Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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  1. Jerger
    Oct 27, 2017
    7
    BUGGY MESS
    This is not a complete review i will adjust later
    took me an hour just to get the damn thing to work on pc, i feel many would just give up. tons of ugly screen tearing. in game vsync is broke. had to disable in game and enable in nvidia control panel. But had to do so in some unknown order combination with rebooting and turning off and on in game since i couldnt repeat the    BUGGY MESS
    This is not a complete review i will adjust later

    took me an hour just to get the damn thing to work on pc, i feel many would just give up. tons of ugly screen tearing. in game vsync is broke. had to disable in game and enable in nvidia control panel. But had to do so in some unknown order combination with rebooting and turning off and on in game since i couldnt repeat the solution. basically its working good enough but still some tearing. also had to disable the dpi resolution option in the executable properties to get 4k to work..oh i also had to install a latest hotfix from nvidia even though the fix said it was for kepler cards i have win 10 and 1080ti fully updated. i guess bethesda doesnt test their pc game on win 10 or nvidias latest cards. Annoying.    … Expand
  2. Hell_d
    Oct 27, 2017
    6
    My scores first:
    Visuals - 7/10 (all looking good, but definitely not "next-gen" )
    Sound - 7/10 - acting is top, all good with ambient, but guns.. gun are super flat. Gameplay - 5/10, gunplay doesn't feel powerful, levels are extreme corridor-minded. AI, super agressive - cool BUT you are can die from 3-5 good landed bullets even on easiest difficulty. You'll be dying a lot and you'll    My scores first:
    Visuals - 7/10 (all looking good, but definitely not "next-gen" )
    Sound - 7/10 - acting is top, all good with ambient, but guns.. gun are super flat.
    Gameplay - 5/10, gunplay doesn't feel powerful, levels are extreme corridor-minded. AI, super agressive - cool BUT you are can die from 3-5 good landed bullets even on easiest difficulty. You'll be dying a lot and you'll rage because epic moments gonna be ruined by insta-death from nowhere.
    Story - 6/10 - US under nazi setting is old and doesn't really work. Character's actions are not very natural.

    I start a game, excited and so on, it is Wolfenstein II let's kill some nazies.. oh.. what I'm looking at? Some unneeded drama from main hero's childhood. For some reason main hero is super attached to a character who was just a cardboard background in 1st game? O_o... Ooookay. Further cutscenes are trying to show me why Nazi's are a bad thing - I get it... but where is cheesy killing mfking nazies action I loved 1st game for? Nope.. still don't see it.

    Next 2-3 hours into the game, I'm raging because of super sensitive main hero's health bar.. it drops from 1 bullet to 10%... I lower difficulty level, nope, still same **** - AI is shooting with 100% precision. Oh! Epic moment, huge experimental soldier-robot appears in the middle of corridor, and...... shoots me dead with 1 bullet,replay from checkpoint>replay from checkpoint>replay from checkpoint>replay from checkpoint.... "i'd better stop playing for today.. may be tomorrow".

    So.. you get the idea. BUT I'd say it is very classic FPS from 2000-2005 times. Sadly gameplay is absolutely NOT like DOOM, which was fun, adictive, balanced.

    overall score: 6... sadly.    … Expand
  3. passionne
    Sep 13, 2019
    7
    I finished the game and I appreciated it despite a few faults :

    Pros : - intense action - some epic combats and scenes - good weapons sound and feeling - dialogs are excellent with some humor - good optimization - graphically above the average (high quality textures, light effects) but the faces resolution is not high enough - several eccentric places (New Orleans, german    I finished the game and I appreciated it despite a few faults :

    Pros :

    - intense action
    - some epic combats and scenes
    - good weapons sound and feeling
    - dialogs are excellent with some humor
    - good optimization
    - graphically above the average (high quality textures, light effects) but the faces resolution is not high enough
    - several eccentric places (New Orleans, german subamrine, Ausmerzer)

    Cons :

    - Too few weapons
    - enemies are stupid : no strategy, they run towards the player without any cover.
    - levels are too skimpy
    - not enough enemies variety    … Expand
  4. MrMicrochip
    Aug 10, 2018
    5
    Okay, I refunded this game. Not because of the gameplay, graphics or technical problems. I'm just so sick and tired of naive politics on popular games. These should be fun and not far left or right propaganda pieces
  5. lysypk
    Nov 9, 2017
    6
    Shooting is still fun, but plot... o my fckn god, this is sooo stupid. Graphics? Good, but not brillant. We only have tunel-like maps....

    I'm really disappointed
  6. isg1983
    Dec 2, 2017
    6
    Not a great follow up game. First game was really made you wanting more and was in a great tempo from start to finish. But this game, funny moments here and there but nothing new, when you finished you ask yourself "why even?".
  7. singlungchan
    Mar 13, 2018
    5
    That is exactly what is wrong with the corporations - creating stuff for all the wrong reasons. Although "The New Order" was absolutely great and gorgeous old-school fanciness, this one can't be further from it. Here you go:
    - the voice acting is just short of vomit inducing
    - this whole mess seems almost like a randomly generated story - the environment is so uninspired - it's a pity    That is exactly what is wrong with the corporations - creating stuff for all the wrong reasons. Although "The New Order" was absolutely great and gorgeous old-school fanciness, this one can't be further from it. Here you go:
    - the voice acting is just short of vomit inducing
    - this whole mess seems almost like a randomly generated story
    - the environment is so uninspired - it's a pity that it does look... well, quite pretty
    - the game-play feels so normal and it is so far from addictive that it's hard to believe this is even possible
    - it's the perfect example of a brutally mediocre game in a skin of a great title
    This is all fine by me, but I can't help to wonder, how in the hell most of the youtube reviewers seem to have liked it? Are those corporations playing it backwards again?    … Expand
  8. Wolfendoomquake
    Dec 27, 2017
    6
    The gameplay part:

    Overall is good. The new id Tech 6 brings the graphics and the animation to a more gorgeous level. Sound and music are so-so, not normalized between cutscenes and actual gameplay. Story plot is not very believable and I will explain below. The actual gameplay is very short comparing to the New Order and cutscenes takes too much time to watch. Level design and    The gameplay part:

    Overall is good. The new id Tech 6 brings the graphics and the animation to a more gorgeous level. Sound and music are so-so, not normalized between cutscenes and actual gameplay. Story plot is not very believable and I will explain below. The actual gameplay is very short
    comparing to the New Order and cutscenes takes too much time to watch. Level design and gameplay mechanics in whole are not so outstanding like in New Order.

    The political part:

    I played the whole campaign and did some research trying to convince myself that Bethesda and Machine Games weren't affected by the left wing ideology.

    But honestly I failed. And it's nothing about "Making America Nazi-free again".

    Three things in short:

    1. The Polish but non-Jewish father.

    2. The New York underground resistance.

    3. The New Mexico and Texas white supremacy.

    And now we are analyzing them one by one.

    1.

    In the original Wolfenstein series, BJ's whole family are Polish Jews immigrated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the Galveston Movement of 1907-1914, which caused by the anti-semitic policy of Russian Empire. W2TNC makes BJ a Texas-born Jew with a Jewish Polish mother but a non-Jewish Polish cruel father. But you can not find much more information about the father during the main campaign and the characteristics really look like right-wing white supremacy racist southern slave owners. There is never a white person inside the United States without obvious pro-Nazi tendency in the Wolfenstein series rendered as a Nazi. This is the first time, not even in WTNO and WTOB.

    2.

