Haven't had this much fun with an fps in years. Sure it's not perfect but for what's in it, it provided a way better experience overall than any other big budget fps in the recent and not so recent memory.
I think this game and Metal Gear Solid series have a lot in common. Both have such absurdity that it's hillarious and yet it's completely played seriously in the game.
***** GZ was literally the ONLY MGS not to do what the guy said. Play the others, from talking racoons to vampires and mechs that bleed and growl in pain, it's exactly like the comment
+Minority119 One of my favorite moments in this game was the time I one-hit-killed a patrolman with a throwing knife from about 20 meters away peeking out from behind a piece of rubble. When I investigated the body for ammo, I discovered the knife had embedded itself in the toe of his foot.
+Corktail I was using them the whole game you can pick them back up so it's easy to not waste any ammo and once you get the upgraded knife sheath you can carry 5 knives. It's so easy to sneak around undetected. I used the pistols as a stealth backup for if i missed a knife and didn't have time to throw another.
Headshots with pistol are easy to hit- just point and click and job is done. Throwing knives have drop, have risk of hitting objects before reaching enemy and limited number of knives that can be thrown.
IMO I liked TNO alot, both gameplay and storywise. I especially liked the fact that you can choose to sneak or shoot through levels. It's also nice that this is the first AAA FPS in years to actually have an old school health/armor system and more importanly, an automap.
I really liked this game. Gave some nice challenge without being ridiculous. I played on Hard. But there was a massive difficulty spike near the end that seemingly came out of nowhere and I had to turn the difficulty down for a bit. Other than that, however, great game. Surprisingly for a shooter, I actually liked the characters. And the game actually had some replay value. A rare gem in the dirt that was 2014.
+crzymn246 Try 999 mode to help that difficulty. Hard mode with infinite ammo. Also, find all of the Laserkräftwerte upgrades. That thing is a beast once you get them all.
***** Really? I know Destiny aren't as epic as the Ads claim it to be but did it flop? It looks OK for a grind fest (since I actually do not own a console) if you're into that kind of thing but I thought it sell much better then it deserve since it is from Bungie.
***** oh I know what you're saying, Destiny had a rather bad case of the "Spore" incident, but did it flop? As in sell not as expected or even very badly?
Don't see how so many people missed the upgrade system. if you pay attention it quite clearly goes through everything in the first level of the game, and I think it would be difficult to get through the entire game without checking your journal. I always like to see the character bios and listen to recordings etc, so even if I missed the tutorial I still would've have found it. plus when you complete an objective (which you're bound to do without trying), it tells you that you've unlocked a new perk. so saying you didn't know the upgrade system exists just shows how much you didn't pay attention while playing
I actually really like how this game approaches the now obligatory upgrade system, because while it is there, you aren't forced to use it. I played the game completely ignoring it because I usually hate that kind of system in this kind of game. However I was surprised to find that when I looked at how it worked, that even then it is an improvement over most games today. The fact that it is an achievement system instead of XP makes it so much more engaging, fun and actually changes the way the game plays. I have a lot of problems with The New Order but the upgrade system is definitely not one of them. While the game succumbed to many other modern video game tropes I am very happy to say that it at least improved upon one of those tropes, hopefully other developers take note.
Great review, as always! Something that really impressed me in this game is it's superb voicework when it comes to switching languages. As someone who speaks all languages used in the game, it's a blast to hear them all voiceacted perfectly. Usually germans in games sound like people who never spoke german in their lives. And I also haven't heard such perfect polish in a game before, even in polish versions of games. Even BJ speaks some polish and it sounds very good. I don't think many people got anything out of it but I loved it. -Dominik
Didn't you see the video? With the exception of the narrative (and its derivatives), almost everything in the game is mediocre to bad. They didn't "refine" anything. All that was presented was executed in a problematic way. It's a miracle the game turned out any good. You won't see any reviews praising the combat or level design of this game. Without the story, what's left is a below average shooter.
