Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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  1. BackStabbath
    Jan 6, 2018
    10
    This is a GREAT game. I have long been a fan of the Wolfenstein Franchise. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus did NOT let me down. The graphics and the gameplay are first class. And another benifit is that it really makes the Neo-Nazis, KKK, and Alt-Right insane. 99% of the low ratings are from them. What's better tham a game where you can kill American Nazis and Members of the KKK ?
  2. KayVen17
    Nov 8, 2017
    9
    Deutsche Review - Kritik

    Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln    Deutsche Review - Kritik

    Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln verstanden?
    Dann sind hier meine Punkte.

    Mein persönlicher Score = 88/100
    Mein User Score = 9/10    … Expand
  3. shadowloo
    May 26, 2018
    9
    Wolfenstein went from good to amazing, damn, how I love this game. Shooting Nazi's never felt better, the characters and story is absolutely terrific (and **** crazy) and the score and sound direction are just audible gold. One tip, go with the Wyatt route, much more rewarding in character development and the ending is much better (I love Fergus but he's pretty much a caricature this time around).
  4. Wander22
    Feb 17, 2019
    9
    Gameplay/Mechanics: 9
    Sound/Music: 9.5
    Graphics/Art: 9
    Story/Atmosphere: 9
    OVERALL: 9.1/10
  5. HTGamer
    Apr 13, 2020
    9
    Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is an amazing sequel to 2014's The New Order.

    What I really like about this game (as well as its predecessor) is the alternate 1960s history, the characters and storytelling. Protagonist BJ Blazkowicz's character is being built up as a man forced to survive in a world gone awfully bad, and having to deal with his personal demons. Flashbacks show us his    Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is an amazing sequel to 2014's The New Order.

    What I really like about this game (as well as its predecessor) is the alternate 1960s history, the characters and storytelling. Protagonist BJ Blazkowicz's character is being built up as a man forced to survive in a world gone awfully bad, and having to deal with his personal demons. Flashbacks show us his tough upbringing by a cruel father, justifying how a man can possibly slaughter hundreds of Nazis like it were a piece of cake. Blazkowicz also has a pregnant girlfriend and worries about his fiancè and unborn twin daughters, foreshadowing the events of Wolfenstein: Youngblood. Storywise the highlight is the level where Blazkowicz faces his father. The main antagonist is Frau Engel, returning from The New Order, portrayed as a maniacal and sadistic Nazi general in a playful way. I also like how they mixed Roswell and Area 52 in this alternate history. Even though Hitler isn't the main antagonist, he makes a cameo appearance (and you have the chance to kick him in the face).

    Gameplay is the same as The New Order. You have to traverse some open maps (it's not an open world) and shoot down tons of enemies with the option of doing it stealthily. Whereas in The New Order it was possible to stealth kill entire legions of Nazis, I find it much more difficult to sneak up on enemies in The New Colossus thanks to the level design and the fact that the commanders are located at the very end of the levels, meaning you have to sneak past all of the enemy soldiers before assassinating these commanders (if they spot you they call in re-inforcements). Since gameplay mechanics have remained mostly the same, the developers added 3 "contraptions" (aka gadgets) which you gain access to midway through the campaign. One major gripe I have with the game (as well as its predecessor) is the classic chokepoints. At some points in the game you have to dispatch many waves of re-spawining enemies with bullet sponges thrown into the mix. Without spoiling the story, at the court scene I had to re-load the game some 20 times before finally clearing the level. This is not Dark Souls-style challenging, this is annoying and unfair.

    Graphics have been greatly upgraded since The New Order (which was a cross-gen game), The New Colossus focuses on current-gen consoles and sports greatly expanded and detailed levels with many more colors in the chromatic palette. The game runs at 60 fps with just a few drops, and gameplay fluidity is never impacted too much. The voice acting is great, with standouts being the Engel and Blazkowicz characters. The OST is OK.

