Given the success Nintendo has had with the revolutionary controller for the Wii, it was really only a matter of time before Microsoft and Sony followed the same path.
While some video games overwhelm you with sheer scale, titles like Asura's Wrath and Doom Eternal make you the boss player right upfront.
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 !!!
i hate to say this but i hope sony and microsoft crush nintendo (i wont hold my breath)
nintendo have done absolutely nothing with all the money they made this gen
atleast sony and MS try there absolute best trying to beat out each other and giving us gamers cutting edge games every year
while nintendo just lay their fat heads on rehashed games and party games. i want to see new innovative IP from nintendo
oh and please give us a choice to use the classic controller for gamers that hate motion controlls like myself
The way M$ is exposing Kinect, I would say they have a very good chance of matching Wii numbers for the rest of this gen. The fitnect gaming alone will pull huge numbers. Then you have the kids factor, which is Nintendo's secret weapon against M$ and Sony. Kids are going to love Kinect. You can cry about it on N4G all you like. But Kids are a major consumer, especially around the Holidays.
a good shot... its a new refreshing way to play games...(no controller required) Move is too similar to a Wii remote just an upgrade. New consumers win not be able to differentiate the two. My money is on Kinect.. All the casuals that have a Wii will likely choose Kinect as it will offer a different type of gaming experience.
News Flash:
Microsoft is in a real sticky situation on exactly how much to charge for Kinect. Should the A. Be greedy and over price it as usual. or B. Charge very little and get kinect in as many homes now to set up the next gen install base.
I think it will be tough going for MS and Sony in the motion space.
What I don't like is that a lot of wii owners instantly think that the ps move is a copy of the wii-mote when they see it even though Sony has been working on motion controls for longer and the ps move is more accurate.