Wolfenstein PC Game Review 

This game is horribly underrated Extremely original for a game released in the "Shooter of the Week" era Ever played Singularity?

As much as I love the new order. I wish it had more sci fi and paranormal aspects like this game.

Best use of the Doom 3 engine. Those soft shadows are amazing.

I absolutely loved this game, never understood the poor reviews it got.

A bit depressing to think that Return to Castle Wolfenstein is now designated as "oldschool." God, I'm getting old.

Totally agree on the bosses, I played it on the hardest difficulty and just gave up on the final boss it's so hard. But I'd love to see a Wolfy game made by the team that made Singularity. Especially as they could have the Soviets take over the castle in a past/future scope.

Such an underrated game. This is one the most solid shooters of the PS3/XBOX 360 generation. It pays homage to old school shooters for its exploration element, and the shooting itself is great! I really love shooting games where you really have to practice in order to get good (*coughing* notlikecallofduty *coughing*)The veil mechanics would seem like a gimmick at times, but it is actually really functional for the most part. And the graphics are amazing even for the PS3 version. When you get to the castle stage, there are some statues on both sides of the driveway, before the main entrance, just take a look at these statues and the quality of the lighting and textures used in the whole game become really apparent. This game had the misfortune of being released at a time when COD was really hot, and people would ignore other great games...

And this game is now pretty rare, so far as I know there is no digital outlet for this game on the PC

My biggest gripes with this game are as following: 1. Levels are to small for my taste. Eisenstadt, the castle, and the airfield just screamed for more areas for us to explore. 2. I wanted more levels/missions In short I just want(ed) more as I was having to much fun. The whole Indiana Jones/Hellboy atmosphere just clicked with me. Perhaps this game should have implemented the health pack/armor system as that definitely would have been much more fair during the boss battles which sometimes rely to much on chance. Still this and RTCW are my favorite parts of the Wolfenstein series, and I honestly am sad that the whole 'Secret history of WW2/action pulp comic/movie' concept was dropped for the whole 'Alternate timeline/damn depressing' concept.

This is by far my favorite Wolfenstein game. I love the occult undertone it had, it's an underrated classic. Although I can't deny that I did have some flaws in the gameplay. But it's nonetheless an amazing game. Same thing goes for return to castle Wolfenstein.

I think Wolfenstein may be my favorite series of fps ever. I love how each installment is made by a different studio, and has that fresh feel to it. It's really close, but for me I think Wolfenstein (2009) edges out Return to Castle Wolfenstein for me. I've played through both of them an embarrassing number of times, but I think its the weapons in this one that really sell it for me. I haven't had as much sheer fun with the guns in this game (in particular the particle cannon and liechenfaust 44), since the BFG9000 in the original Doom.

This game was wonderful. The MP40 is one of the best feeling guns I've ever used in a game and the art style's use of attractive color contrasts is on the level of Bioshock. Just a really tight, refined game that's got some fun, light exploring and the upgrade trees really break the game wide open. One of my underrated faves

"That man is a spy!"

This is by far my favorite Wolfenstein game and one of my favorite fps games of all time! HUGELY underrated game.

I'm glad you gave this a positive review. This was a neat, little underrated shooter that I never heard many people ever talk about. I had some good fun with it.

Frickin' love this game. Raven did a brilliant job! I wish it was available on Steam. It deserves more love than it got.

I havent played this in two years and watching this review makes me want to play this and return to castle wolfenstein. Both games quenched my thirst. wolfenstein 2009 was my fps over the modern shooters that were coming out. now im finishing up the new order and very pleased that the wolfy franchise never let me down :D

I'm playing Singularity now and can't wait to play this. Raven software was awesome before Activision just stuck them on as support for every fucking COD game.

I like some of the Nazi quotes from the cutscenes in this game, real menacing and sometimes cleverly written, too...at least in my opinion. I even like the graphic novel it had prior to release which tells the events of W3D, SoD, RtCW and W2009 in W2009's style. I'm surprised you gave this a positive review despite the start claiming it was a rant of sorts.

