Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

"Evening out the medic class would make this a solid game"

This is a free, WW2 Online only game, which you download. It is a basic FPS with 5 classes that has Axis and Allied players.

Game play 5/10
The controls are standard mouse/keyboard settings that most FPS use. No problems here.

There are 5 classes. Soldier, Engineer, Medic, Field Ops, and Covert Ops. The Soldier is just a killing machine that has the most weapon choices of all the classes, from the sub machine guns to the heavy weapons. Engineers are the guys who blow up big objectives (walls, guns, doors...), they also build objectives (command posts, bridges, machine gun nests) and they have the ability to plant/defuse mines. Field Ops are the guys who give ammo out, call in artillery support with their binoculars and air raids with a smoke signal. A Covert Ops can steal uniforms, spot out mines, and blow up small objectives (command posts, machine gun nests....) Now medics are the overpowered class, they have the most health (150) the ability to regenerate their own hp, they can throw med packs on the floor to further heal themselves, and once they reach level 4 medic class they receive a red syringe that makes them practically invincible and allows for infinite sprint for a short period of time.

In this game you also gain XP for killing and doing objectives, and also for doing nothing. There are light weapons and battle sense for everyone, then the classes own thing. Each class goes up to level 4.

The game is played in many ways depending on the map. I will mainly focus on the 6 standard maps that come when you download the game then later mention some other maps.

Of the 6 main maps, Allies are on the offensive on 5 of them while Axis plays the defense. In these maps the Allies will usually have to take over one spot by capturing the flag, blow up some objective, and construct some things. The main flaw in all these maps is the spawn camping; Field Ops and Heavy Weapons will all fire in and around your spawn making it nearly impossible to get out. (This usually depends on the server and whether or not Admins are present).

Another flaw in the Gameplay is the noobs who run over teammates mines. Mines are shown with a flag (the enemy cannot see them). Many teammates will run over these mines and kill themselves and anyone around there. Then they have the nerve to file a complaint on you and cause you to lose 10 XP and eventually being kicked out of the server.

Now the last flaw is in the servers themselves, the admin power abuse. So many times I have seen admins just !fling themselves to an obj, or use powers to kill players making it extremely unfair for players.

The good about the gameplay are the different maps and mods for the game. Other maps may not require killing or shooting. Other maps can be Trick jumping around, minigames, or just simply fun maps with the obj stuff, they even have some sniper maps.

There are many mods for this game that do many pointless things. But some of them fix the problems with the gameplay. Running over teammates mines will not cause them to explode, throwing knives, poison syringe, light sabers, different guns, and for only one server I have seen the Medic class fixed. The class was not able to throw med packs and use it themselves, nor were they allowed to dual wield pistols. But I stopped playing on this server after some admin abuse.

Sound 8/10
The sound is fine, when there is an arty strike you here the planes, the explosions, gunshots, it all sounds real. They even have quick chat which is extremely useful.

I took 2 points off because some mods make gunshots annoying and they add quick chats, sometimes good, sometimes annoying...

Graphics 8/10
Once again the graphics are fine, they are not MGS amazing or anything they are just.... fine. I have no complaints here until of course the modding comes in and makes things look weird...

Storyline N/A

Summary
+ Lots of Classes and a good number of weapons to choose from.
+ Variety of maps
+ If you're not good at shooting, you can be the best at trick jumping.
+ The XP system adds to the game.

- Admin Abuse
- Some mods are annoying
- Medic class is uneven.

Worth Downloading?
Yea, sure. Why not? If you don't like it, uninstall it. The game can use a lot of fixing up; it's still worth playing though. I personally see this game better than Halo. Why? Halo is just a basic FPS with nothing that separates it from any other game.

Final Score 7/10

Reviewer's Score: 7/10, Originally Posted: 08/07/07