit. This is exactly the motto we have been working by for the last 6 years, releasing the last 3 chapters. So why the adjustments to v3.0 now?

As some of you know, the team around "Blade of Agony" consists of a colourful bunch from all over the world, including Israel and Germany. Wolfenstein 3D and swastikas have long been banned and punished in Germany in the field of entertainment. Since 2018, these laws have been toned down, but games of this kind are still under the strictest observation by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (FOftPotC).

Although we as developers strictly condemn any form of discrimination, racial hostility, anti-Semitism and glorification of the Second World War, there were concerns on the part of various German gaming sites and news sources about whether we had not crossed a line with some content (including the depiction of a concentration camp, the explicit mention of affected population groups or the World Exhibition in Paris with historical anti-Semitic content). From that point on, it was clear to us that we would have to reconsider the content in order to weigh up possible personal damage (for example a punishment from the FOftPotC if they deem the game unacceptable) from all the developers of the project concerned.

The Second World War was the most horrific conflict in our history, and we as a development team do not want to ignore, censor or even deny these atrocities. However, we have asked ourselves what position we are in as entertainers. Wolfenstein is and always has been a fictional scenario, so we have no duty to educate the people who play our game. We want to tell an exciting story. So our yardstick in toning down the game was "What content is necessary to achieve that and what content can we do without?"

Blade of Agony has been released in several versions before and as we changed, removed and added content from version 1.0 to 2.0 based on experience gained and advice received, this is an organic process that has now also taken place between 3.0 and 3.1.

While we can understand some of the disappointment, we hope players will understand why some changes had to be made and why we can no longer officially support v3.0, and ask that you do not share public links on our ModDB page. Of course, we have no influence on what happens in the private area.

We hope that you continue to have as much fun with Blade of Agony as we had during its development and we still wish you a good time.

Thank you,
Daniel Gimmer
and the entire Blade of Agony development team

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Blade of Agony is a story-driven FPS. The project is inspired by WWII shooters from the 90's and early 2000's, like Wolfenstein 3D, Medal of Honor, and...

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FK1Nggman
FK1Nggman

How should this mod be used?

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InnerConflict
InnerConflict

Have you guys looked into the hitbox and slope camera stuttering issues?
like here: Youtu.be

would greatly improve the mod to get that stuff fixed, for me personally performance comes down to being good enough as i can bruteforce with my cpu and gpu and gzdoom vulkan helps older cpu´s too and amd cards with opengl issues so i dont really see the performance as major concerns. more so framepacing rather than framerate.

otherwise will there be a option for censored vs uncensored? games with sexual explicit content like lust for darkness or lust from beyond offer a censored vs uncensored playthrough at least in its original version until the m edition which was just garbage because it removed what made the games interesting. same goes here with 3.0 vs 3.1 people offended by content should get an option to disable it or skip it, but that shouldnt mean people that arent offended should be left out.

anyway, one of the all time great mods indeed. top 3 of my favorite 10 total conversions of all time.

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Guest
Guest

please i have a bug in the last level when crash the train of hitler in the final level

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Guest
Guest

How's the new version coming along? There haven't been any updates in some time... it's still being worked on, right?

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Dr.pper
Dr.pper

Question. are there Mutants in this mod?

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Guest
Guest

I love the game i played the 1st and 2nd Episodes and took break and now im back to play the last one really love the game.

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TheUnbeholden
TheUnbeholden

I think you guys made a mistake "caving in" to a small minority of people who weren't even offended, alot of people, way too many, thought it should be changed reflexively to be more respectful. The mod was never actually offensive in anyway though, the characters weren't a reflection of anybody IRL, and the concentration camp depiction of what happened in WW2 was fine. So even though this version of BoA is less good then before, I still respect highly what you guys are doing with this and promise you that you guys are going to go on to create great things. I think this is possibly the best mod for GZDoom apart from The Age of Hell, Relentless Frontier, Stellar Valkyrie, Brutal Fate, Supplice, Selaco... but those are all commercial products unlike Blade of Agony which is incredibly to get that kind of quality and passion.

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Guest
Guest

One they have 100% moved on from this, they could always release a non-censored version, pretend like it was a mistake, then tell people not to download it. Kinda like grape wine.

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Guest
Guest

This game is too good to be true. Mad props to the devs.

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Dan_Dare
Dan_Dare

Es hat mir wirklich viel Spass gemacht, Leute! 10/10 Punkte dafür von mir!

In the End my Stats said like I missed to kill just 5 Opponents out of 1100+, and found like 21/25 (?) Secrets.

Vielen dank!

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