The weapons in Wolfenstein 2009 are so bad ass!Love this series so much!I will like so much to se the new Wolfenstein game returned with the guns from the 2009 game!Tesla gun is my favorite weapon.

I never had problems with the bosses in this game. Its actually one of my favorite games of the late 2000s for that matter. I remember randomly buying it new when I was 20 in 2009 with some birthday money I got in college. I have probably replayed this game more than any other game from this era, maybe even bioshock 1. I never did like regenerating hp, and of course I fully exploit what ever tool they give us, so I of course at times did take full advantage of the regenerating health... Graphically I would say its pretty darn good for the time period, especially considering it was on the 5 year old at the time doom 3 engine. Sure it was not no crysis from 2 years prior, but it was still pretty good compared to most games I played from that era graphically. The hardest fight of the whole game, was probably fighting the Hans Grosse phase 2, where it was still highly possible, but you had to use a lot of trial and era to find out where to run safely with the regen pools. After maybe my 3rd play through in the early 2010s I had that fight down to where I could beat phase 2 within reasonable time. It is truly a shame this game did not get any love and is no longer for sale anywhere. I especially hate what machine games, makers of the new order said about it. Coming from the same incompetent developers that brought the awful wolfenstein the new colossus and tag teamed with good studio arkane to release the equally awful young blood.

Damn, i wish they made games like the older wolfenstein games (this one included) nowadays. Wolfenstein 2009 felt so different from any other game, and that was the best part. I grew up with this game and absolutely adore it, even though the boss fights aren’t that good. Oh, and that opening scene was sooo damn epic!

I would take Return To Castle Wolfenstein over 2009 as well. It is just better paced and more balanced as a shooter and has better atmosphere. It aint nostalgia mate :P

This game needs to come back on steam :(

Seriously underrated game. It's a shame the final boss was so underwhelming, but definitely worth a play through. I also really loved collecting everything, i'm glad the kept the for The New Order.

One thing I would add is that it's awesome how you can blow off enemy body parts. Game is pretty damn good.

I enjoyed the hell out of this game and really wish this style of Wolfenstein was revisited.

This game is one of my childhood games. Despite what anyone said, it'll remain a special in my heart

This game is so good, it ought to be criminal to have that much fun. It's an absolutely fitting sequel to RTCW.

6:21 - i like your honesty

Great game! Had a blast playing it from start to end. Highly recommend it to any FPS fan :)

Not gonna lie, the Leichenfaust is one of the most badass weapons in gaming history and one of my all time favourites.

The shooting mechanics and hub level structure of this game are awesome. It's like Raven took the best elements of Soldier of Fortune and hexen and put them together. I just wish they held off the super natural and Mad science stuff until a bit later in the game like the original Wofenstein 3D. Also it is missing the pistol and chaingun, two of the classic weapons. The final battle with Hans Grosse was anti-climatic as well.

People should add the "2009" to their RU-vid titles. It just gets finnicky trying to find this specific game.

I loved this game. played it on the xbox 360 back in 2009.

Extremely underrated game, one of my favorite fps games for sure

Am loving your reviews man. I really enjoyed this game. It was a rather surprising entry. The open-world, crazy upgrades and fun as hell side missions were what made this game for me. Contrary to what you said, I felt the game got considerably easier towards the end with all the power-ups (on normal anyway) but it was great to see the final mission as a tough challenge. I liked it, and now I'm looking forward to playing the new one.

my favourite game in the past 10yrs. played on 360 but I could never finish it because the very last spinning boss fight and the controller I think. I wish it was available on steam or somewhere else, but the very best would be a proper remaster of this game, that would be awesome

If I remember you can buy every single upgrade if you collect every collectible

Just beat the game on the highest Diff. It one of the most awesome WW2 shooters i have ever played and in my opinion a good Wolfenstein game. I think the game is even quite easy, because i just clear a room with the particle gun in a second before the enemies even have a chance to kill me. But the bosses were just pain in the ass on that difficulty level yea ... Also iam pretty sure if Raven Software had more time and money back then, this game could have been a real masterpiece, but still they made a great game

The art design in this game is fantastic.

