played through this twice, first the vanilla version and then the RealRTCW upgrade that's available on Steam and I definitely had way more fun with the latter. no more bullet-sponge enemies, more enemy variety and more weapon variety as well. I'd honestly just recommend that for new players.

the game itself was kinda average. the first third is really good. escaping the castle, going through the village and then the crypts. excellent pacing and atmosphere but it just dips and plateaus in quality after that. the stealth is incredibly awkward, the bosses are ass and the ending is underwhelming. still had more fun than I was expecting though.