Love that abrupt showing of the review score, no fancy fade out transition. This game will win Best Shooter of 2017!!! This puts Call of Duty or even Star Wars Battlefront to shame
Maybe I singled out those specific multiplayer shooters but the point is, I view it as just a FPS game in general, not specifically a Single player or multiplayer. Compare this to all of the other shooters that were released today, Wolfenstein (along with Doom) stood out as it still brought back to old-school FPS gameplay that is different than other shooters which use the same gameplay mechanics repeatedly, but also has a strong single-player campaign that they don't bother having multiplayer. It shows that the developer is playing to their strengths in deciding to just released a strong single-player shooter. That is my opinion, you can choose to agree or disagree with me.
I know this will sound whiny, but less cutscene footage in reviews would be awesome. I went through much of this video with my eyes covered to avoid spoilers. That being said, above and beyond content as per usual. Great job Ben, Ian, and Jones.
There's nothing "political" about the symbolism of killing nazi's, it's about good vs evil. The fact that quotes like the one at the end makes one question the political affiliation of a certain group of game journalists indicates how low common sense in the US has dropped.
Again, why does that sound political to you? "It knows exactly what it wants to say and it wants the player to overcome" Yes it wants the player to kick nazi butt. How this became controversial is beyond me.
Honestly thought it wld be a 5 star game. The way they gushed about it for 8mins or so and then 2 minor complaints. But still great review guys. Will be buyin this one
Nice! My heart and soul belong to mario, but will probably pick this up down the line. Thanks Bethesda for carrying the torch for the single player FPS
The "shockhammer kicks like a lion" - Better be kicked by a lion than, say, a mule or a horse. And if the worst thing the lion does to you is kick you, I'd say you're pretty lucky.
Anyone know if there's an option to delete the bullet traces a.k.a the lines you see beyond the muzzle as you're firing? I don't remember those being there in The New Order and Old Blood. Here I see them on some weapons and some not, is it an upgrade or what?
Dang, after hearing Bloodworth talk about the stilts, it's disappointing to hear that they aren't utilized very much. I'll still be getting this game at some point for sure though.
The writing in this game is heavy handed and ideological and the character conflicts can be convoluted. It has its moments, but the writers need to learn to let the characters drive the story and not just be walking picket signs. The writing in the first game was weak - this was definitely stronger and at least had a clearer theme (Revolt) tying things together, but it's hard to watch all of the cutscenes and not be thinking of the missed opportunities and contradictions. Gameplay has been greatly improved; there are no more jarring cuts between animations, the sensitivity and AA are both more responsive from the start, it's easier to see and pick up items and enemies tend to stand out more as well. I played Wolfenstein: The New Order leading up to this and that game was SO frustrating; I was getting caught on geometry constantly, enemies blended in with the backgrounds all of the time, you could barely manage to pick up items much less see them, AA was finicky and aggressive during ADS and the base sensitivity was like molasses, not to mention the multiple crashes and horrible texture bugs and save corruptions I encountered. It felt like a chore to play, but Wolfenstein 2 was a breeze. It's no Doom by any means, but it set up enough interesting scenarios to keep me going - even if the game design doesn't really progress all that much as you near the end. I deleted Wolfenstein: The New Order as soon as I finished the campaign because I had no desire to revisit it, but I left 2 feeling like I'd want to replay it someday. I hope the improvements keep on coming with 3.
Played through a couple missions last night...game is a masterpiece of a FPS. It made me feel so uneasy at times and downright sick to the stomach... William's father... ugh what a prick. Any game that gets that kind of emotion out of a player is a 10/10 for me.
I wouldn't. It's cutscene heavy and operates on either two extremes of slow stealth or fast circuits around an arena. If the game is miraculously well optimized and you are playing it docked with the pro controller, then you may be able to get by without any huge compromises, but the Joycons and handheld configuration will do the game a disservice.
Almost impecible review! Super Mario Odyssey is Mario 64 on steroids, Resident Evil 7 was a pleasant horrifying surprise, Nier Automata was a delicious mixed beast, but Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus is the best game of 2017. It did so much right with very little fault. (Horizon, Persona 5, and Zelda BotW were great but too had to many issues)
by far the best fps youll play all year.if you want some original and pretty insane storytelling in a fps play this its miles above alot of other shooters of how well the characters and story are written
Too bad AC: Origins was a bit of a bust (it can stand alongside Andromeda, Wildlands, and Yooka Laylee as this year's duds - though as far as the duds go it's still the best of the bunch). Luckily we have this and Mario Odyssey immediately following up. The 2017 Gaming Lineup continues to impress and amaze. Hopefully EZA has their copy(s) by now, and we'll get the review shortly. Here's hoping for Odyssey to grab another perfect score!
It has an average of like 85. How is that a bust? I can see Damiani has been playing Mario today but the game is pretty big. Id give it sometime before the review.
Wild Link I'm not saying AC Origins sucks, but compared to so many other amazing games that have come out this year, some of which I've played and others I'm looking forward to eventually doing so, it's a bit of a let down considering how much it was hyped up (feels more like a typical big release of the last few years as opposed to stuff like Horizon, Nioh, Nier, and nearly everything coming out of Nintendo right now). I've never been a big Assassin's Creed fan, but I've always appreciated the series style and core ideas, so I was really hoping Origins was going to make good on it's potential and be a revolutionary new step for the series instead of just being at the quality the previous few games should've been.
@KC And don't forget Persona 5 as well--- Another wonderful addition to the games of 2017 line up (though technically it came out in Japan already in 2016)
If only the regional price wasn't as egregious for this game on Steam. Seriously, what the hell Bethesda thinks when they price their games on other regions. It's ludicrous.
Hm I feel this review spoiled more things than it should have. I wish there weren't so many things showing the dog as that seems like it would have been nice to find out during the game. That being said, the review was excellent otherwise.
I usually agree with GT reviews but I think they got this one wrong. The game isn't terrible, but it's a very short campaign with 5 minute long cutscenes every other corner and doesn't really go anywhere... check out gggmanlives review for a more proper explanation of what I mean
It does have similar mechanics but leans more toward all out action than the more survival oriented Metro games. I'd say if you like that series you'll probably enjoy this a lot too.
Jonathan Tessier there are some racist bands that promote racism. But there are also bands that promote other good ideals. Eg killswitch engage, wolves at the gate, war of ages all promote positive ideals.
If you're interested, the logic of most people frustrated with the marketing of this game goes as follows. 1. Many Trump supporters were looking forward to getting into this game and fighting against Nazis because Nazis are evil. 2. The game took direct shots at said Trump supporters with it's advertising implying both he and they are Nazis. 3. Therefore Trump supporters would rather give their hard earned money to other companies who don't call them the group they believe are evil. The game looks good. So do a whole lot of other ones. It was dumb on their part to villainize a group by placing them in a category they are repulsed by in a time when the $60 that would go to this could easily be swayed to another game.
Ghost of Ramsay Bolton In its advertising it used the hashtags notmyamerica and makeamericanazifreeagain to make a correlation between nazism and Trump. If Trump is a nazi and Trump supporters support Trump, they are nazi supporters. Pete Hines defended the marketing, but only defended the uncontroversial third hashtag, nomorenazis.