Wish this game had more attention,they should remake it with the connection of the reboot and they should bring the OG to Steam.

I'm amazed to find out there was a lot of Cut content in this game. Such as removing pistols and allied weapons from the game and even a expansion campaign that never materialized. Even the Xbox 360's box art show B.J. using a Thompson smg all though it is nowhere to be found in the game.

Really good game. Nice review.

favourite series ever. Seriously under rated

RCTW. One of the best games of early 2000s.The plot was well written and extremely captivating.Was also very emmersive because of the story.

The Leichenfaust 44 was Wolfenstein attempt to mimick the BFG 9000 from the Doom series.

Underrated opinion (sort of...) this and return to castle wolfenstein are my favourite games and as good as the machinehead games ones are I love the variety and the whole theme of these two .

Well, I liked this game as a whole. Yes, I didn't like the regenerating health and the whole "take cover" stuff, but I was able to overlook these flaws. I loved the hub gameplay, I loved hunting for hidden gold and Intel, and I really enjoyed buying upgrades for my weapons. These good things were enough to compensate for the CoD-like mechanics.

Had no idea that this was somewhat open world until you mentioned it among some similar games in your Crysis Warhead review.

The lichenfaust 44 is kinda like a bfg but without the invisible tracers

Just played through this game not even a week ago and it's pretty danm fun. I like the weapons, powers and some of the locales. I prefer Return to Castle Wolfenstein over this but this game is still really fun and I like how Raven does their own thing with the franchise. Wolfenstein seems to be one of the only few franchises that have the freedom to take its own course. Not a lot of games get to do that.

I really liked this game, the whole mechanics and plot was really fun

There's one thing I can't understand is what is causing the huge drop in gamers' intelligence? Why are gamers today so much dumber than gamers were a decade ago? I mean it's gotten so bad that they can't even remember how to play a game without being told what button to press every step of the way. I would have thought that it would take actual brain damage to not be able to remember what key you pressed to interact with objects the last thirty times, but apparently even supposedly normal people today can't make such persistent memories. If this trend continues, a decade from now they will have to put a big *SHOOT HERE* sign over every enemy's head and constantly flash *Press UP to Move* on the screen, or nobody will know what to do! Doesn't it alarm anyone else that people today can't even remember a couple simple key commands to interact with a game? These poor people must have their homes covered in Post-It notes reminding them how to do common, every day activities like opening doors or turning on a light. The government should really look into this before our collective intelligence levels drop too low for us to even remember how to breathe. I'm just glad that video games exist to point out this serious problem!

Dude,feeling pretty full on nostalgia at the moment

Excellent Review as always. Really enjoyed this entry into Wolfenstein. Though it bugged me that one of their enemy types was basically stolen from F.E.A.R. Speaking of which, when are you reviewing the FEAR games?

This game had some solid levels. Loved the farm with the facility underneath. The boss fights sucked and it got ridiculous at the end.

I don't get why everyone said not to play this game when it came out (reviews was basically what people naively trusted back in the day before LP's became the BIG THING on YT). Turns out the game is quite fun, and has a few mods made to improve the SP without even needing an SDK to do it.

"Zat man iz ah SPY !"

I enjoyed this title... Not certain why it gets so much grief, it's perfectly playable! Tons of tactical options, and A whole lot of Fun! :/

Well iam happy that you did this review and a great review at that! but the pc version is unavablie to my knowledge so would you or Anyone know wether I should snag the ps3 or xbox ver on the game?

I enjoyed this game, it's awesome, but yea, boss fights are hard as shit

Personally , this is my favorite wolfenstein and one of my favorite games of all time.

Great game. The shooting is so satisfying.

