Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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  1. MadclownJack
    Oct 31, 2017
    4
    Bethesda is turning into EA. It's obvious that this is barely a mediocre gaming experience, and yet everyone praises it. Why?! It's the same game as the first Wolfenstein except worse from every technical aspect. Just a generic, nazi shooting game and it's poorly done. How does that happen in 2017. They've cut corners everywhere. Graphics are exactly the same as before only now the gameBethesda is turning into EA. It's obvious that this is barely a mediocre gaming experience, and yet everyone praises it. Why?! It's the same game as the first Wolfenstein except worse from every technical aspect. Just a generic, nazi shooting game and it's poorly done. How does that happen in 2017. They've cut corners everywhere. Graphics are exactly the same as before only now the game chokes on shaders, LODs and other inane, unnecessary crap that in turn, amps up the system requirements for NO GOOD REASON. Also, crashes, freezes, lags. Seriously? What a load. To hell with its "messages", characters and whatever else you find to praise undeservedly. If it were a movie, this would make SOME sense. This is a game, and it's barely playable, so who cares about the characters, and political statements? Managed to bore me to tears in three levels. Utter nonsense.… Expand
  2. Derpmeowslurp
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    Some serious issues with the pc port, artifacts, crashing, fps slow downs, i have more than adequate hardware that surpasses their recommended specs.

    Despite that i got a few hours out of it without crashing today and only minor issues with audio and video. The real issue was how bad the game is. If you ignore the cutscenes and setting, with the worst characters i have ever seen in a    Some serious issues with the pc port, artifacts, crashing, fps slow downs, i have more than adequate hardware that surpasses their recommended specs.

    Despite that i got a few hours out of it without crashing today and only minor issues with audio and video. The real issue was how bad the game is. If you ignore the cutscenes and setting, with the worst characters i have ever seen in a video game, you can get a few decent hours of fun out of the shooting, the problem is that you can't separate the plot, story and characters from the game.

    It beats you over the head with some of the dumbest commentary i have ever listened to. It's so bad it's like a caricature of a caricature. when you go that far it just becomes silly and tiresome. Idk what Bethesda was thinking giving this game to anyone in Sweden. but they've managed to pull a Mass Effect Andromeda in the worst possible way.

    The only people who will enjoy this are people who can ignore everything but the few hours of gunplay it gives you.    … Expand
  3. potatoesaredeli
    Oct 28, 2017
    1
    Enjoyed the previous games. But this seems to be Bethesda laziness showing as usual. They haven't really created anything new and this just seems to be a rehash of what they had before with some blended cutscenes, like what they did with Fallout 4.

    The other part is there are numerous bugs and performance issues, again just like Fallout 4. I'm not sure what's happening at Bethesda    Enjoyed the previous games. But this seems to be Bethesda laziness showing as usual. They haven't really created anything new and this just seems to be a rehash of what they had before with some blended cutscenes, like what they did with Fallout 4.

    The other part is there are numerous bugs and performance issues, again just like Fallout 4. I'm not sure what's happening at Bethesda these days but they seem to be failing in quality and any type of originality.

    Definitely not worth $59. Rent or wait until it goes on discount.    … Expand
  4. dogecoindoge
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Really wanted to love this game, but the performance is just terrible. It constantly freezes or crashes to desktop. If I don't completely restart my machine after a crash it runs at < 10 FPS. Yes, my drivers and directX are completely up to date. Yes I meet the minimum requirements. Running Doom 2016, Wolfenstein New Blood, Witcher 3 etc is no problem and look great. This game has someReally wanted to love this game, but the performance is just terrible. It constantly freezes or crashes to desktop. If I don't completely restart my machine after a crash it runs at < 10 FPS. Yes, my drivers and directX are completely up to date. Yes I meet the minimum requirements. Running Doom 2016, Wolfenstein New Blood, Witcher 3 etc is no problem and look great. This game has some serious problems and I can't recommend it until they're fixed.… Expand
  5. coustoe
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    Enjoyed the first game and other releases, But as others have noted this has become highly politicized and taints everything in the game and just makes it hard to enjoy. You play games to escape the real world not to get bombarded by Leftist/Antifa/BLM propaganda. If you want a game to be able to escape and blow off some steam, this isn't the game for you. Lots of other titles outEnjoyed the first game and other releases, But as others have noted this has become highly politicized and taints everything in the game and just makes it hard to enjoy. You play games to escape the real world not to get bombarded by Leftist/Antifa/BLM propaganda. If you want a game to be able to escape and blow off some steam, this isn't the game for you. Lots of other titles out there right now you can spend your hard earn money and time on instead of having to watch long badly done politicized cut scenes.… Expand
  6. Canisrah
    Oct 30, 2017
    0
    This boring derivative shooter is using a venerable franchise to make a quick buck by injecting the game play with a story riddled with anti-white propaganda and social engineering.

    The 'punch a Nazi' refrain goes well beyond the traditional villains of the series and expands the virtue signaling to anyone who is white. We discover our hero was abused as a child by his white father who,    This boring derivative shooter is using a venerable franchise to make a quick buck by injecting the game play with a story riddled with anti-white propaganda and social engineering.

    The 'punch a Nazi' refrain goes well beyond the traditional villains of the series and expands the virtue signaling to anyone who is white. We discover our hero was abused as a child by his white father who, surprise surprise was a terrible racist and anti-semite. We discover that the great hope for the world is the multi-ethnic group of resistance fighters which are a carbon copy of other SJW productions like Star Wars The Force Awakens.

    The developers here have gone OUT OF THEIR WAY to push a particular narrative here and it is visible in the opening minutes of the game and continues throughout. Its poison, and it should be rightly rejected and called out for the damage it is doing not only to gamers, but to what is left of Western Civilization.    … Expand
  7. jprepo1
    Oct 29, 2017
    3
    What a sad follow up to a great series. The PC version is ludicrously buggy, and is clearly not ready for release yet. This is probably more on the publisher than the developer, but, from a consumer standpoint, its hard to see a distinction.

    The writing is atrocious, and actually may make ME: Andromeda look good. Its absurd, politically heavy handed to a degree I've never seen before,    What a sad follow up to a great series. The PC version is ludicrously buggy, and is clearly not ready for release yet. This is probably more on the publisher than the developer, but, from a consumer standpoint, its hard to see a distinction.

    The writing is atrocious, and actually may make ME: Andromeda look good. Its absurd, politically heavy handed to a degree I've never seen before, and detracts greatly from the already dodgy gameplay (good luck using stealth).

    Steer clear.    … Expand
  8. taroyama
    Oct 29, 2017
    0
    Sorry for any mistakes, english isn't my first language.

    Despite the fact that I knew this game was going to be catering to the current political scene, I wanted to believe that it was just a marketing decision and would have no impact on the game. I was wrong. The whole central point of wolfenstein was killing nazis. This game instead tries to make it as if you are what the far    Sorry for any mistakes, english isn't my first language.

    Despite the fact that I knew this game was going to be catering to the current political scene, I wanted to believe that it was just a marketing decision and would have no impact on the game.
    I was wrong.

    The whole central point of wolfenstein was killing nazis. This game instead tries to make it as if you are what the far left believes is the antithesis of nazis: Communist revolutionaries. This game isn't fun, it's politics with some gameplay.

    The gameplay is extremely bland. They wanted to make this a story game but the plot is awful. The level design is worse.

    The game itself is extremely unstable and crashes frequently. The only people that would defend this game are partisan to the politics endorsed by it.    … Expand
  9. aristotle61
    Oct 29, 2017
    0
    I was hoping for a game, but instead I got politics. It's really hard to enjoy a game when you feel like the developer is just using their game as a vehicle to let you know how they view the US and it's people.

    Sadly, there are a lot more problems than just the politics. The characters themselves, the character models, dialog, and story are terrible. My favorite person in the game was    I was hoping for a game, but instead I got politics. It's really hard to enjoy a game when you feel like the developer is just using their game as a vehicle to let you know how they view the US and it's people.