    The New York underground resistance is obviously inspired by The Black Party of 1966, which is a left-wing Pro-Firearm Socialist black organization who build their finance by selling Maoist little-red-book to left-wing students of University of California, Berkeley. Despite the inspiration by Marxism of the Zionism, the Jews in Soviet Russia were cruelly oppressed during the entire Soviet period from Lenin to Stalin to Brezhnev and the Jews in Poland were oppressed since the 1921-Poland-Russia war until 1991-Soviet-collapse. The Communists killed not so fewer Jews under their overseeing than the Nazis. The Communism-loving Jews like Lev Borisovich Kamenev were executed by Stalin, how could you expect a modern Jew to cooperate with Communists inspired parties like the Black Panther? Never mention that the New Black Panther is an anti-semitic group which is also Pro-Firearm and left-wing and even inspired the costume of the Antifa.

    New York is a tiny land that has only 789 Skm with no much room for agriculture and is Nuked by the Nazi in the game but still can offer shelters, clean food, drinkable water and air for the resistance? I'm not racist but why all young Black Panther and there is only one old white in the New York underground resistance? And the female leader can even breed new-born after getting radiated near the ground-zero?

    3.

    For comparing, Texas has 695,600 Skm and the No.1 cattle and calves, the No.1 cotton and the No.6 dairy products in the United States. The New Mexico has 315,200 Skm and the No.9 dairy products, No.16 cotton, and 1.3M cattle and calves produce in the United States. But can not shelter a resistance group with no nukes dropped on them?

    In history, the African slaves were transported to North America through the eastern shores of the British occupied continent, which makes Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina the highest black population states of the US even today. Detroit becomes the highest black population city in the US due to historically more tolerant to African slaves, which by percentage is 84% in around 2015.

    But New Mexico and Texas? They are the top Hispanic and Latino population states alongside with California in the US. By data from the United States Census Bureau, Hispanic/Latino and Black/African population percentage in these three states are NM:48.5% vs 2.5%, Texas: 39.1% vs 12.6%, and California: 38.9% vs 6.5%. It's obvious that the Hispanic and Latino population are totally ignored in the game.

    4. And there are many other details in the game obviously affected by left-wing ideology but I will talk about them some other time.

    Conclusion: Wolfenstein II The New Colossus is indeed turning left and being politically correct.

    Please correct me if I'm wrong.    … Expand
  9. Your_Muza
    Jul 4, 2019
    7
    The continuation of a good FPS. No better and no worse than the first part. This is still an interesting shooter with an interesting world and idea.
    Unusual staging in cutscenes and excellent shootout won't let you get bored. Also interesting characters (especially Blazkowicz) help you to love this game. But useless stealth spoils a lot!!
    And i don't love FPS so much, so only 7.
  10. Djazotas
    Nov 1, 2017
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Before I could properly play the game, the game itself crashed my graphic drivers. I spent 2 hours, looking how to fix that, and all I had to do was, I just had to turn off motion blur.
    Game itself is meh. Stealth got ruined, if your shot is not well placed and an enemy spots you, that's it, the alarm will go up. Enemies can easily spot you and instantly alarm goes on, stealth mechanics in TNO were way better. You will not be able to complete a level 100% stealth. New guns feel weak, they sound like guns from CoD. Storytelling is kinda ok, but they push leftist agenda over proper storytelling.

    The leader of Kreisau circle dies, her place is taken by most unlikable character ever. Grace. MachineGames probably tried to make her look cool and badass, but I hated her, she tries to be a leader, she swears a lot, tells everyone what to do, and it made me cringe so hard. Creators of the game pushed most of that agenda through her (how America is weak and submitted to Nazi's, white people are racist, it's men's fault that Manhattan got nuked, "balls of steel" is a term, that Grace thinks should be more feminine and doesn't like that and the only ones that put up a fight against Nazis are mostly black people, so on and so on). From a zero-f*ck giving Nazi killing machine, Blazkowicz got turned into a little-b*tch, that constantly whines about everything. Internet is full of political correctness and such, I expected to play a game where I can brutally murder Nazi's but instead I got a game, where political correctness, anti-white propaganda is showed down your throat. Soundtracks aren't heavy metal anymore, which pumped me up in TNO, instead it's some loud music, even doing stealth plays. When you f*ck up during stealth in TNO, heavy metal starts playing. But here, the same type of music is playing throughout the level. Heavy enemies, for example supersoldaten are less threatening, and its enough to shoot half a clip of submachine gun into his head to kill him.

    During the section where you find out who is sending signals, Supersoldaten that are in Section F are the new type of Supersoldaten, not the old ones. Same goes for the new type of cyber-dogs, that you kill in a sealed off section of the U-Boat, when you try to close a gas leak. You can see how low of an effort was put in.

    During the most dangerous missions (for example the New Orleans one), Anya tags along with Fergus (or Wyatt) to help him. Now, what the actual f*ck. The U-boat is FULL OF REBELS, but instead they send Anya, who is pregnant WITH TWINS to fight the war! What about Bombate or many other "fighters"?

    Overall, the game is a flop. Storywise it's a huge flop, because it has many plotholes in it, gameplay wise it's a flop too, because the stealth is ruined, guns are weak, enemies are not threatening. MachineGames f*cked up for good, and this shows, that you shouldn't get hyped up for a game. I got stuck at levels, because I didn't know where to go, because there were no proper objective markers. And the most annoying were U-boat intersections, because U-boat is a labyrinth, and you have to navigate your way through it, doing side quests and whatnot.    … Expand
  11. RinShibuya
    Jan 9, 2018
    7
    My main gripe is that:
    Gameplay in New Colossus, is more "Take Cover and fire back" than the old-school Run-and-Gun style especially at higher difficulties. The issue is that B.J's Health is limited to 50 for 2/3 part of the game. This makes combat less, "fluid", since you're forced take cover more often.
    Honestly, I just used 2 weapons at most, throughout the entire game: the default    My main gripe is that:
    Gameplay in New Colossus, is more "Take Cover and fire back" than the old-school Run-and-Gun style especially at higher difficulties. The issue is that B.J's Health is limited to 50 for 2/3 part of the game. This makes combat less, "fluid", since you're forced take cover more often.

    Honestly, I just used 2 weapons at most, throughout the entire game:
    the default Nazi submachinegun and the Assault rifle. Fully upgrade those two, and you can kill 90% of the enemies in the game.

    Story is overblown to becoming downright ridiculous and stupid. It's CRINGEY at most, and many of the characters are annoying, to be honest.
    In fact, there's more cutscenes than actual gameplay.
    I also have this weird feeling that, this game is CONSTANTLY trying to push its SJW agenda onto player's faces? Its kinda irritating.

    Since, I'm playing the PC(Steam) version, I suffered several crashes, which forced me to replay missions occasionally. My PC isn't the fastest, but I believe its more than enough to handle this game. (i5-4690K @ 3.5Ghz, RX 580 8GB)

    New Colossus is still a GOOD shooter, despite my issues with the game. But New Order, in my humble opinion, was still far, FAR superior than this sequel.