The Wolfenstein game everyone tends to forget.

1000 times better than Youngblood

Decided to install this and play it for whatever reason. It's actually pretty cool. I'm getting tired of running around the HUB map though.

I've been playing RTCW recently and it's brilliant ;), although the Übersoldat boss fight is a pain in the arse....

Probably my favorite Wolf title, tbh. It's the only one I could actually beat (twice, both on console and PC) and I still yell out "FOR ISENSTADT!" from time to time when the situation calls for it, and no one knows what I mean.

Yes this, Timeshift and Singularity all are underrated.

This game really deserved better sales and ratings than it got. I totally enjoyed it from beginning to end, though I do agree with the boss fights sucking. It is a shame you can't get this game on Steam these days, as I have long since lost my copy of the game. I still prefer RTCW too but this game is far from bad, I kinda feel for the devs who were probably feeling deflated by shitty sales and reviews, as they really didn't do a bad job with this game

Why is it so hard to find a reasonably priced copy of this game?

Just now finished the game. Man this game was epic. The sound design, the gore THE FREAKING FLAMEWERFE. I played Real RTCW before this and... Man i love this game evan more.. Both games are fantastic. But i prefer this

I’m not entirely certain where this game sits with the proverbial crowd of Wolfenstein players. But personally for me I feel this game is highly overlooked and underappreciated. It’s not perfect, (but what property is?) but especially around this time when this game was released 2009 that is, it stood out on its own when every game started trying to become a call of duty clone.

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Loved this game.

I never played this game. It looks fun.

Doom3 engine? It's called Id Tech 4!

this game is cool than the new one's i wish some like old war can have a hidden power's or something like crazy stuff

I'm going to be straight forward. I've never really played return to castle wolfenstein. I only played the first Wolfenstein 3D a bit and then Wolfenstein 2009. I thought it was great. Seems I might just be the only one. And yes I played Wolfenstein the new order. Fucking amazing game.

the guns sounds and animations felt guud

Any idea why this game was removed from Steam?

THAT MAN IS A SPY!

>Running on the doom 3 engine Did not know or expect this

Kar98k with a bayonet is overpowered

Just (almost) finished it on max difficulty and have few things to say. Generally - the game is great, underrrated rough gem with a lot of cool ideas, great lvls, great number of wastly different weapons and enemies to play with. Downsides? They tried to push a lot in it. Hub system, pseudo-magic of Thule Medalion, meaningful gold fathering, a motherload of upgrades, etc. Not all of it woks as good as they could. Gold gathering motivates you to waste a lot of time not on actual shooting but on looting. Not a problem for me but most of shooter-players I knodon't like things like that. Hub provides a lot of randomly-generated fights, but at times it feels like a complete filler waste of time when you really want to get to actual missions. It is also big and you have to run circles around it from one mission to the other. Random fights could be anything from actually interesting and challenging skirmishes with elite enemies to complete curbstomp of few regulars or even an absence of enemies in certain areas. It leads to hub sometimes becoming a time waste. Also, Downtown area have horrible Black Market placement far from any other object of interests in that location, which forces you to run all the way to its beginning. Powers and weapons, as well as enemies and AI in general are anything but balanced. First of all - AI in this game is outright stupid. I caught it many times grenading itself, running randomly and generally doing jack shit to hurt you. Most of enemies are also not aggressive enough and AI likes to overuse cover and with your Empower upgrades that negates almost all cover it makes enemies sitting ducks. Giving that the best chance of most enemies is to overwhelm you with numbers and firepower, them spending most of time covering and failing to advance makes almost every fight a cakewalk where you can just fall back, regenerate, rearm and re-engage them. AI is too easy to abuse. Weapons are actually fun to use, but have balancing issue. You know what weapon have the most usability in game? Fully upgraded MP43. Why? It has by far the biggest ammo pool, in latter chapters its ammo is the most common (or second most common after MP40), it works on any range and under fully upraged Empower buff it has the highest DPS that goes through shields, covers and even walls. Pair it with one of the Veil upgrades that makes you see enemies through walls. And enemies are prone to overuse cover. And they do not take Empower into account, making almost any cover a death-trap for them. Yes, it is as overpowered as it sounds. All of the above means that you have little to no reason to use any weapon and any power except MP43+Empower. Special weapons suffer from either not being buffed by Empower or not gaining cover-piercing from it. Many of them have issues on longer ranges either by firing projectiles or having limited range. And things like Flamethrower and Parcticle cannon have ludicrous damage output that is overkill against regular foes but do not do enough or even zero damage against many elites. Meaning that you have better chances of buffing your MP43. Also, many upgrades are either waste of money or gimmicky. Why would you require a buff on melee damage on Tesla, that is by far the best choice for close quarters anyway and stunlocks regular foes? Why spend 3000 on buffing grenade damage and another 2000 on buffing ammo pool from 3 to 6? You can do most of upgrades on your rocket launcher for less. You can do most of upgrades on Leichenfaust, which is the most powerful weapon in game, for less. Why would you need a bayonet for better melee on your sniper rifle? Why buff damage of Flamethrower if it insta-kills regulars, near insta-kills lighter elites and deals no damage to heavy elites? Taking into account all of the above, I found this game laughably easy even on highest difficulty. It is really easy to abuse its mechanics and AI. Most of those downsides are twikable, however. I hope that we will one day have a mod like RealRTCW but for Wolfenstein 2009 instead of RTCW, which would make this already good game a great one.

