When he became a boss in Persona 2, the localisation changed his name to simply "Fuhrer" and gave him aviator-style sunglasses for some reason. They kept the mustache though.
Technically they could have kept the mustache as it was originally a Charlie Chaplin mustache but because of hitler rocking it or rather trashing it it is no longer seen as the mustache of a comedian rather the mustache of a guy who hates jews
@@elkskullfilms4524 same goes for the swastika being used as a religious symbol for a handful of religions for centuries, if not millenia. The dude ruined a lot of shit for a lot of people. It's also depressing that their military uniforms were designed by Hugo Boss, who is an acclaimed stylist and, therefore, designed what is easily some of the most beautiful military uniforms ever, and that they happen to be commissioned by the fucking nazis.
imagine if they did follow the story in WW2, after hours of playing and getting through alot of enemies expecting an epic fight but at the end but when you get there, the boss was already dead because he committed suicide
HA! Shows what YOU know! Don't you know, the approach of BJ Blazkowicz is WHY he committed suicide. You thought it was the allied troops on d-day? That's just what they tell you in SCHOOL! But the reality is, that the entire war was won by one man.
@@n0kt0h45 what if that was just what doom was? Hitler became a demon and was orchestrating an attack on earth to finish what he started and the descendants of BJ Blazkowicz are called once more to stop him. It already is proven that Doomguy is a descendant of Blazkowicz so it doesn't seem so hard to believe.
@K W Nothing about that JRE interview alleviated that suspicion for me. He's certainly adept at dealing with social situations now, but that's after 20+ years of giving interviews and keynote speeches. But all accounts of him as a younger man certainly show an inability to understand or connect with other humans in any real way.
Welcome to having a sexy deep voice and composed British accent. Makes everything he says sound smarter and sound like gold, even if it was verbal diarrhea dribblings, lol.
whats weird is it never got the recognition it deserved. Doom is normally credited with bring FPS to the mainstream but there were many FPS games before it.
Doom and Wolfenstein did bring fps to the mainstream. These other ones aren't rememberd because these didn't bring the genre to the limelight and didn't sell as well
MegaKosan I don't think making something mainstream is something worth much praise. Halo did it on consoles and you see all the PC people deriding it anyway (and lots of them love Doom lol).
This was my first videogame. My dad had it, and despite being only 4 I figured out how to operate his DOS PC and I would play the game when he was at work. Those are probably the first memories of my life, and they were a really good time LMAO
+Nation of Spikes i still have my PC that runs on DOS, it still works, that computer has outlasted computers that ran on windows 95, 98 and XP, played Commander Keen, Tank Wars, Duke Nukem Wolfenstien 3d on that thing
This is because storage is now so cheap, and eternal media so unnecessary, developers can't be arsed to compress stuff like audio and textures, even though it'd make their games more compact.
My aunt secretly bought this game for my brothers (aged 12 and 9 at the time) because our mom (our aunts sister) hates anything to do with guns, war, or violence in general. Unfortunately, she died in a freak skiing accident a few months later when there were patches of ice that weren’t cleared on the slopes. This game holds dear to our family, and was one of the last things left behind by her. We also have a baseball pinball machine that she won after getting a high score. It’s unfortunate because I was only 3 at the time, and it seems as though she was the only other gamer in the family aside from me. I never got to know her personally, but she left behind some pretty iconic games.
the new Doom and Wolfenstein games are an awesome throw back to the roots of the FPS genre. in my opinion, they are 2 of the best shooters out now. id is just an amazing and resilient company, and I love them.
Tritnew Yeah I’m pretty sad that Wolfenstein 2 didn’t turn out so good. Could of had a brilliant trilogy, hopefully Wolfenstein 3 makes up for The New Colossus
Johannes Blaskowitz - Poor bloke committed suicide because he feared being found guilty at the Nazi war Trials. They still proceeded with his trial and he was found Not Guilty.
I love id’s unique sense of humor when it came to naming the tech demo that they sent to Nintendo, especially given the big N’s bad habit of issuing takedowns for any and all fan-made games involving their IPs. 🤣
The FPS that started it all. Then Doom came out a year later and the rest was history. Both are groundbreaking classics. I remember playing both Wolfenstein 3D and Doom in middle school in 1993. When someone asks me: How long ago were the 90s? Look no further than Wolfenstein and Doom and see how games looked back then compared to today. There's always those 2 games that are groundbreaking when it comes to paving the way. Whether its Pacman and Mario, Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, Wolfenstein and Doom.
As a new viewer of this series I adore the raw, factual approach to the commentary and the presence of well-researched information. No BS biases or generic, recycled presentation, just an objective approach to telling the history and results of iconic games. Bravo.
I bought Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood because it was about a world filled with Nazi's who have won the World War II at the time. It was really interesting to think that such horrible regime could take over the world... so I played both and was impressed by its game mechanics, storyline and much more. After watching this video, it's good to see it's history and what led to ultimately the popular title now. You should've mentioned that the Wolfenstein: Old Blood has the 'nightmare' modes where you Blazkowicz sleeps and dreams of the Wolfenstein 3D levels and has to get to the exit (or quit) to end the level. The twist is everything is the same except here, B.J. can wear extra armour for protection and he uses a more stylized weapon (not pixelated, but more detailed) from the actual game! Great video, however!
