Wolfenstein: The New Order PC Game Review 

I actually quite liked B.J's character in the game. Thought it was really clever of the writers to have him grunt and not say much to others, but give a full-on description in his head. Like he's trying to be strong in these situations but in truth it gets to him on a personal level.

That animation of you and enemy repeatedly stabbing each other is just hillarious, like some dark cartoony stuff.

Not only did he not age and kept his muscle mass, he also kept a clean shave and the same haircut for 15 years?

Disagree with you on the stealth bit, it forces you to pay attention to what's going on instead of relying on a magically third sense

Eh, I personally like that they didn't give you an indicator in the stealth sections of how visible you are. You just have to play smart and not rely on being able to hide if someone looks right at you for a couple of seconds but still somehow manages not to give a shit in many other action games with stealth sequences. This makes it A LOT more satisfying when you get through a section of the game undetected, stabbing the shit out of Nazis along your way.

One unmentioned reason to get this game: BJ is one hell of a handsome beefcake.

"And somehow retained his muscle mass" - Laughed my butt off at this. It was the same thing I thought on my playthrough.

This game while modern in many ways made me go back to the 1998-2002ish. So many great things i cant quite put the right words about it, but it felt oldschool to me for more reasons than the health system.

This game starts to look a lot better after The New Colossus now huh

The best Wolfenstein game in my opinion, alone for the fact that it's actually emotionally touching and well-written. Level design is varied too aesthetically and mechanically, and the combat's a blast whether you're taking the slow or guns blazin' route. Also, cyberhounds. And Nazis on the moon. I was very, very happy with this game and hadn't that much fun with a shooter since Modern Warfare 1. The tech needs work though.

Can I mention how much I love the game's visuals? The aesthetic is wonderful to look closely at and notice all the little details. In 1946 all the enemies have SS logos on their shirt collars. The 1968 German ARs look like beefy G3s, even down to the ironsights, which makes sense since the G3 is a German gun. The varied settings are amazing, and so is the subtle world building stuff you can find in the levels. And the techno-Nazu aesthetic is just wonderful to look at, and it makes the bad guys even more fun to kill.

I just finished New Order on I am Death Incarnate, damn, one of the best fps I had played in a long time, fucking loved every second (minus the catacombs, such a boring level)

Man 40gb+ download??? That sucks considering my monthly max usage is 250gb :(

Are developers just throwing in clothed sex scenes for the hell of it now?

I always laugh my ass off at the torture scene with the chainsaw. Just the expression on bjs face when he revs it up is hilarious

I'm watching out for all your reviews now, they're really good 👍

deathshead is the most disturbing villain in any game i've played, even more so than vaas.....he's cold, calculating and utterly sadistic.....you always feel uncomfortable whenever he's on screen cause you know he's conducting a little brutal examination of you in his head, like, he sees everyone as his own little experiment to use to further his own scientific progress....and that utter conviction to perform such abhorrent things in the name of "creating" something is well, terrifying.

hahaha when I watched the hospital scene and saw him get out his chair to fight I was perplexed too. How's he doing this all of sudden while being a near vegetable for so long??

Oh nice, you have a new intro! I love your content, very well presented and edited, it's really great to see your personal experiences with past games to give context for those of us who haven't played the classics. Great work as always.

I just finished this game and it has to be one of the best modern FPS games I've ever played. It has everything I could want in an FPS, great meaty combat, a great story and a not so linear design. I can't wait to play The Old Blood!

As allways: a great review. I got absolutly no questions left. Everytime I had one, you answered it a few seconds later :D

ggman. your reviews are pretty good. but could you please announce when the video starts, that the review contains spoilers, in addition to writing it in the description. thanks

This game surprised the shit out of me. I didn't really know what to expect jumping into this, other then the fact it's an FPS. Right off the bat i fell in love with the cinematic's and the story telling over all. Not that the game needs it or anything, but it really justifies the carnage as you progress through the campaign. The other big surprise for me was just how smooth and satisfying the gun play is. Blowing off limbs, painting the walls read, popping of heads, fucking dual wielding shotguns and completely obliterating everything that stands in your path, Machine games did a fantastic job and i can not wait for The New Colossus.

