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Wolfenstein -- July Release Date, Trailer up

BamelinBamelin Registered User regular
edited March 2009 in Games and Technology
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/46995.html

Did I miss the thread on this? The trailer looks cool as hell. Summer gaming ahoy!

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I don't know if there's another thread on this but I've always liked the Wolfenstein games and this one looks pretty fucking cool. Here's to hoping it's good.

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  • BamelinBamelin Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    July release date. I hope there is a robust multiplayer component.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I hope there's Mecha-Hitler.

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  • rayofashrayofash Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Interesting.

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    There better be Mecha-Hitler that you get to shoot with a chaingun

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  • MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Bameliwakura wrote: »
    I hope there is a robust Mecha-Hitler multiplayer component.

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  • Descendant XDescendant X Skyrim is my god now. Outpost 31Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Oooooh, Wolfenstein. I'm so excited that this is coming out on the PS3. There's nothing I love more than killing Germa^H^H^H^H^H Nazis who are attempting to use arcane and eldritch powers to take over the world.

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  • exoplasmexoplasm Gainfully Employed Near Blizzard HQRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Man, what? Didn't RCTW already cover the Nazi science experiments stuff?

    How sci-fi can you get with Nazis anyway?

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I love killing Germans. Especially Klyka. :D

    Also, a July release date, eh? That means I know what I'm getting for my birthday!

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  • TertieeTertiee Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    I hope there's Mecha-Hitler.

    GTTV confirmed no Hitler in this game. The user comments for the trailer make me wonder how well this game will sell though.

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  • Operative21Operative21 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    elliotw2 wrote:
    There better be Mecha-Hitler that you get to shoot with a chaingun

    Sadly they've already confirmed there is no mecha-hitler in this game. Despite that. the game does look good though. I rather enjoyed RTCW, so I'll be looking forward to this.

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    They're just saying that so you will be totally surprised by mecha-hitler when he appears.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Game of the Year if that happens.

    More games need to let you kill Hitler. It's like the national pastime.

    (Why this was somehow a problem for Persona 2: Innocent Sin's localization, who knows.)

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Like Doom, I think Wolfenstein is best left in the 90's.

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  • TK-42-1TK-42-1 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    what was the deal with the color palettes swapping? was that just editing or do you fall into some kind of nazi experiment and get super powers?

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  • TertieeTertiee Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    You find a mystical artifact that gives you the power to enter the veil.

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Zombiemambo wrote: »
    Like Doom, I think Wolfenstein is best left in the 90's.
    How do you mean? RTCW was good and Doom 3 was very good, this one looks to be good as well.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    The SP in RTCW was good, but I spent years playing the MP. Too bad quake wars didn't go so well

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  • CangoFettCangoFett Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Ive never played a game with alternate/parallel worlds you go back and forth between, and thought "Wow this is a great feature and is really fun"

    Im hoping this changes that.

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  • UltimanecatUltimanecat Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    CangoFett wrote: »
    Ive never played a game with alternate/parallel worlds you go back and forth between, and thought "Wow this is a great feature and is really fun"

    Im hoping this changes that.

    Link to the Past? Ocarina of Time? Soul Reaver? None of them tickled you?

    My world has become confused and frightening.

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  • SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I actually thought this looks a bit... dated? The character models seem off, and even the main player's hands and weapons looked unnatural to me.

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  • Final_BossFinal_Boss Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    CangoFett wrote: »
    Ive never played a game with alternate/parallel worlds you go back and forth between, and thought "Wow this is a great feature and is really fun"
    This is my biggest hangup with this game. I love the Wolfenstein universe but the whole veil stuff in this one has me worried. Usually games that use mechanics similar to this fall victim to unnecessary backtracking and the like.

    I will still play it at some point most likely, but as of now there is nothing I'm seeing that is making me think "Day One".

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Darmak wrote: »
    Zombiemambo wrote: »
    Like Doom, I think Wolfenstein is best left in the 90's.
    How do you mean? RTCW was good and Doom 3 was very good, this one looks to be good as well.

    RCTW was 1998/1999, wasn't it? And Doom 3 was like 2003.

    Still, my fond memories of Doom/Wolfenstein consist of blocky geometry and flat sprites on a 3d plane. The Doom series ended at II (with the expansions) and Wolfenstein ended after RCTW. I love these games to death, but I wouldn't say id is capable of handling the IPs correctly anymore.

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  • Final_BossFinal_Boss Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Sceptre wrote: »
    I actually thought this looks a bit... dated? The character models seem off, and even the main player's hands and weapons looked unnatural to me.
    It's using a heavily modified Doom 3 engine if I remember correctly, so that might be at least partially the reason for it looking that way. Even still, Raven is a relatively talented studio, hopefully a few more months of polish will iron some of that out.