    Sadly, there are a lot more problems than just the politics. The characters themselves, the character models, dialog, and story are terrible. My favorite person in the game was Sigrun Engel. What does that say about the other characters in the game, including BJ?

    The actual game play is good, but it's almost impossible to enjoy the game considering all of the other flaws. It's hard to believe this game was made by the same developer that made the last game. I really liked that game. Now it seems like even that game is tarnished. It makes me wonder if some of the programmers from Mass Effect Andromeda got hired by Machine Games.    … Expand
  10. SimKnight
    Oct 29, 2017
    0
    I enjoyed the other two Wolfenstein games, But... This was rubbish ! Cut scenes are way way too long and very lefty political ! I was expecting they would improve and update the Wolfenstein Nazi shooter, but it looks like the developers got bored and spent the time adding very left wing propaganda cut scenes of three and half hours long +++ Dull as dish water. I've played many good PC fpsI enjoyed the other two Wolfenstein games, But... This was rubbish ! Cut scenes are way way too long and very lefty political ! I was expecting they would improve and update the Wolfenstein Nazi shooter, but it looks like the developers got bored and spent the time adding very left wing propaganda cut scenes of three and half hours long +++ Dull as dish water. I've played many good PC fps and adventure games and this must be the lowest in my honest opinion. You will wish you had spent your hard earned money on another game, believe me. Good luck in finding a fun game to play without politics being rammed down your throat :( Story + Gameplay + Performance + Fun = 0… Expand
  11. gyigyo2
    Oct 28, 2017
    1
    Positive:

    -Hitler in the game

    Negative:
    -Story and the cutscenes is like a C category movie.
    -Gameplay is boring
    -Anya and DJ or BJ? blazkovizs is a typical superhero,
    -Voice acting is horrible why BJ is always so calm?
    - Facial express is horrible for a late 2017 game
  12. Nesthunt
    Oct 28, 2017
    1
    Stuttering, freezing, crashes, black screen frozen, fps drops, audio sounding fuzzy, blurry 720p looking textures, Chromatic Aberration added to game, Vulkan Vulkan is worst here lot of graphical bugs. Same problems I have with the new doom is black screen freezing and buncha graphical bugs like outlines all cause OpenGL/Vulkan.

    Just stop using OpenGL/Vulkan id in your engines please    Stuttering, freezing, crashes, black screen frozen, fps drops, audio sounding fuzzy, blurry 720p looking textures, Chromatic Aberration added to game, Vulkan Vulkan is worst here lot of graphical bugs. Same problems I have with the new doom is black screen freezing and buncha graphical bugs like outlines all cause OpenGL/Vulkan.

    Just stop using OpenGL/Vulkan id in your engines please add DX11 support soon. In the mean time I ain't neva buying id tech games again or id software ones.

    At least DX11 works better on Win 7-Win10. So please release a DX11 patch soon so I can finally play this game at a stable fps and have better and cleaner looking graphics like I do with witcher 3/new prey/elex/all other single-player games.    … Expand
  13. GrimBorne
    Oct 27, 2017
    1
    This games introduction so far is great, played 3 hours so far.

    There's alot of graphical artifactings. Cause the game is using Vulkan and not DirectX I'm getting a ton of black dot line shimmerings mostly in front of my view. This happens alot for most games using OpenGL/Vullkan most notable Wolfenstin: The New Order and Rage which are 2 id tech 5 games with OpenGL. Frankly I'm    This games introduction so far is great, played 3 hours so far.

    There's alot of graphical artifactings. Cause the game is using Vulkan and not DirectX I'm getting a ton of black dot line shimmerings mostly in front of my view.

    This happens alot for most games using OpenGL/Vullkan most notable Wolfenstin: The New Order and Rage which are 2 id tech 5 games with OpenGL.

    Frankly I'm done with this id Software not supporting DirectX11 on Winodws in their engines is making me never buy their games on their engines again.

    Directx on PC or bust. Last game I will ever buy on id tech.    … Expand
  14. Hrunishe
    Oct 30, 2017
    0
    Much worse than was the New order, a weak story, weak humor, average gameplay
    Disappeared grotesquely the Nazis, if the first part was interesting to watch, now it is not
    Left the game in the middle, it is not necessary to spend your time
  15. TheTownDrunk
    Feb 18, 2021
    0
    This is not a WOLFENSTEIN game, it's a WOKESTEIN movie with occasional shooting.
    You get hours of cringe-worthy SJW-loaded cut scenes that are terribly written SJW playbook scenes, they literally went down their list to mark off every single social issue known to man - sorry WOman. Fat shaming-lecturing? Check! Feminism? Check! Evil racist Christians? Check! "Communism = great"    This is not a WOLFENSTEIN game, it's a WOKESTEIN movie with occasional shooting.
    You get hours of cringe-worthy SJW-loaded cut scenes that are terribly written SJW playbook scenes, they literally went down their list to mark off every single social issue known to man - sorry WOman. Fat shaming-lecturing? Check! Feminism? Check! Evil racist Christians? Check! "Communism = great" propaganda? Double check! Mandatory black super woman? Check! Breast feeding on screen? Check! Some of these scenes feel artificially planted there just for making a political statement.
    The main female lead, a poor woman's 70s Pam Grier knock-off is just so atrocious it hurts to watch. She is a totally unlikable character and terribly written, and yes, she is a racist, but that's OK, because she only hates white people. White MEN. According to the SJW playbook that's the acceptable kind of racism.
    Blazkowicz's dad is the stereotypical left-wing depiction of a Southern Christian man who beats up his wife, his child, his dog, openly defends the nazis (this type of stereotype is perfectly OK, according to the SJW playbook). This storyline is a total contradiction to what is mentioned in previous parts in the series.
    Then we get the over-romanticizing of communism worked into the background art in more or less subtle ways, ignoring the FACT that communism killed more people world-wide than nazi Germany did (and no, this is not to diminish the nazi crimes, both are crimes against humanity on an epic scale).
    All these preachy cutscenes cannot be skipped either. Yes, there's some shooting in here as well, which is copy & pasted from the previous Machine Games titles WOLFENSTEIN: THE NEW ORDER and WOLFENSTEIN: THE OLD BLOOD which are both superior to this SJW garbage.
    Do yourself a favor: get WOLFENSTEIN 3D, WOLFENSTEIN (2009) and/or the best of them all: RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN, where you get more bang for your buck (which translates into a higher dead nazi per second ratio) but avoid this steaming pile of dog $H!T like the plague that it is. Dear developers: KEEP POLITICS OUT OF OUR ENTERTAINMENT!    … Expand
  16. OrwellWasRight
    Feb 21, 2020
    4
    This game is awful.
    The story is terrible and so are the characters. That's what happens if people who obviously got zero idea how to write a good story try to create a story driven shooter. The humor is cringe worthy at best. The whole level design feels very generic.I really enjoyed "New Order" and "Old Blood". Everything they did right in "New Order" and "Old Blood" they did wrong in    This game is awful.
    The story is terrible and so are the characters. That's what happens if people who obviously got zero idea how to write a good story try to create a story driven shooter. The humor is cringe worthy at best. The whole level design feels very generic.I really enjoyed "New Order" and "Old Blood". Everything they did right in "New Order" and "Old Blood" they did wrong in this one. It's just a big disappointment.
    Only good part of this game is the fighting. It feels way more realistic than its predecessors.
    And one more thing: Since when did Blazkowicz turn into a whiny little b.tch ? Isn't he supposed to be some hard-nosed,badass supersoldier ? All I hear is: Caroline this, Caroline that. Just freaking awful...
    Get your sh.t together dude!

    Stay away from this one.