The reason why BJ maintained his muscle mass was because Anya exercised his body while BJ was in his vegetative state

I love your style of videos, it reminds me of when I was a kid watching G4 tv and all the game reviews and first looks keep at it man your fucking amazing

The few things bothered me in this game, but it was mostly the lack of weapon variety compared to the last two games. I mean, yeah, you can dual wield almost all weapons, and the dual laser rifles you get later on are amazing, but where are my Venoms, flamethrowers, panzerschrecks, and tesla guns? Variations of laser weapons are boring the more you use them. I mean, they introduced a minigun in the first mission that uses MG-42 barrels, only to yank it away and replace it with a boring laser turret. It would have been cool to see more biotech monstrosities other than the Super Soldiers, now that I think about it... like a more refined version of the Lopers from RtCW. Imagine how much scarier those would have been instead of a few cybernetic dogs and robots. I also miss the mystical elements from the older games. And why is it that the Super Soldiers, who could take a whole box of ammo from the Venom in RtCW, can be taken down by a volley of assault rifle fire? It seems cheap, considering how threatening and tough they used to be. I remembered being scared shitless of them as a kid, as they shook the ground silently lumbering towards you, hiding behind a wall. I didn't feel nearly as much fear fighting these things here. Don't get me wrong, taking two semi automatic, double barreled shotguns and turning the nearest guard into minced meat never gets old, but anyone who has any skill in stealth won't have much trouble going through the higher difficulties. I loved the hell out of this game, but it got old quick, and doesn't hold nearly as much replay value as Return to Castle Wolfenstein or Wolfenstein 2009.

It really pains me when I hear people bash on the cutscenes. I thought the story in this game was so great and told so well. I honestly thought the sex scenes were done nicely, and while BJ does just kind of grunt mostly, he expresses so much in his facial expressions. Yeah, maybe it's not old school, but I personally play games for the story.

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Someone needs to make a game where you are a normal Nazi soldier they look really cool

awesome new intro :D

Acutall bjs mannerisms during the game is canonical. He had massive frontal lobe damage. Which is what controls your emotions. He is emotionless throughout the game. The expression he has when cutting the nazi up with the chainsaw. Is as tho he is doing yard work and cutting up fire wood. When he randomly cuts off his barcode tattoo. He does it for no dam reason. Sees the scalpel and cuts it off because the thought came into his head. But since he had frontal lobe damage. It bypassed his reason center and did it.

As for the story, the themes and stylistic choices have definitely changed game-to-game, but I found it quite endearing how MachineGames put a lot of work into at least acknowledging events from past games in the series. For one Dr. Deathshead being a consistent antagonist since Return to Castle Wolfenstein, but they also included former German schoolteacher Caroline Becker, suitably disabled from wounds she received in Wolfenstein (2009) who also refers to "that asshole Hans Grosse" that game's final boss. Caroline is also still leading the Kreisau Circle, German resistance group fighting the Nazis, B.J.'s prominent allies in Wolfenstein (2009), and B.J. reacts to Caroline warmly as one would with an old war buddy. The Old Blood also featured Agent One, the OSA agent you meet in the console bonus level of Return to Castle Wolfenstein (though a different name is given for his official alias), and just like in the former game he infiltrates Castle Wolfenstein alongside B.J. Blazkowicz and is tortured to death after capture (the events obviously differ but the key moments still occur). Additionally, in The Old Blood, when taking down supersoldiers during his escape B.J. can be heard to say "I've met your kind before, back in Deathshead's X-Labs" again referencing events from Return to Castle Wolfenstein. I took all of this to mean more than mere fan service, but MachineGames lovingly acknowledging the series as a whole, by showing fans that at least some version of those games' events still occurred in this newer stylized universe. It was touching and made me smile with appreciation.

The final boss fight was absolute hell for me

This is one of my favorite games I would love to see a "newer" video on the series as a whole stay awesome !

Mr. Gggmanlives, I totally agree with you when you say that each of the last Wolfestein games apparently pretends that the previous one never existed. However, they are connected. In the London Nautica level, when you save Caroline Becker, she explains how she became handicapped. She tells B.J that all she remembers was that she "punched Hans Grosse in the face, and ascended into the sky". She is actually referring to that scene in Wolfenstein 2009, right before you defeat the Spider Boss with the turrets. Furthermore, the 2009 game was also connected to Return to Castle Wolfenstein. In the Hospital scene, you find an intel document which mentions the events of the 2001 game, and even mentions B.J as being the "commando which thwarted our plans for the Übersoldat Projekt in the past"...or something like that.

