Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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  1. 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.
  2. Nick7000
    May 1, 2023
    7
    Сюжет уверенно начинает пахнуть маразмом, а геймплей все так же хорош!
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. vova22379
    Aug 28, 2022
    6
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  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. 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 .
  16. rezo_21
    Sep 18, 2021
    7
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  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. RockerKR
    Nov 25, 2020
    7
    lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Good Fps lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
  22. Oshiri_Maeda
    Nov 11, 2020
    7
    Pretty nice mindless shooter for a couple of evenings, nothing more than that.
  23. kimi1775
    Nov 9, 2020
    7
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  24. 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
  25. 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
    :(
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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.
  29. 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
  30. nw2010
    Apr 4, 2020
    7
    Another good story. Much better graphics which made me feel less motion sick when moving around in game.
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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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