SinisterExaggerator You're right. I played the nightmare mode in the New Order where you could sleep in the bed at the safe house. They didn't make it a larger part of the game until Old Blood came out. I have 100% trophies for both games and they make the nightmare modes a bigger part of the game in the Old Blood.
***** Reimagined, it is. Great graphics, game mechanics, and loved the "new" version they've made. Honestly, such a recommendable AAA title (along with Wolfenstein: New Order)
Mr.Science I may have missed that little information in the game... but in that case... *IRONY*! It's a pretty impressive technology if you ask me, I could NOT get through the part where I had to escape Castle Wolfenstein in Old Blood. Thanks for the fact, good to know.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein 2009 and The New Order are a such remarkable trilogy. Every game is made by different studio on a different engine, feels and plays differently, yet all of them are clearly a part of the franchise, carry that id Software feel and also continue the plot. To me it's like Alien franchise.
@@user-pf8hs7nv6z Ok, suck is too strong. I actually enjoyed it, but it was kinda odd, for a Wolfenstein game. I was just in a bad mood when I said that.
Damn, Stuart. This episode was simply amazing. Definitely among some of the best videos I've seen from you!! I hope you'll cover games as Quake, Unreal Tournament and Doom (maybe after the new one) too some day :)
+Marcus Munitions I think he should do one on arena fps, but primarily focused on Quake. I've seen overviews of Quake that only portray it as 3D Doom, but it did a shit load for competitive fps and that always gets overlooked. Q1 was the first fps esports game, and has a skill gap so large people still play it to this day. Quake and UT have pretty fast and intriguing gameplay that have aged well.
While Wolf 3D was one of the defining games of my childhood, I spent more time playing Spear of Destiny, which I got as a birthday present in 1994 or 1995 (can't remember exactly). It is a shorter game, yet more atmospheric and cohesive.
oscarman97 Me too. I like when the doom guy is named blazkowitz the 3rd. I also think that Quake happens something like a century after Final Doom and Quake 2 a century after the 2nd mission pack
Reneging health and unlimited lives arn't "better" there simply a different choice in game design and what challenge it offers, i much prefer the oldskool fps style to modern, unfortunately there aren't many new games that follow the old principles. Great video! I hope you cover doom :-) Oh and if your looking for ideas maybe do a series covering each of the big game studios back then? Like maxis, westwood, seirra etc :-)
+xisumavoid There are plenty of games without regenerating health. TF2, CS:GO, Payday 2, etc. General rule of thumb, if it isn't designed for filthy casuals it doesn't have regening health
+A Generic Name it is a fucking godsend of a game. it held true to the series, and yet didn't fall into the pit of mediocrity that most fps now occupy these days.
+Agent 005 I regret not pre ordering it, I really wanted the doom beta pass. better safe than sorry tho. I got it about a month after release when a friend promised to buy me a game and I picked it cuz it was on sale.
+Volkor Try playing the Thief-franchise through. The franchise is stealth-based, but do just as good of a job at stealth as Wolfenstein: TNO does fast-paced action. The Thief-games have also got great storylines and their own unique atmosphere, along with great sound design. The only game I'd say one should refrain from playing is the more recent reboot.
Well no, the wolfenstein game isn't NEARLY as far behind the stuff that came over a decade later, as what the stuff from the early 1980s was behind wolfenstein. That's kind of the point. It was SUCH a large leap forward. Basically a jump of more than half the size of the gap between pac man and real life.
These are some of the best thing on the internet. Such brilliantly told and obviously thoroughly researched they are at once entertainment, informative and a great nostalgia trip to our shared gaming history and for many of us, a flash back to our youth. Thank you.
When I discovered this game as a kid I was immediately hooked. Obviously I had no idea of its significance and how it would shape the future of the FPS!
Professional production and very informative. It's content like this that makes me remember why I gave up on cable and TV in general more than a decade ago. Thanks!
I can't get enough of the snarky but very well written narration. You'd think these would be too long, but a lot of what carries it is the excellent voicing.
I have to second what some others have said, Stu. As someone who's been with you since the original Black Ops videos, I honestly feel that this is the best work you've done to date. Flawlessly voiced and edited as always, but the pacing and narrative progression were absolutely top notch! Thanks again for all the work you put into these--it absolutely does show.
Awesome video. One of the most important games for me and still playing it occasionally. Cool music too, especially Wondering About My Loved Ones (26:55).
Dude your video editing is so fucking fresh! I love how you've scripted your monologue in such a good rythm with the visuals, and the occasional pun makes it even better. Excellent!
Commander Keen was one of the first games I ever played, on my grandpa's computer. He'd worked in silicon valley as a contractor in the 80s and 90s, and he'd picked it up from somewhere. It's been almost 15 years since he died, and I wish I'd known enough to ask him more about that time.
