Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1598 Ratings

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Ldt1
    May 23, 2019
    4
    So as a massive fan of the new order which at the time of release with the market flooded with brown/ boring fps games with terrible multiplayer same old thing/ boring maps tacked on, the first game blew me away with its amazing graphics/ epic gunplay / hectic storytelling great level design and originality as well as paying respect to the original masterpiece, so i finally got round toSo as a massive fan of the new order which at the time of release with the market flooded with brown/ boring fps games with terrible multiplayer same old thing/ boring maps tacked on, the first game blew me away with its amazing graphics/ epic gunplay / hectic storytelling great level design and originality as well as paying respect to the original masterpiece, so i finally got round to playing 2 the new colossus and was really looking forward to more of the same, but omg i was not prepared for such disappointment and lazy game design, it starts off well with the first level making me lol thinking great this is looking good already but after 2 hours i turned it off and after a few days was thinking why haven't i gone back to it? the main answer a couple of hours in was it felt tired and old and like a game from last gen with bland / boring looking levels, but i thought i probably just didn't give it enough time to get going thinking back to the masterpiece new order, so i dived in again, but unfortunately things only got much worse, the game seems confused as to what it wants to be, a stealth game. or a shooter, u cant run and gun in this game due to the main character now being such a wimpy / lightweight, i love challenge and having to think and adjust tactics, but i just kept thinking wow he's such a wimp, just 1 enemy can kill u with max armour/ health in a second literally, so the epic feeling of being a 1 man army from the first is long gone, then comes the silly stealth mechs, they just dont really work, they added in a stupid mech where if u stealth up to an officer and kill him it stops the alarm going off and being flooded with enemies and this is basically the whole game and its just not fun, you might get around it by playing on an easy difficulty level but i never tried i wanted to play it how they intended it to be, they have designed some epic heavy weapons, but then they over rely on them, and in alot of instances your normal loadout weapons are absolutely useless, boring and uninspired, but its the level design that shocked me most due to how good the first game was, they are all just boring and bland despite some crazy location ideas, i didn't once think oh wow that's stunning, but maybe i've got used to all the beautiful hdr games lately, i also loved the hectic storytelling of the original, this one is like a really really bad joke and devs trying to be funny / have a lol and epic failing, its so cringy, to sum it all up it just feels so outdated and old and tired, gunplay is very average at best, level design is average, even health/ armour/ ammo pickups which worked so well in new order and was a great way to pay respect to the original games feels buggy/ wonky and indecisive in this, alot of bugs as well, had to reload checkpoints alot due to sound bugs, but there are a couple of nice moments gameplay wise but they are few and far between, and frustration overrides it by a long way, one place i thought the game stood out, was some of the cut scenes and characters which were really funny, and one bit on venus involving the nazi leader which was unexpected xD, but it soon goes straight back to boring/ tedious / cringy , gameplay/ story/ game design, bear in mind when i make my rating of 4 i would easily give the new order a 9/10, but playing this in 2019 this type of gameplay is to dated now and does not stand up to todays standard, 4/10 boring uninspired gameplay/ gunplay, boring/ bland level design, cringy story, very outdated mechanics which dont really work, why does it try to be mgs? but it regains a few points for the very few odd epic moments it has, and some very funny cutscenes characters, (Fergus is so funny), it also loses a point down to 4 because why everytime i boot the game does it go straight to the buy now dlc page? there is no excuse for that, such a cheap tactic :( i haven't looked into it but i guess this cant of been the team that done the original it must of been passed on to another team to come up with something this bad in comparison… Expand
  4. Gadlajk
    Nov 2, 2017
    4
    Same problem as with the Doom, a lot of mindless shooting which in this game would be fine if sound of guns isn't dull/weak/suppressed, pubg for example has nice gun sounds.
  5. MercenaryofHate
    Dec 25, 2020
    4
    This game is pretty cringe worthy and doesn't offer anything new or makes use of it's mechanics it's watch story Cust scene there shoot. Then it goes into some **** cringeworthy sub storyline.
  6. Bonsanto
    Dec 30, 2017
    4
    The worst SW movie ever. The plot doesn't have any sense, severe abuse of jokes, many SW's rules violated, many "plot twists" are just bad ones, too much politics in the movie (girls are smart, men are stupid and violent, all white men are all nazis except for Luke, rich people are evil in many ways, etc), many dialogs are very bad. The movie is so bad that Phantom Menace looks like aThe worst SW movie ever. The plot doesn't have any sense, severe abuse of jokes, many SW's rules violated, many "plot twists" are just bad ones, too much politics in the movie (girls are smart, men are stupid and violent, all white men are all nazis except for Luke, rich people are evil in many ways, etc), many dialogs are very bad. The movie is so bad that Phantom Menace looks like a master piece compared to it.… Expand
  7. 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
  8. Baelorn
    Nov 1, 2017
    4
    Extremely disappointed in this game. Everything feels slow and weak. The weapons are clunky and not fun to use. The enemies often blend into the bland and washed out backgrounds. Rent before buying.
  9. Bernbach
    Nov 3, 2017
    4
    An average game with great graphics but nothing new to offer. It's fun for sure but I really don't understand why it gets so much good reviews on Metacritic. It's not deep it's just sometimes quite enjoyable. It's an ordinary game from 1997 with some good 2017 graphics. 10 hrs in enough to get through it.
  10. dannija96
    Nov 3, 2017
    4
    What was my most anticipated title of the year turned out to be the most disappointing one. While it's graphical fidelity is impressive and a massive leap from the previous game, this game fails to build on what was an amazing experience in this first. Albeit the game has a strong cast of characters and a impressive story arc, it fails to develop from the first game in terms of innovation.What was my most anticipated title of the year turned out to be the most disappointing one. While it's graphical fidelity is impressive and a massive leap from the previous game, this game fails to build on what was an amazing experience in this first. Albeit the game has a strong cast of characters and a impressive story arc, it fails to develop from the first game in terms of innovation. It is definitely a good game but it doesn't impress as the first one did.… Expand
  11. DrummBumm
    Jul 6, 2020
    4
    PROS:

    Storyline - Was entertaining, absurd, and had a very much larger than life feel to it. There was a ton of cut scenes, but, IMO this was the game's bread and butter. Music - Whoever produced the music for this game is awesome! There's a super heavy song at the beginning menu that was great. Even for the silly cut scene's there is a dynamic and well performed music parts that I    PROS:

    Storyline - Was entertaining, absurd, and had a very much larger than life feel to it. There was a ton of cut scenes, but, IMO this was the game's bread and butter.

    Music - Whoever produced the music for this game is awesome! There's a super heavy song at the beginning menu that was great. Even for the silly cut scene's there is a dynamic and well performed music parts that I thought sounded much better than other games in its genre.

    Simple mechanics - Very simple gameplay in the sense that you'll never be confused in upgrading weapons, collecting items, or using weapons. It's pretty dumbed down which I like as it doesn't overcomplicate gaemplay.

    Saving: Although some people may complain this takes the difficulty out of the game, I like this feature as the difficulty and amount of enemies at some points in the game are frustrating.

    CONS:

    Gameplay movement - I felt B.J. moved too fast and it felt too cartoony in that sense. The melee kills are a little over the top but hey, thats Wolfenstein. The aiming is fine but I feel the player movement somewhat takes away from it.

    Difficulty - WOW! Even on Medium this game can get tedious. Thank God you can save whenever you want otherwise it would suck. Some parts enemies will come literally from every angle, and on Medium it takes about 5 seconds to die when this happens. A bit too harsh for me. Towards the end of the game it becomes hilarious for all the wrong reasons. The stealth sucks too. Even when carefully maneuvering through levels, you'll always get caught eventually, and then literally every enemy in that giant part of the map swarm you relentlessly. It is god-damn awful and honestly not fair.

    Graphics - I don't know what it is about Bethesda, but their graphics always are weird. There is a mastered 'shine' in the game, but at the same time their are moments where large pixels are noticed and it just looks sloppy/lazy. There was one point where I was throwing nades at an enemy through a hole through a ceiling, an the grenades just bounced off the hole like it was solid ground. SMH.

    Overall, good/funny story that addresses real issues in the world today and yesterday. The music was great, the overall gameplay was OK but also felt rushed. The graphics looked like standard Bethesda style. The difficulty felt stupidly overwhelming at times (imagine getting the 'Mein Leben' trophy?!). I think the Bethesda could've added a little more to this game. This game could be an 8 if its serious technical/gameplay flaws could be addressed and updated.    … Expand
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. Angryagain
    May 14, 2021
    4
    Positives: bad ass story, great acting and music, dual wielded weapons still feel amazing.

    Negatives: bad level design, bare bones stealth mechanics which game constantly pushes you to use, AI is lazy and unfair. To survive any decent difficulty you have to be constantly on the move but absence of auto pickup makes you stop in the middle of the fight and pixel hunt for pickup icon to    Positives: bad ass story, great acting and music, dual wielded weapons still feel amazing.

