You have a fixed amount of lives per level, and when you die, you'll lose all of your weapons and be stuck with the standard pistol with limited ammo. I had to lower the difficulty all the way to make it through the game's six levels. To add to this, Wolfenstein is fucking hard, too. So there's this constant strain of monotony that plagues the game, and the standards of today's gameplay design has put this game in an unfortunate spot of unplayability for new-comers. All the levels are designed as mazes, so naturally you'll constantly get lost and have no way to know where you're at because most of the walls/rooms are gray. The game is filled with too much empty space, non of the weapons are interesting, and the design of the environment has aged horribly.

While some ported classics like Doom and Duke Nukem provide some bases of entertainment, and stand the test of time to some degree, Wolfenstein simply doesn't. The end result gives a great opportunity for console gamers to experience one of the most important games in history, but doesn't necessarily produce a desirable game. To celebrate the release of the new Wolfenstein game this summer, Id Software and Nerve ported the classic 1992 PC game to PSN and Xbox Live Arcade. Wolfenstein 3D is a pioneer that can be credited for inventing the first-person shooter genre.

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