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  • Mr.BrickMr.Brick Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I thought this was using the most recent ID engine?

    Either way the stills that were out awhile ago looked dates- but now that ive seen it in motion it looks a little bit better.

    I just recently played RTCW for the first time and really enjoyed it. I skipped it and went straight to enemy territory. I'm hoping they pull off something new in this one.

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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Less WW2 brown and more scifi with Nazis? I approve.

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  • JasocoJasoco Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Return to Castle Wolfenstein was released in 2001. Not 1998. And DOOM 3 was awesome. Fuck the haters. And the original DOOM and DOOM II played on a more modern engine (Like DoomsDay) with real lighting effects and 3D objects and updated textures kicks the ass of most new FPS games out there today. Including all three Halo games both separately and combined.

    So, I'm curious. What's with the sci-fi aspect in Wolfenstein games now? I liked it when it was all mechanical and took place in the old days with no sci-fi super weapon stuff. To me, sci-fi and Nazi's just don't go together. Despite what all those specials on the History channel would say about history.

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  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Bah, better sci-fi than yet another pseudo-historical WWII setting. Besides, I distinctly remember stuff like genetically engineered Nazi mutant zombies and mecha-Hitler and crazy ghosts and shit in Wolfenstein 3-D. Plasma guns that boil off flesh or whatever seems like a fair fit given the pedigree.

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  • PhotonPhoton Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I still play Wolfenstein Enemy Territory Multiplayer pretty much daily when i dont have work to do (damn you dissertation!), so so so many great times i've had playing that game, and i was lucky to find a great bunch of people to play with regularly.

    I'm worried this will never be able to live up to how much i love ET, but if the multiplayer is decent (once a competition mod comes out) and has an active community this could easily consume several more years of my life, I don't know whether to be scared or excited by that fact :D

    Edit:

    Also, a July release is perfectly timed for when i graduate :D Will have mucho time to play this while i fail at finding a job!

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I thought Max Payne was dead?

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  • Waka LakaWaka Laka Riding the stuffed Unicorn If ya know what I mean.Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Henroid wrote: »
    I thought Max Payne was dead?

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Crushing my joke aside, seriously, the protagonist of Wolfenstein looks like a sort of generic Max Payne / guy from GTA3. Pants, white t-shirt, leather jacket, and that asshole haircut.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Henroid wrote: »
    Crushing my joke aside, seriously, the protagonist of Wolfenstein looks like a sort of generic Max Payne / guy from GTA3. Pants, white t-shirt, leather jacket, and that asshole haircut.

    Clearly Wolfenstein ripped both of those games off

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I would never go so far as to make that claim. I'm just worried he's gonna share the persona. There's some character types I meh at. This would be one of them.

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Cybertronian Paranormal Eliminator Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    exoplasm wrote: »
    Man, what? Didn't RCTW already cover the Nazi science experiments stuff?

    How sci-fi can you get with Nazis anyway?

    The Nazi's did do a lot of occult investigations IRL. Why do you think it pops up in pop culture so much (Hellboy, Indiana Jones)

    Also the original Wolfenstien had zombie monsters (Hell, you squared off against a demon to win the Spear of Destiny in the second Wolf game back in the day).

    It's like asking if Doom 3 didn't already cover the demons from hell coming through teleporters.

    It's kinda Wolf's thing.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    My point was more that Wolfenstein was one of the pioneers of generic action games man.

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  • TertieeTertiee Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Mr.Brick wrote: »
    I thought this was using the most recent ID engine?

    It's using the id Tech 4 Doom 3 engine though I guess technically it still their most recent engine until Rage comes out.

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  • DietarySupplementDietarySupplement Still not approved by the FDA Dublin, OHRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    exoplasm wrote: »
    Man, what? Didn't RCTW already cover the Nazi science experiments stuff?

    How sci-fi can you get with Nazis anyway?

    Yeah, it'd be cool if they kept the sci-fi, nordic gods crap out of this one. But, what would a good wolfenstein plot without some ridiculous stuff?

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  • darkmayodarkmayo Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Sceptre wrote: »
    I actually thought this looks a bit... dated? The character models seem off, and even the main player's hands and weapons looked unnatural to me.

    I was thinking the same thing, lacking polish it seem and something else.. The surroundings look good tho.

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  • Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    the whole parallel world shtick seems unnecessary from what ive read. my main complaint with return was that it abandoned the nazis for all the other stupid shit after a while. this one seems to be addressing that by having the crazy monsters be nazis also, so thats cool. hopefully this will turn out well, because nothing is as awesome as killing the shit out of some nazis.

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