    Overall, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a big improvement over The New Order. It's a shame this series is under-appreciated among gamers and the one-dimensional Doom (let alone CoD) steals all the headlines these days. I hope there is a Wolfenstein III in the future, because Youngblood doesn't really hit the target. I definitely recommend The New Colossus to everyone.    … Expand
  6. 3xta
    Nov 8, 2017
    10
    So dumme kommentare mit 0 punkten :/ Was für innovationen wollt ihr haben? Es ist ein klassischer shooter, informiert euch einfach über das schpiel bevor ihr es kauft. "Haare sehen nicht gut aus = alte grafik" - Du hackst nazis arme und beine ab, schiest köpfe weg, blut spritzt in alle richtungen, was für haare?
  7. TatsMcGee
    Sep 8, 2018
    8
    This is a hard game to sit down and talk about. In this short, non-stop, action-packed game, it just goes for it. It dark, gritty and sad but also funny, light and happy at times. It rides the line and what is that line? I don’t even know.

    The game starts off with something that was so emotionally draining, right off the bat it was an emotional punch to the gut. While I was sitting next    This is a hard game to sit down and talk about. In this short, non-stop, action-packed game, it just goes for it. It dark, gritty and sad but also funny, light and happy at times. It rides the line and what is that line? I don’t even know.

    The game starts off with something that was so emotionally draining, right off the bat it was an emotional punch to the gut. While I was sitting next to my dog in real life, I had to shoot B.J. Blazkowicz’s (main characters) childhood dog. Oh man, that was such a tough moment, I was not emotionally prepared for that. After that, the game gets emotionally gets easier to swallow.

    After the game’s intro, things start to pick up narratively but everyone still remains to be very gloomy. As the game progresses you meet Super Spesh and Grace who are just trying to survive. Upon their arrival, things start to look like they’re improving and also with Super Spesh he brings some much-needed light-hearted humor. Before they arrived it started to feel like the game was taking itself way too seriously.

    I hate to be so vague with everything in regards to the story because there are so many things I want to talk about but I don’t want spoil anything. The game has a tone and then about two-thirds of the way through the game there is a major tonal switch. It goes off the rails crazy and what it does it gets me so excited for the sequel.

    It pains me to say this but the weakest part of this game is the gameplay. There is not a great difficulty setting. There are six settings and two through 6 are harder than you want them to be. This is a game that you want some resistance but you don’t want to get stuck in a certain level. This is a game that only flows well when its actually flowing, you want things to progress and move along. The problem with the first difficulty it was too easy. I know it sounds nit-picky but the key to have a great game is having the right difficulty setting.

    The gameplay itself, you can dual-wield any weapon and it’s satisfying enough. Depending on the ammo, I was constantly switching up the combinations but it was fun rocking machine gun and shotgun. As I said before I put the difficulty setting on one and played it like a cartoony first-person shooter. Just blasting through Nazi’s. It wound up being fun enough.

    The biggest disappointment about this game is the fact that it was so close to being great. With it being on the Doom engine, I thought it was going to play like that. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen quite like that. The story is better than Doom but Doom has the better gameplay.

