A Wolfenstein in Sheep's Clothing - A Character Analysis
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Machine Games have successfully reinvigorated the Wolfenstein brand, thanks to throwback gameplay and strong storytelling, but the character of BJ Blazkowicz is far more complex than you think. In this video, I hope to show you why BJ Blazkowicz is one of the best written characters in gaming today.
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I absolutely agree with you, BJ has severe clinical depression, but is just very high functioning. He basically has PTSD without the P, he's living with a Traumatic Stress Disorder every day.
@fang 223 I mean... if you wanna call war psychopathic, yes
@@jobelthirty1294 war is psychotic, killing for ideals and goals of peoples
You can hear it when he talks to himself. It's almost like he wishes to die but doesn't want to do it himself. In the new colossus he cries to his mom he tells her he doesn't want to do this anymore he is tired and just wants to settle down but he can't until they are free.
Crazy to think this guys grandkid kills demons and is possibly hundreds of years old.
(*great grandkid)
Uhhh canonically doom guy is the great, great grandson of BJ which we see in Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal
But thats just a theory... a game theory
@@Chuked Doom Guy is Commander Keen's Grandson
@@Chuked I feel like that's why we get laser guns
And advanced stuff
It's all thanks to the nazis.
It's kinda interesting
@@RiveryJerald I thought commander keen was his dad tho.
The New Colossus is the stronger of the 2 for me. Hearing BJ in his own head, him having to come to terms with his inevitable death. Fucking masterpiece
Forsure. The old blood does this well too.
Would've been better if grace was written better tho
A real well written American rebel would've worked well with him
I agree with you
@@ItsDaHoots yeah Grace is very unlikable most of the time
@@Bobobo-bo-bo-bobobo thats the point
A lot of the time I feel bad for him. He constantly says he wishes he wouldn't wake up he just wants to feel the peace of death. He is tired and doesn't want to continue fighting but he knows he can't stop until they are free. He begins to fight for the people he loves and the hope that his friends and family can live in a world where they are free and he becomes selfless. He acts tough but he can be very soft especially when his family is around. B J is probably one of my most favorite characters because of his devotion to what matters to him the most.
Bj solemnly speaking to himself in the rebooted series really goes to show how the mental/spiritual damage he has incurred is to a major extent the reason why hes so unstoppable, hes nearly insane but in a strangely grounded manner.
Yup
I love this video. Not just because I agree with it, but because it is a well thought out look into what makes Wolfenstein so great. I remember how absurd it sounded when I recommended 'The New Colossus' for the plot, but I am glad that more people are discovering the deeply complex character of BJ and the brilliant story and interesting world that surrounds him. I bought the first game a few months after it came out during the drought of new games for the Xbox One. The only hearsay I had to go by was comments online saying the game was very good. I couldn't be more satisfied with the game and it's successor and recommend it to anyone looking from a break from the norm. Even in 2018 'The New Order' still feels fresh and it is complimented very nicely by it's sequel.
Also BJ's character always reminds me of that one Alan Seeger poem.
he reminds me of Hugo Stiglitz from Inglorius Basterds
@@deadchanneldontwatch7347 Til Schweiger would be so good at playing BJ.
That's a good poem
Almost started crying when you went into detail about the Courthouse ending cutscene. Seriously this is an amazing video 👍
The story of Captain Blazkowicz and his mother reminds of the song Simple man by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
It hurts to see him daydreaming of her
These games are the story of how a man recovered from his issues by doing what he does best.
Now that's a great plot.
Nah man. He recovered from his issues by accepting his circumstances and getting his health back. Killing nazis was only worsening his mental situation
And what's a more noble way to do it than slaughtering Nazi scum. I wish more people had this mindset towards Nazis instead of inviting them to debates.
@@jobelthirty1294 killing nazis is an effective cure for depression. that's why US troops following the 2nd world war had record low mental problems
Not sure it why it's been so trendy to hate on Colossus lately. It was nice. I felt the set-pieces were not as well done as the previous installment but I liked the character much more in this one, Horton in particular as there's some oft forgotten historical context for the slice of Americana that Horton's meant to represent - at the very least I am 80% certain this is the case.
There's a lot of problems with the gameplay, subtle ones mind you but they're there and they add up. The game has this weird habit of not using the systems the same way on occasion for example, use of lighting for example, normally you use light to guide the player when you have a linear game with "off the path" secrets so you don't have to use a marker on the HUD. If you choose to get the "constriction" ability, the game normally has coloured pipes you can get inside, yet at one point it just doesn't use one of these pipes to indicate where you're supposed to go.
Stealth is also much harder in general yet you still have the nazi officers who constantly summon reinforcements until killed.
I think this might be your most powerful video yet. By the end of your video it left me feeling both vulnerable and hopeful. Fantastic work!
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Wonderful work as usual, Hud. Looking forward to the next.
