I do remember seeing (very briefly) Wolf3D at some Radioshack-style store in a mall. Not sure if it was a demonstration (non-playable) or if it could be played, that memory is too blurry. That would have been... gosh... not sure, probably around 1992 (not sure when during the year though). All I do know for sure is that I did see it before I saw DOOM. However, some time later - after I finally saw DOOM - at another store (movies and games rental one) I saw it again and people could play it. I didn't play it myself, but one day I got to that store with my cousin since we wanted to rent some games on the SNES or Genesis, and Wolf3D was playable on a pretty small computer (probably something like a 486, not certain though).
However, even though I saw it during its early times, I wasn't really impressed that much by it for some reason. I don't have any recollection of having any sort of "WOW!" reaction to Wolf3D. I do remember thinking something like "Oh nice" probably because of the simple fact that it was a neat-looking Non-Console game at the time. I didn't know exactly what it even was (sure, I saw the shooting and the enemies but I didn't know what the game even was about). I was completely blown away by DOOM, but Wolf3D was more of a 'nice' thing than a game I was absolutely envious for (to own a PC, and so on) or obsessed about. I saw it, was alright, moved on and that was it.
Now, fast forward all the way to New Order. That game was released in 2014 from what I just checked. But I played it around 2016 if I remember, or perhaps it was 2017. Between Wolf3D and New Order I never payed much attention to the series. But New Order got rave reviews for a long time and people talked about it a lot around its release. I did keep an eye for it around that time when it was new, but I probably lost interest for whatever reasons would have been at the time (work, or anything else). But yeah, in maybe 2016 or '17 I checked for something new to play and New Order was on sale, I think. I had no idea what to expect, but it was amazing. I really, really liked it. One of the best FPS games I played in modern years since maybe something like Half-Life 2, along with Borderlands 2, Painkiller, Prey (original one) and so on. Just a few select out there in recent years that I can say were truly great FPSes.
I know there's a sequel to New Order, but it's been sitting on my Steam Wish List for a few years I think. Never got the opportunity to even buy it yet, just have a lot of things to do and a LOT of other games to play or to care for (backlog is enormous, I would have a year or two worth of games to go through if I even wanted to do half of them).
So yeah, just played 2 games in the franchise. Oh and, well yeah I did eventually play Wolfenstein 3D but honestly I don't quite remember which version of the game it would have been. I THINK it was the SNES version. And I don't remember completing it (at the time it would have been just a rental though). Then fast forward to New Order, there's a section where the main character dreams (if I recall correctly) and we get transported in the dream, and it's Wolfenstein 3D lol, so I got to play it again under that situation.
That's my story with the Wolfenstein franchise. I did really enjoy New Order so... I'll 'keep an eye' for the sequel eventually, I'll play it. But it could still take years from now. I don't feel any rush to play it so that's why it's in the backlog. Actually further back than even my backlog since I didn't even buy it yet.
I also remember playing the original Wolf3D in DOS and being impressed by doors that open sideways and digitized enemy speech.
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