Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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  1. Waylander100
    Oct 29, 2017
    4
    Well where to start, no game deserves a 0 but exactly what game were the high score paid reviewers playing compared to me, I guess I've fallen for the pre release hype again. Played both the previous new generation games and to me no improvement in graphics, I paused at times (Xbox) and the texture reminds me of 2005.The game engine is unable to render hair or faces well which can beWell where to start, no game deserves a 0 but exactly what game were the high score paid reviewers playing compared to me, I guess I've fallen for the pre release hype again. Played both the previous new generation games and to me no improvement in graphics, I paused at times (Xbox) and the texture reminds me of 2005.The game engine is unable to render hair or faces well which can be forgiven if game play story make up for it (fallout 4)alas not found in my case. Some interactions on the submarine are amusing and alas it shows how boring gun fights were I looked forward to the level exit screen to return to them. Leaving the politics out of it, the story just can't hold together a lacklustre first person shooter with dated graphics, as always I judge a game by (is it fun) for me, fun being am I still playing at 3am suffice to say 3hours in (now 10) I needed a Skyrim fix. Moral of my story don't buy the hype ignore high score paid reviews.… Expand
  2. herewardwakes
    Oct 27, 2017
    1
    Really awful and derivative tripe. The mechanics are tired and unoriginal, the story is yawn inducing, and they try to cover it all with a supposedly "topical" story that is totally uninteresting to any normal person.
  3. goomshill
    Oct 27, 2017
    2
    I was unimpressed. The single player campaign was a lot of scripted events and linear story telling with cut scenes, but little gameplay. And thats when I realized if I stripped the thematics out of the game and just took it at its mechanics, this is a very short, very underwhelming FPS with no innovations. I'm not a fan of interactive movies in lieu of gameplay in the best of times, butI was unimpressed. The single player campaign was a lot of scripted events and linear story telling with cut scenes, but little gameplay. And thats when I realized if I stripped the thematics out of the game and just took it at its mechanics, this is a very short, very underwhelming FPS with no innovations. I'm not a fan of interactive movies in lieu of gameplay in the best of times, but this one tried to sell entirely on controversy. It could have been a 5/10 mediocre game that was ignored entirely… Expand
  4. potatoesaredeli
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    Enjoyed the previous games. But this seems to be Bethesda laziness showing as usual. They haven't really created anything new and this just seems to be a rehash of what they had before with some blended cutscenes. Like what they did with Fallout 4. Definitely not worth $59. Rent or wait until it goes on discount
  5. dimaarch
    Oct 28, 2017
    1
    Horrible game - graphics is outdated, plot is not immersive, gameplay worse than 1st person shooters of 2006. Ii was not even able to proper aim, control is not tuned. Developers, just look at Killzone 3, which beats your game in all aspects. Guys, never trust youtube game bloggers, I lost money because of their positive reviews to this game. Play good games!
  6. csmyka
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    SJWs rejoice! Bethesda blew it again; terrible, nonsensical story, and Bethesda wholeheartedly embraced the SJWism that formed around the game. Not worth the time or the money, and anyone who wants to 'kill nazis' can play an actual WWII shooter and not this crap.
  7. TUZLO
    Oct 29, 2017
    0
    Last good wolfenstein game was return to castle Wolfenstein. MachineGames dont know what they are doing they destroy this series. For example Doom is amazing this game is stup!d
  8. Tristige
    Oct 29, 2017
    2
    The game would be alright if it wasn't so ridiculous and stayed closer to its roots. Game play is meh, story is pretty good but it's an interactive movie. Seriously all you do is shoot stuff, watch a cut-scene, do some more stuff, watch more cut-scenes.

    There's also the "agenda" which is kinda there but most importantly, they make Wolfenstien into a serious game, when it never should    The game would be alright if it wasn't so ridiculous and stayed closer to its roots. Game play is meh, story is pretty good but it's an interactive movie. Seriously all you do is shoot stuff, watch a cut-scene, do some more stuff, watch more cut-scenes.

    There's also the "agenda" which is kinda there but most importantly, they make Wolfenstien into a serious game, when it never should have been. It never has been. They essentially ruined the series. There's also the fact that you can't really play in 4k and crashes for days so gonna give it a 2.    … Expand
  9. Canisrah
    Oct 29, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This boring derivative shooter is using a venerable franchise to make a quick buck by injecting the game play with a story riddled with anti-white propaganda and social engineering.