0:00 Nah mate. PC gaming has always been glorious, with or without amazing graphics. Not that I don't love my NES, but I love my classic PC titles at least as much.
plus, they're just unimaginably bad, and it's more mainstream. If you fought against the Japanese, it would feel a bit weird, as their atrocities, while just as bad, are less wellknown, and while in casualties and long term effects outweighed it, it was overshadowed by the nuclear bombing.
Great retrpspective. Excellently researched and presented. There was a game on the TRS-80 model one, I think around 1979. It was called Asylum. There was no shooting, but it was a 3D maze-type game. You had to escape from a mental hospital. Everything was drawn in 3D perspective, so as you walked down a hallway, it looked like that. Pretty good for an 8-bit Z80 with 32K of RAM! Then later, with W3D: For me, as a player in those days, I was astounded by the immersive quality of the 3D realm. At the same time, after playing through a time or two, I wanted to break out. It was other FPS games that allowed a walk outside, or even onto a rooftop a feeling of an open world. That was yet another leap forward.
christ i remember growing up to this franchise,it's sad seeing it nowadays the new wolfenstein games because it lost that good old WW2 aspect,i can still remember beating RTCW (2001) so many fucking times i was mad about i beat the whole game like 80 times i loved it so much...good times wolfenstein is my favourite game franchise even more than the hitman one,which is also so awesome.
You've forgot to mention the id protagonist family tree. :) Billy Blaze (William Blazkovitz) is actually the grand grand grand child of BJ. And OC the Doomguy is in the family as well.
@Vishnu Ramesh It's been hinted and teased a few times, though there isn't much in the games that really points to that. But yeah, the ID protagonists are supposedly of the same ancestry.
Great vids. Just spent the last 2 hours watching your complete series of vids on ID. Brilliantly researched, written and edited. Great job. So many vids on ID by know-nothing wannabes - it's refreshing to see something so well researched and put together.
Crowbar I can see your point, but personally it didn't give me the same feeling. The 2009 game felt like it took the whole Wolfenstein supernatural aspect way out of hand. This felt as if it was taking away from the typical Wolfenstein feel that at that point I had been used to in W3D, RTCW, and W:ET. Also, if I recall correctly, the multiplayer was really terrible in comparison to W:ET. While I can definitely see how the shakeup may have been awesome to some people, perhaps I wasn't up to as much of a deviation.
Yep, Wolfenstein 2009 was the second Wolfenstein game I have played and finished like 10 times I believe. That made me play way more games than before.
Excellent video presentation and research. The footage of early pre-wolf Romero/Carmack games is much appreciated and this video compliments that Doom paperback / early days of ID nicely.
While I love Doom and the franchise itself I don't think that any of the games could be called the best game ever, its absolutely one of the best of its kind though. Doom being the best game ever is really hard to believe, but its completely debatable the it being the best shooter ever.
I had just completed this. This was also the first game that my father introduced to me as a child. I'm glad that I still own a CD and a virtual copy for this game, return to castle wolfenstein, and doom 95
Discovered this channel today. Got to say, I've been in nerd heaven for a few hours now. Thanks a lot. The channel reminds me of LEMMiNO, but only in the pathological detail. I love that.
I rediscover 3 games from my childhood!, Black Stone Aliens of Gold, Dangerous Dave, Commander Keen. Such great memories, with my big sisters at home. Thanks Pal
"For the SNES all Nazi symbols were removed including Hitler's mustache"
Refined Gentleman well he’s just a guy without it and they called him staatmeister
When he became a boss in Persona 2, the localisation changed his name to simply "Fuhrer" and gave him aviator-style sunglasses for some reason. They kept the mustache though.
@@mthsdcs hey do not diss the bitchin shades
Technically they could have kept the mustache as it was originally a Charlie Chaplin mustache but because of hitler rocking it or rather trashing it it is no longer seen as the mustache of a comedian rather the mustache of a guy who hates jews
@@elkskullfilms4524 same goes for the swastika being used as a religious symbol for a handful of religions for centuries, if not millenia. The dude ruined a lot of shit for a lot of people.
It's also depressing that their military uniforms were designed by Hugo Boss, who is an acclaimed stylist and, therefore, designed what is easily some of the most beautiful military uniforms ever, and that they happen to be commissioned by the fucking nazis.
imagine if they did follow the story in WW2, after hours of playing and getting through alot of enemies expecting an epic fight but at the end but when you get there, the boss was already dead because he committed suicide
Maybe B.J would've gone into hell in a fourth episode just to hunt Hitler's soul
@@n0kt0h45 Dude, Wolfenstein III spoilers!
HA! Shows what YOU know! Don't you know, the approach of BJ Blazkowicz is WHY he committed suicide. You thought it was the allied troops on d-day? That's just what they tell you in SCHOOL! But the reality is, that the entire war was won by one man.
@@n0kt0h45 what if that was just what doom was? Hitler became a demon and was orchestrating an attack on earth to finish what he started and the descendants of BJ Blazkowicz are called once more to stop him. It already is proven that Doomguy is a descendant of Blazkowicz so it doesn't seem so hard to believe.
@@bunkernuts6293 Nah, not Hitler, the Angel of Death from Spear of Destiny.
