Amid Evil
Caution:I found Wolfenstein 3-D and its expansion Spear of Destiny to be genuinely fun. Those games offer plenty of memorable moments and levels that showed actual creativity and surprised me in various ways (I specially remember nazis hiding inside fake elevators, interestingly placed secret containing lots of cool and epic treasures that made me feel somewhat rewarded, huge levels where the player had to be ready for the mutants attacking in packs, that awesome map at Spear of Destiny that consists on a square that goes round the Übermutant...).
Also, the visuals and sounds where very distinctive and totally unforgettable. I still think some tracks can be counted between the most epic videogame music.
TLDR:
Fast paced gameplay, deadly weapons and enemies, sound, atmosphere, level design (yes mazelike level design is far from optimal but it's still miles better than linear action corridors).
If anything, it's more worth playing today than it was in mid-late 90s- early 2000s when proper FPS games were still being made and the competition was fierce in that genre.
Get Psyched!
Used to play all the time with my mom when I was a kid.
Almost anything is better than modern FPSs.
Aliens of Gold had a few different flaws in addition to the (rarely, though still there) mazes, namely, the plasmoids that respawned on certain levels, who were generally a complete and total pain in the ass. Then there were the scientists, who you sometimes had to not shoot, which wasn't a problem until they start wandering into firefights or blocking your way around. Of the Wolf-engine derived games, Shadowcaster is the best in my opinion. Though because it leans more towards RPG in most of its design elements, some parts of it are a bit awkward. That game has one of the best level designs from the time, along with excellent progression and an interesting but very optional story.Have you played Aliens of Gold? If you liked Wolf3D, you should enjoy it - it's very similar on the surface, but a much more tightly designed game on the whole.
Called it.
The Wolf 3D detractors ITT would probably feel more at home on the RPS or Gamespot message boards.
Let me guess you guys also prefer Bioshlock and Skyrim over SS and UU because OMG guyz those OLD gamez look so old now and the NEW gamez look waaaay better now adays!! they are also not so long anymore but they have have a lots and a lots of awsome cinematiks. (liek watching a cool shooter movies AND some of the time playing it also :D :D ) Theyre soo muuuch fun and much lesser confusing and I always just wanna like WIN my games ROFL ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . I realy like showing many chievos to frienz .. LOL.. and they actualli work on my XBOx on the sofa! Computors are not really amd e for playing the game anyways !!!
Wolf3D is a good game (except for some rage-inducing levels here and there). Doom is a step up in most areas, but it doesn't mean you can't fire it up once in a while and have some dumb fun.
If you want a 'thinking man's Wolf3D', take a look at Tetsujin for 3DO. It features interconnected and non-linear level design, each enemy type and encounter is like a puzzle, and each map is a short resource management challenge that you have to deal with.