Operation: Rheingold

Rheingold is often considered to be the best of the Wolfendoom wads, with dehacked work not being as heavy as Arctic Wolf but fairly decent enough to make a worthwhile adventure. the biggest problem with the two Rheingold wads is that there's supposed to be more than these two, but were never made. therefore, all we players get are some 3-level maps, done with much signature style, in this case, we get the Hotel of Death, with the 3 levels centering around a hotel that Blaskowicz apparently decided to stay in for whatever reason.

again, if the gameplay were not as harrowing as it is, this would've gotten a better score. but as you can tell, again, we fight off souped-up Gestapo (SS) for both the first two maps, some in long hallways and some in larger rooms. playing hide and seek with high-health hitscanners isn't as fun as it should seem. the fire extinguishers only help if they're right next to the enemies. there's also this interesting cook enemy on the first level. the game does try something interesting, making the Kar98k show up for once as a chaingun replacement, it fires a lot slower but stronger and there are riflemen in the levels that have this.

what saves this from a lower rating though is pretty much the entirety of the last level. I like it a lot, sure the hitscanners are there, but there's also grenade throwers which are cool, plus the several tanks. I notice that when you reach the final colonel, the level abruptly ends with the story taking over, but it's still possible to shoot this guy and reveal he has baron of hell frames, which are problematic. still, this is definitely the best level in this set, and overall, due to the fact that it's just three maps, I enjoyed what I could here, when I wasn't getting overchewed by the hitscanners that is.