The classes explained

Posted Saturday, September 15, 2001 by xcal
Not sure what the different classes do well read on :)

Soldier
Although the standard light infantry soldiers for the Allied and Axis sides look different from each other, they're both functionally identical. The Allied soldiers don the standard-issue green and brown GI garb of the time, while the German soldiers wear slightly darker uniforms, complete with black helmets and trench coats. Of all four classes in the multiplayer game, the soldier is the most adept in combat since he can equip any of the two-handed weapons that are available to you. Additionally, soldiers can also carry four grenades, a pistol, a combat knife, and three clips for their primary weapon.

Engineer
These engineers are the game's demolitions experts, and while they can't equip any two-handed weapon other than the Thompson, they do have the unique ability of repairing and destroying hardened emplacements that you'll find throughout the game's levels, and they have an initial health of 110 hit points. Specifically, the engineer carries a toolkit, which when activated and held down for a given length of time will repair gun emplacements that have been damaged by enemy fire. This toolkit can also defuse any dynamite that the enemy places to breach a wall or blow down a door. When defusing a bomb or repairing an object, a timer/health bar will appear that will indicate exactly how much longer you need. The engineer is also the only class capable of carrying and setting dynamite. Like the soldier, he can also carry four grenades, a knife, and a pistol, but he's limited to two clips for his Thompson.

Medic
A medic revives a fallen comrade. Like the engineer, the medic is a specialized class of infantry who is nonetheless quite capable of defending himself. He's also limited to a pistol, a knife, and a Thompson, but he can carry only a single grenade and he starts with only a single clip for his two-handed gun. To offset his relatively small arsenal, the medic has the unique ability of regenerating his own health up to 123 hit points, which goes quite a long way in extending his survival on the battlefield. The medic can also drop health packs that, when picked up by teammates, will restore 20 points of health. This ability is regulated by his power bar, however. Lastly, the medic can also approach any player who's been mortally wounded (and who hasn't jumped back into the limbo screen) and restore him to half of his total health, which means that a good medic can significantly change the pace of a battle since he can effectively spawn in teammates faster than the reinforcement counter can.

Lieutenant
The lieutenant is arguably the most powerful of the four classes in Return to Castle Wolfenstein's multiplayer game. Like the others, he can carry a pistol, a combat knife, and a single grenade, but he can also choose to wield any one of the game's three submachine guns--the Thompson, the Sten, or the MP40--with two clips of ammo. The lieutenant's supposed leadership role stems from his ability to drop packets of ammo for his teammates and from the fact that he can call in two types of devastating attacks to level a certain area of the battlefield. The first such attack is an airstrike, which the lieutenant can summon by tossing a smoke grenade anywhere on the map. A few seconds later, a series of explosions will rock the area immediately around the smoke grenade. His second attack is a mortar strike thatcan hit any target on the map simply by lining it up with the crosshairs of his binoculars. The mortar attack isn't as powerful as the airstrike, but its reach extends to nearly anywhere that falls within the lieutenant's line of sight.

Source : Gamespot

For the full gamespot preview be sure to check here

Wolfenstein Press Release :)

Posted Friday, September 14, 2001 by xcal
RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN MULTIPLAYER TEST
AVAILABLE ON SEPT. 15

Compatibility Test Gives Gamers Opportunity to
Provide Feedback on Hotly-Anticipated Action Title

MESQUITE, Texas - September 14, 2001 - Get ready to start those downloads.
The Return to Castle Wolfenstein multiplayer compatibility test will be
available starting Saturday, Sept. 15, from id SoftwareTM and Activision,
Inc. (NASADQ: ATVI). The test, which will be available via download at
www.castlewolfenstein.com, www.gamespot.com, www.gamespy.com and on multiple
mirror sites across the country, gives gamers a chance to compete in a
special multiplayer map from id Software's Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
Players are encouraged to provide feedback to the team on gameplay and
compatibility via email at wolfbugs@idsoftware.com. The multiplayer test is
not the official demo for Return to Castle Wolfenstein and does not contain
the single player portion of the game.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein multiplayer pits players in a team-based Axis
versus Allies contest for front-line domination, where multiple player
classes must mobilize and work together to accomplish mission objectives.
The multiplayer element of Return to Castle Wolfenstein is currently in
development by Nerve Software with assistance from id Software and Gray
Matter Interactive.



