When he became a boss in Persona 2, the localisation changed his name to simply "Fuhrer" and gave him aviator-style sunglasses for some reason. They kept the mustache though.
Technically they could have kept the mustache as it was originally a Charlie Chaplin mustache but because of hitler rocking it or rather trashing it it is no longer seen as the mustache of a comedian rather the mustache of a guy who hates jews
@@elkskullfilms4524 same goes for the swastika being used as a religious symbol for a handful of religions for centuries, if not millenia. The dude ruined a lot of shit for a lot of people. It's also depressing that their military uniforms were designed by Hugo Boss, who is an acclaimed stylist and, therefore, designed what is easily some of the most beautiful military uniforms ever, and that they happen to be commissioned by the fucking nazis.
imagine if they did follow the story in WW2, after hours of playing and getting through alot of enemies expecting an epic fight but at the end but when you get there, the boss was already dead because he committed suicide
HA! Shows what YOU know! Don't you know, the approach of BJ Blazkowicz is WHY he committed suicide. You thought it was the allied troops on d-day? That's just what they tell you in SCHOOL! But the reality is, that the entire war was won by one man.
@@n0kt0h45 what if that was just what doom was? Hitler became a demon and was orchestrating an attack on earth to finish what he started and the descendants of BJ Blazkowicz are called once more to stop him. It already is proven that Doomguy is a descendant of Blazkowicz so it doesn't seem so hard to believe.
@K W Nothing about that JRE interview alleviated that suspicion for me. He's certainly adept at dealing with social situations now, but that's after 20+ years of giving interviews and keynote speeches. But all accounts of him as a younger man certainly show an inability to understand or connect with other humans in any real way.
Welcome to having a sexy deep voice and composed British accent. Makes everything he says sound smarter and sound like gold, even if it was verbal diarrhea dribblings, lol.
whats weird is it never got the recognition it deserved. Doom is normally credited with bring FPS to the mainstream but there were many FPS games before it.
Doom and Wolfenstein did bring fps to the mainstream. These other ones aren't rememberd because these didn't bring the genre to the limelight and didn't sell as well
MegaKosan I don't think making something mainstream is something worth much praise. Halo did it on consoles and you see all the PC people deriding it anyway (and lots of them love Doom lol).
Johannes Blaskowitz - Poor bloke committed suicide because he feared being found guilty at the Nazi war Trials. They still proceeded with his trial and he was found Not Guilty.
This was my first videogame. My dad had it, and despite being only 4 I figured out how to operate his DOS PC and I would play the game when he was at work. Those are probably the first memories of my life, and they were a really good time LMAO
+Nation of Spikes i still have my PC that runs on DOS, it still works, that computer has outlasted computers that ran on windows 95, 98 and XP, played Commander Keen, Tank Wars, Duke Nukem Wolfenstien 3d on that thing
My aunt secretly bought this game for my brothers (aged 12 and 9 at the time) because our mom (our aunts sister) hates anything to do with guns, war, or violence in general. Unfortunately, she died in a freak skiing accident a few months later when there were patches of ice that weren’t cleared on the slopes. This game holds dear to our family, and was one of the last things left behind by her. We also have a baseball pinball machine that she won after getting a high score. It’s unfortunate because I was only 3 at the time, and it seems as though she was the only other gamer in the family aside from me. I never got to know her personally, but she left behind some pretty iconic games.
I love id’s unique sense of humor when it came to naming the tech demo that they sent to Nintendo, especially given the big N’s bad habit of issuing takedowns for any and all fan-made games involving their IPs. 🤣
the new Doom and Wolfenstein games are an awesome throw back to the roots of the FPS genre. in my opinion, they are 2 of the best shooters out now. id is just an amazing and resilient company, and I love them.
Tritnew Yeah I’m pretty sad that Wolfenstein 2 didn’t turn out so good. Could of had a brilliant trilogy, hopefully Wolfenstein 3 makes up for The New Colossus
This is because storage is now so cheap, and eternal media so unnecessary, developers can't be arsed to compress stuff like audio and textures, even though it'd make their games more compact.