    The entire game was not very long, which is a pro and a con. The game is not something you want to do for 15 hours. But at the same time, asking people to spend $60 on an eight-hour game is asking a lot. I had a lot of fun playing this game and its one the memorable gaming experiences of my life but this is something I would wait until it’s on sale to pick up.    … Expand
  8. Instable
    Apr 15, 2019
    8
    This game is an exact copy of the first part. Change moon for venus and Angele for Hitler. But still it has a lot of emotional moments. I hope new DLC will have something to improve.
  9. SOLIDSNAKEN64
    Aug 13, 2018
    8
    TNC feels more like DLC for ANO which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Blazkowicz is back with a new crew of revolutionaries set on destroying nazis. The story is interesting enough to keep you going and some of the characters are super entertaining. Nazis have since taken over the USA since the first game and Blazkowics is back to do nothing but kill Nazis. Graphics look better andTNC feels more like DLC for ANO which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Blazkowicz is back with a new crew of revolutionaries set on destroying nazis. The story is interesting enough to keep you going and some of the characters are super entertaining. Nazis have since taken over the USA since the first game and Blazkowics is back to do nothing but kill Nazis. Graphics look better and gameplay is fun. They haven't really changed much except for some of the weapons you will be using. They could of really used some awesome bosses, but instead just keep using generic nazis. It's a good game but I feel like it could of been great! I would play it on a harder difficulty if your looking for a challenge. Also not a very long game took me about 15 hours to complete.… Expand
  10. SaitamaOnePunch
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Best game I’ve played in a few years. The story is crazy!! Multiple jaw dropping moments!! So much fun wrecking nazis and everything is just over the top. Beautiful graphics and I couldn’t put it down, give this game a go, it’s so worth it!!
  11. dyinginbeauty
    Jul 25, 2018
    9
    Fantastic wolfenstein game - great graphics, gameplay, and story with clever humor. It misses out on 10 due to lazy level design (misleading lighting) and some poor gameplay mechanics like being able to walk over ammo to pick it up, but having to press action buttons when picking up items from a chest.
  12. Berrlett
    Feb 12, 2018
    8
    Relatively short but an extremely enjoyable campaign, story is what you come to expect from a Wolfenstein game this time a bit more developed but the main core of this game is how many nazis can you kill and how do you kill them. Loved it strongly recommend it.
  13. ApostleShan
    Nov 10, 2017
    10
    One of the best single player shooters in awhile. Story is good from the start but gets better. You live on a pretty badass sumb marine. There are quite a few side missions and many collectables. Exceptional graphics.
  14. boris_out
    Feb 2, 2018
    9
    Безумие, которым сложно не восхищаться.

    Перед нами не игра, а целый феномен в AAA сегменте видеоигр. Сочетая в себе лучшие черты жанра, Wolfenstein 2 умудряется позволять себе разговаривать на темы, которые не принято поднимать в высшем обществе: расизм, национализм, феминизм и, что самое главное, издевательство над всем этим. Удивляет то, с какой легкой подачи издатель выделил деньги    Безумие, которым сложно не восхищаться.

    Перед нами не игра, а целый феномен в AAA сегменте видеоигр. Сочетая в себе лучшие черты жанра, Wolfenstein 2 умудряется позволять себе разговаривать на темы, которые не принято поднимать в высшем обществе: расизм, национализм, феминизм и, что самое главное, издевательство над всем этим. Удивляет то, с какой легкой подачи издатель выделил деньги на подобную авантюру.

    Однозначный MustHave и одна из лучших игр уходящего года.

