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id, Raven Developers Discuss New Wolfenstein

Posted by Soulskill on from the ach-mein-leben dept.

CVG is running an interview with Kevin Cloud, executive producer at id, and Eric Biessman, who leads Raven Software's programmers and artists, about the upcoming installment to the Wolfenstein series. They provide some detail about what kind of weapons will be available, what those crazy Nazis are up to this time, and BJ Blazkowicz's new ability to "shroud" himself. "Press a single button, at any time, and you'll see the other side of reality: a green and violent dimension that's filled with strange creatures and whirling tornadoes of energy. Just being in the shroud gives you options: floating above the ground are 'collectors' - fleshy heavy metal album cover worms that are scavenging electrical energy. Pop them, with a single rifle round, and they'll blast apart, damaging enemies in the real world. They are essentially exploding, hidden, organic barrels. ...In shroud mode, too, occult symbols etched into the masonry are transformed into holes in walls that BJ can simply step, shoot, or lob a grenade through."

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  1. Protagonist by Narpak · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't get over the fact that the main character is called BJ.

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    1. Re:Protagonist by rossmills · · Score: 2, Funny

      You've had 16 years to get used to the fact. Get over it. ^_^

    2. Re:Protagonist by Narpak · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hehe. But 16 years ago I didn't "get it" :P

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    3. Re:Protagonist by Bad+Ad · · Score: 5, Funny

      And odds are you still dont "get it" now!

      you are on slashdot after all! :-)

    4. Re:Protagonist by rossmills · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yo momma opens herself up often enough!

    5. Re:Protagonist by ZJVavrek · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hawkeye: Who would name their kid B.J.?!
      B.J.: My mother, Bea Honeycutt, and my father, Jay Honeycutt.
      Hawkeye: Oh! Bea Jay! B.J.! You honestly expect me to belive that cockamamy story? Now what does it stand for?
      B.J.: Anything you want.

  2. Re:Is it just me, or... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's just you and the graphics card companies (a.k.a Big "games that doesn't focus on graphics must be crushed!")

  3. Re:shrouding? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    not only for ages, but FOREVER!

  4. Re:shrouding? by dr_dank · · Score: 5, Funny

    not only for ages, but FOREVER!

    A note to mods: click the button on this link for added effect.

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  5. Re:Shroud mode sounds a lot like Spirit mode by Cheapy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oddly, Prey was developed by the other game company in Madison, WI: Human Head.

    Raven must be stealing stuff from across the city now!

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  6. Re:Pseudorealism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Way to Godwin the discussion...

  7. Re:hmm by nomadic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, at least they don't have monsters with Big Hair

    Not since Romero left at least...

  8. Doom III was an awesome shoot em up. by master_p · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't understand why everybody says Doom 3 was a 'demo'. It was not. It was an awesome game. Highly entertaining, as it kept the player on the edge with different events, an awesome atmosphere, amazing environments, high adrenaline etc.

  9. alternate dimensions? metal worms? what? by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wolfenstein used to have a simple and timeless premise: a Polish-Jewish supersoldier invades a Nazi stronghold and singlehandedly defeats everyone whose path he crossed, including a cyborg Hitler with rail guns for arms.

    I don't see why they had to go and complicate the story with "shrouding" and "occult portals" and whatnot.