The FPS that started it all. Then Doom came out a year later and the rest was history. Both are groundbreaking classics. I remember playing both Wolfenstein 3D and Doom in middle school in 1993. When someone asks me: How long ago were the 90s? Look no further than Wolfenstein and Doom and see how games looked back then compared to today. There's always those 2 games that are groundbreaking when it comes to paving the way. Whether its Pacman and Mario, Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, Wolfenstein and Doom.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein 2009 and The New Order are a such remarkable trilogy. Every game is made by different studio on a different engine, feels and plays differently, yet all of them are clearly a part of the franchise, carry that id Software feel and also continue the plot. To me it's like Alien franchise.
@@user-pf8hs7nv6z Ok, suck is too strong. I actually enjoyed it, but it was kinda odd, for a Wolfenstein game. I was just in a bad mood when I said that.
As a new viewer of this series I adore the raw, factual approach to the commentary and the presence of well-researched information. No BS biases or generic, recycled presentation, just an objective approach to telling the history and results of iconic games. Bravo.
While Wolf 3D was one of the defining games of my childhood, I spent more time playing Spear of Destiny, which I got as a birthday present in 1994 or 1995 (can't remember exactly). It is a shorter game, yet more atmospheric and cohesive.
oscarman97 Me too. I like when the doom guy is named blazkowitz the 3rd. I also think that Quake happens something like a century after Final Doom and Quake 2 a century after the 2nd mission pack
I bought Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood because it was about a world filled with Nazi's who have won the World War II at the time. It was really interesting to think that such horrible regime could take over the world... so I played both and was impressed by its game mechanics, storyline and much more. After watching this video, it's good to see it's history and what led to ultimately the popular title now. You should've mentioned that the Wolfenstein: Old Blood has the 'nightmare' modes where you Blazkowicz sleeps and dreams of the Wolfenstein 3D levels and has to get to the exit (or quit) to end the level. The twist is everything is the same except here, B.J. can wear extra armour for protection and he uses a more stylized weapon (not pixelated, but more detailed) from the actual game! Great video, however!
SinisterExaggerator You're right. I played the nightmare mode in the New Order where you could sleep in the bed at the safe house. They didn't make it a larger part of the game until Old Blood came out. I have 100% trophies for both games and they make the nightmare modes a bigger part of the game in the Old Blood.
***** Reimagined, it is. Great graphics, game mechanics, and loved the "new" version they've made. Honestly, such a recommendable AAA title (along with Wolfenstein: New Order)
Mr.Science I may have missed that little information in the game... but in that case... *IRONY*! It's a pretty impressive technology if you ask me, I could NOT get through the part where I had to escape Castle Wolfenstein in Old Blood. Thanks for the fact, good to know.
Damn, Stuart. This episode was simply amazing. Definitely among some of the best videos I've seen from you!! I hope you'll cover games as Quake, Unreal Tournament and Doom (maybe after the new one) too some day :)
+Marcus Munitions I think he should do one on arena fps, but primarily focused on Quake. I've seen overviews of Quake that only portray it as 3D Doom, but it did a shit load for competitive fps and that always gets overlooked. Q1 was the first fps esports game, and has a skill gap so large people still play it to this day. Quake and UT have pretty fast and intriguing gameplay that have aged well.
Well no, the wolfenstein game isn't NEARLY as far behind the stuff that came over a decade later, as what the stuff from the early 1980s was behind wolfenstein. That's kind of the point. It was SUCH a large leap forward. Basically a jump of more than half the size of the gap between pac man and real life.
+A Generic Name it is a fucking godsend of a game. it held true to the series, and yet didn't fall into the pit of mediocrity that most fps now occupy these days.
+Agent 005 I regret not pre ordering it, I really wanted the doom beta pass. better safe than sorry tho. I got it about a month after release when a friend promised to buy me a game and I picked it cuz it was on sale.
+Volkor Try playing the Thief-franchise through. The franchise is stealth-based, but do just as good of a job at stealth as Wolfenstein: TNO does fast-paced action. The Thief-games have also got great storylines and their own unique atmosphere, along with great sound design. The only game I'd say one should refrain from playing is the more recent reboot.
When I discovered this game as a kid I was immediately hooked. Obviously I had no idea of its significance and how it would shape the future of the FPS!
Awesome video. One of the most important games for me and still playing it occasionally. Cool music too, especially Wondering About My Loved Ones (26:55).
These are some of the best thing on the internet. Such brilliantly told and obviously thoroughly researched they are at once entertainment, informative and a great nostalgia trip to our shared gaming history and for many of us, a flash back to our youth. Thank you.