    9 из 10.    … Expand
  15. Alex_Pilgrim008
    Mar 15, 2023
    9
    Wolfenstein II is one of those bigger, better sequels. A fast-paced FPS with tons of collectibles, gore and tough challenges. Fans of the previous Wolfenstein will find it to be an improvement in every way. This entry has a better narrative, bigger levels and plenty of guns and abilities. Graphically, it's an upgrade over its predecessor. I would rate "New Colossus" with a 9 out of 10.
  16. Huikk4poks
    Nov 14, 2017
    8
    if you really liked the first Wolfenstein or killing Nazis you are going to love this one. Fast based action with a killer soundtrack and nice voice acting. Solid story mixed with some dark humor. 2017 Must play for fps fans.
  17. Rbar
    Feb 16, 2018
    10
    Loved this game! The story and gunplay were unbelievable. From the nuclear wasteland of New York to the hidden gems inside Evas Hammer, this game delivers. Cant wait for the 3rd installment. Terror Billy forever!!!!!!!!!
  18. kickinbck199317
    Jan 18, 2018
    10
    Brilliant game. You can tell that this game was made with love, from some (amazingly) sick and twisted minds. Played this game from start to finish, and I can assure you that you won't have one moment of boredom. Set pieces are amazing, gameplay is frantic, controls are tight, and graphics are very clean and show off some great lighting effects. The story in this game can be rough for someBrilliant game. You can tell that this game was made with love, from some (amazingly) sick and twisted minds. Played this game from start to finish, and I can assure you that you won't have one moment of boredom. Set pieces are amazing, gameplay is frantic, controls are tight, and graphics are very clean and show off some great lighting effects. The story in this game can be rough for some due to the subject matter, but it is filled with some of the best voice actors I can remember in a video game (maybe since The Last of Us). The upgrade system is also very cool, allowing you to upgrade your weapons tailored to YOUR gameplay style. Speaking of style, the game has a lot of it. Duel-wielding weapons, falling after getting hit by a grenade, killing Nazis with their own lasers; it is all good stuff and kept me smiling the whole time. Only gripe I have against the game is that stealth is almost impossible besides maybe taking out the first enemy and stealth options are few and far between. If you are looking for a stealthy single player experience, don't choose this, but anyone else will have a grand time.… Expand
  19. ZyablikRus
    Nov 9, 2017
    8
    Каждая новая игра Wolfenstein это безумной красоты аттракцион, заряженный юмором, новыми механиками и жестоким истреблением фашистов. Полный обзор по ссылке: https://youtu.be/XNUPFLnVt_o
  20. martianmarcel
    Apr 1, 2018
    8
    I wanna start this review by saying that I am a total loser regarding first-person shooters. The last time I played a campaign was in COD: Black Ops on PS3 and the last time I played online was in Battlefield 4, so, going into this game, I was really worried about how much fun I could have in this game. I knew I would totally blew the gameplay by trying to learn how to actually playI wanna start this review by saying that I am a total loser regarding first-person shooters. The last time I played a campaign was in COD: Black Ops on PS3 and the last time I played online was in Battlefield 4, so, going into this game, I was really worried about how much fun I could have in this game. I knew I would totally blew the gameplay by trying to learn how to actually play shooters and, well, lately FPS hasn’t been known for their stellar campaigns. I was almost sure that I would end up abandoning this game or finishing it just for the sake of it. I couldn’t be more wrong.

    Let’s start by the graphics. It has it’s ups and downs. The facial design and expressions are ugly as hell, kinda like Mass Effect: Andromeda without the bugs. It creeps you out when you’re in cutscenes and the characters are talking to each other. On the playable parts, however, the graphics are amazing. They seem a little bit cartoonish, but in a good way. This style gives the game a face of it’s own, a lot of personality. The explosions are beautiful and, when you’re walking around Roswell seeing the parades, the KKK, all the stores and buildings, it actually makes you want to walk around that place in real life just to explore, see how things are going. Everything looks alive and beautiful.

    The soundtrack of the game is also something really well done. It gives you all sorts of emotions when the music starts playing at scenes with heavy action or the sad scenes. The voice acting is totally on point. It seems like every actor was handpicked for the personality of their characters. And the silence of everything else when B.J. is talking to himself during the campaign is kinda heartbreaking.

    The gameplay was very fun, even if it caused me a lot of trouble for not knowing anything about first-person shooters (also it was hard as hell). Everytime I killed a Nazi it felt so **** good. You just wanna grab those guns and shoot through their skulls, and that’s exactly how the combat felt like. B.J.’s movement was smooth and simple. If you wanted to just run around shooting everything or being a little stealthier, everything could be done without major issues. The cover system felt kinda broken to me, though, as I barely even used it. Another thing that was really, really broken was the navigation system, which is the main flaw of this game. The “hint” system, which shows where you’re supposed to go, doesn’t show you anything mosto f the time or makes you completely confused by showing two directions, and that really slows everything down and makes you wonder where the hell am I and where the hell am I supposed to go. Apart from that, I had almost no bugs whatsoever in the game, making the flow of it very fine-tuned.

    The story is great. I couldn’t wait for the cutscenes to see how everything was going to advance. And it makes you crave that follow-up. You can’t stop playing until it’s over, really, because you’ll always want to see how you’re going to **** the Nazis again, and how B.J. is going to get his revenge. All the characters in this game are incredible. They all have their own distinct personality. They’re all themselves. From the badass B.J. to the retarded Max Hass, you have no other choice but to love them all (aside from that Nazi **** who is also amazingly constructed).