A reminder that John Carmack was only 21 when he started ID, crazy
He was 19-20 when they were first forming the company and working on Commander Keen.
@K W Nothing about that JRE interview alleviated that suspicion for me. He's certainly adept at dealing with social situations now, but that's after 20+ years of giving interviews and keynote speeches. But all accounts of him as a younger man certainly show an inability to understand or connect with other humans in any real way.
Mhm... they were your classic 80's super nerds, stocked up on soda, pizza, heavy metal and loads of nerdism -- all good things included!
Goes to show if you have good intuition, excellent craft and a good idea, anything is possible
@@thefilmfrontier6822 scalebound says otherwise
This guy could narrate a dude taking a crap and make it sound good.
LOL.
Gurren813 Same goes to a guy beating his meat and a compilation of dank memes
Welcome to having a sexy deep voice and composed British accent. Makes everything he says sound smarter and sound like gold, even if it was verbal diarrhea dribblings, lol.
We should set up a battle between this guy and epic voice man.
Gurren813 😆😆😆
"a gentle press in the right spot" is a funny way of saying 'zooming up and down the walls of every single room and corridor hammering on the use key'
We called it the Wolfenstein shuffle
@@Thomasnmi I like that term significantly more than "wall-humping" like people usually call it, gonna steal that, thanks
-Can I play, Daddy?
-Don't hurt me, Daddy.
-Bring it on, Dad!
-I and Dad Incarnate!
@SaltyBrains or the kinkiest
Don't spank me, Daddy.
Don’t put it in yet, daddy.
Медвед “
come get some!”
-Harder Daddy
I played a lot of Catacomb-3D at the time without knowing the importance of the game.
whats weird is it never got the recognition it deserved. Doom is normally credited with bring FPS to the mainstream but there were many FPS games before it.
Doom and Wolfenstein did bring fps to the mainstream. These other ones aren't rememberd because these didn't bring the genre to the limelight and didn't sell as well
@@ASPECTICORTRAININGVIDEOS But they did make the FPS genre a real thing.
While doom and wolfenstein are worthy of all the attention they get I feel like the ones before it don’t get enough.
how old are you
This Chanel is like animal planet but with games instead of the animals.
that wasn't funny
Alex x bg Wasn't trying to be funny. Just trying to compare documentaries from real life to video games.
His voice makes it for me.
Khizr Imrin and guns
Khizr Imrin I
that game was Reich with content
nein
+kasra khatir I did nazi that pun coming
i did Nazi that coming
Does anyone know how much 90s PC gaming costs ?
the games now or back then? or the computers?
wolfenstein really is one of the very few ancient game franchises that lives up to its name today.
+karottenkoenig Wolfenstein got lost in Doom's shadow. Undeservedly so since Doom did less than W3D did.
+Apathy (SAVANT) What are you smoking?
+Miles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal, Video Game and Film Covers Why? He is kinda right.
MegaKosan
I don't think making something mainstream is something worth much praise. Halo did it on consoles and you see all the PC people deriding it anyway (and lots of them love Doom lol).
protocetid Yeah, but Doom was a better game than Wolf3D, Wolf3D is feels like it´s the basis.
Utterly enjoying these RetroAhoy series.
Amen to that!
I’m atheist, don’t judge me.
Couldn’t agree more. Just stumbled across his videos recently and I seriously love them. His video on Polybius is what got me.
hell yeah!
doom is eternal, wolfenstein is.... criminally underrated
...
"Underrated" is a trash word now.
@@joyisgoodlol it has become trite
not alot of people are comfortable around nazis, even in games where your the one killing em
IDK why. But i guess that has something to do with it
I swear your videos rival things you'd see on TV in terms of production quality. You might make the best gaming videos on RUclips, period.
You should see his gun videos
FUNKe is better but that's it
Who's his rival?
Mathewmatosis is up there for me
I mean the channel is dead, so i guess the rivals won.
This was my first videogame. My dad had it, and despite being only 4 I figured out how to operate his DOS PC and I would play the game when he was at work. Those are probably the first memories of my life, and they were a really good time LMAO
+Nation of Spikes
Get 'em while they're young.
+Nation of Spikes i still have my PC that runs on DOS, it still works, that computer has outlasted computers that ran on windows 95, 98 and XP,
played Commander Keen, Tank Wars, Duke Nukem Wolfenstien 3d on that thing
Return to Castle Wolfenstein was the second PC game I ever played. I remember playing it on my glorious old Windows XP. I miss those days.
One of my first games too, back in the early 90s. I have similar memories being super young playing it on my dad's old Mac. Good ol' days.
David Beecher Also it ran on idTech3, the most powerful engine when it released compared to Valve and GoldSource
thats the first time I've ever heard "Aryan" pronounced like "Orion".
It actually took me a while to realise that was what he'd said.
He says Aryan at 14:45
He didn't even say it like that. He said "a-rye-anne". I had to go back and turn on subtitles to figure out wtf he was trying to say.
@@medexamtoolsdotcom I assume because people are more adjusted to the "arr-yan" pronunciation.
