This remains one of my all time favourite games. The Single player campaign was brilliant, and the multiplayer just as much so.
I still own my original copy, but got a second last weekend as part of the Steam bundle QuakeCon, so thought I would let it download and give it a quick play.
However I hit a problem on first loading the game... it crashed! It loaded to the menu screen, I setup the graphics to everything full, clicked save and crash! Seems the game doesn't like Windows 7 or modern graphics cards, plus it has no idea about widescreen resolutions. Quick Google and discovered a Steam forum thread discussing this very issue, along with a download to fix it. Nice. The fix was developed by those using the now freely available source code for the game engine. They have fixed the issues causing it to crash, but also added support for widescreen modes and a few other things.
Updated with the patch and the game was up and running. Everything set to full, and now able to set 2560x1440 as the resolution. Nice.
Now the game was released originally in 2001, so you might expect it to look fairly dated. Many games of that era do. But it instead stands a great test of time. Obviously it doesn't have the poly-count or realism of current releases, but it still looks good, the graphics are smooth and the textures still look nice. And the atmosphere remains.
And most importantly the gameplay is still there, just as I remember. Unusual because normally we all remember games we enjoyed in the past, but go back to them and ruin the memories because they never live up to them. Not so here. It was just as I remembered and just as much fun.
So if you have never played Return to Castle Wolfenstein then why not grab a copy from Steam and give it a play. Great fun and well worth it. And if you need the patch drop me a PM.
Update: Update pack download added.
I've attached the RTCW update pack. This is required to make the game stable under Windows 7, and also to add support for widescreen displays. This patch works with both the retail install and steam versions. You just navigate to your RTCW installed files and copy the patch files over the top of the existing ones, then launch the game.
Note: I recommend deleting your config file for the game when adding this patch, then the game won't have any old settings stored and will create a new config file and run the game correctly with the better resolution support.
I still own my original copy, but got a second last weekend as part of the Steam bundle QuakeCon, so thought I would let it download and give it a quick play.
However I hit a problem on first loading the game... it crashed! It loaded to the menu screen, I setup the graphics to everything full, clicked save and crash! Seems the game doesn't like Windows 7 or modern graphics cards, plus it has no idea about widescreen resolutions. Quick Google and discovered a Steam forum thread discussing this very issue, along with a download to fix it. Nice. The fix was developed by those using the now freely available source code for the game engine. They have fixed the issues causing it to crash, but also added support for widescreen modes and a few other things.
Updated with the patch and the game was up and running. Everything set to full, and now able to set 2560x1440 as the resolution. Nice.
Now the game was released originally in 2001, so you might expect it to look fairly dated. Many games of that era do. But it instead stands a great test of time. Obviously it doesn't have the poly-count or realism of current releases, but it still looks good, the graphics are smooth and the textures still look nice. And the atmosphere remains.
And most importantly the gameplay is still there, just as I remember. Unusual because normally we all remember games we enjoyed in the past, but go back to them and ruin the memories because they never live up to them. Not so here. It was just as I remembered and just as much fun.
So if you have never played Return to Castle Wolfenstein then why not grab a copy from Steam and give it a play. Great fun and well worth it. And if you need the patch drop me a PM.
Update: Update pack download added.
I've attached the RTCW update pack. This is required to make the game stable under Windows 7, and also to add support for widescreen displays. This patch works with both the retail install and steam versions. You just navigate to your RTCW installed files and copy the patch files over the top of the existing ones, then launch the game.
Note: I recommend deleting your config file for the game when adding this patch, then the game won't have any old settings stored and will create a new config file and run the game correctly with the better resolution support.