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Re: Castle Wolfenstein II remaster on Kickstarter
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Ant
Feb 19, 2024, 3:12:32 PM2/19/24
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 19:28:13 +0000, a...@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
> >Lane Larson <lnla...@stoat.inhoin.edu> wrote:
> >> This is what you do.
> >
> >Did I missing the link?
> Yeah, a link would have been nice. I'm not finding any results on the
> Internet, but maybe my Googlefu is weak (I didn't really try that
> hard). Mostly I see stuff about fan remasters of "Return to Castle
> Wolfenstein", which is fine but unexciting.
> Honestly, I don't know why the original games have been left to
> languish for so long. Yes, Wolfenstein 3D revitalized the series (and
> the first-person sequels to that game have all been quite successful).
> But I think that a return to the original's stealth-based, 3/4
> viewpoint would find a market too.
> Honestly, just remaking the ORIGINAL "Castle Wolfenstein" and "Beyond
> Castle Wolfenstein" to upgrade the game from 4 colors/screeching
> speaker-noise/awful controls would be welcome. Or how about just
> getting the games to run outside of an emulator. You'd think the fans
> would have been all over that long ago. But the games seem
> consistently ignored in favor of their first-person descendents. It's
> weird.
I would totally love this! Even in FPS. I remember reading id Software
wanted to have those features like hiding dead bodies, taking clothes,
etc. but they couldn't do it back then. Well, they or someone can now
these days! Come on!
CCed alt.games.wolfenstein newsgroup. ;)
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> On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 19:28:13 +0000, a...@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
> >Lane Larson <lnla...@stoat.inhoin.edu> wrote:
> >> This is what you do.
> >
> >Did I missing the link?
> Yeah, a link would have been nice. I'm not finding any results on the
> Internet, but maybe my Googlefu is weak (I didn't really try that
> hard). Mostly I see stuff about fan remasters of "Return to Castle
> Wolfenstein", which is fine but unexciting.
> Honestly, I don't know why the original games have been left to
> languish for so long. Yes, Wolfenstein 3D revitalized the series (and
> the first-person sequels to that game have all been quite successful).
> But I think that a return to the original's stealth-based, 3/4
> viewpoint would find a market too.
> Honestly, just remaking the ORIGINAL "Castle Wolfenstein" and "Beyond
> Castle Wolfenstein" to upgrade the game from 4 colors/screeching
> speaker-noise/awful controls would be welcome. Or how about just
> getting the games to run outside of an emulator. You'd think the fans
> would have been all over that long ago. But the games seem
> consistently ignored in favor of their first-person descendents. It's
> weird.
I would totally love this! Even in FPS. I remember reading id Software
wanted to have those features like hiding dead bodies, taking clothes,
etc. but they couldn't do it back then. Well, they or someone can now
these days! Come on!
CCed alt.games.wolfenstein newsgroup. ;)
--
"I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord." --Hosea 2:19-20. TV-14 rating still shows nudities in John Adam miniseries! Dang unexpected works. :) (L/C)NY (wood dragon).
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