It's probably the first time he's ever heard that word
Games in 90's: *below 1MB*
Games Today: *lol this is 200GB lmao*
200GB = Funi
Cold War be like: 1000GB
NeEd MoAr MeMoRi
I mean what do you expect? RDR2 120mb?
This is because storage is now so cheap, and eternal media so unnecessary, developers can't be arsed to compress stuff like audio and textures, even though it'd make their games more compact.
My aunt secretly bought this game for my brothers (aged 12 and 9 at the time) because our mom (our aunts sister) hates anything to do with guns, war, or violence in general. Unfortunately, she died in a freak skiing accident a few months later when there were patches of ice that weren’t cleared on the slopes. This game holds dear to our family, and was one of the last things left behind by her. We also have a baseball pinball machine that she won after getting a high score. It’s unfortunate because I was only 3 at the time, and it seems as though she was the only other gamer in the family aside from me. I never got to know her personally, but she left behind some pretty iconic games.
that was no accident she got killed by the cia
@@pogobod2128excuse me what
the new Doom and Wolfenstein games are an awesome throw back to the roots of the FPS genre. in my opinion, they are 2 of the best shooters out now. id is just an amazing and resilient company, and I love them.
Too bad the new Wolfenstein didn't turn out as good as New Order and Old Blood, but DOOM Eternal looks absolutely incredible.
Tritnew Yeah I’m pretty sad that Wolfenstein 2 didn’t turn out so good. Could of had a brilliant trilogy, hopefully Wolfenstein 3 makes up for The New Colossus
D00M 2016 is FPS badassery in its purest form ;)
@Stix N' Stones fingers crossed for Doom Eternal
@Stix N' Stones if bethesda shovs microtranssctions in the game they will not shoot themselves in the leg but rather in the head
During world war 2, there was actually a german general named Blaskowitz.
yep...it happened
You don't think... NO no way, but OW MY FUCK GOLD
Didn't he surrender to the Canadians?
Johannes Blaskowitz - Poor bloke committed suicide because he feared being found guilty at the Nazi war Trials. They still proceeded with his trial and he was found Not Guilty.
You SURE that dude didn't desert?
I love id’s unique sense of humor when it came to naming the tech demo that they sent to Nintendo, especially given the big N’s bad habit of issuing takedowns for any and all fan-made games involving their IPs. 🤣
The FPS that started it all. Then Doom came out a year later and the rest was history. Both are groundbreaking classics. I remember playing both Wolfenstein 3D and Doom in middle school in 1993. When someone asks me: How long ago were the 90s? Look no further than Wolfenstein and Doom and see how games looked back then compared to today. There's always those 2 games that are groundbreaking when it comes to paving the way. Whether its Pacman and Mario, Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, Wolfenstein and Doom.
Marathon and Rise of the Triad
"Dangerous Dave in Copyright Infringement" as their Mario clone tech demo, haha!
'The digitized screams as enemies collapse is delightful."
-Ahoy
"Who would dare express sympathy for the greatest enemy of the 20th century?"
A lot of people apparently...
A lot of retards, yes?
They weren't the greatest enemy of the 20th century anyway. Communists killed way more people.
@@gracefool It wAsNt tRuE cOmMuNiSm. Advocating communism should honestly be illegal.
But why were these "greatest enemies" were absorbed by US and Russia. They committed just as many sins minus the Holocaust.
Nazism - 15 Million dead. Communism 100 Million dead. Not defending anything, just pointing out some estimated numbers.
As a new viewer of this series I adore the raw, factual approach to the commentary and the presence of well-researched information. No BS biases or generic, recycled presentation, just an objective approach to telling the history and results of iconic games. Bravo.
I was going to write this long thing explaining how I agree, but then I saw it was posted 4 year
I bought Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood because it was about a world filled with Nazi's who have won the World War II at the time. It was really interesting to think that such horrible regime could take over the world... so I played both and was impressed by its game mechanics, storyline and much more. After watching this video, it's good to see it's history and what led to ultimately the popular title now.
You should've mentioned that the Wolfenstein: Old Blood has the 'nightmare' modes where you Blazkowicz sleeps and dreams of the Wolfenstein 3D levels and has to get to the exit (or quit) to end the level. The twist is everything is the same except here, B.J. can wear extra armour for protection and he uses a more stylized weapon (not pixelated, but more detailed) from the actual game! Great video, however!
+Michael Lee New Order had those nightmare modes too i was surprised he didn't mention them though.
SinisterExaggerator You're right. I played the nightmare mode in the New Order where you could sleep in the bed at the safe house. They didn't make it a larger part of the game until Old Blood came out. I have 100% trophies for both games and they make the nightmare modes a bigger part of the game in the Old Blood.
***** Reimagined, it is. Great graphics, game mechanics, and loved the "new" version they've made. Honestly, such a recommendable AAA title (along with Wolfenstein: New Order)
Mr.Science I may have missed that little information in the game... but in that case... *IRONY*! It's a pretty impressive technology if you ask me, I could NOT get through the part where I had to escape Castle Wolfenstein in Old Blood. Thanks for the fact, good to know.
