June 2003

Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Review....
Posted by [Frag-girlie] @ 11:12 AM MDT Friday, June 13, 2003 [Comment on news]

Stratos Group has posted a review of Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. Here's a nibblet:

"What's more, each of the six maps in ET have different objectives for each side, and until you fully understand what these goals are, the hustle and bustle of your teammates will be difficult to comprehend. Adding to the chaos is the voice-over command, which automatically warns you when your team or the enemy has completed an objective, and issues instructions on what to do next. Until you've played each map often enough to know where everything is, these commands are somewhat meaningless, and you'll probably wander around the map getting into firefights with similarly confused players on the other team. The game is only a week old, and this kind of makeshift deathmatch is still fairly common on most of the servers I've visited. As time goes by, most players are getting better at recognizing the hotspots on the map and focusing their attentions there and, as such, the gameplay is becoming tighter and more exciting. You could almost call it deathmatch with a purpose; the maps are designed so that it never takes more than fifteen seconds or so for a player to get back into action after respawning, so that there is often a constant gunfight raging near whatever the current objective is. Adding to this is the very well-balanced interplay between gun damage and health levels; players will survive gunfire just long enough to make firefights exciting, but not long enough to make them frustrating."