World War II GI

This classicer drops you into Normandy on D-Day as part of the 101st Airborne. You fight through beaches, hedgerows, ruined villages and bunkers, dodging snipers and machine gun fire. There are about 30 levels, each with varied terrain and tactical challenges. The visuals and atmosphere are rough-around-the-edges as they used to be back in the day but they do a good job of conveying fear and urgency. Today you can also play this game in virtual reality, you'll need RazeXR which you can find here: https://sidequestvr.com/app/24502/razexr-build-engine-for-quest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AahbwvQVNhM

World War II GI is a late-1990s first-person shooter developed by TNT Team and now preserved on Steam through Ziggurat, and it serves as both a time capsule of Build-engine design and a reflection of how early PC shooters interpreted historical warfare. Released during a period when military shooters were still discovering their modern identity, it presents World War II through the lens of fast, arcade-style action rather than scripted cinematics or realism. The game loosely follows American soldiers fighting across France after D-Day, using brief mission text and transitional screens to frame each level. There’s no cinematic storytelling or character development—narrative functions mostly as thematic backdrop—but the immediacy of the premise establishes the necessary context and keeps the pacing brisk. The gameplay structure clearly inherits its DNA from Duke Nukem 3D, NAM, and other Build-engine shooters. Movement is quick, weapons fire rapidly, and levels become miniature mazes filled with enemies, switches, explosive hazards, hidden stashes, and keycard-gated objectives. Combat prioritizes reflexes over tactical planning, and firefights can become chaotic as enemies swarm from…

gameplay similar to NAM but needs even more patience, also healing and thompson accuracy is pretty bleh

This game isnt really bad most of the time, its just really challenging. You can get killed by a single bullet fired from a bush miles away, by a random artillery shot or air raid that just happens to land on you, or by those damn mines scattered everywhere. But when you think about it, thats realistic. Thats what what war is like. You can be the best soldier out there, but a singe unlucky move and youre finished. If you need to heal yourself youll literally have to stop moving completely and use the medkit for 10 seconds. Its realistic, but boy can it get annoying. Prepare to save/load your game every other minute unless you got the reflexes of a fighter pilot. There are a few levels that are just bad and annoying. Youll be caught in crossfire by the op enemies and the tanks in this game are just the most irritating thing ever. But it isnt the couple of bad levels that make this game hard to enjoy, its the damn CONTROLS. Theyre just terrible. Thats right, the smart butts who brought this game to steam thought it was a wonderful idea to not improve the og controls at all so you cant move even nearly as easily as in games like Duke Nukem or Shadow Warrior. Its possible to make t…

Bad, really really bad. I know it's a game from the 90s, but that does not excuse this game when SOO many other great FPS games came out even before this one. NAM was bad enough, but this is far worse. Again dying wayyyyyyy to quickly, randomly exploding far too often, running out of ammo and they never give you any, the BAR literally doesn't work/damage enemies and half the time you can't even see the enemies that are beaming you across the map in 2-3 shots from full health. I wanted to like this as it's a WW2 build engine game (really cool), but it's just a very unplayable, unfair and messy game. Steer clear.

This game is completely ridiculous. To start with, playing it without the Raze Engine app is a non-starter.   War is hell, and they truly mean it. The enemies in this game are world-class snipers, seemingly enjoying themselves as they lie in wait for you to peek from a corner, ready to blow your head off in an instant. I love this game, knowing that it is going to give me PTSD. I am determined to beat it, though. Somehow. Great game.