Still the best Wolfenstein game ever made easily!

i played this game on the day of it's release and it looked bloody gorgeous i can't see any troubles with the graphics at all, and it is pretty well optimized

That opening narration is pretty slick...apart from the fact that, like so many people who talk of the series, it completely ignores Spear of Destiny. Anyway, great review as usual. PS: the huge file size is due to the use of idTech 5 as game engine. What sets idTech 5 apart is that instead of having a different texture for the wall, the floor, the surface of a table, etc, the whole level is one big texture. This makes for a more immersive world and much shorter load times, but much bigger file sizes...

Excellent review and nicely done video, too! I liked the game, it was fun to play and had no major flaws. Some minor flaws in my opinion were those pseudo-stealth parts, the badass AR sniper rifle, but very little ammo for it(!) and robotic/armored enemies with all too long life bars. On the other hand, I was always tempted to blow the full charge of LKW to those bastards (one hit kills via the scope) and just went back to reload the gun from the wall and do it again.

Great review picked this up before yesterday and can't seem to put it down, one of the best fps I've ever played in saying that I haven't played all that many compared to the reviewer as ive always been a more platformer or third person shooter/adventure guy, but the fantastic story, gameplay, open interesting spaces, not so dumbed down with hand holding or qtes every two minutes and all that bullshit & just fucken fun, pretty fresh for a modern shooter to actually let you play the game and give you freedom, great shooter imo reminds me of older shooters from years back

Gggmanlives, I can honestly say I really, sincrely enjoy your videos dude. All your videos are entertaining and original, even if I disagree with your points. I was thinking, could you possible (eventually) review Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30? Its a pretty unique game and it would be dope to hear your thoughts on this, "lost gem", if you will. Thanks!

I remember playing the Gibraltar Bridge level on Uber and thinking, "Man, that Da'at Yichud bomb thing didn't work. They are still throwing an uber amount of firepower at me." My only complaints I have with New Order are the weird difficulty spikes that didn't make sense, as well as the weird difficulty downgrades that also didn't make sense. Chapter 3, 8, and 10 were weirdly easy on uber considering you were smack-dab in the middle of a checkpoint in Ch 3, a prison camp in Ch. 8, and a Nazi rail station in Ch. 10. Meanwhile, you completely obliterate a bridge in Ch.12 and it's aftermath is the hardest level in the frickin' game. Idk.

I think it can also be said that BJ's outfit was a fresh step from standard army fatigues or the simple leather jacket he wore in 2009.

What's the point of putting spoilers in the review? Means I can't watch until I finish the game, which sort defeats one of the main purposes of making a review; to see whether or not the game is worth buying. Poor move.

Nice video, nice review!

Good review. I thought it was all alright game. I like that you have to press interact to pick up health in case you want to save it for later instead of overcharging your health just for it to go down again.

As per usual great review with that sprinkle of Gggman wit I so enjoy. Also cheap as fucking chips on PSN atm. Diving in, sure to enjoy. Thanks Ggg.

Another great review bud.

Gosh subscription so well earned. Outstanding job

I bought the watered down 360 version and still have an absolute good time playing this!. Bj is more likeable in this one, the way he carries his personal problems humbly beneath his tough exterior was amicable so they nailed bj in this one but even better was the sheer brutality of the gunfights! also I really liked the blowtorch cutter, everytime I had to cut through vents or boxes it made me feel more immersed, then again I really enjoyed using the torch in alien isolation so maybe it reminded me of that hehe, all in all, great review!

holy shit new intro!!!

that area at 6:32 is the worst area because it took me so long to realise that those huge guys are weak to the welding railgun thing

6:10 What made both Blood and Shadow Warrior (orginal, not reboot) much harder than Duke 3D or ID games is that they throw dozens of hit-scan enemies with barely any cover.

