Austin Griffith, Reviews Manager at LevelSave.com gets down and dirty with Bethesda's upcoming "Wolfenstein: The New Order," he writes: "What surprised me the most about Wolfenstein was its ability to completely draw me in and feel for a character within a short period of time. By the time I neared the end of my two hour demo, I already felt extremely extremely connected to these soldiers, so much so that when I was choiced with making a decision between killing one of my own men I had a hard time deciding which soldier to let go of. I felt like I knew these men personally and I was able to empathize with them more then I have been with any other game. I felt for this man, and for everything he had been through, and for once in a game there was an enemy that was easy to hate, because really, who doesn’t hate Nazi’s?"
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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 !!!
Ah the more I hear from this game the more I want it :) what is it 2 months from now?
1080p/60fps on Xbox One, yet Trials is 900p...what gives?
Game looks good can't wait.devs not coding right and using Esram is what's up some devs are good some are meh some are lazy and some just have a hard time programming in a new way#learningcurve
Cool weapons make me wish it had multiplayer, co-op or a longer campaign. I guess the Doom Beta is something,but still would rather wait until it is much cheaper