Good video but you skipped over the impact of his childhood in his 2nd game and how it’s made him the person he is today, his dad calling him weak so thats what motivated him to become the strongest he could cause he didn’t wanna be wake and vulnerable like his father seen him as.
There are few things that feel worse than opening up to your friends about your depression and thoughts of death only for them to call you a burden and to then ignore you and drop you.
Hi, I just wanna thank you for your video. It helps me a lot when I'm writing script for video essay on Wolfenstein:TNO ^^
I think Blazkowicz is the most handsome looking video character ever next to geralt
Uh…But Ena?
What else can I say?
Been going through a lot of your videos on my day off and I'm blown away by the fact that you don't have many more subs than you do. Absolutely amazing content. Thanks for all the work you put into this channel
I kinda want to make a video essay comparing BJ to his ancestor Doomguy, and how they’re essentially polar opposites of one another. This is giving me some material to work with.
BJ is the ancestor. Doomguy is the descendant.
@@masterdeity3400 that was the old story. now he's just some fuckin god or something. shit story
I also commiserate with him because some of us don't keep going of our own volition, we have ppl to see to. Same with sam bridges.
Stop moaning
"The new order might be the best mick gordon has ever produced *DOOM Eternal wants to know your location*
You can hardly even hear the music in the new order
19:10 the use of NieR Replicant music over one of my favourite scenes in Wolfenstein really helped to make this so much more emotional.
You deserve so many more subscribers. Your videos are great.
21:54 Oh boy did the screw the pooch with young blood.
keep coming back to this, such a great analysis
Gotta say, that Transistor soundtrack is so fitting as the BGM
Criminally underrated vid.
Mans really left out The Old Blood..
Well said my friend, well said.
*A Wolfenstein in Sheep's Clothing* xD
Then Youngblood came along and his cynicism went off the rocker. Hope when the actual 3rd game comes, we will have a family man that doesn't abandon his family again. I get his motivations in Youngblood, but just the way it was done was poorly written.
Glad its just a spin off and not a main game
Such a good video bro, big up!
Caroline has amazingly smooth skin.
What a beautiful analysis
Personally... Im just gonna say....youngblood isnt canon....this is the ending to the game (the 2nd one)
youngblood never happend
Feel like a sheep in wolfenstein's clothing would've been better
what's the music at 13:50. Anyone?
Probably too late, but it's a Silent Hill 2 track called Heaven's Night.
@@matthewduffy1786 It's never too late
What's the name of the background music at 5:48?
That was a wonderfully well written and expertly presented analysis on W:TNO.
Great video
Wolfenstein the new order was excellent
Funny how everyone just ignores Return To Castle Wolfenstein.
Because they haven’t done it justice and it deserves a port or remaster on modern consoles
Tf you mean the endgame music is garbage?
But also david cage
I subscribed because you have a cool name
Hi its 2021
Good Vid
nice pfp
Whats wrong with the end music?you cant handle some good metal?
Too bad the new collosus had some other very problematic story decisions.....Good thing BJ was still alright.
Wolfstein 2 suffers from radical left
@@skulllight8288 "tHe rAdiCal lEFt"
Ok bud
@@Bobobo-bo-bo-bobobo Nobody focuses on the good parts of the story only the leftist weird story decisions
@@Bobobo-bo-bo-boboboyou would think that these fools would realize by now that if killing genocidal Nazis is “radical left” behavior they may come to a very uncomfortable realization about “right wing” behavior.
@@skulllight8288 oh boohoo, the game about fighting nazis features characters with ample reason to fight nazis. Cry me a river.
My question is simple. Did anybody ever ask for such a character in a Wolfenstein game? I wish they wouldn't have fucked up The new Colossus so hard. If you want a character drama please go somewhere else and stop destroying Wolfenstein. Thx.
The new games are awesome, old blood, new order, and new colossus are great games i hope to see more in the future like Doom Eternal and Doom 2016 as well they are great games that deserve praise
too bad Machine Games ruined the world building of Woldenstein and BJ's character, for the shake of their own politics. he gone from a super macho Nazi killing soldier to now taking orders from a bunch of unlikable irrelevant characters. and now they even replaced BJ as the protagonist, and made that forgettable boring spin off, which have BJ's two annoying daughters
Ok
"their own politics" my guy Anti-Fascist coalitions are made up of intersectional groups, there's a reason they all hate the nazis
ARE YOU KIDDING, I LOVE THESE CHARACTERS!
doom is the better game because it doesn't have the garbage you rambled on about in it.
nantoman doom is the worse game precisely BECAUSE it doesn’t have that. I dunno about you, but I get bored after 10-15 demons on each level.
nantoman doom has it, it’s just far more subtle
nantoman Doom has it. If you actually look into it, you would know Doomguy is far more damaged mentally and emotionally than BJ is.
@Nathanael Choo No they aren't.
Nope, it does have it and it’s amazing. It’s just designed so people who don’t care (people like you) don’t notice it.
What's the name of the background music at 19:28?
Fortress of Lies - Nier Automana