A generally strong game, with problems that prevent it from being amazing. Some enemies have too much health and every time you get spotted you feel like you've completely fucked things up, as every enemy immediately knows where you are. What we do see of the game world is interesting, but we don't see enough of it. The story is well told and the shooting mechanics are incredibly enjoyable.

Hello, How to lockpick the door in that prison mission, to avoid the dog robot? Thanks

Pretty sure that BJ is not actually human, more like some sort of dark Captain America super human,. Only way his story makes sense. Great god-damned game though. I loved how sick and twisted the bad guys are, and how extream the violence is, on top of production values being awesome. I can vouche for the lousy performance though, with a 989ti @ 1440p @ everything maxed, some dips into the 43's, but only during cutscenese for some reason, not main gameplay.

Came back to watch this again after beating The New Colossus since it's been so many years since I played The New Order. Even on the same difficulty levels, TNC was a lot easier. Even against those armored and robotic enemies. Once you get the armor piercing upgrade for the assault rifle, I never even bothered switching to the explosive weapons or the laser rifle like the devs probably wanted you to. Then after you get the precision scope on it it's even faster. Dual wield, rapid fire with almost pinpoint accuracy. Armored enemies drop so fast.

Are we to expect serious sam series review?

That prologue part did have me stumped for about 5 minutes because I thought I could crawl the plane opening, but kept dying and dying. Only guessing I had to slide though it is the reason I got passed it... Great game though

Please let us know in future if there's gonna be any hanky panky in your videos dude! LMFAO xD

But is it possible to have the subtitles in the game a little smaller please?

This was indeed a damn good game. I rather liked the writing, particularly with the villains - in fact Deathshead never really did much for me in RtCW/Wolfenstein '09 but goddamn was he terrifying in this one from the moment he first showed his ugly mug peering through that little window, plus it was more consistent with the setup they gave him in RtCW to have him be a mad scientist/practically Josef Mengele-esque human experimenter which they just sort of dropped from his character in the 2009 game where he was just Captain Nazi McDouchebag.

I bet if they added multiplayer, the game would be 550gb big (not really, joke)

The enemy AI was mostly good, with a few sections that had some of the best in any game. In these sections, enemies would stay hidden for a long time and you have to be metodical about moving from cover. Flankng was constant. And silence. No one yelling silly boasts or otherwise giving away their presence.

BJ here reminds me of Stiglitz from Inglorious Basterds

I've noticed the AI does have a sort of "indicator" to your presence... They will say things to themselves like "what the...", "huh?" and more. And they are actually very forgiving in when they see you, you have a second or so to hide before they initiate their "player has been spotted" state.

I used to defend manually picking a bunch of shit up, but then I remembered that RTCW almost never makes you pick something up manually. Why did they regress in that aspect?

I hate that you have to pick up health/armor pickups, why you cant auto pick them by walking over them??

Damn, It's been almost 10 years since this came out

I was worried that they'd go overboard with the scripted sequences, sucks how they seem so frequent. Also the file size is due to the textures what with the whole 'megatexture' thing they got going on.

Would definitely love to play. Looks awesome :)

Nice new intro! Sadly,the review has too many spoilers for my taste.

After re watching your review I think you went a bit too harsh with some of your criticism on the mechanics. And I really would like to know how you define oldschool. What's oldschool for you? Looking forward to the New Blood Review.

I played this game on my Xbox 360 back in the day and had zero issues except for the gameplay to cutscene situation and vice versa. The games also extremely hard even on the 2nd easiest difficulty

@Gmanlives! This game and/or video needs a new review for 2024 please!!!!

Can I Maxed out the game at fps 60 with Core I5 3570, GTX 780 ? 

What's the game at the very beginning of the intro?

So is this good for the last game in the series

just fyi: the game is almost 50GB due to megatextures, which basically means that instead of repeating textures like every other game does(excluding rage, which has the same large size/game engine) almost every texture in the game is unique, which is the most important feature of the id-tech5 engine, and it's also the reason for texture popping(not every piece of texture fits into the VRAM, unlike in most other games)

Dude, Your the Best Game reviewer . ... now i need to go get this game - Out~

Supposedly the sequel will be released next year. This was one of the better next gen titles and I was glad it focused on single player instead of throwing in a after thought mp The story I thought was around 12-15 hours but I agree with your pros and cons If they can just clean up some of the small things like not having to press a button to pick up everything and maybe a regenerating health isn't a bad idea

Which Game is this at the beginning of the Intro at 0:00 with the Girl from behind?

