Wolfenstein: The New Order Sets a New Standard

GamersBliss Writes: "Wolfenstein: The New Order is a deep game, but what I appreciated most about it was that it wasn’t overly involved. It seems most games these days like to throw random RPG elements at every game, skill trees etc. Wolfenstein has found a great balance."

[evilkillerk]

It looked interesting but I have been weary of sequels this year

[Link2DaFutcha]

Yeah, I was pretty apprehensive going in, but I was pretty blown away after playing it. Everything I've wanted in a fun shooter for a while, but the fact that it's single-player only is a bit of a drawback, probably won't shell out 60$ for it. Though with the different options, difficulties, and styles of play, might get a few runs out of it.

[Magicite]

I cant stand Nazi related games.

[morganfell]

I am concerned because from gameplay videos the AI looks like it is dumber than a bag of hammers.

[gear]

Day 1 for me and Darkengard 3

[ThatEnglishDude]

Looks fun, but the AI is shocking.

[Link2DaFutcha]

I saw that article too, and I don't know if that was a super easy difficulty or what, but the version I played had much better AI, they responded quicker and didn't just stand there taking bullets.

[ThatEnglishDude]

I don't know dude, I've seen quite a bit of footage of this game, and it looks abysmal. Glad you enjoyed it though!

[Link2DaFutcha]

What I played looked nothing like most of the videos I've seen from leaked footage.

[Muffins1223]

Did you download a patch for it or was it the Valhalla version on higher difficulty?Please reply

[elhebbo16]

@Thatenglishdude You have seen Beta footage.

[CocoWolfie]

yeah, hopefully thats not the release version because it still doesnt come out for 3 days and theres a day one patch i read so.. hopefully

[Link2DaFutcha]

No idea, played a demo at Pax and did it on second to highest difficulty, enemies were tricky and responsive.

[Mithan]

That video is crap, ignore it.

[CocoWolfie]

I heard its from some of the people who worked at starbreeze. If you never played the darkness or chronicles or riddick, theyre fantastic :p so its good to know its.. what i hoped

[Link2DaFutcha]

The health system is definitely Riddick-ish. Individual blocks regen, but once its gone, you need to get a pack for it. Great game, can't wait for it to come out.

[SolidDuck]

Starbreeze people made this? Hmm, I thought there games were underated. That's good to hear.

[DefenderOfDoom2]

Yes, the lead developers from STARBREEZE are now part of the development team MACHINE GAMES . They also developed SYNDICATE too, which i thought was the most overlooked FPS from 7th gen ! It has a great co-op and JEFF GERTZMANN from GIANT BOMB said it was his favorite game from 2012 ! I can not wait till i pick WOLFENSTEIN NO this Tuesday!!!

[Link2DaFutcha]

Yeah, I've always been a huge fan of their games, mostly because they aren't afraid to think outside the box, it may not always be smooth, but its never boring and always interesting.

[Berenwulf]

Does anyone know when the embargo for the reviews is being lifted?

[GuruMeditation]

Afaik from other articles, the embargo lifts on release day

[Perjoss]

This is a bit worrying. If they know they have a good game that will likely be getting 7 or 8+ scores surely they would want the embargo lifted a few days earlier to ramp up pre orders and get that word of mouth and hype train going?

[SixtyNine]

It looks like it'll be one of those really good games that are underrated because they aren't backed by the media.

Most gamers only play highly rated, award winning and critically acclaimed titles.

This GEN I want to discover hidden gems. The Darkness was one last gen. Hopefully The New Order is as fun as it looks.

[DefenderOfDoom2]

to sixtynine . yeah i picked the DARKNESS like a year after it came out , not expecting much . Then i played it , and was pretty amazed how much fun i had playing the THE DARKNESS! Did not play sequel because a different development team made the DARKNESS sequel . But then i found out STARBREEZE made SYNDICATE and bought that and STARBREEZE made me very happy again!!!

[Oldman100]

Singularity is another one of those gems. Raven needs to stop screwing around with COD and get cracking on a sequel already.

[Belasco]

Another one that I really liked that was overlooked was Dark Sector.

[LemyAtom]

I had a blast with Dark Sector. It may have been a mix and match rehash, but playing with that blade and slicing everything was ace. The promo videos they did where they were breaking fruit to sound like breaking bones were also funny.

[KakashiHotake]

Another hidden gem from last gen is Enslaved.

[elhebbo16]

I think Wolfenstein: TNO is just one of those good feeling fun ol' games. Its not trying to prove that its a graphical benchmark (although it does look good) Its not trying to be everything that its not and thats what I like about it. A good enough story that could leave me playing till the end and fun gameplay that wont bore me or challenging me to the point of annoyance.

[Adolph Fitler]

Yep, & another that I loved from Starbreeze is Syndicate...Absolutely loved this underrated gem...as well as Singularity....

[SoCalledMe]

Singularity was such a great game but underrated , also ironicaly , the last Wolfenstein game ( 2009 ? )

[DefenderOfDoom2]

to SoCalledMe .. oh yeah you r so right ! SINGULARITY is one of my favorite games from 7th Gen !!!! And i loved the WOLFENSTEIN from 2009 ! WOLFENSTEIN 2009 kinda had a non-linear level design too it! RAVEN SOFTWARE is one my favorite development teams! They worked with JOHN ROMERO and some of the original ID SOFTWARE developers back in the mid nineties. I loved HEXEN and HERITIC from the mid nineties !!! But not sure what is going on with RAVEN over last couple years? to comments below me . I am pretty sure they used ID TECH 5 engine. But not sure if is cell shade.

[masterfox]

yes a new standard in releasing freaking huge day one obligatory patches. is over 9000 I mean 5 GB!! WOOOT ?

[markyboy2181]

is it cell shaded graphics? cuz ive never liked them the way they look

[ramza04]

It's not cell shaded

[Umbasa]

At first i thought to myself DNF repeat. Machine games who? i thought to myself then heard they are mostly comprised of Star breeze studios, that's when i started to look at previews and trailers and dev interviews on the game...That's when i preordered the game too. Tuesday can't come soon enough!

[ramza04]

I was having a hard time justifying a 60 dollar purchase on a game lacking multiplayer but after seeing some footage and getting a taste of the story it looks like they really went all out on the single player. The story looks promising and the gameplay looks and feels like an oldschool fps with a touch of modern flair. Now to see if I can squeeze out some extra cash this week.

[FullmetalRoyale]

Good golly can these guys make a damn fine trailer, or what??

My favorite it the one that's main focus is the two Nazis walking with gas masks on. I was so mesmerized by the pacing of everything that it wasn't until the second or third time watching it that, at the very end mind you, I finally noticed the robot dog behind them. I legitimately got chills. Not HUGE chills, but chill chills. I am so pumped for this, Child of Light just came out, Transistor dropping the same day, a week later Watch Dogs comes out, all in about a months time.

Damn fine.

[abstractel]

This does not look interesting to me in the least. Rather get Transistor this week.

[Ch1d0r1]

Just saw a stream on Twitch, God damn this game looks great. The detail and shadow that you see in the rooms is goooood! And the guy was playing on the XBone.