    Edit: Well, I've finished the game now. First of all this game is way too short(I finished it in only 13 hours) If you do all the Übercommando stuff you might add 2 extra hours but why would I do them ? Those missons are borring and add nothing to the game.
    So after finishing this game I give it a 4 instead of a 2. The fighting was good and I even had some fun from time to time. The story stayed horrible till the end. The end was very anticlimate and borring.
    So overall this game was a huge disappointment.    … Expand
  17. Soloux
    May 28, 2020
    2
    Wrong character in a wrong game.
    Wrong game in the hands of a wrong people.
    Untalented "writers" and wanna be "directors"... Amateurs. All of you in Machine Games. To the very bottom of your "testers".
    But the biggest guilt is from id, bloody, software that give you the rights.
  18. jcasetnl
    May 30, 2020
    3
    The gunplay mechanics are precise but combat overall is boring. You face the same wave after wave of vanilla enemies. You never have to think creatively. Alternative approaches to situations are either non-existent or unnecessary. It throws several set pieces at you, such as dropping you in the middle of multiple enemies at close range, and it's obviously just to force a little variationThe gunplay mechanics are precise but combat overall is boring. You face the same wave after wave of vanilla enemies. You never have to think creatively. Alternative approaches to situations are either non-existent or unnecessary. It throws several set pieces at you, such as dropping you in the middle of multiple enemies at close range, and it's obviously just to force a little variation to make up for its own lack of creativity.

    Graphically the game can best be described as "dark and cluttered", with terrible object separation and depth. A filter and film grain are applied to everything reducing all colors to drab browns, greens and grays, which while apropos the setting, simply goes too far.

    Lighting and shadows are annoying and obnoxious. When are devs going to get it? Lens flares that render the entire rest of the scene indiscernible are never, ever good. Like ever. And you can't even shoot out lights to get rid of that horrible effect.

    When the game isn't blinding you by sticking a light right in your face, it's just plain too dark to see anything. You can override some of the fail by cranking up your monitor's brightness but then you'll get total washout in the next (sort of) normally lit scene. Lastly, there's fog, and it's some of the worst fog I've seen in a video game (and I've been doing it since the days of software 3D).

    Partly due to the graphics, often times trying to find the path through the levels is very "where's Waldo". This is made worse because there's no waypoint system. They went old school and left it out, but unlike games of old with usually fairly straightforward paths through levels, this is anything but. Expect to backtrack a lot to find that one vent door hidden by a lens flare and shrouded in fog. Ever wish your action FPS games had an element of old school adventure game pixel hunting? You sort of got your wish.

    This brings us to the next problem. While stumbling around half blind because of all of the above, stealth is pretty much pointless. You'll backtrack multiple times to find your way through the level and trigger every enemy in the process. Overall it's not big on stealth anyway, but it might as well have left it out altogether.

    The one good thing here is that as of this writing (5/2020), it's well-optimized and runs fine in HD even on my aging GTX 1060 PC.

    Summing up the graphics and gameplay, A first-person shooter should be a ballet of death. This feels like stumbling through a crowded attic and the only light source is a flashlight aimed directly in your eyes.

    Overwrought graphics and mediocre gunplay would get this turd a 5/10, but they weren't done yet. This has the most heavy-handed and hackneyed SJW posturing I've ever seen in a game. It's so over-the-top I thought it might even be caricaturing SJWs. Every check-box is ticked: the anti-semitic, racist, wife-beating father. The fat-shaming, homophobic mother. Gotta earn them abelist points by making the whole first level feature the hero as crippled and wheelchair-bound. What's that you say? You need a no-nonsense, big afro'd, "power to the people", black revolutionary woman? We got you covered. And as a bonus, we even threw in her white, meek "whatever you say, m'lady" husband.

    All of this would be forgivable if these characters were backed by good writing (example: Jackie Brown), but they aren't. They exist in place of the writing. They'll regurgitate lines that have been said a thousand times in a thousand braindead Hollywood scripts. I bet when the writers went to the producers and said, "You know, I just can't quite flesh out this character or create a compelling story." The producer replied, "Well, then just make her fat and queer, and they'll eat it up."

    New Colossus marks a turning point in gaming for me. I've always researched games before buying, but now I additionally check if there's an over-abundance of heavy-handed political nonsense making up for lazy writing and characters. As a progressive centrist, nothing in this game is progressive. It's just mindless cheerleading. It's just replacing an old stereotype with a new one. It's just dumb. Can I say that without being called racist, sexist, etc? Probably not, but I'm saying it anyway.

    My last thought on this game is it would be forgettable and not worth a review as a standalone game, but on the heels of New Order and Old Blood, it's just an incredible disappointment. I won't return to the franchise until I see good evidence that the head has been excavated from the posterior.    … Expand
  19. SPUKER
    Jul 14, 2021
    0
    I really wish the political agendas in video games didn't become a thing. New Order was fun this is just garbage they recycled the first game and put some blm, leftist **** in our throats cause twitter or something said it's the new thing now. I'm here to play games, have fun and maybe dive into a good story, not to get fed with political views.

    F*ck you Bethesda. You can do better than    I really wish the political agendas in video games didn't become a thing. New Order was fun this is just garbage they recycled the first game and put some blm, leftist **** in our throats cause twitter or something said it's the new thing now. I'm here to play games, have fun and maybe dive into a good story, not to get fed with political views.

    F*ck you Bethesda. You can do better than this **** You don't need to appeal to political sides to thrive. At least you could try making an actually good game with a good story, it's not like you've never done that before. Super disappointed.    … Expand
  20. Klayzor
    May 19, 2018
    4
    After playing the brilliant Wolfenstein New Order and solid (if not equally good) Old Blood, I was really looking forward to New Colossus. I was fairly sure it will be my GOTY.
    However, I am extremely disappointed - the writing is plain bad, the humor and humanity so present in the first game vanished and were replaced by unfunny jokes by unlikeable characters. The impact and authentic    After playing the brilliant Wolfenstein New Order and solid (if not equally good) Old Blood, I was really looking forward to New Colossus. I was fairly sure it will be my GOTY.
    However, I am extremely disappointed - the writing is plain bad, the humor and humanity so present in the first game vanished and were replaced by unfunny jokes by unlikeable characters. The impact and authentic emotions portrayed in New Order are just not there, it feels forced and is so badly written that the only thing missing are full-on fart jokes.

    And then there's the gameplay. The level design here is abysmal. You frequently have no idea what to do or how to get there. You're stopped by invisible walls, ledges that can't be jumped on for no apparent reason, vague objectives. The combat feels worse than in the previous game. All in all, this is a much, much worse game than the stellar Wolfenstein New Order. Avoid.    … Expand
  21. SRKNZ
    Jun 22, 2018
    2
    PROBABLY THE WORST SHOOTER I HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS YEAR. I liked Wolfenstein New Order and did not mind the Old Blood spin off either. Both had decent stories and enjoyable balanced game play. Then along came the New Colossus. Its well named because in my opinion this is a colossal mess, in every sense.

    Lets start with the game play. Most of the weapons that worked so well in the other    PROBABLY THE WORST SHOOTER I HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS YEAR. I liked Wolfenstein New Order and did not mind the Old Blood spin off either. Both had decent stories and enjoyable balanced game play. Then along came the New Colossus. Its well named because in my opinion this is a colossal mess, in every sense.

    Lets start with the game play. Most of the weapons that worked so well in the other games are missing much of the up-gradable aspects that made them fun to use and more importantly effective against waves of enemies. By contrast the latest game might as well have armed you with a spoon and a blunt bread knife. The result of under-powered weapons is an exhausting corner shooter where if you are lucky you can use a choke point to pick off opponents one or two at a time. If not be prepared to die again and again even on lower difficulty settings. The balance on hit points to armour and health seems horribly skewed in favour of your opponents too. Just to make a frustrating un-enjoyable experience even more so.

    Putting aside the crummy game play is an equally crummy story that makes no sense in the context of the past game stories, holding together about as well as a Chinese Rolex. Unlikable key characters don't help either nor does a overdose of political correctness with a dash of misandry. Being a white male, who of course no doubt makes up the majority of players, is seemingly, not such a good thing if this nonsense is to be believed. A Gone with the Wind long string of pointless video cuts scenes does not help things along either.

    Lastly to top off this crap sandwich there's the bugs. I could not get this game to run on my high end gaming rigs native resolution of 1920 x 1080 and instead had to apply a setting I have not used in many years. I also had to tone down the high end textures and graphics I paid handsomely for, for no obvious reason.

