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chris121580
Member
I saw that this is on sale. Does the multiplayer work at all? This was my favorite multiplayer game on xbox live and would love to revisit it
The little bit that I know, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is the version you want to be playing and it's free.
http://www.splashdamage.com/content/wolfenstein-enemy-territory-barracks
http://www.splashdamage.com/content/wolfenstein-enemy-territory-barracks
The Wraith
Member
Best multiplayer game I have ever played on Xbox live. Nothing today compares to the sheer brilliance of the multiplayer.
chris121580
Member
I totally agree. I bit the bullet and bought it. I'll see if anyone is still playing multiplayer
Krappadizzle
Member
What an oddly bumped thread. 5 1/2 years old. RTCW was a fantastic game. Never got to try the multiplayer though.
Cameron122
Member
It's surreal seeing the OP have a gif avatar 0_o
chris121580
Member
Only one I could find related to what I wanted to ask. All ID games are on sale on Steam right now which is why I brought this up
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Damn. I love this game.
Sushi_Combo
Member
RTCW on Xbox was pure perfection. One of my first games that I got for the system and was completely hooked on it for years.
kiphalfton
Member
Gimme native controller input and I'll play it. Having to monkey around with third party app sucked.
The_Observer
Member
One of the best games ever, really needs a modern version
intbal
Gold Member
It's a shame Microsoft never added their OG Xbox version of the game to backwards compatibility. It's a good version of the game. They own every company involved in its production, except for Nerve Software, which went out of business in 2021 (don't know if they held any rights to the Xbox version).
simpatico
Gold Member
Don't forget this. Ran through it about a year ago for the first time in a decade. Still holds up amazingly. For me it's a 9.75/10. Just a hair away from getting into the vaunted S-Tier of True Classics. This game is more influential than it gets credit for. A big part of the bridge between FPS eras. I hope indies start churning out RTCW-likes when the FEAR-like era concludes.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Asha's balls in my throat?
simpatico
Gold Member
Yep. This was the version I played at launch, and it was Top 5 on the console for me.
UnrealEck
Member
This is essentially the game that got me into proper PC gaming (with a graphics card) back in 2001.
I saw it on a TV show I used to watch late at night and was amazed by how smooth it looked panning the camera around and how the graphics were.
I think I've still got the original box.
The multiplayer was good too. Then came Enemy Territory which was amazing.
I saw it on a TV show I used to watch late at night and was amazed by how smooth it looked panning the camera around and how the graphics were.
I think I've still got the original box.
The multiplayer was good too. Then came Enemy Territory which was amazing.
Pasta la Vista
Member
First project I worked on as a tester, xbox version
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Grildon Tundy
Member
Interesting! Do you recall any anecdotes about your testing experience?
Anthony Soprano
Banned
I wish they'd remake this game. I tried playing it recently but it wasn't very fun and you had to download all kinds of crap to get it going, hard to determine what servers didn't have bots and had real players, etc. I think there was only one or two servers that actually had real people in it.
My favorite memories of this game were playing a wild west mod (I think you had to escort a cart of gold in a mine or something) and also a custom map called Market Garden that had a big bridge that let you climb on the beams.
My favorite memories of this game were playing a wild west mod (I think you had to escort a cart of gold in a mine or something) and also a custom map called Market Garden that had a big bridge that let you climb on the beams.
simpatico
Gold Member
RTCW Mod posted above does all that with one-click via Steam Workshop.
freemandos
Member
Fantastic game, the best Wolfenstein game to me.
Lucifers Beard
Member
Agreed, I replayed this late last year with the RTCW Mod posted above. I really wish we would get more games like this as this was simple, not overly long and really played great. It still holds up so well with that mod too in my opinion.
I have extremely fond memories of playing this on Xbox Live back in the day too. My favourite era in gaming personally.
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Pasta la Vista
Member
We had this one guy that would like chug a bunch of mountain dew and sometimes just straight up fall asleep in his chair.
Somebody dared him to drink a whole gallon of milk at lunch, and if he could hold it down, he would get a $100. There was a park near the office, and about 20 of us walked down there to watch him make the attempt.
He got pretty close to finishing it, but he couldn't keep it down and puked it all up. So... yeah sometimes we would do stupid shit like that for fun, lol.
As for the game itself, it was actually a pretty smooth project. We mostly tested the MP mode since Xbox Live was still a pretty new thing back then. We tested in the same room as the guys that were on Soldier of Fortune 2. So sometimes we would get in on their stress tests.
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