    Negatives: bad level design, bare bones stealth mechanics which game constantly pushes you to use, AI is lazy and unfair.

    To survive any decent difficulty you have to be constantly on the move but absence of auto pickup makes you stop in the middle of the fight and pixel hunt for pickup icon to get any ammo, armor or health.

    Aiming is quite rubbish basically and build around shooting upclose. Most of the levels have terrible flow, each time every NPC will gang up on you at the beginning in the first two rooms and then you running around empty rooms looking for a way out.    … Expand
  15. renatoelyone
    Aug 16, 2021
    4
    jogo fraco, história galhofa e agua com açucar. violencia gratuita jogo forçado não recomendo.
  16. amandra
    May 27, 2019
    3
    After an awful wheelchair PoV start and an interesting albeit over the top stereotyped cut sequence, I actually put the game down after thirty minutes. Clunky control, abysmal level design. As an old nerd that played the original I'm very disappointed.

    Bethesda is dead....
  17. dunnyone
    Nov 3, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a mess. In short, wait for a deep price drop as it's worth playing just to see what a mess it all is.

    Pros:
    - Fantastic graphics
    - Rich sound (sound effects and music is brilliant)
    - Good selection of guns, plus fun upgrades
    - I like the 'organic' skill tree
    - You get to kill Nazis, I hate Nazis

    Cons:
    -Story is a f--king mess. The tone is totally inconsistent. It will go from deadly serious drama to slapstick comedy within the same cutscene. The story has ZERO focus and tries to make us invested in 10+ characters, but none of them are interesting. Especially that resistance leader, she is an insanely irritating character but the story won't stop spending time on her. There are INCREDIBLY interesting plot points that go nowhere, hopefully it's resolved in W3.
    -BJ is wasted. He whines and **** about this character that is killed right in the beginning, for literally 50% of the game. Even after spending hours (yes) on developing BJ, I still don't understand or care for him. Halfway through the story, something so unbelievable happens that I lost all interest in his arch.
    -The game is broken up into 40% (perhaps more) cutscenes and 60% shooting. Of the shooting, 80% is sneaking and 20% is outright action. Wolf 2 is more concerned with its poor sneaking system then letting you actually shoot **** This is actually the most f--ked up thing about this new game. Only in the VERY LAST LEVEL was I ever actually running, shooting and having fun. That's because by the end of the game I was so tired of sneaking around. For the first half, you have 50% health and on the higher difficulty level you take 1 shot before going down.
    - Seriously, did anyone playtest the hit detection on this mofo? You die instantly and there is no indication of where the attacks are coming from. BJ feels as powerful as a used tissue. I miss the Doom slayer, at least he could take a few hits before going down.
    -More on the sneaking: this game was marketed to us incorrectly. The trailers were all action action action but if you go in guns blazing, enemies will swarm at you FOREVER until you take out the captain, and this is NO WAY to know if he is above or below you. It's so frustrating. Why market it as a shooter when they were trying for a watered down Dishonored? F--king LIARS.

    Overall: WHAT A F__KING WASTE OF MY TIME.