Ya know that Nazis were ahead of their time thats why they had those tech just as early as the 60’s
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein 2009 and The New Order are a such remarkable trilogy. Every game is made by different studio on a different engine, feels and plays differently, yet all of them are clearly a part of the franchise, carry that id Software feel and also continue the plot. To me it's like Alien franchise.
What about Old Blood?
i always thought old blood was dlc even though they called it a stand-alone. because it was 20 bucks and its shorter than new order. still amazing tho
Wolfenstein 2009 sucked.
@@obiwaankenobi4460 why?
@@user-pf8hs7nv6z Ok, suck is too strong. I actually enjoyed it, but it was kinda odd, for a Wolfenstein game. I was just in a bad mood when I said that.
20:13 that's so pixelised i wouldn't be able to tell if he had a moustache even if it weren't removed!
When you said "I am death Incarnate" I literally got a chill down my spine. Such a well made video. Keep up with the amazing work.
It's amazing how far the 3D animation industry improved over such a short amount of time.
I still play return to castle wolfenstein.
+mickeybill RTCW and W:ET are great games. It may just be nostalgia value for me, but I think they're the best in the series.
*****
Lol, wow
*****
Dad?
I prefer the "Castle Barneystein" version where the nazis are replace by Beavis and Butthead, and you fight Barney the purple dinosaur at the end.
@M-2 Hydra Looks nice. Thanks.
Wolfenstein 3D was the first PC game I ever played. As a life-long gamer, it definitely has a special place in my heart
Damn, Stuart. This episode was simply amazing. Definitely among some of the best videos I've seen from you!! I hope you'll cover games as Quake, Unreal Tournament and Doom (maybe after the new one) too some day :)
+Alexander Dinesen Dude he needs to cover UT
+Alexander Dinesen i think he said he plans on covering all those titles actually. if memory serves he said so in one of his more recent bonus vids.
+Alexander Dinesen The description says Doom is next.
+Marcus Munitions I think he should do one on arena fps, but primarily focused on Quake. I've seen overviews of Quake that only portray it as 3D Doom, but it did a shit load for competitive fps and that always gets overlooked. Q1 was the first fps esports game, and has a skill gap so large people still play it to this day. Quake and UT have pretty fast and intriguing gameplay that have aged well.
+RevanBladeZ Ahh, sorry, mate. I was in an ecstasy over how good the video was! :)
While Wolf 3D was one of the defining games of my childhood, I spent more time playing Spear of Destiny, which I got as a birthday present in 1994 or 1995 (can't remember exactly).
It is a shorter game, yet more atmospheric and cohesive.
AlexeiVoronin especially at the end
oscarman97
hard but great
oscarman97
The final level was a great surprise!
Especially the final boss
Finally I like how the last mission links Wold3D to Doom
oscarman97 Me too. I like when the doom guy is named blazkowitz the 3rd.
I also think that Quake happens something like a century after Final Doom and Quake 2 a century after the 2nd mission pack
2009's Wolfenstein is seriously underrated. I loved the gun upgrade system and the super weapons.
WTF - Never knew about the Pacman level and I played the absolute living crap out of this back in the 90's!
g_tripwood_industries tgen clearly you've still got stuff to do ;)
the good old days of no internet.....when you had to think by yourself to finish a game.
@@nicolashrv thank god internet and gamefaq came along
There's also a secret map, or rather 2 maps, where you play against nazis in castle wolfenstein, in doom 2.
My coding teacher complained when I found it before him when we were looking at the FPS genera
Reneging health and unlimited lives arn't "better" there simply a different choice in game design and what challenge it offers, i much prefer the oldskool fps style to modern, unfortunately there aren't many new games that follow the old principles. Great video! I hope you cover doom :-) Oh and if your looking for ideas maybe do a series covering each of the big game studios back then? Like maxis, westwood, seirra etc :-)
+xisumavoid I see what you mean. You introduced me to doom with your brutal doom lets play in a time when I only played minecraft and Cod
+xisumavoid Of course Xisuma would suggest Doom.
Doom is next. I believe he also said he will be covering Quake, Unreal, Duke Nukem 3D, and one other that I'm forgetting.
+xisumavoid There are plenty of games without regenerating health. TF2, CS:GO, Payday 2, etc. General rule of thumb, if it isn't designed for filthy casuals it doesn't have regening health
+xisumavoid He never said that.
You know you enjoyed this game a lot if you never bother rushing all the levels but rather get all the secrets door found.
"Mein Leiben!"
Sounds like what they yell anyways
Er...you leave Castle Wolfenstein in the first episode.
The fight with Hitler happens in his bunker.
shut up
@Suhayb Ali Ten floors.
IIRC in the old console and Mac ports, the whole game was in Castle Wolfenstein, so he's kinda right in a specific way?
(Incredibly late, I know.)
Historical Wolfenstein was one of the Hitler quarters. It just was a grave mistake to keep prisoners there.
In wolfenstein 3D yes I’m the original 2 no
Wolfenstien the new order was best damn games I've played in a long ass time
How is the game? I've never played the most recent one. I heard it was fantastic, but not owning a PS4 or good enough PC to run I haven't played it.