    In an age when multiplayer completely dominates, which is specially true about FPS, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus comes to show that things doesn’t have to be that way. An incredible story, which beautifully-crafted characters and a fun, albeit hard, gameplay, made me fall in love with this franchise. More of this, please. That’s all I ask. More of this.    … Expand
  21. QuillHawthorn
    Jun 18, 2018
    10
    I came here planning to write about how great the game is on its base level. It's really reminiscent of Snowpiercer or Bioshock in that the villains are so over the top and dramatic and the hero seems so impervious-yet-vulnerable that it seems like a weird fever dream. Actually, it feels like mythology. There are moments, as with most Bethesda games, where you find yourself wanderingI came here planning to write about how great the game is on its base level. It's really reminiscent of Snowpiercer or Bioshock in that the villains are so over the top and dramatic and the hero seems so impervious-yet-vulnerable that it seems like a weird fever dream. Actually, it feels like mythology. There are moments, as with most Bethesda games, where you find yourself wandering around a friendly space and examining all of the artwork and detail. The characters have really different personalities and it's easy to like them and want to protect them. There are also a lot of ultra metal moments, some bloody and extremely weird stuff happens. No spoilers, but I loved some of the most bizarre moments in game. I would break this down into the usual pros and cons, but...

    then I read the other reviews.

    It's stunning that we've reached an age where fighting Hitler himself is "the SJW agenda." The game makes zero mention of any neo American right movements, the enemy is the literal Nazis, the ones from the 1940s, the ones that have ALWAYS BEEN the villians in the Wolfenstein series, yet here you have A SURPRISING AMOUNT OF people giving the game low marks because of it's """politics""" which boil down to nothing more than "Nazis are bad" something to which we USED TO AGREE ON.

    In reality, I think this is a solid 9/10 game. It's an A+ with a few frustrating moments that kept it from perfection. I'm bumping up the rating slightly because I honestly think the fact that I just read 30 reviews that only get into specifics when it comes to the game's "politics" and others that seem really vague, making me wonder whether or not they're criticizing the game authentically. I'm sure somewhere in these 200+ bad reviews, someone had a legitimately negative experience and, as someone who hated The Last Jedi, I'm sorry that your opinion is getting lumped in with a bunch of actual fascists.    … Expand
  22. Split_Decay
    Feb 15, 2019
    10
    You don’t buy margarine expecting it to be like butter for the same reason you don’t play Wolfenstein and expect another kind of like COD game. The reason for this is that Wolfenstein has a reason behind things, story to understand and immerse with, shooting mechanics that feel right and a game that delivers what shooters should be. It’s a game it does not have to be realistic.

    A game    You don’t buy margarine expecting it to be like butter for the same reason you don’t play Wolfenstein and expect another kind of like COD game. The reason for this is that Wolfenstein has a reason behind things, story to understand and immerse with, shooting mechanics that feel right and a game that delivers what shooters should be. It’s a game it does not have to be realistic.

    A game such as this does not require you to know a broad back history of some overly buff protagonist and how they joined an academy became a member of an elite squad of killers and went God save the queen all over a couple of Russian terrorists. No, this game has a story you will enjoy, a story that for most of it feels as if it could have actually happened if not to a lesser degree.

    Wolfenstein 2 is a wonderous predecessor to Wolfenstein and for that deserves a medal in its own right. Wolfenstein 2 is one of those games that is not to be forgotten not one you’ll easily forget, Nazis ruling the world you fighting for a better tomorrow all while you listen to Train to Hamburg a record you found while snooping around a well-designed level.