    Is there any upside? Well the graphics, even on lower settings, are nice and the level design creative and interesting.

    Regrettably that's all I find to like here. I have played games since Space Invaders days and I know the gaming world inside out. For me this title epitomizes what poor game design looks like which is inexplicable as the previous games in the series whilst not show stopping, were least playable and enjoyable.    … Expand
  22. Garavel
    Jul 6, 2018
    4
    ı played other 2 games and loved them but this is really sucks. graphics was really good, gameplay was good too and my fps was upper than 60+, but the new characters are really **** Story is written by child like ; lets not be racist, lets defend freedom. In conclution, story was really ****
  23. Jstanley
    Nov 23, 2017
    1
    Couldnt bring myself to finish the game, it got way to political, I like killing nazi's as much as the next guy, but I feel it was too cringey at times, and was obviously talking about the "nazi's" present in America right now. I tried my best to ignore the political message, but it was too hard at times.
  24. skankerveen
    Jan 12, 2018
    0
    It's a mediocre game, but what it boils down to is that they tried to force politics down your throat. What a shame, another series bites the dust due to societal pressure...
  25. KIngston
    Feb 10, 2018
    0
    Just Meh. The game was OK at best until poor coding kept crashing it and preventing toggling. and the HW requirements are insane for 21:9 Now a lot of users can't even play it with crash write errors without starting all over. No support, can't play and just a lame linear game overall. Avoid.
  26. Kulkuri
    Jun 21, 2018
    4
    Buggy and non-enjoyable mess. Wolfenstein: New Colossus pushes progressive real-world political propaganda in its plot way too hard and way too much. For example the part were a clown version of Hitler shoots a character which looks and behaves like Ronald Reagan was distasteful in my opinion. The game is patronizing towards gamer and underestimates intelligence of its audience. This isn'tBuggy and non-enjoyable mess. Wolfenstein: New Colossus pushes progressive real-world political propaganda in its plot way too hard and way too much. For example the part were a clown version of Hitler shoots a character which looks and behaves like Ronald Reagan was distasteful in my opinion. The game is patronizing towards gamer and underestimates intelligence of its audience. This isn't an entertaining game. However it's visually impressive and audio is decent with some interesting music. Level design isn't bad but it isn't good either. I cannot recommend this to anyone except hardcore fans of the Wolfenstein: New Order and far-left game journalists of Polygon, Kotaku and alike.… Expand
  27. Spawnova
    Mar 25, 2018
    2
    Most of the game feels relatively similar to the previous installment, which isn't bad because the previous game was quite fun. The game also runs very well on my moderate system.

    The problem here is the story... You don't feel like you are actually playing as BJ, you don't get that same sense of baddassery, even worse you eventually run into a racist black lady who spends most of the    Most of the game feels relatively similar to the previous installment, which isn't bad because the previous game was quite fun. The game also runs very well on my moderate system.

    The problem here is the story... You don't feel like you are actually playing as BJ, you don't get that same sense of baddassery, even worse you eventually run into a racist black lady who spends most of the game being racist towards white people, mostly males. Instead of the protagonist shutting down the racist remarks he actually joins in.. When killing Nazis isn't quite enough, it has to be killing WHITE Nazis.    … Expand
  28. JavierTaco
    Jan 17, 2018
    3
    This game is bad. Yes, the graphics have been improved from The New Order and The Old Blood, and yes, the mechanics have been refined to what can honestly be considered perfection. The problem is, however, everything else. Gunplay feels great, but the guns themselves have no real variety or character, unlike before. Characters are hard to really care for, unlike before. Presentation isThis game is bad. Yes, the graphics have been improved from The New Order and The Old Blood, and yes, the mechanics have been refined to what can honestly be considered perfection. The problem is, however, everything else. Gunplay feels great, but the guns themselves have no real variety or character, unlike before. Characters are hard to really care for, unlike before. Presentation is sort of... boring, unlike before. The story is also rather drab and uninteresting, unlike before. I never thought it would be boring to kill nazis, but this game proved me wrong.… Expand
  29. 5thy
    Mar 20, 2018
    1
    Almost everything about this game felt awfully bad... The plot was simply atrocious. The whole story was boring, the whole thing with BJ's childhood was totally off topic and badly executed and so were the other characters- very bad development. What I hated most was the environment. Wherever you went it was all about ruins and hangars. The other chapters were interesting to explore whileAlmost everything about this game felt awfully bad... The plot was simply atrocious. The whole story was boring, the whole thing with BJ's childhood was totally off topic and badly executed and so were the other characters- very bad development. What I hated most was the environment. Wherever you went it was all about ruins and hangars. The other chapters were interesting to explore while in The New Colossus I was eager to finish the level as quickly as possible.
    The humor was awful, not to mention the political thematic and the racism that were leading throughout the whole game.
    The different weapons dual wielding wasn't a bad idea but it was terribly executed.
    Side missions- beyond terrible.
    Somebody should' ve put a mini map or some signs in the submarine, because I spent nearly half an hour to find where the bloody aircrafts are...
    Collectibles were basically impossible to spot, I guess the idea of the collectibles are to be more or less highlighted so when you get your eye on them, to know that is a collectible and just a common object.
    The only good thing about the game was the music, especially while in combat.
    I hope that Bethesda will read some user reviews and the next game will be better done, because overall The New Colossus is nothing more than a catastrophe.    … Expand
  30. Liqsicc
    Aug 17, 2018
    4
    WTF is going on in the story... I'm just... I just... WHy? is this FUN??!? WHY!?!?!?

    Save your money.
  31. HappyHubris
    Dec 13, 2017
    3
    Pros:
    +It's pretty.
    Cons: -Level design is atrocious; the levels are like someone chucked spaghetti into the map editor and shipped it. There will be situations where I have to hunt for minutes to find the way forward, and even scenarios where I can hear the enemies running and shouting but cannot find them. I can't emphasize how bad the level design is; this game feels like an    Pros:
    +It's pretty.

    Cons:
    -Level design is atrocious; the levels are like someone chucked spaghetti into the map editor and shipped it. There will be situations where I have to hunt for minutes to find the way forward, and even scenarios where I can hear the enemies running and shouting but cannot find them. I can't emphasize how bad the level design is; this game feels like an expensive chore.
    -The default enemy encounter involves a bunch of soldiers/robots/dogs and a commander who can trigger endlessly spawning enemies. But ANY enemy spotting you triggers the alarm, even if said commander is sixteen rooms over. So you can either attempt stealth or dash for the commander and pray that enough shots miss you that you don't have to reload. Sadly, stealth in this game is not functional or fun. So grab that rosary and get ready to reload often!
    -You can double-fist any weapon in the game, but the interface for switching weapons is BEYOND AWFUL. Let's say that you're dual wielding silenced pistols and see an enemy that requires more firepower. Switching to your machine guns should be fluid, right? WRONG! You select the machine gun, but that leaves you with one machine gun and one pistol. So you press the machine gun key again, and you put away the pistol and fold out the stock on one machine gun. The THIRD press finally allows you to dual wield machine guns. But each of these transitions takes several seconds, and this is not a game where enemies will give you a chance to leisurely swap out weapons for ten seconds every time.
    -I'm not sure if it's the weapons bob, but movement in this game feels off and is slightly unsettling to my brain.
    -Plot and characters is really stupid. You're basically taking on all of occupied America with about twelve people, including old men and pregnant women.
    -The tone of the game is schizophrenic. You spend half the time moaning about dead friends and a broken body and the other half mowing down legions of Nazis with ease.

