Wolfenstein II: Classic Easter Egg!

[Arctangent]

As for what MetroidJunkie said,i also wonder why they just dont make a few levels using the actual recent game engine...

I wonder why this is even a question. Do you see Mario remake 1-1 in each new game? The only series that really regularly does this kind of thing is Sonic, and at this point the fans are pretty damn sick of Green Hill Zone.

[Jeimuzu73]

As for what MetroidJunkie said,i also wonder why they just dont make a few levels using the actual recent game engine...

I wonder why this is even a question. Do you see Mario remake 1-1 in each new game? The only series that really regularly does this kind of thing is Sonic, and at this point the fans are pretty damn sick of Green Hill Zone.

I think it's more of an issue with the fans than with the devs tbh. You don't see Doom fans complaining about E1M1 or Map01 in the new DOOM, despite all the fan-made recreations of them.

[NeuralStunner]

It's mainly a question of what you mean by "recreation". Is it a level of the same stylew and quality as the rest in the game, but with a recognizable layout? Or getting as close to the original look & feel as possible? The latter is almost always a really bad idea. (Doom 2's secret levels quickly lose their charm once you've played them a few times and realized that they're really not that great.)

[Jeimuzu73]

Well, there's map packs that try to emulate the original style, like Maps of Chaos and Doom the Way id Did.

[MetroidJunkie]

I wonder why this is even a question. Do you see Mario remake 1-1 in each new game? The only series that really regularly does this kind of thing is Sonic, and at this point the fans are pretty damn sick of Green Hill Zone.

I didn't mean every single game, just seeing one or two remade levels every once in a while would be nice. It's not like you aren't seeing the same levels over and over again, anyway, in the form of these slapped in maps. It doesn't have to be mandatory, either, you can make it a secret level to the same tune that they already have old Wolfenstein levels in the game already.

It's mainly a question of what you mean by "recreation". Is it a level of the same stylew and quality as the rest in the game, but with a recognizable layout? Or getting as close to the original look & feel as possible? The latter is almost always a really bad idea. (Doom 2's secret levels quickly lose their charm once you've played them a few times and realized that they're really not that great.)

Well, my comparison is to Classic Doom 3 so it'd be the former there. You can recognize the layout somewhat but it's completely decked out with detail that the original engine would never have been able to do, at least not like this. You could have a German Prison next to a Dog Kennel that has a similar layout to E1M1 as just an homage that still retains the polish of the rest of the game.

[Reactor]

Hehe, not a bad idea the boys at ID surely have a good sense of humor!
Though, to be honest, a secret level using the original design of Wolfenstein 3D's E1L1 would have been better.

[zerthex]

Can somebody dig into the files and get this. I don't feel like spending 44 bucks.

[wildweasel]

Can somebody dig into the files and get this. I don't feel like spending 44 bucks.

Maybe don't be a pirate. I'm seeing the game on sale for 30 USD in a few places (try looking at IsThereAnyDeal); beyond that, you could wait for it to drop further.

[ibm5155]

The hud face animation has some kind of smooth animation in the Sprite transition...

I beat that they did something like the Doom in the Doom 3 classic where the classic engine got ported for the rage engine and then render the full came over a flat cube

[Wiw]

I don't know, does the demo has it?

[leileilol]

fun fact: RTCW was going to have a thorough Wolf E1 easter egg but was cut for time. Shader scripts survived (and apparently in the german version, censored textures survived)

so yeah even in 2001 they wanted to run that nostalgia novelty idea further into the ground