Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

 Xbox One
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8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 265 Ratings

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  1. sinadoom
    Jul 23, 2015
    7
    I have to respect The Old Blood for being genuinely good value. As a stand-alone game, it offers about the same level of content as The New Order but for a stand-alone DLC price. Gameplay-wise, it's the same as The New Order, just with different levels. That means it automatically gets some points in the bag right away for its excellent game mechanics, pacing, AI, gunplay and game engine -I have to respect The Old Blood for being genuinely good value. As a stand-alone game, it offers about the same level of content as The New Order but for a stand-alone DLC price. Gameplay-wise, it's the same as The New Order, just with different levels. That means it automatically gets some points in the bag right away for its excellent game mechanics, pacing, AI, gunplay and game engine - offering a stable 60 FPS at 1080p with great sound and decent enough visuals. There's a few nice additions, such as a perk which shows all collectibles on the map, the bolt-action rifle, rocket pistol, some new enemies, a challenge mode and nightmare levels. There are 9 chapters, each with a nightmare level (which are some Wolfenstein-3D levels). Whilst it's nice to see a throwback to the game's early heritage as a pioneer of the FPS genre, they're actually quite boring to be honest. Lengthy corridors of shooting pixelated enemies that offer little to no resistance is not fun. When The New Order did it for just one little bit it was amusing but to have every level with them in is stale - especially as they're very repetitive, similar and no real design gone into them. Whilst game play is the same if not slightly improved thanks to some of the new weapons (but less perks due to the shorter campaign length), the level design is not as impressive. Don't get me wrong, they're pretty decent levels, but shorter than The New Order's and less exciting/adventurous. The challenge mode is somewhat disappointing, since it does not allow perks to carry over and they are just the exact same segments as encountered in the story. The scoring system is very barebones, only rewarding headshots and chaining kills together. Although simple and challenging, it can be frustrating having to restart and waiting for the level to load, since the gold medal target takes many attempts. My biggest let-down with the game is its story. There was almost none, with minimal use of cutscenes and no real character development. Whereas The New Order was a triumph because of its emphasis on the story, characters and game world, The Old Blood is more of a traditional corridor shooter. There's nothing wrong with that necessarily, given its pricing and intended purpose, however it may disappoint some fans of The New Order if they were hoping for more of a backstory. Overall I would highly recommend this game for its sublime gameplay and shooter mechanics, but it's not quite the "Blood Dragon" it hoped to be. It's not as comical or bonkers as I would've liked. However, it is a very solid shooter set in a cyberpunk WW2 - something that is rare nowadays. In terms of value for money, it is remarkable, but don't expect anything special. Just a good solid traditional shooter.… Expand
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Oct 9, 2017
    7
    Wolfenstein The Old Blood
    Not as impactful, but still good.
    The old blood is a prequel to Wolfenstein the new order set in 19 46 where you play as blazkowicz from the new order infiltrating castle Wolfenstein to steal the coordinates to general deathsheads compound This is a much shorter game, taking me a little less than 5 hours to complete with a less varied feeling campaign than the    Wolfenstein The Old Blood
    Not as impactful, but still good.
    The old blood is a prequel to Wolfenstein the new order set in 19 46 where you play as blazkowicz from the new order infiltrating castle Wolfenstein to steal the coordinates to general deathsheads compound
    This is a much shorter game, taking me a little less than 5 hours to complete with a less varied feeling campaign than the new order…
    For the most part everything is the same, you have the same weapons, health and armour system from the new order.. though this time you have a crowbar pipe mix that you use to progress through the games world.
    And annoyingly these progression moments with the bar make you drop your massive gatline gun you just picked up
    The campaign feels like a very typical throwaway first person shooter compared to the new order..
    the story feels much less personal, and because of that I really wasn’t invested in the outcome of this story or the games world..
    It’s a lot of enemies around every corner like youd expect from a run and gun call of duty campaign..
    Rather than the decently paced new order..
    theres no breaks, no lockpicking, no climbing through different areas.. its just go forward and interact with things until the game is over, youre thrown right into the action non stop
    Though I found myself being more stealthy this time…
    As you are doing a lot of infiltration and there are giant armoured robot enemies patrolling areas, really cementing the idea of stealth in your mind.. and like the new order there are scouts walking around that will call for back up if theyre alarmed..
    And with the constant dozens of enemies, its worthwhile taking these scouts out as your health and armour will constantly feel drained…
    And I had a lot of fun sneaking around and taking them out with a silenced pistol.
    the world of the old blood is actually really cool and a bit spooky..
    The world design is easily my favorite part of this game as youll go from castle Wolfenstein, to a little villiage, to a graveyard, really mixing up the scenery to keep the game from feeling repetitive despite how repetitive it actually ends up being
    and towards the end the game turns into a zombie shooter as youre getting to the bottom of an unleashed dark ancient power that the Nazis are trying to use for themselves…
    The old blood has a cool campaign to run through…
    But its nothing youll remember long after youre done…
    Its essentially The New Order with none of the pacing or great storytelling..
    Just mindless shooting for 5 hours…
    Take that how you will.
    I give Wolfenstein The Old Blood
    a 7/10    … Expand
  3. ElSeano89
    Apr 7, 2018
    5
    More of the same and not necessarily in a good way, The Old Blood adds very little to its predecessor. It doesn't look better, the game play is essentially the exact same with no new mechanics and it takes what was the worst of a decent first game and expounds upon it.

    The bullet sponge, mobbed by enemy areas are frequent, very frequent to the point of being never ending. In one area    More of the same and not necessarily in a good way, The Old Blood adds very little to its predecessor. It doesn't look better, the game play is essentially the exact same with no new mechanics and it takes what was the worst of a decent first game and expounds upon it.