    Skip this game and play Doom 2016 again. As a Wolf:TNO fan I literally registered on Metacritic just to warn people off this game.    … Expand
  32. kch3691
    Jul 8, 2018
    4
    A slow and boring oddly paced sequel to the great game that was New Order. Also unacceptably buggy on the PC.
  33. jx819
    Nov 16, 2017
    1
    have played the new order half a dozen times and will probably go a few more. but i struggled to get through new colussus even once.

    gameplay/story very much like new order. probably a bit too much. think a new hope vs the force awakens. felt a bit tired in that regard and didn't have the awesome soundtrack new order had. but the biggest problem is cut-scenes. way too many that can't    have played the new order half a dozen times and will probably go a few more. but i struggled to get through new colussus even once.

    gameplay/story very much like new order. probably a bit too much. think a new hope vs the force awakens. felt a bit tired in that regard and didn't have the awesome soundtrack new order had.

    but the biggest problem is cut-scenes. way too many that can't be skipped through.

    another problem is politics. the inclusion of bj's father. the stereotypical boogie man of the click bait press: straight white male, wife beater, anti-semite, racist anti black, complaining about the plight of the straight white male.

    and last 2 of the most bizarre scenes i've ever seen in a game. 1st is the pissing/vomiting hitler. 2nd is anya pregnant and topless in the trenches with bj near the finale.    … Expand
  34. chumpwithnoname
    May 19, 2021
    0
    BLM - SJW - JOOS agenda started after about 2 minutes of watching intros. I'm living in EU why should I be forced to watch this degenerative american crap?

    I wanted to dive into action and have good game experience like previous games. Not eating your gringo political shat.
  35. JavaSquirt
    Feb 14, 2020
    3
    превратили один из лучших шутеров в медодрамму про негров, феменисток и прочую толерастную поебень. Любая игра которая пытается впарить мне пропаганду 'угнетённых' сразу идёт нахуй.
  36. theborises
    Dec 2, 2017
    4
    A game with much potential, but ultimately fails to deliver. The visuals are beautiful, but you are constantly relegated to tunnels and alleyways. You almost never get an opportunity to experience them.

    Gameplay is repetitive and frustrating. The difficulty of the game doesn't stem from problem solving and some kind of skill cap, it stems from poor level design, enemies that constantly    A game with much potential, but ultimately fails to deliver. The visuals are beautiful, but you are constantly relegated to tunnels and alleyways. You almost never get an opportunity to experience them.

    Gameplay is repetitive and frustrating. The difficulty of the game doesn't stem from problem solving and some kind of skill cap, it stems from poor level design, enemies that constantly appear out of thin air behind you, and playing a character that seems to be wearing paper for armor.

    The story is cliche, but ok. My issue is that well over half the bloody game is wound up in long cutscenes or wandering around a horribly confusing U-boat doing errand missions.

    The fights are frustrating as you are constantly running around looking at the floor pounding the pick up key to grab armor shards and what not... you hardly get to spend any time actually shooting.

    As mentioned before, the level design is really piss-poor and horrifically un-intuitive. Half of the missions have you crawling through endless vent shafts or cloned hallways trying to find some obscure room or button. It's really not that fun.

    All in all, a game that carried so much potential, but ultimately fails to deliver.    … Expand
  37. Madremia
    Aug 28, 2018
    0
    I'd like to enjoy this game but frankly the bad performance, sheer lack of decent level design, and unfun gameplay just make it impossible to play. It's a shame because it has potential (Who in this modern day doesn't want to kill nazis and klansmen?) but they seriously need to hire at least one person who actually knows anything about game design and engine design before it could possiblyI'd like to enjoy this game but frankly the bad performance, sheer lack of decent level design, and unfun gameplay just make it impossible to play. It's a shame because it has potential (Who in this modern day doesn't want to kill nazis and klansmen?) but they seriously need to hire at least one person who actually knows anything about game design and engine design before it could possibly get there.… Expand
  38. titaniumapps
    Jan 14, 2019
    0
    LOVED the first one! HATED the second simply because of the story - lets make it as politically correct as possible! That's not what the first one was about and it has completely RUINED the second one
  39. Loucetios
    Jan 15, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I give it a 3/10 for sheer visual effort most of which is taken care of by id's engine anyway. The game is insanely short, just when it starts to get going -- it ends. I felt like I was watching a bad movie with an okay FPS shooter sprinkled around it. There are massive gameplay flaws relating to ammo and overall direction in the game that will leave you tearing your hair out at how frustrating some points can be. I never felt Wolfenstein needed a more fleshed out story but here we are I guess -- and how does that story pan out? Terribly. The main villain is defeated unceremoniously by an FMV sequence and the game ends. Such a cop out honestly.… Expand
  40. kidon0011
    Feb 16, 2018
    2
    Game looks great. The constant searching around for ammo and the head bobbing really ruins the entire thing for me. I can play 2 minutes of it before I get nauseous. All the fixes for this keep getting erased by the developer. Just add the option in the graphics. Completely unplayable.
  41. azilgath
    Sep 14, 2018
    1
    Could have been great, until they decided that killing Nazis wasn't enough and had to inject SJW nonsense into the game.
  42. ozymandias79
    Jan 13, 2018
    4
    Lacking gameplay and too many cutscenes = no fun. Apparently cutscenes are easier to produce than exciting gameplay. The graphics are good but the game is too linear. It's like 'playing' a movie. Difficulty settings aren't scaled very well. Shooting someone in the head 10 times is a bit overkill for "easy". And the Nazi bashing gets old very quickly, We get it - Nazi's are bad. You knowLacking gameplay and too many cutscenes = no fun. Apparently cutscenes are easier to produce than exciting gameplay. The graphics are good but the game is too linear. It's like 'playing' a movie. Difficulty settings aren't scaled very well. Shooting someone in the head 10 times is a bit overkill for "easy". And the Nazi bashing gets old very quickly, We get it - Nazi's are bad. You know what else is bad, this game.

    After reciting some lines back to Hitler and then trying to look for a mechanical arm (I think these parts were supposed to be funny), I gave up on Wolfenstein II. It gets a 4 for an optimized engine using Vulkan, that's it.    … Expand
  43. Serenityinaz12
    Jun 23, 2018
    4
    Most disappointing game for me in a long time. I read some of the mixed reviews but still figured I would love the game considering how much I liked New Order and the political issues don't bother me at all. However, it's all the gameplay changes that in my opinion are for the worse that has resulted in me not having much fun with the game. The combat and shooting feels off, the newMost disappointing game for me in a long time. I read some of the mixed reviews but still figured I would love the game considering how much I liked New Order and the political issues don't bother me at all. However, it's all the gameplay changes that in my opinion are for the worse that has resulted in me not having much fun with the game. The combat and shooting feels off, the new perk system isn't nearly as fun it feels more grindy, not being able to replay levels sucks since I loved doing that to find missed items in the first one, can't even press M to open the map have to maneuver through the cumbersom awful menu screen (another negative it's so cumbersome this time), mission objectives don't list the story unless you press enter on each one every single time, sound effects are awful grenades sound like fire crackers and hitting something with a metal axe sounds like dinging something with a butter knife and there are tons of graphical glitches I've found so far. Above all this - IT JUST ISN'T FUN! All of the things I've listed so far are annoyances or little things, but above all of that I'm just not having fun playing it. I also detest the mein leben achievement considering how buggy the game is and having to do it all in one sitting - it's just stupid. Overall I'm shocked at how much worse this game is than New Order, but that's just me.… Expand
  44. trafridrod
    Jan 29, 2018
    0
    Politics helped ruin this game. Don't get me wrong, can't get too upset about killing Nazis, but this game absolutely revels in it, so much so that its a big disgusting. It seems like this was just put out to push a narrative.

    The sad thing is its not just politics that makes this game weak. Its far too short. Game play is boring, and weapons are super bland. I would suggest skipping    Politics helped ruin this game. Don't get me wrong, can't get too upset about killing Nazis, but this game absolutely revels in it, so much so that its a big disgusting. It seems like this was just put out to push a narrative.

