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When I first learned that Rise of the Triad was originally intended by Apogee to be a sequel for Wolf3D, and then changed immediately once Apogee discovered that they never had the rights to the franchise, it got me pondering as to what the ideal sequel to our beloved game should be like. I liked that RotT wanted to do a coherent storyline for the sequel, and I wondered how to do a new story with just as much ambition as RotT's was. Then, knowing that Wolf3D functioned well as a scattered episodic experience, the sequel should just have a lot of new episodes which are not sequential. They'd have a recurring story element which gets absolved near the very end, but the experience would be purely episodic. What set these episodes apart from Wolf3D and SoD would be their tone, subject matter, level design, and a more interactive experience. This is what I have in mind for the story:
Blazkowicz's grandson, Keen, asks him one night to tell him war stories of his espionage experience. Keen, knows the main story, but he wants to know more about his grandfather's more obscure experiences: ones which he primarily avoids. Each episode begins and ends with Blazkowicz telling young Keen his ominous missions before and after the assassination of Hitler. The settings of each episode include:
*An Elaborate Death Camp Bunker, in which Blazkowicz cooperates with spies disguised as German guards and Jewish prisoners to shut down the entire base of operations, kill the head warden, and free all the Jews. NPC interaction scheme takes inspiration from Blake Stone.
*The French Trenches, where Blazkowicz has to wander the paths to kills the enemy gunners, and take out the enemy tanks.
*An excavated Old Germanic Mead Hall, where Blazkowicz faces Nazi archaeologists, skeleton warriors, Grendel-like monsters, and a dragon.
*A Chateau for the head of the Vichy government. Work with French resistance members disguised as the house servants. Boss would be the Vichy puppet leader in a prototype armor suit like Hans'.
*In the Berlin streets where you need to survive against crazed pro-Nazi rioters, and seeking refuge in secure city houses. Armed with only a pistol and a knife in this round.
*Science facility dedicated to creating Super Aryans, who appear as scary blonde people, elf-like, shooting powerful energy blasts from their fists.
*An aeronautic based episode, where B.J. Pilots a bomber to destroy an enormous zeppelin containing the beta atomic weapon.
*The ruins of Warsaw, where B.J. Has to deal with both Nazis and Soviets while trying to help Polish relatives escaping the onslaught.
*An episode in the vein of SoD and Indiana Jones (and James Bond), where B.J. explores forgotten catacombs in Jerusalem, and fends off undead Knights Templar and Roman centurions to find the long lost possessions of the ancient Hebrew and Christian prophets.
*Back to Castle Wolfenstein, now overrun by Soviets after the Nazis defeat. Need to free German scientists and fellow American agents before being transported to Siberia. The whole castle is repainted and remodeled.
*Episode set in another dimension with crystals and starry nights, where B.J. fights an enemy who has dogged Blaxkowicz throughout the entire game.
*If the player is thorough, a secret episode involving Commander Keen aliens is unlocked.
That's the general idea for what I have in mind. Any thoughts on how to improve my concept? Is it possible to pull off flight simulations in Wolf3D's engine? Is it possible to create outside city locations with the engine nowadays?
Blazkowicz's grandson, Keen, asks him one night to tell him war stories of his espionage experience. Keen, knows the main story, but he wants to know more about his grandfather's more obscure experiences: ones which he primarily avoids. Each episode begins and ends with Blazkowicz telling young Keen his ominous missions before and after the assassination of Hitler. The settings of each episode include:
*An Elaborate Death Camp Bunker, in which Blazkowicz cooperates with spies disguised as German guards and Jewish prisoners to shut down the entire base of operations, kill the head warden, and free all the Jews. NPC interaction scheme takes inspiration from Blake Stone.
*The French Trenches, where Blazkowicz has to wander the paths to kills the enemy gunners, and take out the enemy tanks.
*An excavated Old Germanic Mead Hall, where Blazkowicz faces Nazi archaeologists, skeleton warriors, Grendel-like monsters, and a dragon.
*A Chateau for the head of the Vichy government. Work with French resistance members disguised as the house servants. Boss would be the Vichy puppet leader in a prototype armor suit like Hans'.
*In the Berlin streets where you need to survive against crazed pro-Nazi rioters, and seeking refuge in secure city houses. Armed with only a pistol and a knife in this round.
*Science facility dedicated to creating Super Aryans, who appear as scary blonde people, elf-like, shooting powerful energy blasts from their fists.
*An aeronautic based episode, where B.J. Pilots a bomber to destroy an enormous zeppelin containing the beta atomic weapon.
*The ruins of Warsaw, where B.J. Has to deal with both Nazis and Soviets while trying to help Polish relatives escaping the onslaught.
*An episode in the vein of SoD and Indiana Jones (and James Bond), where B.J. explores forgotten catacombs in Jerusalem, and fends off undead Knights Templar and Roman centurions to find the long lost possessions of the ancient Hebrew and Christian prophets.
*Back to Castle Wolfenstein, now overrun by Soviets after the Nazis defeat. Need to free German scientists and fellow American agents before being transported to Siberia. The whole castle is repainted and remodeled.
*Episode set in another dimension with crystals and starry nights, where B.J. fights an enemy who has dogged Blaxkowicz throughout the entire game.
*If the player is thorough, a secret episode involving Commander Keen aliens is unlocked.
That's the general idea for what I have in mind. Any thoughts on how to improve my concept? Is it possible to pull off flight simulations in Wolf3D's engine? Is it possible to create outside city locations with the engine nowadays?
Last edited by Tralfamadorian Spy on Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:03 am; edited 4 times in total
I brought it up, because I've been thinking about for some time, and I wanted you Wolf3D veterans to clarify what I can or cannot do in Wolf's engine. Ever since I came across Apogee's alpha concept for ROTT, which was originally Wolfenstein 3D Part II, I thought it was very ambitious for Wolf 3D's engine, that I wanted to do a sequel that was just as, or even more, ambitious that Apogee's ROTT alpha. Based upon your compliment, I think I succeeded with my idea. Now all I have to do is mod it. Granted, my Wolf 3D-2 idea is not as cohesive as ROTT, but each episode is connect by the interactions between B.J. and Keen. 