    Story & characters: 3/10
    Gameplay: 7/10
    Graphics: 7/10    … Expand
  12. eduardoweber
    Apr 3, 2018
    5
    i played 40 hours. the game is nice, but for me now, a like only open world games
  13. SofaTrooper
    Nov 3, 2017
    7
    Unfortunately the game feels unfinished and lacks the diversity of the New Orders level designs. A lot of the levels are very bland and you find yourself repeating some of these levels, it begins to feel like filler after a while. That's not to say there aren't some great levels here, but not as many as the original. Also the story as crazy as it has always been is absurd in places. To theUnfortunately the game feels unfinished and lacks the diversity of the New Orders level designs. A lot of the levels are very bland and you find yourself repeating some of these levels, it begins to feel like filler after a while. That's not to say there aren't some great levels here, but not as many as the original. Also the story as crazy as it has always been is absurd in places. To the point where it becomes laughable. I enjoyed my time here but it could have been better. You should play this game but not at full price

    Overall Wolfenstein 2 is an oK game, but it falls short of the original greatness of the New Order. There are however some great moments of fun to be had.    … Expand
  14. eva3si0n
    Nov 5, 2017
    7
    Personally I don't understand why at this game such high ratings and all so eulogize it. It is just ordinary linear shooter. Yes the shooter old school and to shoot in it it gives pleasure. Yes interesting alternative story (but only the concept). But all spoil typical stereotypes about people and the biggest that I hate - tolerance. If you white - you are a Nazi (Russians and Poles willPersonally I don't understand why at this game such high ratings and all so eulogize it. It is just ordinary linear shooter. Yes the shooter old school and to shoot in it it gives pleasure. Yes interesting alternative story (but only the concept). But all spoil typical stereotypes about people and the biggest that I hate - tolerance. If you white - you are a Nazi (Russians and Poles will precisely estimate) if black - you battle for independence of the USA. I also didn't hear bigger nonsense. And why the black aunt fills with everything? Who is she in general such? The ending in general crosses out everything as it is possible to make the plot culmination murder of some cranky Nazi, it is simpler only in games of the Assassin's Creed series.
    PS. To kick the lying Hitler it is invaluable.    … Expand
  15. QuantumTrout
    Nov 1, 2017
    5
    Iterative, boring, and wholly unnecessary. This installment of the series is roughly as samey and plodding as the original was refreshing and innovative. I had come to enjoy the mini FPS renaissance we've been having in gaming over the last few years with Wolfenstein: The New Order and the revamped DOOM. This game, however, just isn't on par with those titles.

    Perhaps then, that's this    Iterative, boring, and wholly unnecessary. This installment of the series is roughly as samey and plodding as the original was refreshing and innovative. I had come to enjoy the mini FPS renaissance we've been having in gaming over the last few years with Wolfenstein: The New Order and the revamped DOOM. This game, however, just isn't on par with those titles.

    Perhaps then, that's this game's purpose. Where the first reboot was very much right place, right time to remind us what made story driven linear FPS's great and why they dominated the gaming scene for so long, then Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus exists to remind us why they fell out of favor so dramatically. Save your money, this one isn't worth the time.

    Note: I have no problems with the political controversy surrounding this game. Shooting Nazis is fun and if you find yourself upset with the idea of a brutal Fascist regime being taken apart brick by brick, it says more about you than the media. I will say, however, I believe the developer embraced the controversy as a way to hype a game they knew was deeply mediocre. This game earned it's rating on a wonky story, crummy gunplay, and it's penchant to spawn enemies behind you and in blind spots.    … Expand
  16. 0235
    Oct 29, 2017
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cutscenes. lots of Cutscenes. I was screaming at my monitor by the end of the game, how dare they put those moments in grainy, 30FPS, 720p cutscenes. even a quick time event would have been preferable.
    The gameplay is a little rough. They took TNO's gameplay, and applied sandpaper. Stealth is pointless now, you aren't going to be able to successfully stealth it, yet the game features so heavily on commanders and stealth kills.
    The story is OK. not quite as grasping as the previous games, and quite wishy washy and muddied.
    Back to cutscenes. so many cutscenes. anything important that happens is in a cutscene, and this is a shame. there are many beautiful interactive moments back at the home base, and it is a shame this wasn't expanded to the rest of the game. Of course certain scenes have to be cutscenes, but there were far to many.
    Lets also not forget the "it as only a dream" level. And how there are many obvious open ended plot points (and a few plotholes that only a second playhtouigh may clear up)
    As for the bugs, the game ran very smooth for me on a mid-high PC, but a few issues with mouse pointer popping up, broken level waypoints and the odd texture / mesh glitch. two hard crashes (during cutscenes, now you see why i'm not keen on them!)
    Either way, 15 hours of entertainment, may consider trying to 100% it, don't feel empty, but don't feel full (and i'm someone who very much focuses on 100% games)
    Its not the bombastic power fest that TNO was, but a steadier gentler trudge through the Wolfenstein world.    … Expand
  17. WoshW
    Sep 5, 2018
    7
    Everything OK, but the story was kinda meh ... Grace is fokin annoying character... just totally ruined enjoyment of the game for me.
    + graphic
    + gameplay
    - story
  18. Zane85
    Nov 22, 2017
    7
    Good game, follows on from the two earlier titles. Character and story is spot on, until Grace a really annoying character. She is also introduced oddly... with the rest of it done so well its a shame.
  19. Hack
    Dec 17, 2017
    7
    I picked it up for £25 with the season pass yesterday and finished it the same day as it was only 7 hours long which surprised me. I still have the side missions and DLC to do but the campaign is done. I really enjoyed the first 2-3 hours, it started very strong but definitely got weaker and weaker as it went on, and frankly just bizarre. The characters definitely carried if for me, II picked it up for £25 with the season pass yesterday and finished it the same day as it was only 7 hours long which surprised me. I still have the side missions and DLC to do but the campaign is done. I really enjoyed the first 2-3 hours, it started very strong but definitely got weaker and weaker as it went on, and frankly just bizarre. The characters definitely carried if for me, I loved them all and they're were voiced really well, there was also a great mix of sadness and genuinely funny moments. The gameplay was fun but nothing special, I felt there was a lack of weapons and I didn't get anywhere near enough upgrade kits to modify even half of my weapons and I never felt particularly strong? Especially when getting instakilled by a headshot on normal difficulty, I just never felt like a Nazi slaying badass. I did like the inclusion of melee kills but in general the gameplay felt like Doom 2016 just not quite as good, and that feeling also extended to performance, while Wolfenstein 2 ran perfectly fine for the most part there were multiple areas that ran terribly for no notable reason (going from an average of 100fps to 30-40fps). One of the cooler set pieces was also ruined by performance problems due to the game having issues with fire apparently. The game also crashed every time I tried to alt+tab out. I was expecting much better on this front considering Doom 2016 ran maxed out at 100 - 144fps and felt so crisp throughout.

    Overall I was a little disappointed, especially as it started so well, it's not a bad game by any means, but I expected more, and I definitely expected it to run better than it did. I do wish I had waited for a deeper sale now, £25 for 7 hours (maybe another hour from the side missions) just isn't worth it to me, and we all know it'll hit £15 at some point, and at that price point it would be good value.    … Expand
  20. JaySilver
    Nov 9, 2017
    7
    Fast-paced and shooter with an interesting story. A ton to collect and upgrade. The only thing that really bugs me, is the platinum trophy, which is simply impossible. Why? You have to finish the game in one attempt on (8-12 hours) "Mein Leben", which means the difficulty is extremely hard, no checkpoints, savepoints but permadeath. A bit exaggerated and a turn-off for trophy hunters.
  21. auldgamer73
    Nov 13, 2017
    6
    More of the usual hordes of enemies against a single player instead of less in numbers and more in intelligent plans of attack. Enemies spawning behind the player in impossible areas is just lazy programming to creat a false difficulty rating. The lack of a chapter replay feature, present in all other Wolfenstein games, is a big loss.
  22. Nexon213
    Nov 14, 2017
    6
    Итеративный, скучный и совершенно ненужный. Этот выпуск серии примерно такой же, как и оригинал, был обновляющим и инновационным. Я пришел, чтобы насладиться возрождением мини-FPS, которое у нас было в играх в течение последних нескольких лет с Wolfenstein: The New Order и обновленной DOOM. Однако эта игра не соответствует этим названиям.Итеративный, скучный и совершенно ненужный. Этот выпуск серии примерно такой же, как и оригинал, был обновляющим и инновационным. Я пришел, чтобы насладиться возрождением мини-FPS, которое у нас было в играх в течение последних нескольких лет с Wolfenstein: The New Order и обновленной DOOM. Однако эта игра не соответствует этим названиям.
  23. Billad
    Feb 12, 2018
    7
    It's close to being a great game, but the main complaint I have is length. You can finish the game in 10 or so hours (with 100% collection of all side quests with mechanical benefits). So, its fun, but not enough "bang for the buck" so to speak.
  24. eiecctro
    Jul 25, 2018
    7
    difficult to the point where its unfair
    good story and good graphics
    gameplay needs work
  25. enermaaxx
    May 21, 2018
    7
    WITHOUT EPISODES