Having to manually grab every ammo, health, and armor pickup single-handedly soured my experience with the game, and basically meant having to mash the interact button all the time just to clean environments of pickups before moving on, or worse, during a tense battle, made even worse by the fact that the game has overcharging health, and will essentially let you waste health pickups by accidentally overcharging with one when you are just trying to grab a bunch of ammo. There's a good reason why most other shooters all the way back to the early '90s just auto picks up ammo and stuff.

Great review Did Bethesda send you a copy early ?

You should do a 2nd play through of this. I just got it in a bundle with old blood a few days ago. I beat it in about 9 hours and thought it was ok, but my second play through im really enjoying it and able to appreciate the game more. Also the sex scenes were an odd and unwelcome surprise lol

So I usually play games on my brother’s PS4. I was playing this one and then he asked if I could get off and agreed to when I finished the mission. I did finish the mission and I was waiting for the next cutscene to end so it would auto save at the beginning of the next level and I could start it up again. As it turns out, that was the second sex scene. I don’t know if he saw it and was pretending to look at his phone or if he was actually oblivious to it. Either way, I almost got in trouble.

I disagree with you on a couple of points, but this is a good review. I can relate though about those rage parts. The bridge bit, and then that hallway around the middle of the last level were rage inducing. I had some problems in that part before you secure a train to.

I highly recommend this game! It was a really fun old school-ish shooter and great fun!

I can't help but notice that you use iron sights wayyy too much, maybe you should try playing this without using iron sights next time and see what happens to the game (Also the laser cutter can be used to silently cut metal for cover)

Actually i like that way of item layout, i prefer ammunition management and long range combat more than go brawler with 2 guns then lose all ammo with 20 hp heft

The bridge part of this game took me so many attempts I was actually embarrassed. ..

The only complaint is those "go fetch this item" bits, an those were you push a button after a cinematic just to have another cinematic inmediatly, what was the point of that? Other than that the difficulty , story and gameplay were awesome

I got _great_ Framerates for this on my (now) distinctly average set-up

0:48 "death head"

Great review but try to avoid spoilers next time!

Funny enough, the best comparison I can really make about Wolfenstein The New Order is Shadow Warrior 2013. Neither of them are 100% old school, but they do have a lot of old school elements and, as a result, were incredibly fun to play as a result. I certainly felt WTNO was one of the best shooting games I've played in a while. I also would like to add that the overcharge system really helped with the hordes of Nazis problem. Overcharged health cannot be stored, so they're just there to soak up bullets. In tougher fights, I generally overcharge to over 200 health or something and I can stand outside and soak up bullets even from turrets and rocket launchers while dual wielding shotguns like a badass. As a result, I went through the section you were talking about with a lot less difficulty (though I still would agree that it was the most difficult part of the game).

The insane file size is supposed to be a pirate deterrent, I guess.

I love that game as much as i love all the Wolfenstein games ..and also CGGmanlives ..dude you forgot one Wolfenstein game ...Wolfenstein Enemy Territory ..it shows how good wolfenstein would be if it had multiplayer ,sadly TNO do not ..but i am looking forward for the next Wolfenstein game !!!

I just got myself into playing Wolfenstine and Doom and while yes the game mechanics do seem to be more outdated compared to Call of Duty or Battlefield, I think that just adds to the charm to some of these more old school kind of games. Are they challenging and sometimes down right frustrating when you have to go back and retry the same sequence over and over again Hell yeah they are but when you do finally beat them that just makes it all the more satisfying to play. Games like Wolfenstine The New Order/The Old Blood, Doom 3, Thief, and Alien Isolation are all more less based off of the old school versions of the FPS genre and more, and more of people are starting to gravitate towards them breaking away from the stereo typical shooter games of the modern age.

One thing you failed to mention that I feel is important is that you have to hit 'E' for every fucking item if you want to pick it up. And considering how littered the levels were with shit to pick up, it got annoying quick. I spent more time staring at the ground than actually shooting people. Reminded me way to much of Bioshock's need to force to you search everything for extra ammo, cash, etc.