    The sad thing is its not just politics that makes this game weak. Its far too short. Game play is boring, and weapons are super bland. I would suggest skipping this title.    … Expand
  45. Gaudd
    Dec 3, 2017
    2
    The 30 minute video intro aside (I'm exaggerating slightly), the 15 minutes game play was curtailed by the dreaded online connection error 03 at the weepie wife cutscene...didn't even manage to get out of the wheelchair. If Bethesda are determined to tank their reputation they're going the right way about it by releasing poor, bug-riddled sequels (yes Dishonored 2, I'm looking at you),The 30 minute video intro aside (I'm exaggerating slightly), the 15 minutes game play was curtailed by the dreaded online connection error 03 at the weepie wife cutscene...didn't even manage to get out of the wheelchair. If Bethesda are determined to tank their reputation they're going the right way about it by releasing poor, bug-riddled sequels (yes Dishonored 2, I'm looking at you), but this is about the worst I've experienced since STALKER: Clear Skies and look what happened to GSC.… Expand
  46. metalatraiu
    Dec 7, 2018
    0
    technical complaints, bugs, freezes, crashes, screen tearing, no proper Vsync, jarring drops in fps, can't launch game (cannot write dump error)
  47. Zabbot
    Nov 8, 2017
    3
    Graphics: 5/10
    Story: 4/10
    Sound: 6/10 Gameplay: 2/10 Fun Factor: 0/10 I normally wouldn't bother writing a review but I'm writing one for this game to counter what I feel is undue praise heaped on a sub-mediocre game. There is absolutely nothing remarkable about this game, well at least nothing remarkably good(plenty of remarkably bad elements) First the minor but numerous    Graphics: 5/10
    Story: 4/10
    Sound: 6/10
    Gameplay: 2/10
    Fun Factor: 0/10

    I normally wouldn't bother writing a review but I'm writing one for this game to counter what I feel is undue praise heaped on a sub-mediocre game. There is absolutely nothing remarkable about this game, well at least nothing remarkably good(plenty of remarkably bad elements) First the minor but numerous problems: the graphics are sub-mediocre(would have been nice 8 years ago I suppose), the gun design is uninspired, the character design is generic, and the story is just sloppy. Taken together these minor flaws are enough to ruin any otherwise potentially good game however they are not the main problem with this FPS. The main problem I have with this game is that the controls are terrible. Swimming is ridiculously stupid, you feel like you're swimming through some extremely odd viscous fluid and you can only hold your breath for about 20s before you start taking damage. Beyond that traversing the world is made artificially difficult. You will often find yourself in position where any normal human being would jump a half a foot up, grab a railing and climb over it. In this game however such feats of common dexterity are made impossible resulting in janky puzzles you have to solve when you really just want to vault the f'ing railing. I find this type of gameplay/level design inexcusably amateur.    … Expand
  48. dartvejderr22
    Nov 16, 2017
    0
    This is just a mediocre fps with a big flaw story and characters. Story is pure political and anti white SJW propaganda that should never be in any game. Also saving world from Nazis who used atomic bombs is pure irony because they were not the ones that have used nuclear weapons to end World War 2.
  49. exitcode0
    Jan 29, 2018
    0
    No configurability (no option to hold-to-crouch!), poor pacing, preachy, BJ is a big baby, cheezy dialog, and the levels all look the same. Need I say more?

    This game was not meant for people who want a hardcore PC FPS experience and a complex, thoughtful story with characters that don't spew the average SJ claptrap. Also, take a look at the menu -- clearly this game was rushed and    No configurability (no option to hold-to-crouch!), poor pacing, preachy, BJ is a big baby, cheezy dialog, and the levels all look the same. Need I say more?

    This game was not meant for people who want a hardcore PC FPS experience and a complex, thoughtful story with characters that don't spew the average SJ claptrap.

    Also, take a look at the menu -- clearly this game was rushed and does not have the same heart as the original...    … Expand
  50. skywalker99
    Dec 22, 2017
    4
    I enjoyed previous Wolfensteins and Doom but this game is just not fun at all. Frustrating gameplay, poor level design, broken difficulty. The game just doesn't know if it wants to be stealth or all guns blazing - does neither well. Great music and graphics but the game doesn't have a backbone. Avoid
  51. umleric
    Mar 28, 2020
    0
    **** this game. **** SJW commie nonsensical crap. Wolfenstein is dead. Don't play this crap.
  52. StiltDog
    Oct 30, 2017
    2
    What a piece of **** The sound glitches every three seconds. rendering the thing unplayable. How can they release a triple A title in such a state? Massive disappointment is all I have experienced, but I've only seen the intro.
  53. Kehferey
    Nov 3, 2017
    1
    I'd give the game a 5 but it tried to kill my pc. Arkham knight at least spared it.
    Even with the nVidia 388.13 driver and having recommended specs, the game has been able to bsod my pc twice during first half of my playthrough and I couldn't even play the rest of the game. After some point all my save files were corrupted and caused bsod on start. Only game able to bsod my 4 year old pc    I'd give the game a 5 but it tried to kill my pc. Arkham knight at least spared it.
    Even with the nVidia 388.13 driver and having recommended specs, the game has been able to bsod my pc twice during first half of my playthrough and I couldn't even play the rest of the game. After some point all my save files were corrupted and caused bsod on start. Only game able to bsod my 4 year old pc and it has done it about 6 times. Weird texture bugs, some clipping problems are icing on the cake.
    While story and the characters being arguably good and voice acting perfect; in the first half of the game there is a cutscene or level transition for every 10 nazis you kill and it gets very annoying getting murderblocked like that. After every mission you go to hub and get some exposition, which promotes storytelling but diminishes gameplay. If you are expecting constant nazi killing and action, too bad. The storytelling parts are trying to give too many political messages, you'd think the game is made as progressive leftist propoganda material. It would be good if it had diversity and anti racism undertones but in here they tried to fit every issue ever brought up by leftists to this day. The mild wackiness of the previous titles has gone up to eleven and prevents you to take this game a bit more seriously. Hovewer intentionally or not, some moments are going to make you laugh out loud. There are no boss fights, the only thing closest to a boss is the big mechs similar to the previous titles. The ending makes the game feel like it's cut short, like MGSV.
    Gameplay is very similar to the previous titles with some new types of enemies like combat robots. For some reason footsoldiers have more health but armored enemies are weaker. You can upgrade your weapons and later in the game you can get some interesting character upgrades. Gameplay is bloody and fluid, enemies play agressively and will give you a fight but it doesn't mean they are smart.
    Game looks good and yields high performance even on older rigs. The only issue I had with graphics aside from bugs is the contrast, everything is either too bright or too dark. Good for setting a style, but hurts the gameplay.
    Overall, it can be bought a year or two later with DLCs as an actually finished and playable game, I recommend you to avoid it like plague in its current state and price.    … Expand
  54. ThunderRam
    Nov 3, 2017
    0
    Terrible optimization. Freezing constantly. Had to update drivers JUST TO START THE GAME... I have a new high end computer and can only play it on medium settings without freezing/glitching (too much) and then 1 hour into the game... the game crashes and the save file is corrupt.... F@#K you Bethsada... You guys make potentially great games but you dont have s@#t for optimization testing...
  55. quake2th
    Nov 18, 2017
    4
    while The New Order was new and fresh, and actually was a true "Wolfenstein" game, this one is nothing of the sorts.

    The first and foremost problem that comes into my mind is: STEALTH SECTIONS!!! are you crazy?? Stealth in a wolfenstein game???? If I wanted to play Thief, I would play Thief, not Wolfenstein! This game should be all about cartoonish action (like The New Order was), over    while The New Order was new and fresh, and actually was a true "Wolfenstein" game, this one is nothing of the sorts.

    The first and foremost problem that comes into my mind is: STEALTH SECTIONS!!! are you crazy?? Stealth in a wolfenstein game???? If I wanted to play Thief, I would play Thief, not Wolfenstein! This game should be all about cartoonish action (like The New Order was), over the top and crazy guns.
    Instead here you're forced through endless stealth section, poorly executed, killing enemies with your axe. It's just stupid.

    Of course stealth sections were added to hide the fact that this game is 4-5 hours in length without them, it's a cheap gameplay tactic when you have no idea what to do, so you just thrown in lengthy stealth sections that will stretch the gameplay a few hours and call it a day.

    The next issue falls in the "Alien: Colonial Marines" (or No Man's Sky..) category: THIS GAME HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WAS SHOWN AT E3!!! It's impressive that no one noticed that! They clearly rushed an unpolished and unfinished game, just to cash in on the success of previous Wolfenstein entries, without spending too much money on development. The games feels unfinished and released "as-is". There's nothing here of what was shown during the presentation.