    Update: I had to drop my difficult from the hardest to the second hardest, as the hit detection is so poor, that you'll be dead in 0.5 seconds if you even pop out of cover, making playing it as an action game impossible on that level. You have to sneak. F--k this game.    … Expand
  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. Serenityinaz12
    Oct 30, 2017
    3
    Lot of 0's from outrage culture people who deep down really don't even care about what they are crying about but love to jump on the outrage train. It's sad what society has become these days with skin as thick as a piece of paper.
  20. bhappenstance
    Dec 11, 2017
    3
    Was enjoying this game immensely -- awesome FPS combat at a breakneck pace, great characters and story to boot -- until a save error completely erased 24+ hours of progress. The "progression slot system" is bafflingly poorly designed, and gives absolutely no warning when a file is about to be saved over (contrary to every other time you save your game, which employs a standardWas enjoying this game immensely -- awesome FPS combat at a breakneck pace, great characters and story to boot -- until a save error completely erased 24+ hours of progress. The "progression slot system" is bafflingly poorly designed, and gives absolutely no warning when a file is about to be saved over (contrary to every other time you save your game, which employs a standard accept/cancel prompt prior to manual saves.
    Just utterly floored that such an otherwise well-crafted game could completely **** up something that is just standard protocol for the last several decades. Not once in my gaming life have I ever saved over a file by accident, or when I didn't want to, before now. Will be returning this title tomorrow, and staying away from Bethesda titles for the foreseeable future.    … Expand
  21. 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
  22. tolyanmalyan
    Nov 5, 2019
    3
    Дерьмовая часть по сравнению с предыдущей. Новых боссов нет. К слову боссов нет вообще, в конце какие-то совершенно непроходимые панцервали даже на лёгком уровне которых не убить, но можно спокойно пробежатт мимо. Механика скрытых убийств сломана, роботам можно пустить масо, и дальше что? Стоял минут десять ждал может оно вытечет и он здохнет- хрен.Новая пушка одна. Из уважению к Бласко 3,Дерьмовая часть по сравнению с предыдущей. Новых боссов нет. К слову боссов нет вообще, в конце какие-то совершенно непроходимые панцервали даже на лёгком уровне которых не убить, но можно спокойно пробежатт мимо. Механика скрытых убийств сломана, роботам можно пустить масо, и дальше что? Стоял минут десять ждал может оно вытечет и он здохнет- хрен.Новая пушка одна. Из уважению к Бласко 3, так 0… Expand
  23. 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
  24. Teemuer
    Jul 25, 2019
    3
    Solid gameplay and story. Few very cool moments and that is it. Game is simply boring and repetitive. There are no boss fights, not enough weapons and only like 3 different enemies in the whole game. Side missions are not worth playing at all. Game is also too short. I love Doom but this does not deliver the awesomeness of the run and shoot games.
  25. jameshowlett89
    May 22, 2019
    2
    absolute trash, 1/3 you're stuck watching terrible PC forced garbage and the other 1/3 you're hearing BJ be an emo punk, **** and complaining. The story is trash and incoherent, but the main thing is the gameplay anyways right? well that's got a major downgrade from the first game.
    The game is tedious and annoying, you're super fast which you'd think encourages a speedy action paced    absolute trash, 1/3 you're stuck watching terrible PC forced garbage and the other 1/3 you're hearing BJ be an emo punk, **** and complaining. The story is trash and incoherent, but the main thing is the gameplay anyways right? well that's got a major downgrade from the first game.
    The game is tedious and annoying, you're super fast which you'd think encourages a speedy action paced gameplay, but you'd be wrong because of how bad the auto-aim of the enemies are which shoot you from a dozen different directions at once without you even knowing where they are. super low health for most of the game and quick deaths, not hard just stupid and boring, forcing you into this weird COD gameplay mode that just doesn't fit the setting of the world. only a few variety of enemy types and bland and boring/forced moments that take away from what "wolfenstein" is meant to be, a badass shooter like DOOM FFS. This is just some sad shooter with a paint of EMO/SJW/PC propaganda all over it.    … Expand
  26. OwnKarater
    Nov 22, 2017
    2
    As a Wolfenstein fan I wanted to like this game so bad.
    Visually it looks like very linear Fallout, except lighting on PS4 is terrible. Whites are washed out, over exposed look. Also reds are not much better, some very odd art choices. I had to turn the music way down, but I may turn it off completely since it is so annoying...
    I am writing this only 2-3 chapters in, because yesterday    As a Wolfenstein fan I wanted to like this game so bad.
    Visually it looks like very linear Fallout, except lighting on PS4 is terrible. Whites are washed out, over exposed look. Also reds are not much better, some very odd art choices. I had to turn the music way down, but I may turn it off completely since it is so annoying...
    I am writing this only 2-3 chapters in, because yesterday Bethesda released a patch that stops me from progressing in the game. Saved games won't load, so I am waiting for them to release a fix and that is why I'm here. I won't buy Bethesda's game until way after release date, used. Not worth 60 bucks. Very disappointed.    … Expand
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. NoSleep
    Nov 5, 2017
    2
    I wanted to like this game, but in the end I just couldn't find much about it to enjoy. The story, characters, graphics, and sound were all decent, but it just wasn't any fun to play. The levels are fairly linear, the gunplay was poor, and I just felt like I was doing the same thing over and over. There's very little original about the game. I feel like I've played much better FPSI wanted to like this game, but in the end I just couldn't find much about it to enjoy. The story, characters, graphics, and sound were all decent, but it just wasn't any fun to play. The levels are fairly linear, the gunplay was poor, and I just felt like I was doing the same thing over and over. There's very little original about the game. I feel like I've played much better FPS campaigns, and most of those games offered multiplayer.… Expand
  30. 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
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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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