    Now I could go on and on and on about how good this game is or how imaginative it was or the way it’s satisfying for a large hulking Nazi behemoth to explode, but I won’t. Instead I will let you enjoy the game as it is by far one of the best shooters I have played in a long time. You pass this one up you’ll regret it I assure.    … Expand
  23. jas7o
    Jan 21, 2018
    9
    I don't like fps games but this one I really enjoy, I don't remember then last time finish game to the end and really enjoy.
  24. Maurizio_Csrrb
    Jan 24, 2018
    9
    [PS4] - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is one of the most captivating first person shooters of the current generation. Played on the Sony PS4 console, the game showed really well-designed graphics and never serious drops of framerate. Although the story is in some extent rhetorical, it is certainly more accurate than the previous titles in the series. Brutal, fast, exceedingly funny and[PS4] - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is one of the most captivating first person shooters of the current generation. Played on the Sony PS4 console, the game showed really well-designed graphics and never serious drops of framerate. Although the story is in some extent rhetorical, it is certainly more accurate than the previous titles in the series. Brutal, fast, exceedingly funny and you can kill the Nazis. What else?… Expand
  25. ElGigante
    Jan 29, 2018
    8
    In a decade filled with generic FPS games, I'm glad to say that Wolfenstien 2 rises above many other games and certainly proved my expectations wrong.
    I went into this game not expecting too much as it wasn't really a game I heard too much about. However, Wolfenstien definitely shocked me. It has its flaws, a fair amount in fact, but it never really retracts too much from the main    In a decade filled with generic FPS games, I'm glad to say that Wolfenstien 2 rises above many other games and certainly proved my expectations wrong.
    I went into this game not expecting too much as it wasn't really a game I heard too much about. However, Wolfenstien definitely shocked me. It has its flaws, a fair amount in fact, but it never really retracts too much from the main experience.

    The story was the main strength of this game to me. I felt so invested in the characters and their struggle. The main character may not be the most exciting or charismatic hero, but I cannot help but love him. He has watched a lot of his friends die and he just wants the struggle to be over. The characters range from crazy and likable to evil and psychotic. The cut scenes are some of the strongest moments in this game, for me. I love to just sit and watch them like it is a movie as they make the characters seem so real and believable and I just wanted to see them prevail.

    The gameplay, however, is a mixed bag. Sure it feels fun to slash through Nazis but the game is actually much more slower paced. You are forced to often hide behind cover and slowly make your way through enemies and it sucks a lot of the enjoyment out of just ripping everyone up. The levels are also really simple, and that wouldn't be a problem, if they weren't so simple they weren't fun. The game mainly has you traverse through confusing areas killing a few enemies and then moving onto the next. If the game wasn't so slow than this would be a lot more fun, sort of similar to Doom (2016). Most of the time, I just wanted to get through the levels as soon as possible so I could immerse myself in the characters and story.