Wolfenstein is the only game in the series I haven't played, looks fun.

I take it you will be reviewing Wolfenstein New Order when it's out? It looks fun, reminds me of Return to Castle Wolfenstein a bit.

Should be on Steam

I love this game and it was actually my first in the series (though I did go back and play the other amazing game), however I will admit I also agree with the fans that it would have been better without the regenerating health. However regenerating health aside, it was very close to a true next gen corridor shooter done right, like Resistance 1 and 3 or hopefully what the next wolfenstien is. So considering there isn't a lot of other options for that superior older school corridor shooter, I've got to say the health regen is a bit forgivable as the experience is far better than the average linear FPS.

I wish Raven Software would make more games like Wolfenstein 2009 and Singularity. Atleast these are Modern Shooter stylish games that are playable and fun for me, unlike CoD & Battlefield.

WOW! So Wolfenstein has become a sci-fi shooter now. So weird, but i like what they have done with the story.

In general Wolfenstein 09 was faithful sequel to RTCW but devs tried too hard to make you feel unstoppable killing machine. In RTCW when supersoldiers appeared it was still fight for life despite you already obtained Venom, rocket launcher etc. And here all cool weapon roster is useless because 99 percent of time you fight regular nazis and all super weapons vaporizes them in a single hit. Tesla gun was especially ridiculously overpowered yet fun. Open world and side missions was a mistake they shouldn't change perfect RTCW pacing. Game is still great by the time it was released, no 2 weapons limit, treasure hunting finally have some purpose, level design is good too

I actually really enjoyed this game. Is it a masterpiece, not really but its a blast to play and I got a solid 20+ hours of looking around and just exploring the city. My favorite part was doing headshots with the rifle made nazi heads pop off, I could not get tired of that and it was my most used weapon. Plus with a silencer you could get some rare moments of stealth before an all out gun fest. I got the game for like $7 and at that price its a no brainer, I'd really recommend getting it, it an actually fun shooter.

The oversized blimp would be a zeplin

a fantastic game with lots of cool features, like the veil. the only thing I didn't like was the diary, it slowed the gameplay down.

Would rather play this over new colossis any day

played this when I was younger, and I refused playing it at night. idk why, but it had a good horror vibe to it. one that actually did it's job right on scaring ya

Such a pity there's no FFA DM over LAN. It could have been a worthy successor to SoF's DM...

This is not on steam or gog do you know where I can buy it online or is it a store exclusive?