Return to Castle Wolfenstein
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Sep 7, 2026
Jake YoungHOST
Mm-hmm.
Jake YoungHOST
The original Halo, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Max Payne, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, all of which came, Super Mario Smash Bros. Melee, all of this was after 9-11.
Jake YoungHOST
It's actually kind of a weird nothing zone, another awkward stage because we're in between console generations.
Jake YoungHOST
Yeah.
Matt SellnerHOST
Blood, another one.
Matt SellnerHOST
I don't think I would have ever played Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
Matt SellnerHOST
A few of those first-person shooters.
Matt SellnerHOST
And then the horror stuff, like, yeah, we didn't play anything like Visage or anything like that.
Brendan WallHOST
I'd
Jason McLeodHOST
rather play Return to Castle Wolfenstein one more time.
Jason McLeodHOST
Okay.
Brendan WallHOST
Well, it sounds like we're on the same page.
Tyler OsbyHOST
So they didn't want to remake Doom because they thought they were going back to their roots too much and not really making any notable advancements in game design, even though technologically they were still really cranking out the hits there.
Tyler OsbyHOST
But... after they released Return to Castle Wolfenstein in 2001, which was a remake slash reboot of the original Wolfenstein, and it was very successful, people really loved it, the resistance towards remaking Doom kind of wavered there.
Tyler OsbyHOST
Eventually, most of the company went to leadership with an ultimatum.
Tyler OsbyHOST
They said, let us remake Doom or fire us.
Benson RussellGUEST
That's the original, you dumbass.
speaker_0HOST
Return to Castle Wolfenstein? Yeah,
Benson RussellGUEST
it was, I think that was it.
Benson RussellGUEST
It was the, yeah.