Wolfenstein 3D (1992) - Video Game Review

Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils

This  one I am going to say is probably one of your more non-traditional horror video games... I mean it is not entirely a horror video game in an of itself... But I thought that I would do it because of it's horrific overtones, and that video game is... Wolfenstein 3D (1992)!

Now before I continue with this, I should also say this, I haven't played the first two games, but as it turns out, this game is the third in the franchise... And although it is true that this maybe the first and only game in the series that I have played, it is still one of those first person shooter games, that well... back int he early 1990s was truly impressive!

Wolfenstein 3D... A classic from the early 90s!

You see, this game, which was initially developed by: Id Software & Published by: Apogee Software, told the world a truly fun story that you as the player got to play through... You see, in this game you play an American/Polish Secret Agent during world war 2... During this time you fight through one level after the other battling all sorts and kinds of big baddies that the Nazi's will throw at you!

In the end, if anything... For nostaligc purposes, the game is surely worth playing, but I tried it a few years ago when I found out that I could download on it on to my XBox 360... And in all honestly... The controls were hard to work with... To the point where for me, it made the game no where near as fun as it used to be... Either way, it is worth trying if you get a chance!

Quake (1996) - Video Game Review

Official Score = 3 Devils

Back in the day, before Microsoft came out with the XBox series of console based video games, computer games were the only way to play games on Microsoft products... And back in the early 90s, the world of computer gamming was really starting to become a major player in the, 'gamming community'... I mean games like 'Doom' and 'Duke Nukem' were really starting to make waves... (So much so, that most of these type of first person shooters would end up being adapted for the video game consoles of the day...)

But there was one game that had grabbed the attention of me my friends, so much so that this game (at least for a while would replace playing regular video games...) That game being, 'Quake' (1996)!

A true classic!

Originally developed by Id Software, and released for the PC Computer, this awesome horrific video game would go on to be released for Mac, as well as the, 'Amiga', 'Linux', 'Sega Saturn' and 'Nintendo 64,' and would tell the story of how in the single-player game, the player takes the role of a protagonist known as Ranger who was sent into a portal in order to stop an enemy code-named "Quake". The government had been experimenting with teleportation technology and developed a working prototype called a "Slipgate"; the mysterious Quake compromised the Slipgate by connecting it with its own teleportation system, using it to send death squads to the "Human" dimension in order to test the martial capabilities of Humanity.

The sole surviving protagonist in "Operation Counterstrike" is Ranger, who must advance, starting each of four episodes from an overrun human military base, before fighting his way into other dimensions, reaching them via the Slipgate or their otherworld equivalent. After passing through the Slipgate, Ranger's main objective is to collect four magic runes from four dimensions of Quake; these are the key to stopping the enemy later discovered as Shub-Niggurath and ending the invasion of Earth.

This weapon sure does have some stopping power!

In the end, one of the cool  things that I have found about this game, is that it is not just with this game but with a lot of the first person shooters of that era is that they are truly the ancestors of the games that most people enjoy! Also another thing that I thought was personally cool about this game directly is the fact that this game... Well to say the least, this is one of those game that you don't want to be playing on a dark and stormy night!