I remember receiving Wolfenstein The New Order (limited edition ver) for Christmas a few years ago, from my then girlfriend (which I now am happily married to!) along with a couple of other games, but Wolfenstein stood out from the rest. Basically it's a run and gun FPS with bloody fun gameplay and a quite interesting story and characters.
For those who don't have any idea what Wolfenstein is about, it's an FPS set in a World War / Nazi Victory alternate universe, which include cool sci-fi guns and creatures which are created by the lovely Nazistic bunch. Anyway, I must say this is one of the best Wolfenstein games I have played, the story keeps you engaged throughout the fun and bloody single player experience. There are some choices that you are required to take that affect the game and story in different ways, which certainly adds replay value to the 12hour campaign. There are some interesting enemies that you'll blast with even more interesting guns though I won't spoil anything, I must say the narrative and characters you encounter make the game much more interesting than it was supposed to be.
The visuals are vibrant and generally good looking, audio is I think maybe the best aspect with great soundtrack and voice work. Gameplay wise, it's fun, bloody, messy, and for me it got never boring or repetitive. After 3 years, I can say that it's still one of the games that I can still remember having fun with and the only reason I don't play it nowadays is because of the amount of recent games that I'm trying hard not to miss playing, I now have little time to play, but I try to have a break once in a while, and currently am playing and need to finish I think more than ten games (OMG) they are sitting on the shelf, waiting for me, begging me to play the hell out of them! (including Horizon & Witcher 3) which obviously are 2 of the longest games out there at the moment.
Back to Wolfenstein The New Order, I think it's safe to say that I recommend this game even nowadays to gamers who like action FPS games in general and if you have not played it yet, you could grab a copy with a bargain price, since it's been over 3 years since it was released. Great shooter.
Wolfenstein: The New Order turns ten years old today, so we decided to play it again and discovered just how much of an extinct kind of game it is.
It's an outstanding game and so was The Old Blood. Also a lost era of gaming. Interesting, I received a physical copy of The Old Blood 9 years ago today from Poland. It was digital only in North America initially upon release so I had to import.
Wolfenstein: The New Order launched 10 years ago today, but can it stand up to the modern FPS titles it inspired?
I disagree. Its still a fantastic game, with very good gunplay and a surprisingly loveable cast of characters and a good story trough many different and interesting setpieces
All The New Order needs for my tastes is a this gen enhancement patch.
I played New Order a couple of years after launch and I give it an 8/10. The shooter holds up because it is focused on being a good shooter. There is no crafting, no RPG elements, no open world find the question mark Weapons are fun. Enemies are fun. Levels offer a nice mix of stealth and shooting. You get to be the predator; this isn’t a game about fending off waves of enemies while a robot companion unlocks a door. Most importantly, New Order is the last of a dying breed of single player shooters.
Singleplayer shooters are still getting released every year, just look up "boomer shooters" and you'll find an an abundance of them. AAA fps campaigns, not so much.
Last year had Trepang2, RoboCop: Rogue City, Turbo Overkill, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, Dread Templar, Sprawl and more
The games you mentioned are not from AAA developers. Wolfenstein likely had a budget that was probably as big as all those games you mentioned combined. I'm not knocking the new wave of retro shooters. I absolutely love them (I think some get much higher review scores than they deserve though). I just really wouldn't describe Wolfenstein as purely a boomer shooter based on the relatively cohesive story, with cut scenes and is fully voice acted. Full set piece moments.
AA development seems to be focused keeping the single player solo experience alive. But the big developers are only concerned about the MTX and milking players who enjoy multiplayer.
The age of AA shooters. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. I like less expense, shorter games.
Weird all the Wolfenstein articles.
Can you guess what will be announced at Xbox showcase?
What Machine Games did with Wolfenstein franchise is awesome. The game play definitely to me , is still very fun to play !!!
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