    Graphics 7/10: but not the best for 2017 came out Game. Sound 10/10: No Soundsbug, all sounds good, nothing to complain about. Gameplay 6/10: Not many Guns, enemies are very strong (you can die really fast), too many ways so you feel like you are in a maze. Story 6/10 short: only mainstory with some optional quests its very very short, i needed about 10h for the    WITHOUT EPISODES

    Graphics 7/10: but not the best for 2017 came out Game.
    Sound 10/10: No Soundsbug, all sounds good, nothing to complain about.
    Gameplay 6/10: Not many Guns, enemies are very strong (you can die really fast), too many ways so you feel like you are in a maze.
    Story 6/10 short: only mainstory with some optional quests its very very short, i needed about 10h for the Game, Cutscenes are too long and levels too short when you think about the cutscenes. As german you are f**ked, instead of Hakenkreuz you got "Y", Hitlers has no beard and you dont have quotes like Sieg Heil. For 50€ not worth it - wait for a sale!

    In Total: 29/40 Points
    Grade: 7    … Expand
  26. Achaern
    Dec 18, 2017
    7
    Mediocre follow up to what was a much, much better title. The themes on display here are strong, but the beats of the story are just a little too pulp, even considering we went to the moon last time through. Poorly optimised for PC and with surprisingly poor level design, you'll find yourself wandering around in circles in Manhattan while looking at dull colours. The game has some decentMediocre follow up to what was a much, much better title. The themes on display here are strong, but the beats of the story are just a little too pulp, even considering we went to the moon last time through. Poorly optimised for PC and with surprisingly poor level design, you'll find yourself wandering around in circles in Manhattan while looking at dull colours. The game has some decent gunplay once you turn off the autoaim, but it ain't great. The sound mixing is shockingly bad. On the defaults, you can't hear feedback from surfaces you've shot, and you have no idea at first if your shots are landing on the enemy or even yourself. For a game with good voiceacting (for the most part) it's sad how poor the SFX and audio mixing were.… Expand
  27. Voodoo123
    Mar 6, 2018
    7
    +Fantastic and entertaining OTT story
    +Top of class digital art
    +Excellent soundtrack / musical easter eggs +Interesting OTT characters throughout +Great 'walking simulator' sections of gameplay -Shooting feels sluggish even at 60 fps??? -Combat feels like it's in the way of the story This is an excellent yet bizarre addition to the wolfenstein franchise which on paper should be a    +Fantastic and entertaining OTT story
    +Top of class digital art
    +Excellent soundtrack / musical easter eggs
    +Interesting OTT characters throughout
    +Great 'walking simulator' sections of gameplay
    -Shooting feels sluggish even at 60 fps???
    -Combat feels like it's in the way of the story

    This is an excellent yet bizarre addition to the wolfenstein franchise which on paper should be a mess but is in fact a technical marvel with a very entertaining / dramatic / disturbing story combining walking simulator elements with doom like chaotic shootouts.
    Marred only by an unusually sluggish feeling fps engine that feels ... off??? I always felt like I was ploughing through the gameplay to get to the walking simulator story sections. This is far too entertaining to miss though! Esp if you are a fan of fps. I recommend playing on easy though else this is a very frustrating game to play IMO.    … Expand
  28. CharlyPlayman
    Nov 23, 2017
    6
    I really enjoyed the previous games of the franchise but not this one.

    PROS: Good graphics + Cool guns + Correct checkpoints

    CONS: no controller mapping!!! i can't believe in 2017 a big game like this don't allow you to swap axis (i'm use to walk with the right stick and shoot with left) or refine other buttons
  29. heyjermiju
    Jan 30, 2018
    7
    As artmoviefan of uncut Iron Sky i've chosen likewise The New Colossus of Wolfensteingames in authorized german version in my country. This enormously dark humor story with crazy gameplay creates an ultraenergetic-funny to shocking Entertainment - no more and no less:)

    But not only few german artconsumers consider it negative that publishers of the Wolfenstein series are seemingly no    As artmoviefan of uncut Iron Sky i've chosen likewise The New Colossus of Wolfensteingames in authorized german version in my country. This enormously dark humor story with crazy gameplay creates an ultraenergetic-funny to shocking Entertainment - no more and no less:)

    But not only few german artconsumers consider it negative that publishers of the Wolfenstein series are seemingly no longer fighting for their worldwide freedoms in art and entertainment as a part of democratic communication-expression in the public, so that isolated concerns about original-versions are unfortunately still overrated: also such an overstated german caselaw is outdated and needs a reassessment. Already for years more "artistic" entertainment products from german index fall as new ones are indexed..welcome to new millennium!

    On top lacks a creative multiplayer, which is already standard in games of this price range.
    Apart from some performance drawbacks on weaker laptops, there are in all 7 points out of 10.    … Expand
  30. Titus
    Oct 30, 2017
    7
    Game is ok, not as good as New Order. Not the subtlest game. Metacritic seems to be the land of the lonely gamer who hates the left wing because they are inherently anti-social and because they play too many games. It's cyclical. Funny. And sad. But mainly funny.
  31. Puddleboy112
    Nov 2, 2017
    7
    I really want to give this game a 9 out of 10 but it have so many issues, i have problem what fps drop and weird skybox Error, it just looks like MachineGames is only out for the money , but I really really like this story and the gameplay is good when it is working for me
  32. Ist_Gut
    Dec 17, 2017
    7
    Ill give this game a solid 7 because its was not what i was expecting i expected for a long and fun game but the length of the story is the most disappointing thing it was made very good but very short and because of that the game is splitting up for part 3, my personal thought is they should just end the series on this part and move on, other then that i did liked the game and i played itIll give this game a solid 7 because its was not what i was expecting i expected for a long and fun game but the length of the story is the most disappointing thing it was made very good but very short and because of that the game is splitting up for part 3, my personal thought is they should just end the series on this part and move on, other then that i did liked the game and i played it on the pc on the first day after the release and i had zero issues… Expand
  33. Kharnivore2099
    Aug 28, 2019
    5
    The game runs/performs really well and can actually be quite fun when you are finally given the opportunity to just unleash hell on your enemies. Unfortunately it suffers from the same problems as the first game, then ramps those problems up to 11.

    Just as you are getting into the swing of mowing down countless enemies, you are thrown into long cutscenes and a boring hub area where you    The game runs/performs really well and can actually be quite fun when you are finally given the opportunity to just unleash hell on your enemies. Unfortunately it suffers from the same problems as the first game, then ramps those problems up to 11.

    Just as you are getting into the swing of mowing down countless enemies, you are thrown into long cutscenes and a boring hub area where you have to fulfil pointless tasks and endure dreadfully cringe-inducing dialogue segments. It really slows the game down and just seems like terrible pacing.

