Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1521 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 302 out of 1521
  3. Negative: 302 out of 1521
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  1. dogecoindoge
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Really wanted to love this game, but the performance is just terrible. It constantly freezes or crashes to desktop. If I don't completely restart my machine after a crash it runs at < 10 FPS. Yes, my drivers and directX are completely up to date. Yes I meet the minimum requirements. Running Doom 2016, Wolfenstein New Blood, Witcher 3 etc is no problem and look great. This game has someReally wanted to love this game, but the performance is just terrible. It constantly freezes or crashes to desktop. If I don't completely restart my machine after a crash it runs at < 10 FPS. Yes, my drivers and directX are completely up to date. Yes I meet the minimum requirements. Running Doom 2016, Wolfenstein New Blood, Witcher 3 etc is no problem and look great. This game has some serious problems and I can't recommend it until they're fixed.… Expand
  2. pacifyx
    Oct 27, 2017
    9
    Everything that one was hoping from a Wolfenstein sequel. Absolutely stellar game. Mick Gordon has done yet another fantastic soundtrack. The characters are great and the story is wonderfully over the top again.

    Haven't had a single performance issue with a medium tier PC
  3. 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
  4. Rrichard
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Great gunplay, great performance, great story. What more can you want in a shooter? Really enjoying it so far. The alternate history is cool, and the characters are interesting. Definitely recommend buying.
  5. BigArms
    Oct 27, 2017
    9
    I’m going to start by saying that I have never played a Wolfstein game before. All developers should look at Wolfstein 2: the new colossus, admire and try to mimic the amount of optimisation that went into this title. The game runs smooth as butter on my 980 ti 4790k, unlike many big budget PC games.
    The story is great, way above your average evil vs good storyline. Controls are fine,    I’m going to start by saying that I have never played a Wolfstein game before. All developers should look at Wolfstein 2: the new colossus, admire and try to mimic the amount of optimisation that went into this title. The game runs smooth as butter on my 980 ti 4790k, unlike many big budget PC games.
    The story is great, way above your average evil vs good storyline. Controls are fine, gameplay in general feels balanced, nothing bad to say here. I think this one is a winner for me!    … Expand
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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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