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

    The developers here have gone OUT OF THEIR WAY to push a particular narrative here and it is visible in the opening minutes of the game and continues throughout. Its poison, and it should be rightly rejected and called out for the damage it is doing not only to gamers, but to what is left of Western Civilization.    … Expand
  10. Timmiiii
    Dec 18, 2017
    0
    Absolutely attrocious SJW propaganda - I cannot for the life of me recommend this game. They completely destroyed a good story in the making, and they charge 60 bucks for an hour 8 game

    0/10
  11. tasteful-gamer
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Repetitive game with way too many cutscenes and QTEs. It brings absolutely nothing new to the table and is essentially an offline CoD with shoehorned upgrade and RPG mechanics. I just don't see the point of this game.

    Also pushing political agendas in a time like this doesn't really seem to be a clever thing to do in my eyes. "Wite ass pig" just isn't bueno.
  12. drlowdon
    May 9, 2020
    4
    Following the final events of Wolfenstein: The New Order, William "B.J." Blazkowicz is injured and falls into a coma for 5 months, and awakens just as the U-Boat they have commandeered is attacked by Nazi forces.

    I’ll just come right out and say it, The New Colossus is one of the most disappointing sequels I’ve played. Apparently in response to feedback that the The New Order was ‘too    Following the final events of Wolfenstein: The New Order, William "B.J." Blazkowicz is injured and falls into a coma for 5 months, and awakens just as the U-Boat they have commandeered is attacked by Nazi forces.

    I’ll just come right out and say it, The New Colossus is one of the most disappointing sequels I’ve played. Apparently in response to feedback that the The New Order was ‘too easy’, the developers have upped the difficulty making the fast paced run and gun gameplay all but impossible on even the default setting (the lowest setting is too easy). This in itself wouldn’t be disastrous if the stealth mechanics were enjoyable, but they’re not. Enemy detection is too inconsistent, and in a good number of areas alerting the ‘commanders’ results in enemies infinitely respawning until you can kill them and shut down the alarm.

    In between many of the missions you find yourself inside the U-Boat that acts as kind of a hub. For some reason you’ll usually be tasked with finding someone or something to start the next level, these sections are as dull as you’d expect and the fact that the useless map doesn’t always make it clear where you’re supposed to go only makes matters worse.

    There is the odd bright spot, but I didn’t even make it to the end of what is apparently a relatively short campaign...    … Expand
  13. MelGibson
    Jul 3, 2021
    0
    Far left propaganda. If you want to play a game without political correctness or radical far left nonsense being shoved down your throat then please Save your money and buy something else.
  14. AlbinoAlligator
    May 9, 2023
    3
    I have no idea why this is so highly rated. There's at least 15 minutes of unskippable garbage dialogue at the beginning of the game that nearly had me deleting it instantly. Then you're stuck on a wheelchair for the first level which is a frustrating experience, it should have been much shorter. Then the main game kicks in and enemies are the same colour as the scenery, it's all veryI have no idea why this is so highly rated. There's at least 15 minutes of unskippable garbage dialogue at the beginning of the game that nearly had me deleting it instantly. Then you're stuck on a wheelchair for the first level which is a frustrating experience, it should have been much shorter. Then the main game kicks in and enemies are the same colour as the scenery, it's all very grey. 45 minutes in and I want to give up. I think I will.… Expand
  15. mgao22
    Jun 10, 2019
    3
    The New Colossus is no where as close to The New Order.

    It is very offensive to white people, while giving rootless worship to black people. The white characters are either brain-damaged or nuts. The white man came with Grace got his G-spot touched by a toilet. Hitler is rude, ill-mannered and carzy. Horton, the New Orlean leader, is a clown who's high from drugs all the time. I'm not    The New Colossus is no where as close to The New Order.

    It is very offensive to white people, while giving rootless worship to black people. The white characters are either brain-damaged or nuts. The white man came with Grace got his G-spot touched by a toilet. Hitler is rude, ill-mannered and carzy. Horton, the New Orlean leader, is a clown who's high from drugs all the time. I'm not White. I like Bombarte a lot. It's fine that Black people think they look good, but it's not fine if they think it's true and puts it in my favorite game. You cannot let gansters and rogues lead a great revolution, while making all other people look stupid. Grace is apparently nothing more than a street rogue, and the calm, wise Caroline was beheaded at the begining of the game. Full of non-sense. The worst part, they made my BJ a 'yo, yo, chect it out' rapper. They way he dress, the tone he talk, etc. Again, that's not cool, and it's not fine to make my dear American solder BJ into a rapper.