    I'm sure it's fine if you just skip all of that, it's just a shame that it's half of the game.    … Expand
  34. Leo_Adnan
    Sep 5, 2018
    7
    Honestly speaking I am kind of disapointed with wolfesntein 2 . Yes I enjoyed the game a lot as it delivers solid gunplay and traversal but it lacks bossfight and variation in enemy design . The graphics looks slick and wayyy better than the previous installment which includes the environment deisgn and the detail clothing and armours of characters . The story is inconsisten and awkardHonestly speaking I am kind of disapointed with wolfesntein 2 . Yes I enjoyed the game a lot as it delivers solid gunplay and traversal but it lacks bossfight and variation in enemy design . The graphics looks slick and wayyy better than the previous installment which includes the environment deisgn and the detail clothing and armours of characters . The story is inconsisten and awkard since it fails proper timing pace serious nots and hillarious moments of a script . I must give kudos to the characters as each of them refelcts uniqu traits and personalities with with great animation and voice acting .

    Now coming to the performance side I ran it on a PC with a GTX 1060 3GB and I faced severe VRAM usage issue hoffing almost 3GB on medium setting . Frame rate stays solid 60 with V-SYNS OFF resulting in annoying screen tering . Apart from these if the camera is focused on specific areas the framerate dropped drasticall if the V-Sync is kept on . I'll recommed everyone to play this game on a console as it is better optimized .

    Finally , although it didn't live up to my expectation . I'll still recommed any wolfesntein fans to play this game for for it does right which is solid shooting mechanics .    … Expand
  35. Drchore
    May 2, 2018
    7
    There is no doubt that “Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus” is one of the best first-person shooter games of recent years. It has decent shooter varied by some minor exploring and RPG like gameplay. The story is fine and ridiculous, acting and performance are also good. Graphics are acceptable and the biggest improvement from the last game: “Wolfenstein the new order”.
    But I can’t help    There is no doubt that “Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus” is one of the best first-person shooter games of recent years. It has decent shooter varied by some minor exploring and RPG like gameplay. The story is fine and ridiculous, acting and performance are also good. Graphics are acceptable and the biggest improvement from the last game: “Wolfenstein the new order”.
    But I can’t help feeling that this game is overrated compared to the “Wolfenstein the new order”. Everything about this game feels like a rip-off of the first one. Lack of many features in gameplay (like overkilling cold weapon wield enemy with knife, shooting from rope when climbing a wall, exploring different area and not just a submarine) and lack of that mood which cutscene of Wolfenstein the new order was able to achieve via innovative storytelling which in this case turned to predictable story; turned experiencing Wolfenstein II for a hyped fan like me a little disappointing.
    Also turning shooting from cover something not necessary according to some changes in gameplay which made Wolfenstein something like Doom somehow; plus not having new and memorable enemies and boss fights are another down part.
    Anyway in my perspective, if you are not a hype fan of the new order; it is a decent game and a recommended one.    … Expand
  36. qufapp
    Nov 1, 2018
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра в принципе интересная,если рассматривать ее только как тир. Тут мы играем за терминатора,которой на инвалидной коляске Не умирает за несколько выстрелов от немецких солдат. То есть, в армию берут штурмовиков из звездных войн,которые при всем при этом еще и глухие.Если я просто иду,то на меня агриться огромное количество солдат,но если я иду на ctrl то все - Я неуязвим для ушей противника.Я спокойно расстреливаю солдат с пулемета, и даже если они что-то крикнут,то тревога не поднимется. Слишком убогая стелс-система. Угол обзора вражеских солдат меньше чем 90 градусов. По поводу стрельбы - с ней все хорошо. Тебе на протяжении всей игру не кажется,что оружие пластмассовое. Есть игры,в которых ты наводишься на одну точку,зажимаешь целую обойму в стену,и отдачи будто-бы нет.Здесь все не так. Тебя трясет как больного эпелепсией во время приступа. И казалось бы,ну вроде все не плохо,за что 6? Сюжет в этой игре просто отвратительный. СПОЙЛЕРЫ: Как можно брать на борт дочку генерала нацистской армии?Почему я не могу убить капитана-наркомана?Почему меня заствляют зачищать огромный нацистский корабль со своей беременной женой?Почему нет права выбора. Красная цена этой игре 10 баксов… Expand
  37. MalFet1999
    Aug 11, 2019
    5
    An underwhelming experience that manages not to be very fun despite plenty of opportunity to be so. The environments and locations are beautifully realized but difficult to navigate. Characters are interesting and brought to life by incredible voice talent, but I felt little connection to any other than B.J. Gun play and combat have all the right pieces, but none of them work together.An underwhelming experience that manages not to be very fun despite plenty of opportunity to be so. The environments and locations are beautifully realized but difficult to navigate. Characters are interesting and brought to life by incredible voice talent, but I felt little connection to any other than B.J. Gun play and combat have all the right pieces, but none of them work together. Many of the perks that are earned through gameplay are nearly impossible to achieve while others fall into the player's lap. For example, I maxed out headshot and dual-wielding perks within a few missions, but I couldn't find enough grenades in the game to reach level 1 of the grenade kills perk by the time credits rolled. Stealth is encouraged, but levels are not designed to make it a viable alternative to going in guns blazing. And even so, combat is often confusing and lacks precision. I came in ready to love this game, but left disappointed. Each individual piece was fine on its own, but none of if worked together.… Expand
  38. ReubenIsAGod
    Aug 27, 2022
    6
    Honestly, a wonderful game that is let down by half-baked concepts and a maybe rushed development. The narrative is way too fast-paced and too high-concept, feels like Quentian Tarantino porn. This game really needed a tighter, more conclusive, narrative. Maybe add side-quests to flesh out each of the main characters so it feels more complete.
  39. Darkin20
    Sep 18, 2018
    7
    Loved the story. Loved the graphics. Loved the weapons. Loved the little details. But thing felt like they got a bit out of hand at parts as well as some bosses felt out of place for me.
  40. ShawnD
    Oct 7, 2020
    6
    It gets a pass as a generic shooter, but the game's message is very unusual. In American culture, the "greatest generation" was a generation of white nationalists who stopped the nazis and saved the world from fascism, and America maintained racial segregation for two decades after the war ended. The game takes this idea and then draws a moral parallel between the greatest generation andIt gets a pass as a generic shooter, but the game's message is very unusual. In American culture, the "greatest generation" was a generation of white nationalists who stopped the nazis and saved the world from fascism, and America maintained racial segregation for two decades after the war ended. The game takes this idea and then draws a moral parallel between the greatest generation and the nazis, implying that the nazis were generally a positive thing in the world or that they could be considered the good guys in their own way. My ancestors came from a country that was ravaged by the nazis, and it angers me to think that some game developer would either downplay how evil their regime was or downplay the heroism of those who faught against them.

    The game also fails to make a distinction between a professional soldier and a politician, and this makes the story more confusing/stupid than it should be. By the game's logic, all US soldiers during WW2 must be registerd democrats. Imagine playing a game on the German side, and the NPCs repeatedly refer to war against "the democrats" when it really means American soldiers. The entire game is like this, and it's the kind of thing a 10 year old would write. It repeatedly refers to Germans as nazis even though nobody at the time talked like that, and the soldiers themselves would not self identify as being representatives of that party. This is why British, French, and American soldiers always refered to enemy soldiers as krauts, Jerries, the hun, or the boche. If you were being polite, you would just call them Germans.