    The bullet sponge, mobbed by enemy areas are frequent, very frequent to the point of being never ending. In one area around the halfway point of the game you fight on a cable car which predictably loses power whilst you're mobbed from afar, then it hits a wall and you have to swap cars through an oddly populated control center with 15 or so enemies. Then you get to a cave section swarming with enemies, a checkpoint swarming with enemies then 2 mini bosses back to back then another section swarming with enemies. It's never ending and instead of being intense it becomes exhausting, samey and more of a "Again?!" sort of moment.

    They rely far too much on the "Signal Received" roaming commander stealth sections from the very beginning and playing this a week after finishing The New Order which relied massively on them toward to end of the game for lengthening playtime it got very old, very quickly. I soon stopped caring about whether or not I could stealth my way too them and was more annoyed I was having to do this tired trope again.

    Speaking of gaming tropes they're all here; lose all your weapons then get mobbed by enemies? Check. Fall through the ground on your way to a objective making it longer to get there? Check. The game massively lacks originality.

    The storyline is very, very weak and I cared little about my tacked on ally or the obvious German Bad Guy who stalked me for the first half of the game. The story line being a surprising plus of the predecessor I felt like this was a let down.

    Enemy AI is still rudimentary at best. If they don't stand next to their buddy when you shoot him they don't really care and more than once you'll turn a corner to have a nazi staring you down for a few moments before you decide to shoot him in the head.

    Still the gameplay, repetitive as it can get is quite a solid shooter at its heart and of course the game costs next to nothing to buy so it's still good value even if it is more of the same. This is by no means a bad game but it remains that it is nearly identical to that which came before it. It's spoken of as a stand alone title, not an expansion pack so I don't think this is forgiveable. Faults are still there from before and little to nothing is improved.

    Essentially the released the same game twice in my eyes and whilst they aren't charging much for the privilege of finding that out and whilst the game itself is certainly entertaining I'm not going to praise a game with such little effort applied to it.

    For the record this likely would have been a 7/10 for me had Zombies...Nazi Zombies...Super Nazi Zombies who can fire guns not shown up for the last two chapters. A game I already considered to be lazy just absolutely plummeted in my estimation at that point. Throw in a ridiculous bullet sponge final boss, again with no health bar or obvious way of showing you're hurting it and the final third of this game really hammered my poor opinion of it home.

    I decided to play the New Order and The Old Blood in order before embarking on what has been lauded as one of the best FPS of its generation in The New Colossus. I can only hope the sequel shows marked improvements on this formula because by the end of this prequel it was getting very, very old.    … Expand
  4. youlouz
    Nov 2, 2015
    6
    Wolfenstein The old blood is disappointing compared to the new order.

    PROS
    -Nice Graphics
    -Simple controls

    CONS
    -Mediocore story
    -Repetitive Gameplay
  5. rub95
    Feb 19, 2017
    7
    As a stand-alone game, Wolfenstein: The Old blood is a great game. It captures a great atmosphere while it plays with the fate of one of the most important events of human history, the World War II.

    The story is simple but that doesn't means that it isn´t entertaining. The gameplay is where this game shines, you carry a whole arsenal during the campaign and this gives you the option of    As a stand-alone game, Wolfenstein: The Old blood is a great game. It captures a great atmosphere while it plays with the fate of one of the most important events of human history, the World War II.

    The story is simple but that doesn't means that it isn´t entertaining. The gameplay is where this game shines, you carry a whole arsenal during the campaign and this gives you the option of using a different gun whithout dropping the one you are currently using. The guns feel very differente one from another. The level design is also very great, you travel across a nazi castle and some other places. The only main problem is the plot twist at the middle of the campaign, It is a nice twist but in terms of gameplay it becomes worse.    … Expand
  6. BenPatten02
    Mar 29, 2021
    5
    So basic it verges on boredom at most points. Mainly due to the repetitive nature of all of the missions, how easy the actual gunplay was (on normal difficulty) to an extent where you can just run through enemies with very little worry for them shooting at you. Any attempts to break the flow of gameplay (nightmare levels) are uninspired and just add to the slog it is to get through.So basic it verges on boredom at most points. Mainly due to the repetitive nature of all of the missions, how easy the actual gunplay was (on normal difficulty) to an extent where you can just run through enemies with very little worry for them shooting at you. Any attempts to break the flow of gameplay (nightmare levels) are uninspired and just add to the slog it is to get through. Inadequate by Bethesda standards.… Expand
  7. zezeljmare
    Jun 22, 2021
    7
    EN:
    Short but extremely fun. A phenomenal weapon and a solid story. The shooting is great.

    SRB:
    Kratka, ali izuzetno zabavna. Fenomenalno oružije i solidna priča. Napucavanje je odlično.
  8. dan-man
    Aug 28, 2022
    7
    Pretty enjoyable, except for the final boss which was incredibly difficult. Interesting and atmospheric, great gameplay, and didn't overdo it with the ridiculous story like in The New Order (we get it, nazis are bad already). But besides that, this is just a dumb shooter with no substance whatsoever, fun for mindless killing. Not sure why it took over half the game to get to the zombies though.
  9. spockivi
    May 22, 2023
    7
    The New Order’s returning gameplay carries the day here. The Old Blood’s story spends too much time trying to be a tribute to an old game instead of its own adventure

Awards & Rankings

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#60 Best Xbox One Game of 2015
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#34 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2015
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#85 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2015

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Worth Playing
    Jul 1, 2015
    80
    Though not as thematically strong as its predecessor, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood still provides solid gameplay.
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  2. X-ONE Magazine UK
    Jun 27, 2015
    60
    Lacks its predecessor's smarts and class. [Issue#125, p.81]
  3. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Jun 16, 2015
    70
    Another intense Blazkowicz adventure - but a little over familiar. [July 2015, p.74]
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