Karl Dodd writes: "Wolfenstein: The New Order begins in an alternate history version of the year 1946. World War II is still ongoing and the Nazis have managed to develop advanced technologies, which give them a huge advantage over the Allied forces. William ‘B.J.’ Blazkowicz and a team of Allies undergo a raid on an enemy fortress that is being run by B.J.’s old nemesis Deathshead. From there things go badly and the player is forced to make a moral choice which will alter the timeline you experience."
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 !!!
Like the film or television industry, the world of gaming has seen its fair share of reboots over the years. While some of these video game reboots have had
Nice grade
... and to think, killing Nazi's seems somewhat fresh by todays standards. I do want to get round to playing this at some point.
Yes! Really hoping this game gets good reviews! The game looks very promising and most important: it looks fun.
It doesn't takes itself very serious unlike most shooters, altough the setting is very interesting and scary.
We need more games to be like this! Can't wait for tomorrow!
Good score, but the review itself wasn't very informative. Wonder when the embargo breaks for more professional reviews.
my copy just shipped from amazon. i'm looking forward to seeing/reading positive reviews.
edit: also, my first day 1 game for PS4 :D very excited guy here