    It seems like a good game that is burried under garbage writing. This is a game that wants to tell a story and teach a lesson, but the story and lesson are just awful. I don't even know how it's possible to make the story subtract from the game, but they pulled it off.    … Expand
  41. russiangamer
    Aug 11, 2021
    6
    Чистый эсплуатэйшн. Наци, кровища, бред и трэшатина. И всё это в определённой степени весело и увлекательно.
    Расстраивает, что особой новизны во всём этом нет. Всё та же "спокойная" локация между миссиями, всё тот же геймплей без каких-то заметных новшеств, а вот угара, граничащего с дурновкусием, - да чего уж, граница эта часто пересекается, взять ту же сцену с Гитлером - очень смешную,    Чистый эсплуатэйшн. Наци, кровища, бред и трэшатина. И всё это в определённой степени весело и увлекательно.
    Расстраивает, что особой новизны во всём этом нет. Всё та же "спокойная" локация между миссиями, всё тот же геймплей без каких-то заметных новшеств, а вот угара, граничащего с дурновкусием, - да чего уж, граница эта часто пересекается, взять ту же сцену с Гитлером - очень смешную, идиотскую, что называется в лоб, но не лишённую обаяния - угара этого стало в разы больше, что в контексте не плохо,
    Понравилась история, связанная с отцом главного героя, добавляет немного глубины и драматизма, после которого нас снова кидают в самую пасть трэша. И вот это мотыляние туда-сюда, из трэша в драму, в игре не очень сбалансировано, на мой взгляд. Это немного коробит. Но, пожалуй, совсем чуть-чуть...
    В общем, бравые американцы опять спасают мир, встречая по пути сумасшедших нацистов, анархистов, коммунистов, пьяниц, уродов, приспособленцев, ну и прочую прелесть.
    Неплохая игра, несущая в своём сердце антитоталитарный заряд. Популярно преподнесённый, но всё же заряд. Это радует.
    И не забудьте пнуть Гитлера по морде.
    6.5/10    … Expand
  42. lord_raccoon
    Jun 26, 2020
    6
    This is a not bad shooter for few evenings. I wouldnt say it was rly funny or exciting. Gameplay is pretty average and a bit boring with a time, even though its much better than in New Order. But what i wonder the most, that the minor stuff actually made this game playable.
    Lets start from negative stuff. Gameplay...well. Im not rly fun of just shooters, like doom and wolfenstein. This is    This is a not bad shooter for few evenings. I wouldnt say it was rly funny or exciting. Gameplay is pretty average and a bit boring with a time, even though its much better than in New Order. But what i wonder the most, that the minor stuff actually made this game playable.
    Lets start from negative stuff. Gameplay...well. Im not rly fun of just shooters, like doom and wolfenstein. This is just a non-stop shooting without any requirements from your brain. It can be funny for first several hours, but then...well you just playing for cut-scenes. As people said before, they are too leftish. I understand (at least i hope) that the whole game is just a huge ironic performance. And all this leftish stuff may be a part of it...but im not sure it was rly required. What is more, they could make much more out of it. So many nice characters, stories, nationalities, and they are not revealed at all.
    What are positive sides? Well, first i must admit amazing work done to create the lore of the game. All those postcards, amazingly made locations, songs etc. making it rly interesting to explore the places where missions take place. I enjoyed so much walking on submarine, american streets, listening to NPC dialogs, that is one of my favourite part of the game. Its also has rly nice soundtrack, pretty funny plot, sometimes i even was laughing rly a lot. In this part of wolfenstein there were only a few of bosses...and i liked it, really. I think that was kinda extra and boring part of the first game, especially for casual players. It took much time and efforts for no reason. The second part went far without it. At some moment, though, it all became boring and i asked myself "Damn, how much missions there are before final cut-scene?". And i wonder that this question was asked exactly on the last mission. And this is awesome. The game is not too long, not too short, its on exact size it should be.
    Finally, about technical issues. I read a lot reviews here saying the game is crashing, bugging etc. But, well, im playing in 2020, so i dont see any kind of this stuff. Its amazingly optimized, bugs werent met by me, no crashes.

    All-in-all, as i usually say about such games, this is an adventure for few evenings, not something more and not something that you will like to replay. I guess, on sales its fine to be bought.    … Expand
  43. Mektu
    Mar 3, 2019
    6
    I came in with very high expectations but was ultimately disappointed. Don't get me wrong, the game is not bad, but it's nothing extraordinary either.
    Visually the game is impressive, no complaints there. What was most disappointing to me is how unimpactful and rushed the story and characters felt compared to The New Order.
    The game starts off on a high note but quickly devolves into a    I came in with very high expectations but was ultimately disappointed. Don't get me wrong, the game is not bad, but it's nothing extraordinary either.
    Visually the game is impressive, no complaints there. What was most disappointing to me is how unimpactful and rushed the story and characters felt compared to The New Order.

    The game starts off on a high note but quickly devolves into a snoozefest the writers consider "comedy" with ridiculous plot twists and a very abrupt ending. Everything is very anti-climactic and the entire thing feels like it should've been the prologue, so what you end up doing half the time is walking around a submarine doing silly fetch missions, killing Übercommanders (which has ZERO impact on progression), and watching cutscenes, that are, to the dev's credit, quite well made. The rest of the time it's the same run-and-gun where everything kills you in two hits, or stealth, which is significantly easier than just shooting everything.

    The New Colossus also has some very baffling design choices:

    - No dedicated 'map' button. The only way to access the map is to visit the journal, which sometimes decides to default to a different tab, so viewing a map sometimes requires 3 button presses.

    - No way to bind the fire button for the left and right weapons when in dual wield if you don't wish to shoot your gun with the right mouse button and aim down sights with the left mouse button.

    - No option for aim toggle.

    - Mouse sensitively when hip firing differs from the aiming/zooming sensitivity and cannot be altered.

    - Excessive and nauseating head bobbing. I HIGHLY recommend downloading New Colossus Tweaker and reducing head bob from 1.0 to at least 0.5.

    - Changing weapons has a very long animation which makes no sense for a shooter that's meant to be fast paced. On higher difficulties selecting another weapon or even changing from single to dual wield in the middle of a fight WILL be the cause of your death because of how unnecessarily long this animation is.

    - Poor level design in some instances. For example, many locations have small objects or crevices on the floor that prevent you from properly moving over them and cause you to get stuck on them as if they were a wall, which is highly disruptive when in combat. Same issue happens when trying to sneak through a door frame that has a slightly elevated bottom part (like on a submarine) and you can't go over it because apparently nobody thought it was an important enough issue to address.    … Expand
  44. skyfireswe
    Feb 13, 2019
    7
    Good story, great gameplay BUT monotone levels and maps. It's just too much of the same, and needs some outdoor scenery.
  45. rezo_21
    Sep 18, 2021
    7
    ====================IIIIIIIIII GAME SCORE : 74 IIIIIIIIII====================
  46. SuperCritic3000
    Jun 1, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Самая, что ни на есть, средняя игра, поначалу не мог понять как можно было так обосраться после TNO, но впоследствии, разобравшись в игровой механике и привыкнув в игре в новом обличье, разочарование почти ушло, однако косяков все равно очень много.

    Начну с плюсов:

    1. Сюжет довольно насыщенный, местами за сюжетными твистами наблюдал просто с отвисшей челюстью, однако абсурдных моментов более, чем достаточно, но о них будет сказано позже в минусах.
    2. Разнообразие между локациями и их дизайном в отличии от TNO, где многие локации казались похожими друг на друга.
    3. Графическая составляющая также ощутимее лучше, чем в TNO и TOB, даже в 2020 картинка выглядит вполне неплохо.
    4. Добавили возможность улучшения оружия, которой не хватало в TNO. Пусть улучшений не так много как хотелось бы, однако они являются весьма существенными в геймплее.
    5. Сделали возможность выбора разных оружий в разные руки, а не оружий одного типа, как это было в TNO, что также делает геймплей более вариативным.