    In short, this game managed to keep me drawn into the story and characters with its movie like cut scenes and interesting plot points but gameplay often felt like more of a chore than fun some of the time.    … Expand
  26. MarvelJoe
    Mar 7, 2018
    9
    This was my first Wolfenstein game I ever played and I have to say: this was the best FPS ever. The story seem to have a dark tone to it, has great charathers, and killing Nazis are so satisfying in this game. Giving the Nazis and the Wolfenstein series a story was a great step for the franchise and was done right. This want me to play previous Wolfenstein games.
  27. theCaptain7777
    Mar 6, 2018
    8
    In spite of a number of gameplay shortcomings, Wolfenstein II still packs a great punch, and advances the genre in a number of ways.
    First, the bad:
    My biggest problem with the game concerns the tools and feedback it provides players in terms of situational awareness. We take for granted in most modern FPS games that it is easy to tell when you are being shot, and where the shots are    In spite of a number of gameplay shortcomings, Wolfenstein II still packs a great punch, and advances the genre in a number of ways.
    First, the bad:
    My biggest problem with the game concerns the tools and feedback it provides players in terms of situational awareness. We take for granted in most modern FPS games that it is easy to tell when you are being shot, and where the shots are coming from. I found myself dying frequently in W2:TNC when I actually had very little sense of how much damage I was taking, or even what my health was at any given moment. The game lacks those all too familiar "health critical" warnings like blood on the screen, desaturation, or even the "beeping" of fully depleted shields. It's simply hard to know the status of your own character.
    It's hard to know the status of enemies as well. For starters, they are often not easily visually distinguishable from each other. Eliminating enemy commanders is a key mechanic in the game, as they can sound alarms and call reinforcements, but from a distance of more than about 5 meters they look just like every other enemy in the game, creating confusion for any player trying to eliminate them quickly. What's more, most enemies blend right into the environments, for the most part lacking any contrasting colors, lights on their armor, or other features that would allow you to notice them among the frantic action of a fight. Even during calm moments, they are often very still, and lack loud footsteps, vocal "barks," or other cues that help you understand where they are in the environment.
    This feeds into the larger problem of the games poorly realized "play your way" system, theoretically designed to allow for stealth, tactical play, or in-your-face brute force. Without the kind of situational information and feedback I mention above, or systems seen in other flexible play style games like tagging enemies, radar, or better corner peeking, stealth is nearly impossible. Repeatedly I found myself successfully eliminating two or three enemies at most before being spotted by an enemy I didn't even know was there, or worse, having an enemy body (which cannot be moved) being spotted by a living enemy. When this happens, the alarm is sounded almost instantly, resulting in waves of aggressive enemies pouring out of the wood work, forcing you into frantic fire fights. So much for stealth.
    Even the "tactical" path, which encourages use of cover, positioning, and careful aiming, is quickly nullified by the same issue. Waves of enemies rushing your position WILL force you out into the open for a big firefight. This is compounded by the somewhat poorly implemented weapon wheel. Changing from a single silenced pistol, for example, to dual wielding a laser and a shotgun, takes several awkward seconds- not great when there's a wall of hot lead coming your way.
    Now for the good:
    From a storytelling standpoint, The New Colossus picks up where The New Order left off, both temporally and stylistically. The narrative, dialogue, setting, and characters are at once hyperbolic caricatures, yet endearingly real feeling. For a game that is all about action, I was surprised to find myself relishing the sometimes-lengthy, dialogue-heavy cutscenes. W2:TNC knows how much fun its world and characters are, and it's not afraid to let them speak for themselves during these cutscenes. They pull it off, too. If I have a criticism of the storytelling, it is that it lacks some of the deft-handed subtlety that was present in, for example, the sequence where BJ goes for coffee on the train to Berlin in the first game.
    That said, there are plenty of memorable moments. The middle of the game packs some of the most narratively bold sequences I've ever seen in a game. The secret sauce here is found in the way W2:TNC can crank the lunacy up to 11, and yet still make you feel so much; you don't get jaded to it.
    There's more I could say about the storytelling, but the brass tacks of any game are found in the moment to moment mechanics, and W2:TNC feels best when you embrace the chaos and dive into the fray, guns blazing. The AI isn't terribly smart, but it is aggressive, and can damage you quickly if you allow yourself to be swarmed, so movement and efficiency are key. If receiving damage lacks feedback, dealing out damage certainly does not. Weapons feel weighty in your hands, fire with satisfying sound and animation, and eviscerate enemies in a way that would make you feel a little bad for them if they weren't *litertally* nazis. The game does begin a little slow, but as your arsenal of weapons and skills increases, combat becomes an amusing playground of high-impact ways to pulp the baddies.
    At times the level design leaves something to be desired, but even dull maps come to life under the superb creative direction TNC retains from its predecessor. Not every environment lives up to this promise fully, but the ones that do make a very strong impression.    … Expand
  28. naser_sadigh
    Mar 4, 2018
    9
    best shooting game ever, nice graphic, nice gameplay , everything perfect!!
  29. StinkyPad
    Mar 24, 2018
    10
    Amazing sequel to a great game! Very awesome shooter and probably one of the best I've played in my life. No online here, but not needed IMO. Graphics are top notch. Add ons are short, but worth the extra money. Great stories all together. One of the best purchases I have ever made. Recommend to all!!!
  30. MrZfinger
    May 6, 2018
    10
    An excellent sequel of the first part!)) Developers each time take a new level of quality
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#13 Best PS4 Game of 2017
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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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