Return To Castle Wolfenstein (PC)

My review of 'Return To Castle Wolfenstein' (Game for the PC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introduction - Basic Training! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm not what you'd call an avid video game player; but ever since I bought my first 386 PC back 1943 (well it seems that long ago -lol!) I have been known to sneak off and play the odd PC game here and there... One of the very first and very best games I ever played on my old 386 was 'Wolfenstein 3D' (circa 1992), considering the limitations of the processing power back then (remember when having 32MB of RAM was actually cool?... ...  Read the complete review

Almost a decade after the release of the original Wolfenstein 3D, ID software finally got around to making a sequel to their classic nazi-themed first person shooter. Repising the role of US Marine BJ Blaskowitz, the player is sent on a series of varied Special missions through wartorn Europe on quest to take down the SS Paranormal Division and thus tear out the heart of the Third Reich in the process. The plot revolves around an ancient, evil Germanic Warrior Prince named Heinrich I, raised by Hitler's occult-dabbling henchman Heinrich Himmler, in a bid to secure victory for the armies of the Third Reich. In addition to this, nazi scientists have been busy ...  Read the complete review

Its official my marriage is in trouble. Not because of any massive argument or any problems we are having, but because I just can't leave my computer alone. "Why can't you leave your computer alone mike!?" I hear you all cry! Well let me tell you. A few weeks ago I bought the much awaited Return to Castle Wolfenstein. This is a remake of what was perhaps the first game in this genre. (Here comes the history lesson) Back in the Olden days when the PC was nothing more than a glorified calculator, and having a PC at home was the domain of the rich or the geeky. An American company called ID Software plucked a new ...  Read the complete review

After spending many an hour scurrying around the original Castle Wolfenstein in my 386 PC all those years ago, I've been waiting a long time for this sequel to come out and I'm pleased to say that it does not disappoint. The original game, Wolfenstein 3D, is singularly responsible for creating the whole First Person Shooter (FPS) genre for the PC. From this came Doom, Quake and all the other copy-cats like Half Life, Unreal and so on. Some of these games have extended and improved the genre, so Return to Castle Wolfenstein (RtCW) had a lot to live up to, and live up to it it certainly does. The game is set in the war-torn Europe of 1943. You ...  Read the complete review

From time to time, I enjoy a spot of sitting down infront of a screen, with my right hand wiggling a mouse around and my left hand making occasional jabs on a keyboard, grunting a rather ambiguous noise whenever anyone tries to hold a conversation and realising that hours are spent doing something really pointless. Otherwise known as playing a computer game. However, recent events threatened to put this past time at risk. Two of my favorite games were no longer. The first, Jedi Knight, was eaten by a ravenous flying pig that suddenly emerged from my window one Tuesday evening (this is not quite true, but it was rather more interesting and less complicated than ...  Read the complete review