    Теперь касаемо минусов:

    1. Как уже было сказано выше, в сюжете есть нереально абсурдные моменты, в эти моменты не понимаешь, кто только пропустил их в игру - передвижение на коляске на двигающихся платформах в самом начале игры, потеря Фергюсом (так как я выбрал его) руки без истошных криков, как будто человек каждый день теряет руку, участие Ани в самом экшене игры (кто, блять, пустил бы беременную в самый эпицентр боевых действий?) и прочие моменты, которые должны были быть изменены, но изменены не были.
    2. Несоответствие сюжетных моментов лору - зачем омолодили Бласковица, который в TNO выглядел намного старше? Также, так как я проходил TNO недавно, в концентрационном лагере Энгель говорила, что у нее 5 или 6 сыновей, но тогда откуда взялась Зигрун?
    3. Несмотря на то, что разработчики добавили возможность выбора разного оружия в разных руках, колесо выбора очень неудобное, погружение ломается полностью, когда тебе в пылу битвы приходится "зависать", чтобы выбрать нужную тебе комбинацию оружия.
    4. На высоких уровнях сложности непонятно, когда ты умираешь, "красный" экран появляется слишком поздно, когда тебе не хватает 1-3 выстрелов до гибели из-за чего внезапные смерти местами просто выбешивали.
    5. Русская озвучка полное дерьмо, игра с ней абсолютно не чувствуется в отличии от оригинальной, которая такая, какая она должна быть.
    6. Нарушение канона любого экшена - в концовке нет битвы с боссом?! Бой с двумя роботами и солдатами за 10 минут до убийства Энгель не может считаться за финальную битву, это просто смешно!

    По итогу игра заслуживает 6-7 баллов, как раз ту среднюю оценку, которая у нее стоит, ни больше, ни меньше. Если поиграть не во что и есть возможность купить ее с хорошей скидкой, то она стоит того, но за полную ее цену - точно нет.    … Expand
  47. nw2010
    Apr 4, 2020
    7
    Another good story. Much better graphics which made me feel less motion sick when moving around in game.
  48. Renaigse
    Aug 23, 2021
    7
    Игра кнш тупа улучшенная версия первой части, почти все скопировали в каком то плане, кое что вырезали, что то добавили, поправили техническую часть, но сама концепцая абсолютно неизменна , кто играл в 1 часть тот поймет, флешбэки по кд. Тем не менее, она лучше и фановей предыдущей части, бесячее говно вырезали и по кайфуИгра кнш тупа улучшенная версия первой части, почти все скопировали в каком то плане, кое что вырезали, что то добавили, поправили техническую часть, но сама концепцая абсолютно неизменна , кто играл в 1 часть тот поймет, флешбэки по кд. Тем не менее, она лучше и фановей предыдущей части, бесячее говно вырезали и по кайфу
  49. Oswinoswald
    Aug 31, 2020
    7
    So why would you change wire cutting mechanic it was best thing I saw in other game I was blown by it I loved cutting things with my laser i used to draw shapes for fun
    :(
  50. PanMrkvicka
    Feb 11, 2020
    7
    I got what I expected from this game, for me personally it was not that dissapointing and its still worth playing in the wolfenstein series. Gameplay is smoother than before and I liked it the most, the sad part about gameplay is that guns dont feel powerful and you end up using only one gun. Story is interesting but not in a good sense, I dont know if I liked it or not its questionableI got what I expected from this game, for me personally it was not that dissapointing and its still worth playing in the wolfenstein series. Gameplay is smoother than before and I liked it the most, the sad part about gameplay is that guns dont feel powerful and you end up using only one gun. Story is interesting but not in a good sense, I dont know if I liked it or not its questionable but I enjoyed the game anyway. Has some good moments.… Expand
  51. Yelard
    Jun 22, 2020
    6
    It's almost the same as the last Wolfestein: the new order. Same mechanics. Worth giving a try if you haven't played it.
  52. JTonicOA
    Jul 8, 2020
    5
    A mediocre game with confusing, misleading concept. This game 'indirectly' encourages stealth play, in fact forcefully, by making non-stealth approach simply frustrating. There is a feeling of unfairness and ridiculousness, constantly rendering the gameplay exhausting and repulsing. Thus, if you would enjoy the Wolfenstein: Stealth Assassin edition, then go ahead and purchase it.A mediocre game with confusing, misleading concept. This game 'indirectly' encourages stealth play, in fact forcefully, by making non-stealth approach simply frustrating. There is a feeling of unfairness and ridiculousness, constantly rendering the gameplay exhausting and repulsing. Thus, if you would enjoy the Wolfenstein: Stealth Assassin edition, then go ahead and purchase it. Nevertheless, if you have expected something more dynamic and adrenaline-rushing, this is not for you.… Expand
  53. Oshiri_Maeda
    Nov 11, 2020
    7
    Pretty nice mindless shooter for a couple of evenings, nothing more than that.
  54. MrPajamas
    Mar 12, 2021
    7
    The New Order pleasantly surprised. The Old Blood was slightly disappointed. So how's the second one? More specifically Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. No. Quite different. As I praised in the previous game, I have to praise here and that is the graphics. The game looks very nice and really differs from the previous ones and you can see the progress. But this time the same is true forThe New Order pleasantly surprised. The Old Blood was slightly disappointed. So how's the second one? More specifically Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. No. Quite different. As I praised in the previous game, I have to praise here and that is the graphics. The game looks very nice and really differs from the previous ones and you can see the progress. But this time the same is true for gameplay, which is not the case with the previous game. Now the event is even more agile, which I only welcome. But what is hard to describe to me was the atmosphere. She was so ... mixed here. Okay, but somehow it didn't suit Wolfenstein. The whole thing is spoiled by one thing that I get to right away, and that is the artificial body that you get while playing. How don't you even ask me. I'll just say it was total nonsense, but I won't spoil it for you. The game more or less makes the same mistake again as the previous one. It adds something good to us, but it also prepares us for something good. In the final and the end, he was quite disappointed. The FPS game would be great, but since it is in the name Wolfenstein, I must say that I would expect something different from the game and therefore it is "good" for me. Paradoxically, I would recommend the game to fans of the FPS genre, but Wolfenstein fans could, in my opinion, miss this.… Expand
  55. wokenoodle
    May 6, 2021
    5
    Second entry in Wolfenstein reboot series doesn't hit as much as the first did. While the story and it's characters keeps you engaged to the very end with an elegant mix of over the top action-movieness and real human emotions, what you do in the game and the world you do it in doesn't hold up to that. Shooting and guns don't feel developed upon, primitive stealth disrupts a stubbornSecond entry in Wolfenstein reboot series doesn't hit as much as the first did. While the story and it's characters keeps you engaged to the very end with an elegant mix of over the top action-movieness and real human emotions, what you do in the game and the world you do it in doesn't hold up to that. Shooting and guns don't feel developed upon, primitive stealth disrupts a stubborn player by prompting reloads, level design is more confused than it is complex, mainly thanks to the fact that environments often look samey if not downright ugly.