    On the technical side, I was not expecting much, the idTech engine used here is old and it shows, but that's rarely an issue with me, I don't care much about graphics.

    Yes the game is very politicized and it has all the "pc" cliches, but that's a cheap trick to get high reviews today, don't fall for it. You make a bad movie/game, you throw in a woman/black/whatever hero and boom, you get 10/10. Same that happened with Star Trek: Discovery. But we should review the game here, not the politics, so I'm not commenting on it. And it should not cloud your judgement in anyway. In the end, Bethesda has to sell, like every company. And to sell you need to follow trends. Today "politically correct" is a trend, a sort of "product" to sell, and you have to exploit it if you want to survive. Then it's up to you making a good or bad product with it.

    I had no technical issues of the sort, no freezes, no crashes, nothing. But this does not change the fact that the game is as bad as it can be.

    Don't buy this game at full price, what until it drops to something like 29 or 39.    … Expand
  56. 10001110101
    Nov 7, 2017
    3
    Save your money: this game sucks. It's supposed to be this fast-paced shooter like Doom, but you have to pick up health packs and armor bonuses. No regenerating health (well you do regenerate up to the next 10 health points, whee), so if you don't constantly just keep pressing E all the time, you'll die. Sure, you can usually spot health bonuses and ammo, but when the sh*t hits the fan,Save your money: this game sucks. It's supposed to be this fast-paced shooter like Doom, but you have to pick up health packs and armor bonuses. No regenerating health (well you do regenerate up to the next 10 health points, whee), so if you don't constantly just keep pressing E all the time, you'll die. Sure, you can usually spot health bonuses and ammo, but when the sh*t hits the fan, good luck spotting this easy-to-miss items. So in firefights, you're just running around hitting E all the time.

    Sometimes you get stuck on the edges of obstacles that look like you should be able to get around, there's the stupid "hold a button to pick up an item" trope that makes you die when you're trying to unmount a heavy weapon. The controls and gameplay feel slow and sluggish, a horrible fit for this kind of game. There's terrible input latency, which would be fine for a JRPG, but for Wolfenstein or any really fast-paced shooter, this really hurts the quality of the gameplay severely.

    The graphics are just okay. They're not bad, but in 2017 in a major-budget action game, I expect a lot more. There's barely even any dynamic lighting. With games like Quantum Break showcasing passable global illumination a couple years ago, there's no excuse why Wolfenstein II shouldn't also be using some sort of GI technique, except that they went with the ID Tech 6 engine when better choices exist. While the graphics in this game won't make your eyeballs bleed, don't expect to have your socks knocked off.

    The often slow-paced and frankly boring-as-hell cutscenes really break up the gameplay momentum. Fortunately, you can skip these, and you might as well, since the story is unoriginal, uncreative, and just plain boring. At least the voice acting is good, but with such a boring story, it all goes to waste.

    This game is yet another overhyped pile of crap. If this is what people think is a good game, then I fear for the future of the video game industry in general. I hope you like free-to-play Android games, because if Wolfenstein II is any indication of what's considered cutting-edge triple-A material, then it won't be long until people get sick of AAA titles, stop buying them, and nobody makes them anymore.    … Expand
  57. Xelluse
    Jan 21, 2018
    0
    Hype, Hype, Hype, Hype, Hype, Hype, Hype...................................................................
    Nah, wait for huge sale, or if you want good FPS, then buy Doom, or even Destiny 2 is better, than this outdated garbage with worst optimization and banal story, yes, I'm not joking Destiny 2's story is a genius thing in compare to that crap, graphics also quite blah, too many    Hype, Hype, Hype, Hype, Hype, Hype, Hype...................................................................
    Nah, wait for huge sale, or if you want good FPS, then buy Doom, or even Destiny 2 is better, than this outdated garbage with worst optimization and banal story, yes, I'm not joking Destiny 2's story is a genius thing in compare to that crap, graphics also quite blah, too many effects to hide low quality world and somehow justify bad optimization, whole game feels that made like : **** Off, Eat This and Shut Up!!!.... NO!    … Expand
  58. grove2121
    Nov 2, 2017
    3
    The most sorry story script line ever. Who ever even wrote this? I can't imagine someone coming up with something like "Hitler comes in, starts puking and pissing his pants coughing all over the room killing actors". What the hell? This guy must be totally insane or utterly stupid. Characters acting is the most dumb **** **** i've ever laid my eyes on. Nazis are shown **** up. RebelsThe most sorry story script line ever. Who ever even wrote this? I can't imagine someone coming up with something like "Hitler comes in, starts puking and pissing his pants coughing all over the room killing actors". What the hell? This guy must be totally insane or utterly stupid. Characters acting is the most dumb **** **** i've ever laid my eyes on. Nazis are shown **** up. Rebels aren't really any better at all. It can be easily interpreted like some story of a guy who was beaten by his daddy trying to prove to all world he's the man. His wife fighting shoulder to shoulder to main character with.... excuse me... Being pregnant. Literally the dumbest **** i've ever had to see. Understand me right gameplay is quite good and reminds me of so called game FEAR. But still this is so stupid, so **** up, so miserable and sorry i can't give this game a good review. Who is this game made for? Hillybillys? Total disappointmet. This game totally wants me to become racist after that **** God i'm so pissed off after that stupidity.… Expand
  59. Xarxan
    Nov 2, 2017
    0
    One of the worst games when it comes to optimization. Highly unstable with frequent crashes and bugs. Maybe after they fix most of the issues it will be worth something but you should avoid it. Also very schizophrenia story pacing and too many cutscenes.
  60. waxler
    Nov 7, 2017
    3
    The game play alone is standard action shooter, I'd give it 7/10. It's fun, you get to blow people with big guns or melee. It's gory and exciting. For a while.

    So after playing with guns and blowing everything up the game gets repetitive so I decided to play stealth which is more challenging and kind of hard/unreasonable sometimes. The way everybody knows where you are in a second if    The game play alone is standard action shooter, I'd give it 7/10. It's fun, you get to blow people with big guns or melee. It's gory and exciting. For a while.

    So after playing with guns and blowing everything up the game gets repetitive so I decided to play stealth which is more challenging and kind of hard/unreasonable sometimes. The way everybody knows where you are in a second if you get spotted is a bit unreal.

    But the real reason what I give it only 3 out of 10 is SJW propaganda. I mean if I'm paying for the game leave the propaganda out of it. It's sad and insulting to expect for people to pay for it.

    It's an action game not a propaganda campaign.
    The selection of guns is limited. There are some customizations available but only 3 per gun.    … Expand
  61. Loadout
    Nov 2, 2017
    1
    id stop using opengl and vulkan in your games, never have I been so disappointed with a PC game with such performance issues. I have Nvidia GTX 1060 6gb driver 388.13.

    Never buying games running on id tech again unless they use DirectX 11, none of the DX11 games I go have fps drops i get fps drops in the 40's and artifacting graphics. Sadly I can't do a refund on steam since I got 8    id stop using opengl and vulkan in your games, never have I been so disappointed with a PC game with such performance issues. I have Nvidia GTX 1060 6gb driver 388.13.

    Never buying games running on id tech again unless they use DirectX 11, none of the DX11 games I go have fps drops i get fps drops in the 40's and artifacting graphics.

    Sadly I can't do a refund on steam since I got 8 hours played so far.

    Bethesda and their quality control and letting whoever is incharge of id's engines to have opengl/vulkan should be fired.

    Only a few pros I can say about Wolfenstein TNC:

    Pros

    - No micro-transactions
    - No multi-player
    -All single-player

    Here's to hoping we get 10 hour story dlcs.    … Expand
  62. IsildurCZ
    Nov 24, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game has bad graphics, runs like **** on gtx 1060, ryzen r5 1600 overclocked, 8 GB DDR4 3000MHz. Story is **** Gunplay is slow and boring. There isn't a lot of weapons either. Iron sights are useless, since everything is so inaccurate. If you like shooting games, go play DOOM, not this. It isn't even worthy of 30 € price (which it doesn't have)… Expand
  63. baudelinog
    Oct 31, 2017
    4
    This games story is so good I'm up to the part at New Orleans, however this game has some of the worst performance/fps drops/black screen freezing/and graphical issues I have ever seen with a game.

