However, I’ll be discussing why ultra-gory death animations work reasonably well in the original “Brutal Doom”, but don’t work well in mods based on “Wolf 3D”. Likewise, I eventually decided not to include any screenshots of the more gruesome parts of this mod in this review.

(For the sake of good taste, I’ve also made sure not to include any screenshots that include WW2-related symbols in this review – although, given the context of the game, expect to see a lot of these when playing. Hence why I’ve called this article a “mini review”, even though it’s about 1500 words long. So, although you won’t need a copy of “Wolf 3D” to play this game ( although if you’re a retro FPS gamer like me, you’ve probably got one anyway) you will need a copy of either “Doom II” or “Final Doom”.īefore I go any further, I should probably mention that this is more of a “first impressions” article than a full review – since I’ve only had the chance to play a few levels of this mod at the time of writing. If you’ve never played “Wolfenstein 3D” before, it’s a WW2-themed game where you play as an American soldier called B.J.Blazkowicz who has been captured by the Nazis and must fight his way out of their fortress (called “Castle Wolfenstein”).ĭespite being a Wolfenstein-themed mod, “Brutal Wolfenstein 4.5” uses the “Doom” engine – or, more accurately, the modern source ports of it ( I used “ZDoom” whilst playing, but this mod will also run with “GZDoom” too). So, I guess it was only a matter of time before modders decided to give other classic 1990s FPS games “brutal” makeovers too.Īnyway, out of morbid curiosity, I decided to check out a “Brutal Doom”-style recreation of “ Wolfenstein 3D” called “ Brutal Wolfenstein 4.5“. In fact, it was the thing that got me back into playing “Doom” regularly again after a few years mostly spent playing other games. Whether you love it, loathe it or think that it’s just ok “ Brutal Doom” is probably the most well-known “Doom II” mod of the past decade.

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