    While I certainly had fun with The New Colossus, I collected more gripes than I did excitements.    … Expand
  56. kimi1775
    Nov 9, 2020
    7
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  57. RockerKR
    Nov 25, 2020
    7
    lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Good Fps lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
  58. vova22379
    Aug 28, 2022
    6
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  59. 34m2121
    Jul 4, 2023
    7
    Oyun hikaye anlatımını başka bir seviyeye taşımış.ancak oyun 1. oyunla çok benzerlik gösteriyor ve sonu bence kötü, bittiğini hissetmiyorsunuz.
  60. soggymoisty
    Feb 20, 2022
    5
    a fairly good game that has lots (LOTS) of sore spots, especially in the way the stealth system was designed. open combat in the game is occasionally fun, but often just devolves into "here's dozens of dudes in a small area and you just need to find this specific chokepoint and wait it out lol". the variety of enemies is pretty solid for the most part, and the variety of weapons and weapona fairly good game that has lots (LOTS) of sore spots, especially in the way the stealth system was designed. open combat in the game is occasionally fun, but often just devolves into "here's dozens of dudes in a small area and you just need to find this specific chokepoint and wait it out lol". the variety of enemies is pretty solid for the most part, and the variety of weapons and weapon modifications is a nice blend.

    in terms of writing, which seems to be the biggest point of controversy for the game, it just isn't that good. the humor in the game is mostly out of place (ex: "bro! toilet! i'm gonna **** in it!" scene), and draws heavily away from the seriousness of the subject matter. it's like if SpecOps The Line sprinkled in a bunch of "joe mama" jokes in between gruesome firefights and blowing up civilians. the wyatt character jumps out as a particularly heinous example with some "Haha XD look he's doing acid!" humor -- a character who previously spent ~12 years struggling with survivors guilt and witnessing some of the worst crimes against humanity possible. set roth feels like they've turned him into larry david out of nowhere, because "hahaha lets make him sound like he's from seinfeld" (which seems a little counterintuitive in a game that tries to take a strong stance against racism). the engel character just kinda gets ruined, and throwing in a generic "i hate my dad" backstory with very little depth just didnt help.

    in terms of politicization, the handling of the message was mixed: a lot of the dialogue just kinda feels forced and out of place, given the context of the situations (ex: "yo i know we're getting raided by nazis rn, but it's time for us to drink moonshine and to argue with you about how the 1940s american government was actually not so nice!" scene). also, the idea that the american people are fine supporting the nazis now, but then BJ blows up a few nazis, and now they dont want to suppor them any more -- huh? a good chunk of the american population was around to see the overthrow of their government, and theres a good chance everyone knew one or two people that got nuked, but its all water under the bridge now. the political landscape at the time of release was definitely worth exploring, and its nice that the game does attempt to do this, but it really just comes across as lackluster and superficial. it seems like they're just trying to be provocative and piss people off, rather than make people think.

    ironically, this game undoes a lot of the work the first game does to show just how evil the nazis were. the darker tones and themes of the first game are pretty much stripped away from characterzing the nazis as evil personified, into characterizing the nazis as a generic teen sci-fi totalitarian regime. the nazis go from being a ruthless war machine into a group of bumbling idiots that complain about their hands getting a little sweaty. i half expect a laugh track to play every time hans starts talking to bjork about how he wants to be an old west cowboy.

    this is all especially upsetting given how well the first game handled all of these issues, and how the first game did a pretty solid job of showing the cruelty of the nazis, not shying away from the brutality of the regime, and even offering some well-made critiques of the western countries that fell to the nazis. the world of the first game really does feel like a world that has been conquered by fascism, while the second just feels like the nazis are on summer vacation. given that other games handle political commentary and black comedy very well (namely the fallout series), its mind boggling that TNC just gets it so wrong.

    overall, the game is just ok. if you play a strictly combat driven playstyle, the gunplay works and the game plays well. deviate from that too much, and the game gets angry and tells you to stop. the writing isnt great -- even if you're left-leaning, it will make you cringe pretty hard at how poorly the writers try to discuss most issues. the characters feel like a TBS sitcom, the tones and themes of the previous game are gone.

    tl;dr: OK game with sitcom writing, lazy handling of serious subject material, and some good gameplay mechanics. get it for free, on sale for $5 (at most), or play it on game pass. or just pass on it, because you could probably have a better time going on a walk or something. if you bought it for $60: lmao.    … Expand
  61. Nick7000
    May 1, 2023
    7
    Сюжет уверенно начинает пахнуть маразмом, а геймплей все так же хорош!
  62. heisenberg_88
    Nov 24, 2021
    7
    Guns , Gameplay is enjoyable .
    But , Story is very very bad and boring .
    Just play this game as a shooter , without looking at the story .
  63. StarkAgentos
    Apr 16, 2022
    6
    Геймплейно это обычный тир, сюжетно - обычный боевик. Такжее автосохранения сохраняют игру очень редко и есть риск потерять огромный прогресс 10-20 минут. Игра хотя бы лучше предыдущей части. Обычный шутер без чего-либо особенного. Я не заценил.Геймплейно это обычный тир, сюжетно - обычный боевик. Такжее автосохранения сохраняют игру очень редко и есть риск потерять огромный прогресс 10-20 минут. Игра хотя бы лучше предыдущей части. Обычный шутер без чего-либо особенного. Я не заценил.
  64. teratoma666
    Dec 23, 2021
    5
    Same old game as the first one.

    Which is also the problem as the first entry wasn't a good game to begin with, but at least it laid out the groundwork.

    The gameplay is still mediocre at best with decent at best story. The artstyle remains being the best part of the series.
  65. Andrevery
    Jan 4, 2022
    7
    В игре не очень удобная система навигации и серый маркер не всегда хорошо виден, поэтому приходится тратить время не только на стрельбу, но и на поиск пути, что в таком жанре скорее минус. Сюжет средненький, графика красиваяВ игре не очень удобная система навигации и серый маркер не всегда хорошо виден, поэтому приходится тратить время не только на стрельбу, но и на поиск пути, что в таком жанре скорее минус. Сюжет средненький, графика красивая
  66. Kuzya_Zeleniy
    Apr 1, 2022
    6
    I really like when games are not afraid of censorship, but in this game it's too much. The plot and gameplay are really good.
  67. kerkdeller
    Jan 8, 2023
    5
    Game mechanic wise this is the best in the serious. Story and pacing was incredibly mediocre. The game also gave me issues saying my video memory was full, and an hour of troubleshootingv both official and community suggestions didn't fix it.
  68. mikasa_
    Aug 3, 2022
    7
    На смену умному и меланхоличному оригиналу пришел туповатый боевичок с жопно-пердежным юмором, но посвежевшем геймплеем, благодаря которому шутер стал увлекательнее. Остальное, не учитывая кор-геймплей - проходняк
  69. h3is3nb3rg
    Dec 6, 2022
    7
    Pretty solid game. But not at the level of the previous two titles. The combat was great. I played on Do or Die and the courtroom section was pretty hard. Bethesda should make improvements on titles for PC for people running the game above 60 fps. I was getting 200+ fps which caused some glitches in map which cannot be completed unless you cap your fps to 60. All in all a decent title butPretty solid game. But not at the level of the previous two titles. The combat was great. I played on Do or Die and the courtroom section was pretty hard. Bethesda should make improvements on titles for PC for people running the game above 60 fps. I was getting 200+ fps which caused some glitches in map which cannot be completed unless you cap your fps to 60. All in all a decent title but 1st one was way above this one.… Expand
  70. Ladtus
    Feb 19, 2023
    6
    Everything about this game is pretty high quality, but the exuction is just poor, phasing of the game is also pretty damn bad, a bit too much cutsene's and too little gameplay that also doesn't feel right, the enemy's are dumb and just run at you.

    And the political statements this game is giving you is also ridicelous, and the characters are just irritating or straight up cringy, they    Everything about this game is pretty high quality, but the exuction is just poor, phasing of the game is also pretty damn bad, a bit too much cutsene's and too little gameplay that also doesn't feel right, the enemy's are dumb and just run at you.

    And the political statements this game is giving you is also ridicelous, and the characters are just irritating or straight up cringy, they made alot of cringy moments, where is the The New order humor that we so much liked? or from the Old Blood?

    This game has become so damn political that should't be in wolfenstein, it's about god damn killing nazi's.

    Really sad to see how political they went in this game    … Expand
  71. realWhiteMan
    Apr 9, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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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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