    Second, the story of this game is just crap. Plot like BJ being beheaded is cool, but lack of depth, which is also the problem of this whole games. The growth of Sigrun makes no sense. Who would help strange enemies killing her own mother? She started weak, and then have sex with Bombarte, and all suddenly, she grasp Grace's neck, and became a strong, grown woman. What nonsense is this? The large party night they had. So typically fun with no meaning. It doesn't increase the depth of the story. It doesn't help forming a character. Just like junk food, fun but crap.

    The whole game is just like that party, low-level enjoyment with no depth. It is enjoyable to certain people, especially black people apparently, but junk is junk. It's not a good game. It defiles the story and people established in the New Order. It offences me. It's a piece of crap.    … Expand
  16. sco3003
    May 17, 2022
    0
    Worts game i have seen so far. Story is boring full of ideology. Not a true wolfenstein game. Waist of money. Can no longer trust reviewers.
  17. AlcoholicGoat
    Mar 2, 2022
    1
    This game ruined so much good will from The New Order. I love that game. This game just completely misunderstands The New Order.
  18. entigra
    Feb 28, 2018
    3
    I love killing Nazi's however:

    The game certainly has both its pro's and its con's but for me personally (and this is simply my opinion) I have a certain fundamental problem with this Game: I have been Playing FPS games most of my life so I should know a thing or two about them. I always select the most difficult settings on all FPS games to both challenge myself and to get the maximum    I love killing Nazi's however:

    The game certainly has both its pro's and its con's but for me personally (and this is simply my opinion) I have a certain fundamental problem with this Game: I have been Playing FPS games most of my life so I should know a thing or two about them. I always select the most difficult settings on all FPS games to both challenge myself and to get the maximum enjoyment and longevity out of the game. I have tried to do the same with Wolfenstein II The New Colossus however , the stages are poorly designed , enemies spawn in weird places and I am left with the feeling that even if I made it past a certain check point that it was sometimes it was simply down to dumb luck and not any actual skill in any way. Believe me I have repeated sections over and over again with pin point accuracy only to die randomly by a single sometimes unknown shot. It feels more like trying to solve a puzzle than it does a skill based FPS shooter. I suppose for those casual gamers who don't play on the most difficult setting won't find it so frustrating but for hardcore FPS fans it can be a unwelcome grind.    … Expand
  19. xSPAZZx
    Jun 14, 2022
    1
    Woken-Stein is SJW pandering, anti white male drivel.
    Basically the communists are the good guys (Romamtiscizing one form of totalitarianism over one).
    The entire storyline is designed to be woke; beyond story the gameplay is eh, another Bethesda game. This game is NOT brilliant with a poignant story line. All CNN talking points parleyed into a FPS... The father character is    Woken-Stein is SJW pandering, anti white male drivel.
    Basically the communists are the good guys (Romamtiscizing one form of totalitarianism over one).
    The entire storyline is designed to be woke; beyond story the gameplay is eh, another Bethesda game.
    This game is NOT brilliant with a poignant story line. All CNN talking points parleyed into a FPS...

    The father character is abnormally evil (done on purpose as if we already don't look down on racism).
    Killing the family dog because you kissed a little black girl as punishment doesn't make sense.
    These are all cheap shots. Unrealistic interactions either; I know it's a scripted game but comes off more awkward in "deep dialogue" portions....
    It's a generic FPS, with a PC storyline. So if doom eternal's, "mortally challenged" reference triggered you. Come to Woken-Stein!    … Expand
  20. CmPlus4oldGamer
    Feb 27, 2018
    1
    Worst plot ive seen in years. I loved the first game (before some dumb SJW makes a dumb nazi slur), but this one was just retarded on so many levels. Its **** Decent game play, but a laughably bad waypoint system that works only occasionally. And the dreadful plot...its supposed to be about starting a revolution. Yet is the most retarded ill thought out revolution in history. A drunkenWorst plot ive seen in years. I loved the first game (before some dumb SJW makes a dumb nazi slur), but this one was just retarded on so many levels. Its **** Decent game play, but a laughably bad waypoint system that works only occasionally. And the dreadful plot...its supposed to be about starting a revolution. Yet is the most retarded ill thought out revolution in history. A drunken frat party could organise one better.

    And thats before we get to the eye cancer moments. Like catching blaskovics head aftet his execution, to the retarded use of a 6 months pregnant wife as a front line operative, when you have a WHOLE Submarines worth of operatives who can do the job better than a frigging PREGNANT NURSE.

    And the stupid she ra, girl rambo nudist scene is pure stupidity in a bad way. And the awful end game revolution scene is so half assed and ill thoughtout its embarrassing.