+A Generic Name it is a fucking godsend of a game. it held true to the series, and yet didn't fall into the pit of mediocrity that most fps now occupy these days.
+Agent 005 I regret not pre ordering it, I really wanted the doom beta pass. better safe than sorry tho. I got it about a month after release when a friend promised to buy me a game and I picked it cuz it was on sale.
+Volkor Try playing the Thief-franchise through. The franchise is stealth-based, but do just as good of a job at stealth as Wolfenstein: TNO does fast-paced action. The Thief-games have also got great storylines and their own unique atmosphere, along with great sound design. The only game I'd say one should refrain from playing is the more recent reboot.
+Derrek Beeck Yep. It's bloody awesome. :)
Looking at the past just makes me realise how much graphics have evolved.
From cave paintings, to clay tablets, to paper, to computers, to smartphones.
+@@erojerisiz1571 A smartphone is a computer
yeah but compare the size of a desktop to a smartphone it would be disrespectful to call them both computers its like calling a lion a tiger
Well no, the wolfenstein game isn't NEARLY as far behind the stuff that came over a decade later, as what the stuff from the early 1980s was behind wolfenstein. That's kind of the point. It was SUCH a large leap forward. Basically a jump of more than half the size of the gap between pac man and real life.
"A time before affordable components"
Ahh, how we've finally came full circle.
These RetroAhoys I've found in the past week have made this one of my favourite channels. Simply brilliant!
Im so waiting for new Iconic arms episode!!!
He's finished with that series.
+Sans the Spooky Skeleton Man One guy said me that Ahoy will return Iconic arms in February/January 2016 after uploading some RetroAhoy content
Тимур Сексенбаев Really? I'll just wait and see if Ahoy will announce a return to the series.
+Sans the Spooky Skeleton Man No he's not, a new season will come in 2016
+Sans the Spooky Skeleton Man Iconic Arms will return.
These are some of the best thing on the internet. Such brilliantly told and obviously thoroughly researched they are at once entertainment, informative and a great nostalgia trip to our shared gaming history and for many of us, a flash back to our youth. Thank you.
When I discovered this game as a kid I was immediately hooked. Obviously I had no idea of its significance and how it would shape the future of the FPS!
"There was a time before affordable components"
Gee, I sure am glad that part prices are 100% affordable nowadays.
Another amazing, TV quality production! Love wolf3d.exe - fave old skool game
Amazing video! Wonderful work! Thanks so much for bringing back these memories and stories!
Professional production and very informative. It's content like this that makes me remember why I gave up on cable and TV in general more than a decade ago. Thanks!
I can't get enough of the snarky but very well written narration. You'd think these would be too long, but a lot of what carries it is the excellent voicing.
I have to second what some others have said, Stu. As someone who's been with you since the original Black Ops videos, I honestly feel that this is the best work you've done to date. Flawlessly voiced and edited as always, but the pacing and narrative progression were absolutely top notch!
Thanks again for all the work you put into these--it absolutely does show.
Awesome video. One of the most important games for me and still playing it occasionally. Cool music too, especially Wondering About My Loved Ones (26:55).
Dude your video editing is so fucking fresh! I love how you've scripted your monologue in such a good rythm with the visuals, and the occasional pun makes it even better. Excellent!
Commander Keen was one of the first games I ever played, on my grandpa's computer. He'd worked in silicon valley as a contractor in the 80s and 90s, and he'd picked it up from somewhere.
It's been almost 15 years since he died, and I wish I'd known enough to ask him more about that time.
wow...this was so well researched
You can read the phone book to me and I'll still be intrigued the whole time.
This guy's videos are some of the most well put together and polished content in the over saturated me too retro gaming review/commentator niche.
I've just spent the last two hours watching your videos, many thanks for the info-tainment, Ahoy. And the alliteration.
this channel is nostalgia overload. I forgot about soooo many good games that I used to play
Berk
@@Scazoid Berk🤝
It sucks that these videos don't get more views, they're so well made and brilliant
0:00 Nah mate. PC gaming has always been glorious, with or without amazing graphics. Not that I don't love my NES, but I love my classic PC titles at least as much.
Amazing channel, I've been waiting for such a channel for so long, and here it is, subscribing!
Can't wait for your take on the Doom series.
What a great and nostalgia-inducing episode!
(Though I must say, the last gen console footage of The New Order was pretty painful to look at)
Why though? You people should appreciate new games more.
+TheUKNutter I think you missed the "last-gen console" part.
Great video. Really well made. Never have I seen a better researched or better written game history video. Hats off to you, Sir!
Good memories playing this for the first time in 1993.
Still Psyched!
"For some reason after WW2 the Nazis were a preferred enemy" Yeah I can't imagine why
plus, they're just unimaginably bad, and it's more mainstream. If you fought against the Japanese, it would feel a bit weird, as their atrocities, while just as bad, are less wellknown, and while in casualties and long term effects outweighed it, it was overshadowed by the nuclear bombing.