Slated for release later this year, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a
supernatural World War II-themed action title for the PC, where players
assume the role of B.J. Blazkowicz, a U.S. super-soldier charged with
single-handedly stopping the darkest plans of the Third Reich. Return to
Castle Wolfenstein is being developed by Gray Matter Interactive with
assistance from id Software.

The multiplayer delay

Posted Friday, September 14, 2001 by xcal
Just recieved an email from activision concerning the demo release slipping 1 day, totally understandable in the circumstances

The test has been delayed until Saturday -- for those of you
outside of the U.S., you undoubtedly are aware of what many of us in this
country have had to deal with these last few days. As a result, it's slowed
a few things down.

We should be releasing the test on Saturday (GameSpot has already reported
this). GameSpot and GameSpy are simultaneously releasing the file.

i'm hopefully gonna arrange some ftp access to help mirror the download, i cant host it on my site (due to bandwidth reasons), but hopefully by tommorow i'll have some ftp help :)

2 New screenies

Posted Thursday, September 13, 2001 by xcal

these are the 2 new screenies, you can check the big pictures here
Pic 1
Pic 2

Multiplayer demo delayed till saturday..

Posted Thursday, September 13, 2001 by xcal
Major gaming sites, gamespot, bluesnews and homelanfed are all reporting that the multiplayer demo has been delayed until saturday :(

bad news but means hopefully just another day to wait...

To keep ya interested they have posted 2 new screenshots which can be found here

Thanks to killerB and Tantrum for the link :)

Multiplayer Test Demo Map

Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2001 by xcal
Just a little snippet of info regarding the demo ,

The test will consist of the same Axis vs. Allies map that was shown at QuakeCon last month(which can be seen on the downloadable videos), a massive mission-based map where the Allies need to assault an Axis beachhead, infiltrate a compound to steal documents, and use a communications tower to transmit information back home.

All sound rather tasty :)

Source:3dactionplanet.com

Forum down at the moment

Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2001 by xcal
Just to let you know im aware the forum is down at the moment, just a lost connection to database... i hope, will be back soon

FORUM IS CURRENTLY UP

is you can access the forums but cannot view particular thread then the connection to the database is lost , try again in a few hours :)

Multiplayer Test this friday

Posted Monday, September 10, 2001 by xcal
Yes you read it right, a single map multiplayer compability test demo will be released this friday, it will be available to download from the official site Here

To read more about this fantastic news check out Gamespot,

Gamespot

Nerve Software Interview

Posted Sunday, September 9, 2001 by xcal
Gamespy has managed to get an interview with Nerve Software, the guys responsible for the multipayer side of thing for Wolfy, you can check the article out here Nerve Interview

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From the beginning Gray Matter was tasked with creating the best first-person shooter we could possibly make for the single-player. And we've certainly done so. When the idea was brought up to have the guys at Nerve take the asset base and piece together the multiplayer component for the game, we jumped at the chance. Together with id software and Nerve we continue to polish Return to Castle Wolfenstein to make it the best possible experience for everyone.

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Gamespy Arcades chat with Gray Matter Tonight

Posted Wednesday, September 5, 2001 by xcal
Recieved this email concerning a chat session with Gray Matter Guys Tonight ... Read on :)

Just wanted to let you know that GameSpy is hosting a public chat with the
Gray Matter artists about Return to Castle Wolfenstein today at 3pm PT
(that's 6pm ET and 10pm GMT). You can check out how to join in at
http://www.gamespyarcade.com . Hope to see you there!