Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Is Boring

"Originally, I was writing a piece to hype up the latest Wolfenstein game: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. However, on release, this game was just so pointlessly boring and agenda-driven that I couldn't help but scrap that and put this piece together. " - MCXV

[OokuChicken]

I didnt think it ran so well on low-end hardware

[LinkageAX]

I know right, the game is like "your pc wont run this on ultra"; but setting it on that was fine.

[mikeslemonade]

no FPS has yet to dethrone Bioshock 1. Haven't played Wolfensten yet but he's probably right that it's boring.

[Skull521]

Review sounds more like "I put the difficulty too high for my skill level and got raped, game sucks!"

[mikeslemonade]

NiteX that's just your nostalgia talking. That would be like well Super Marios Bros 3 was better so thereforce these current mario games suck.

[PressXtoBacon]

I could not disagree with you more.

And how is this agenda driven? It's the same premise as always: Nazis = bad.

You're entirely welcome to not like the game, but the series is no more political than it has been since it launched 3 decades ago.

[LinkageAX]

If it was fun game driven it would not have been so bad.

[lptmg]

has there ever been a discussion regarding the morality of a nazi?

[UnholyLight]

Almost sounds like they're upset at how brutal the Nazi are in the game...just like in real life almost. Not sure how that's agenda driven! the game establishes the brutality as extra motive for the story and I LOVE IT

[Hardiman]

I think it's awesome! I don't really do FPS's anymore but this is a great game!

[LinkageAX]

I think you are more easily amused than myself. Did you play TNO and TNB? Both were great fun. This one, it doesn't feel like it was developed with fun in mind.

[Hardiman]

I did and completed both and I enjoyed this one just as much. Like I said I don't play FPS's anymore but I like the ones like these that are story driven and it covered a lot of dark subject matter and did so very well. It's not my favorite but when the artice says it's boring I just disagree.

[LinkageAX]

Eh, fair enough. I personally really enjoy fast-paced shooters that are more simple. The first two seemed to encompass that as it was purely good guys vs. Nazi's. This one I think goes too far in establishing bad guys when its unecessary.

[Hardiman]

Also when someone likes something you don't and you say "you are more easily amused than me" it kinda comes off as pretentious.

[iDadio]

Bit of a dick move to classify his opinion as merely because he's easily amused, he didn't say your opinion is merely because you're a wannabe SJW looking for clicks?

[-Foxtrot]

I wasn't pulled into it like the first game...my problems with the game were little issues that one their own you can brush off but they built up and became really god damn annoying

The worst part of this game is the Stealth...yeah I know it's a game about shooting the shit out of things but if you give us the option to do that and even put some form of Stealth/tactical skill tree in the game then why not go the full way with it.

They literally see you straight away even if they aren't looking your way or if they are miles away, the dogs who are with the commanders run towards you even if you haven't been spotted, all enemies suddenly know where you are when the alarm has been rang even if it's just because they've discovered a body when you are no where near it, you can't stealth some enemies because the explosions alert everyone, you can't even bloody pick up bodies to move them despite the abilities you get later on...I mean WTF come on, I felt the stealth in the first game was a little better.

[UnholyLight]

This guy again? lol. The stealth is amazing. Just like TNO which was a fantastic game. This one didn't let me down the enemies have a believable line of sight. They cant see you when youre sneaking around if you know how to properly play the game....

[-Foxtrot]

LOL...the stealth is not amazing it's awful

I've explained why it's shit yet you haven't explained why it's good

Figures.

[Cy]

I was really worried about the commie stuff since the reveal, actually. It seemed like it was setting up the rebellion group to be at least somewhat socialist, and I just can't get into a game where I'm just replacing one awful, oppressive system of government with another one. Especially since, if that's the direction they're going in, it will be fantasy communism straight out of a 19 year old college kid's Marx essay.

[EatCrow]

History is bound to repeat itself...mainly because of the idea that I know better then anyone else. My truth is all that matters and therefore what I think is okay. Regardless if there is evidence and historical proof that says otherwise. That was back then and this is now....this is the mentality that will make history repeat itself. Identity politics has already happened before. Gender fluiditiy and freedom of sexuality has already happened in history....it didnt end well and it wont end well this time either.

Just because of peoples feelings... what lack of maturity and understanding.

[Mroc13]

Does this game have legacy controls?

[bluefox755]

They were a bit heavy handed with some of the narrative.

[chris235]

lol. no, it‘s the opposite of boring, blogger.

[Captain_Tom]

Erhhh complete opposite opinion for me. Incredibly fun and constantly entertaining.

They actually do a lot of interesting things with the main character's backstory too, and the acting is superb.

[guyman]

O lord that's enough ınternet for today. im out.

[Captain_Tom]

Be careful someone will call you a "cuck" for liking this game.

The funniest part is anyone who says that doesn't even realize how well they would fit in with the New Reich in America in this game...

[Zeke68]

Opinions may differ from person to person but this is a pure clickbait headline. You can say alot about Wolfenstein 2 but you can't call it boring in any shape or form. And calling all the cutscenes for "bland and boring" just show this writer lack any kind of empathy and that is more scary than the lousy written blog, thats for sure.

[dp5212]

I thought movement and controls were terrible. You get stuck on so many tiny little objects you should be able to clear and you can't do anything you are just stuck until you get killed. B.J. feels so stiff and the level design is not setup for the speed you move at.

[Chaosdreams]

At least it's not sexist like Mario - lol

Mario isn't sexist. I'm kidding.

[DasTier]

I really enjoyed “the New Order” and “the Old Blood, and when rumours came out for this back at at e3 2016 i was hyped.

But now two years later I just don’t care. I don’t know if it’s bad marketing or a bad release window.

Maybe I’ll pick it up out of a bargain bin in 6 months times, but right now I just have no interest. Now that I’m finished with Odyssey im sad to say I’m actually more interested in Origins than Wolfenstein.

[Captain_Tom]

I thought "The New Order" was incredibly uninspired except near the end when the story gets really good. Otherwise a 6.9/10 game. Almost a worst version of Killzone 1, and that game got mediocre reviews!

But this game is fantastic. Everything is better - there is a reason it has gotten substantially higher reviews.

[BrianOBlivion]

"Commie"? Really? Get your head out of McCarthy's ass.
Click bait article by a whiney d-bag.
Adding mcxv.com to ignore list.

[Ashunderfire86]

Both Evil Within 2 and New Colossus was clearly rushed to release during the Halloween season, but if I were to choose between the 2, I would go with New Colossus! New Colossus had the better storyline an it was a solid 8. Both games prequel counter parts clearly had more content!

[TheOttomatic91]

So uh how’s the gameplay?