

Return to Castle Wolfenstein 2001
Developed by Gray Matter Interactive, Westlake Interactive, Raster Productions, Splash Damage, Nerve Software
- Shooter, Action, Fantasy, Science fiction
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a first-person shooter and a reboot of Wolfenstein 3D. The player's arsenal includes among others a Luger, MP 40 submachine gun, Mauser rifle with sniper scope, flamethrower, dynamite and grenades. The game also features a multiplayer component in which players are split into Axis and Allies sides with each a set of objectives to complete. World War II rages and nations fall. SS head Himmler has Hitler's full backing to twist science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. Battling alone, you're on an intense mission to pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop Himmler... or die trying.
ShooterActionFantasyScience fictionHorrorHistoricalStealthworld war ii - ww2bloodymurderdeathalternate historyrun and guncyborgsteamonlineartificial intelligencesnowXbox, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
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Character
Plot-driven, grave, earnest and resolved.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
- Developer
- Gray Matter Interactive, Westlake Interactive, Raster Productions, Splash Damage, Nerve Software
- Publisher
- id Software, Aspyr Media, Activision, Microsoft Game Studios
- Released
- November 19, 2001
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- First person
- Engine
- id Tech 3
- Time to beat
- 8 h rushed · 12 h main story · 15 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.4/10 from 479 ratings.
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