Great retrpspective. Excellently researched and presented. There was a game on the TRS-80 model one, I think around 1979. It was called Asylum. There was no shooting, but it was a 3D maze-type game. You had to escape from a mental hospital. Everything was drawn in 3D perspective, so as you walked down a hallway, it looked like that. Pretty good for an 8-bit Z80 with 32K of RAM! Then later, with W3D: For me, as a player in those days, I was astounded by the immersive quality of the 3D realm. At the same time, after playing through a time or two, I wanted to break out. It was other FPS games that allowed a walk outside, or even onto a rooftop a feeling of an open world. That was yet another leap forward.
_i've fallen madly in love with your channel. please treat my heart gently._
never heard such a passionate review.
christ i remember growing up to this franchise,it's sad seeing it nowadays the new wolfenstein games because it lost that good old WW2 aspect,i can still remember beating RTCW (2001) so many fucking times i was mad about i beat the whole game like 80 times i loved it so much...good times wolfenstein is my favourite game franchise even more than the hitman one,which is also so awesome.
the latest wolfenstien was fantastic though.
+McSlurryHole Can confirm. Wolfensten TNO is one of the best games of the past year.
I really like the format of your videos, nice job!
Been playing it since I was 3 years old in 95 and still play it today. The modding scene for it has some incredible mods and it’s still going strong!
You've forgot to mention the id protagonist family tree. :)
Billy Blaze (William Blazkovitz) is actually the grand grand grand child of BJ. And OC the Doomguy is in the family as well.
@Vishnu Ramesh It's been hinted and teased a few times, though there isn't much in the games that really points to that. But yeah, the ID protagonists are supposedly of the same ancestry.
I Want You To Read Me A Bed-Time Story Every-Night Before I Go To Sleep, Thanks Papa Ahoy!
Another great piece of doc work!
Subscribed!
Great vids. Just spent the last 2 hours watching your complete series of vids on ID. Brilliantly researched, written and edited. Great job. So many vids on ID by know-nothing wannabes - it's refreshing to see something so well researched and put together.
Wolfenstein Enemy Territory is still the best multiplayer shooter ever created in my opinion =)
Mr9517538246 Quake 3 for me.
Q3 and ET are absolute masterpieces. Q3 at the LAN party, ET most of the rest of the time.
Wolfenstein 2009 is one of the most underrated games ever
+Crowbar I thought it was the worst out of the entire franchise and I'm like to think of myself as the Wolfenstein franchise's biggest fan.
+MacDeth
being the worst of the franchise doesn't mean it's bad.
Also it has much more badass and fun to use weapons than The New Order.
Crowbar
I can see your point, but personally it didn't give me the same feeling. The 2009 game felt like it took the whole Wolfenstein supernatural aspect way out of hand. This felt as if it was taking away from the typical Wolfenstein feel that at that point I had been used to in W3D, RTCW, and W:ET. Also, if I recall correctly, the multiplayer was really terrible in comparison to W:ET. While I can definitely see how the shakeup may have been awesome to some people, perhaps I wasn't up to as much of a deviation.
MacDeth
yeah the Wolfenstein of 2009 kinda suffers from an identity crisis, but it's still a great game IMO.
I agree the multiplayer was terrible.
Yep, Wolfenstein 2009 was the second Wolfenstein game I have played and finished like 10 times I believe. That made me play way more games than before.
Your videos are masterfully crafted, thanks.
Excellent video presentation and research. The footage of early pre-wolf Romero/Carmack games is much appreciated and this video compliments that Doom paperback / early days of ID nicely.
17:10 looks like hes stabbing his crotch repeteadly lol
Circumcision
AH, Mein Leben!
I recognized some of the levels.
Nintendo In The 90s: "We only want to publish for our systems"
Nintendo in 2021: "Funny mobile mario kart"
Excellent as always, honestly this series never fails to engage my interest ;)
the 8-bit Hort Wessel lied at the start lmao.
You realise that's the title music from the original game?
Doom is the best game ever made
+Zelousmarineinspace Still play it today, when I'm bored. Wolfenstein 3D also.
+Zelousmarineinspace It had to start some where.
While I love Doom and the franchise itself I don't think that any of the games could be called the best game ever, its absolutely one of the best of its kind though. Doom being the best game ever is really hard to believe, but its completely debatable the it being the best shooter ever.
I had just completed this. This was also the first game that my father introduced to me as a child. I'm glad that I still own a CD and a virtual copy for this game, return to castle wolfenstein, and doom 95
WOW - So much work involved.. Thank you Ahoy.
Oh Hell yeah, Super Noah's 3D Ark!
Sleepycannon I wonder how many other Christian video games exist out there heck I have an idea for one
Did anyone else hear the audio break at 0:33 when he said '3D'.
You are so good. Oh man. These are pure gold. You are a legend,
Discovered this channel today. Got to say, I've been in nerd heaven for a few hours now. Thanks a lot.
The channel reminds me of LEMMiNO, but only in the pathological detail. I love that.
9:27 So this is where the DosBox guy comes from...
Fun fact: John Carmack works at Oculus now
I rediscover 3 games from my childhood!, Black Stone Aliens of Gold, Dangerous Dave, Commander Keen.
Such great memories, with my big sisters at home. Thanks Pal
Awesome vid's, I've watched almost every one of them! =]