    Anyone who gave this game 10 out of 10 needs to hang their head in shame and learn what a real game is like. The previous Wolfenstein 1's DLC is 10x better than this turd sandwhich.    … Expand
  21. Shengin
    Sep 26, 2018
    1
    Disappointing, that's what id use to describe the entirety of this game. Where as the first wolfenstien captured the magic, this game unsealed the stopper and let it all out. Credit where credit is due first. The level design and gun mechanics are better than ever. Now back to what ruined what should of been a lay up of a sequel. The story is atrocious, do you ever wonder what socialDisappointing, that's what id use to describe the entirety of this game. Where as the first wolfenstien captured the magic, this game unsealed the stopper and let it all out. Credit where credit is due first. The level design and gun mechanics are better than ever. Now back to what ruined what should of been a lay up of a sequel. The story is atrocious, do you ever wonder what social justice warrior literature looks like, play this and you'll see. This is the most cringey dialogue and story progression in existence. Its as if a thirteen year old boy who loved black, gay, Jewish woman who happened to also really love the F word wrote the script, cringe. talk about a basket of token minorities. oh and dont forget about the pregnant woman going full on topless covered in blood dual wielding guns as if to tell me this is the NEW bad ass we should all strive to be, absolute cringe. the game is also extremely short, i beat it in a day, so 60 is quite the asking price, not to mention it wants you to scrap out more money for its dlc. all in all if you really want a good shooter, just play DOOM or its upcoming sequel and if you're looking for a great narrative game play God of War or Uncharted 4, cheers.… Expand
  22. SIPPIO
    Jan 5, 2018
    4
    SJW Liberal appeasement.
    ~Lets make Hitler a retarded fool because people don't like him.
    ~Lets have someone survive something awful just too show something awful for a trailer ~Head Bobbing ~Dialog is so bad that it's not even funny. ~YOU WILL SKIP CUTSCENES ~GUNPLAY IS AVERAGE @ BEST. ~Stealth is encouraged but just boring and takes too long. ~The obvious cliffhanger ending for    SJW Liberal appeasement.
    ~Lets make Hitler a retarded fool because people don't like him.
    ~Lets have someone survive something awful just too show something awful for a trailer
    ~Head Bobbing
    ~Dialog is so bad that it's not even funny.
    ~YOU WILL SKIP CUTSCENES
    ~GUNPLAY IS AVERAGE @ BEST.
    ~Stealth is encouraged but just boring and takes too long.
    ~The obvious cliffhanger ending for cashcow

    The only positive is there's no micros transactions..
    (I honestly don't remember which console I played this on as it was that bad)    … Expand
  23. whenk1234
    Dec 12, 2018
    4
    this game was seriously underwhelming. the game felt unfinished, the story sucked, and it really felt like they were pushing a sjw agenda. seriously disappointing since I liked the first one so much.
  24. extinguisher17
    Dec 14, 2017
    2
    This game takes everything that was great about Wolfenstein: The New Order, digs it a neat little burial plot, throws it into the ditch and pisses on it.

    The previous title was incredible for its depth given it was a balls-to-the-walls shooter based around killing Nazis. You were able to choose how you wanted to complete the game, be it stealth or mayhem. The sequel, unfortunately,    This game takes everything that was great about Wolfenstein: The New Order, digs it a neat little burial plot, throws it into the ditch and pisses on it.

    The previous title was incredible for its depth given it was a balls-to-the-walls shooter based around killing Nazis. You were able to choose how you wanted to complete the game, be it stealth or mayhem. The sequel, unfortunately, gives you the illusion of being able to do the same, but punishes you for choosing anything but the safest, stealthiest route. Despite being clad in futuristic armor, most of the game is spent in fear of actually alerting an enemy, as said armor seems to be made of cardboard; leaving the player shredded to pieces at the slightest whiff of a battle.

    Then there's the plot. This game plays like the straight-to-DVD sequel that fans wished hadn't come out at all. The characters (like the main characters armor) are paper-thin, being entirely defined by overdone tropes. Any semblance of emotional engagement is disrupted by literal potty humor, and the main character "Terror Billy" spends most of the game lamenting how horribly bent out of shape he is. I kept waiting for the good part to start, but was let down as the woe-is-me attitude from the main character came to be a story staple.