    The id tech engine is fantastic though it using Vulkan is a kick-in-the-face to us PC gamers Machine Games should of used Directx11 I have no problems reaching stable 60fps and none of the    This games story is so good I'm up to the part at New Orleans, however this game has some of the worst performance/fps drops/black screen freezing/and graphical issues I have ever seen with a game.

    The id tech engine is fantastic though it using Vulkan is a kick-in-the-face to us PC gamers Machine Games should of used Directx11 I have no problems reaching stable 60fps and none of the black screen and graphical bugs I experience with Vulkan I am also using Nvidias latest 388.13

    I never buying games on id tech or using OGL/Vulkan ever again I have had these problems with other games using OGL

    Sorry Bethesda, either get id n' Machine Games to add Dx11 for their games from now on or I never buy Dx11 gives me much, much better performance and no graphic bugs.

    Serious hope for Dx11 patch in few months.    … Expand
  64. Isogi
    Jan 31, 2021
    0
    I can't believe they made Blazkowicz a Jew. I had no problems playing this character when he was still Polish, but this is absurd. And everywhere this annoying leftism. The plot is a drama, low fps on a good setup. I turned off after 30 minutes and returned that ****
  65. sblantipodi
    Nov 25, 2017
    4
    No SLI support means no 4K for most PC systems.
    We are approaching 2018 and it is not tolerable that I'm not able to play 4K with a 4000 euros PC.
    I have a GTX980 Ti SLI, a 5930K six cores 40 lanes CPU, everything overclocked.
  66. hypernewbie
    Nov 24, 2018
    4
    Too many things that explode for no reason. Stop making things that explode. No explode bad game designer bad naughty naughty naughty.

    SERIOUSLY STOP MAKING RANDOM EVERYTHING EVER THAT EXPLODES ALL THE TIME EXPLODE BOOM EXPLODE EVERYTHING EXPLODE

    it makes for a horrifying bland gaming experience
  67. Gekyll
    Nov 22, 2021
    0
    Убогое продолжение среднего шутера Сюжет это просто трэш. Крайне не рекомендую
  68. valrond
    May 9, 2020
    2
    Terrible FPS, boring, bland, graphics are "good", but the artistic design is so bad, everything is corridors, tunnels, grey, it is a waste.
    The gameplay is boring and generic. It tries to be stealthy but fails, so you go guns blazing, but there is nothing to put this apart from any other FPS, well, except for dual wielding weapons.
    The scenery is cramped, very little open field, and it    Terrible FPS, boring, bland, graphics are "good", but the artistic design is so bad, everything is corridors, tunnels, grey, it is a waste.
    The gameplay is boring and generic. It tries to be stealthy but fails, so you go guns blazing, but there is nothing to put this apart from any other FPS, well, except for dual wielding weapons.
    The scenery is cramped, very little open field, and it manages to be linear AND confusing at the same time.
    Enemies are, well, nazis, but not WW2 nazis, they are referring to white males as nazis. Yep. I played till I got to the State building, and they specifically said so. This game got infected by SJWs antiwhite propaganda. It was bad until that point, but that just made me quit. If the gameplay was good, I could have endured the communist propaganda of the game, but nope. Not worth my time (no money, it was on Xbox game pass).    … Expand
  69. megak
    Jul 25, 2021
    3
    What a mess. Bought it on sale in 2021 and still feel like i wasted my money. Horrible game play decisions that ruined good game play from TNO.
    And ofc the awful sitcom/ soap drama, out of this world story.
  70. zerobane
    Aug 15, 2021
    3
    Oh what have you done to WOLFENSTEIN!

    Just another re-skinned cash grab with some awful cut scenes that build up a cringe inducing story of drama. 1. Mechanics / physics = guns feel fake, no real mechanics; just pinpoint aiming, click and shoot style. Really underwhelming playstyle required. 2. AI = feels clunky and boring, lots of grinding and repeating patterns. Same    Oh what have you done to WOLFENSTEIN!

    Just another re-skinned cash grab with some awful cut scenes that build up a cringe inducing story of drama.

    1. Mechanics / physics = guns feel fake, no real mechanics; just pinpoint aiming, click and shoot style. Really underwhelming playstyle required.
    2. AI = feels clunky and boring, lots of grinding and repeating patterns. Same characters for trash mobs everywhere.
    3. Messaging / story; seemed like a another forced message from amateur writers trying to push some agenda. Just mostly "yawns", sighs and finding what key to skip the scenes.

    Just another water-downed FPS with NO real new mechanics, playstyle or features; then add in a cringe inducing story of meh'ness.    … Expand
  71. foinf
    May 19, 2023
    1
    Bare minimum effort has been put into this game. Wolfenstein reboot has mainly been a narrative driven experience and in this department this game fails miserably. They really did not even attempt to come up with a cohesive plot and the caricaturing becomes more and more ridiculous as the game progresses. What a fall from grace when compared to the one that came before this one.
  72. skeletorone
    Sep 30, 2020
    3
    Terrible game. Awful level design, weak pacing and a ridiculously stupid story with equally stupid characters. The story felt like it was written by an angsty, basement dwelling teenager who wanted to shock his conservative parents. It is basically an eight hour long temper tantrum because Trump won in 2016 and now we somehow need communism or whatever. If you believe my assessment on theTerrible game. Awful level design, weak pacing and a ridiculously stupid story with equally stupid characters. The story felt like it was written by an angsty, basement dwelling teenager who wanted to shock his conservative parents. It is basically an eight hour long temper tantrum because Trump won in 2016 and now we somehow need communism or whatever. If you believe my assessment on the writers being just angsty teenagers is exaggerated, go on Youtube and take a listen to the embarrassing "We're Not Gonna Take It" cover by Veilröth. This is what Machinegames decided to put in as the final track for the game. Grow up, Machinegames.

    3 Points for the graphics.    … Expand
  73. TheKhabib
    Mar 24, 2018
    0
    Gunplay is fun. Game is supershort (about 4-5 hours of playing) and its disgusting antifa propaganda.
  74. ghosttoyou
    Sep 11, 2022
    3
    Как то не затянуло вообще, дропнул максимально быстро, стрелять не интересно в этой игре.
  75. Noorasfoor110
    Jun 23, 2022
    2
    game for childrens

    t surpasses their recommended specs.

    Despite that i got a few hours out of it without crashing today and only minor issues with audio and video. The real issue was how bad the game is. If you ignore the cutscenes and setting, with the worst characters i have ever seen in a…
  76. IniciusV
    Feb 4, 2023
    0
    FPS É UMA MERDA, SHOOTER É UMA MERDA, PRIMEIRA PESSOA É UMA MERDA, SÓ TEM FPS/SHOOTER/PRIMEIRA PESSOA NESSA MERDA
  77. 00mikhael
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    bad
    The game does not miss a step from the New order. It's a direct continuatio

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#16 Best PC Game of 2017
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#15 Most Discussed PC Game of 2017
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#13 Most Shared PC Game of 2017

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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 40
  3. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. CD-Action
    Jan 10, 2018
    90
    Shooter of the year! It plays great, looks spectacular and sounds amazing. What’s more, despite an apparent lack of seriousness it’s not afraid to bring up difficult subjects, mixing comedy and tragedy in a stunning way. It’s a ridiculously good game. [13/2017, p.30]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 2, 2018
    80
    The re-ignited fight against the swastika is great action fun once again. It is a pity that a story is not intriguing enough, and it applies to it: what’s long, is stupid. [Issue#280]
  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 30, 2017
    83
    Hopefully, by the time Machine Games starts work on Wolfenstein 3, they will find a writer who understands that fast-paced action does not mix well with protagonist’s constant complaining. [Issue#225, p.52]
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