Reneging health and unlimited lives arn't "better" there simply a different choice in game design and what challenge it offers, i much prefer the oldskool fps style to modern, unfortunately there aren't many new games that follow the old principles. Great video! I hope you cover doom :-) Oh and if your looking for ideas maybe do a series covering each of the big game studios back then? Like maxis, westwood, seirra etc :-)
+xisumavoid There are plenty of games without regenerating health. TF2, CS:GO, Payday 2, etc. General rule of thumb, if it isn't designed for filthy casuals it doesn't have regening health
Commander Keen was one of the first games I ever played, on my grandpa's computer. He'd worked in silicon valley as a contractor in the 80s and 90s, and he'd picked it up from somewhere. It's been almost 15 years since he died, and I wish I'd known enough to ask him more about that time.
Professional production and very informative. It's content like this that makes me remember why I gave up on cable and TV in general more than a decade ago. Thanks!
I can't get enough of the snarky but very well written narration. You'd think these would be too long, but a lot of what carries it is the excellent voicing.
I have to second what some others have said, Stu. As someone who's been with you since the original Black Ops videos, I honestly feel that this is the best work you've done to date. Flawlessly voiced and edited as always, but the pacing and narrative progression were absolutely top notch! Thanks again for all the work you put into these--it absolutely does show.
0:00 Nah mate. PC gaming has always been glorious, with or without amazing graphics. Not that I don't love my NES, but I love my classic PC titles at least as much.
I had just completed this. This was also the first game that my father introduced to me as a child. I'm glad that I still own a CD and a virtual copy for this game, return to castle wolfenstein, and doom 95
plus, they're just unimaginably bad, and it's more mainstream. If you fought against the Japanese, it would feel a bit weird, as their atrocities, while just as bad, are less wellknown, and while in casualties and long term effects outweighed it, it was overshadowed by the nuclear bombing.
Dude your video editing is so fucking fresh! I love how you've scripted your monologue in such a good rythm with the visuals, and the occasional pun makes it even better. Excellent!
christ i remember growing up to this franchise,it's sad seeing it nowadays the new wolfenstein games because it lost that good old WW2 aspect,i can still remember beating RTCW (2001) so many fucking times i was mad about i beat the whole game like 80 times i loved it so much...good times wolfenstein is my favourite game franchise even more than the hitman one,which is also so awesome.
One of the best and most memorable PC games I played. I still remember Hitler and Goerring stepping into the fray as robot zombies with mechanical spider legs and Gatling guns for arms. From memory, I was charmed and had some solid cheats to fall back on. No way I would’ve ground out that result with standard rations and settings.
Crowbar I can see your point, but personally it didn't give me the same feeling. The 2009 game felt like it took the whole Wolfenstein supernatural aspect way out of hand. This felt as if it was taking away from the typical Wolfenstein feel that at that point I had been used to in W3D, RTCW, and W:ET. Also, if I recall correctly, the multiplayer was really terrible in comparison to W:ET. While I can definitely see how the shakeup may have been awesome to some people, perhaps I wasn't up to as much of a deviation.
Yep, Wolfenstein 2009 was the second Wolfenstein game I have played and finished like 10 times I believe. That made me play way more games than before.
You've forgot to mention the id protagonist family tree. :) Billy Blaze (William Blazkovitz) is actually the grand grand grand child of BJ. And OC the Doomguy is in the family as well.
@Vishnu Ramesh It's been hinted and teased a few times, though there isn't much in the games that really points to that. But yeah, the ID protagonists are supposedly of the same ancestry.
Excellent video presentation and research. The footage of early pre-wolf Romero/Carmack games is much appreciated and this video compliments that Doom paperback / early days of ID nicely.
While I love Doom and the franchise itself I don't think that any of the games could be called the best game ever, its absolutely one of the best of its kind though. Doom being the best game ever is really hard to believe, but its completely debatable the it being the best shooter ever.
Great retrpspective. Excellently researched and presented. There was a game on the TRS-80 model one, I think around 1979. It was called Asylum. There was no shooting, but it was a 3D maze-type game. You had to escape from a mental hospital. Everything was drawn in 3D perspective, so as you walked down a hallway, it looked like that. Pretty good for an 8-bit Z80 with 32K of RAM! Then later, with W3D: For me, as a player in those days, I was astounded by the immersive quality of the 3D realm. At the same time, after playing through a time or two, I wanted to break out. It was other FPS games that allowed a walk outside, or even onto a rooftop a feeling of an open world. That was yet another leap forward.