    I like to think that the series ended after The New Order, as suffering through this game was a chore I wouldn't wish on anyone who enjoyed the first.    … Expand
  25. Madremia
    Aug 28, 2018
    0
    I'd like to enjoy this game but frankly the bad performance, sheer lack of decent level design, and unfun gameplay just make it impossible to play. It's a shame because it has potential (Who in this modern day doesn't want to kill nazis and klansmen?) but they seriously need to hire at least one person who actually knows anything about game design and engine design before it could possiblyI'd like to enjoy this game but frankly the bad performance, sheer lack of decent level design, and unfun gameplay just make it impossible to play. It's a shame because it has potential (Who in this modern day doesn't want to kill nazis and klansmen?) but they seriously need to hire at least one person who actually knows anything about game design and engine design before it could possibly get there.… Expand
  26. MaimiXong1
    Nov 10, 2018
    2
    This game is a joke. Gamestop charged me 40 CAD, no way.
    Its super short, and the aiming is super sluggish on console. Tons of fillers in the gameplay. and story is stupid. No new enemies, and there are only 5 weapons??? are you f serious? and IGN gave this crap a 9.1????? I wont buy any games from that publishers any more
  27. evilgamer3560
    Jan 7, 2018
    0
    Badly made garbage that belongs in a dumpster, with every character made to be uglier and more ridiculous than the other, with every single segment being an sjw daydream. It's not a game but a piece of ridiculous propaganda where the authors just circlejerk their self-inserts.
  28. Maikuroha
    May 14, 2018
    0
    >your main audience are white men
    >create a game about how evil white men are
    >be surprised it flopped

    what were they thinking?
  29. arcofadiver
    Dec 15, 2017
    4
    Really unfortunate let down.

    I've been playing it for a couple of days but I'm not sure I will bother to finish it anytime soon because it's very disappointing compared to the original. If you were a huge fan of the New Order’s majestic art direction, strategic stealth component and highly engaging characters and story, you are likely to be as disappointed as I am so far by this bland    Really unfortunate let down.

    I've been playing it for a couple of days but I'm not sure I will bother to finish it anytime soon because it's very disappointing compared to the original. If you were a huge fan of the New Order’s majestic art direction, strategic stealth component and highly engaging characters and story, you are likely to be as disappointed as I am so far by this bland sequel. Where the original had the perfect combination of difficulty, ease of use, stealth and truly original character development and story, this is much more two dimensional with the stealth component all but completely removed. It's virtually impossible to sneak up on the enemy in any scenario and even harder to find a Commander before he sets of his alarm to call in reinforcements. So over and over again, the only way to accomplish the mission is to go in full-on guns blazing and just hope you don't get decimated, which all too often happens, even on the easier settings. Also, one of the best things about the original was that there was always a logical (if sometimes difficult to see) way to defeat the enemies in any given level. Not so here. No rhyme or reason to the attack plan.

    Graphics are fine but not nearly as compelling emotionally in my opinion. This game is much more claustrophobic and repetitive. All in all a major disappointment, given how much I loved the original. It's just flat creatively. And the aiming of the guns seems troublesome compared to the first. I wouldn't pay anywhere near full price for this - I'm not thrilled that I got it for less than full price frankly. The developers got lazy with this one. I decided to get unlazy with this one and write my first review to try to save fans of the first one some disappointment. Sorry to say but it's true. The people who are comparing this highly to the original game clearly didn’t love what was so compelling and unique about the orIginal in the first place.    … Expand
  30. PEJOMAN1234
    Nov 6, 2017
    1
    game play is good
    story is weak
    AI is dumb
    Zero development on the world
    Not interesting charaters
    Grafics is good
    short game for full price
    Some areas look rushed and unfinished
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 70 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 70
  3. Negative: 0 out of 70
  1. Cubed3
    Jan 16, 2019
    80
    Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is an FPS that makes a ton of good to great decisions, but also a handful of poor ones. Tightly crafted gameplay is marred by adherence to genre conventions, and the narrative gets off to a slow start as the game decides what it wants to be. However, neither of those are enough to drag this down too much, as it is simply too well put together and has more than enough personality and fun to poke through the layer of seriousness draped over the first parts of the campaign. What is left is a game that can stand as a very fine example of its genre, if not quite a groundbreaking one.
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  2. Games.cz
    Jan 2, 2018
    80
    The second part continues in the footsteps of its predecessor and does not bring any major changes. However, it brings a hectic, explosive action accompanied by an excellent, though sometimes too exaggerative story.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 15, 2017
    80
    Shocking, silly and brutal, BJ's comeback spins an enjoyable, if tonally confused, yarn. Despite its issues, this is still a rollicking thoughtfully driven shooter. [Christmas 2017, p.93]
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