The thing about having to do pretty ridiculous actions for upgrades is two fold. One, you don't really need most of the upgrades and can get a fair amount almost accidentally. And two, it varies up the gameplay. It encourages you to try things you normally wouldn't try to do so as to go for those rewards. I can see a point to the idea that if a game heavily favors a certain strategy that going for anything aside from that strategy is handicapping yourself, it's different when it's just giving you bonuses for going out of your way(this also applies to your video on doom where you talked about this, but it is a bit more forced there, I must admit)
My computer only has 4Gb of DDR2 RAM (omg ancient), so i experienced the worst texture pop-in. entire hallways would be blank textures for several seconds. The frame rate and loading times were great though.
On the game playing part, I will disagree that the game forces you to "stop-and-pop" even if it has the best cover system in a game. As you mentioned, you don't have to aim-down-sights to be effective so there are enough design decisions to accomodate the run-and-gun style. You can zip around the map while avoiding enemy gunfire. If you run around, you might notice you don't get hurt as much and especially when sliding. The overcharging health encourages a more run-and-gun approach. As someone who played on the Uber difficulty twice for both timeline playthroughs, I was flanking and being more of a mobile dual-wielding death machine and this is helped a lot by playing on PC. There are a few sections where the levels aren't as wide open, but most arenas give enough flanking opportunities. I will agree that it doesn't move as fast as a Quake-style game, but that doesn't automatically mean you're moving at Killzone levels of molasses speed. I believe this game is the best of both old-school twitch romps and modern narrative FPS development. It's one of my favourite shooters ever now to play because of the superb visual feedback (hit reactions, gore), excellent weapon lineup that allows for various strategies, and well-tuned combat scenarios where enemies are fallible compared to Call of Duty aimbots. There are very little bullet sponges, and even armoured robots or Supersoldiers can be downed in a few shots by either being shot in the back or with a charged LKW shot. There's even a decent stealth system on top. While Metro might have a stealth system too, it's not really as satisfying in the shooting department when you go all out. London Nautica is now one of my favourite levels in a game. The game encourages a lot of replayability so I'll disagree with the weekend romp comment, because the two timelines have different characters (J especially who brings up the best case of race relations in a videogame yet), cutscenes, upgrades, and there is 999 Mode unlocked through the Engima codes which gives unlimited ammo so you can just have a blast. The storytelling is top-notch with plenty of in-game touches that usually would be divorced to cutscenes or audio diaries and other expository ancillary approaches to the side. Such as being able to hear 16 conversations happen between prisoners in the Belica concentration camp, totally unrelated to the core storyline but just adding weight to the world. The characters are given so much heart and charm. The memorable lines and delivery. The deliciously dark humour that is well in the lines of Inglorious Basterds or Paul Verhoeven as you mentioned, keeps it just far enough from being tragedy porn. The tussles between Tesla and Fergus, the bonding over music with J and Wyatt, the father-son like relationship between. It all adds up to a brutal yet charming atmosphere. With the amount of ambition and deliverance on most of the execution and me being a huge fan of Riddick/The Darkness, this is why the game is my GOTY and really sets the standard for any other FPS.
Thanks for your excelent commentary, it makes me think i will like the game I just bought in Epic today. I just finnished the The Old Blood and liked the game and the cutsenes , and apparently TNO delivers much more cutscenes and the same general quality. The ambient music was very good in TOB.
You made a very good point about the hip fire accuracy and high health. This let you play the game using the same strategy as in the original. I think that, by maintaining the overall style of gameplay, they made the visual design changes far more enjoyable to fans of the original rather than annoying. Great video as always!
CABBAGE! The upgrades in DOOM are very small bumps in strength. They make slight differences, but never make you overpowered. SOme of the bugs do, imo. The railgun was a definite gun that sohuld've not been in the game. I used it more than any other gun because it was just way too effective, esp in siege mode.
Hm, I get what you are saying but the plot didn't have that effect on me. The juxtaposition between melodramatic seriousness and over the top violence just seemed awkward. Maybe it was intentional and the point just went over my head. In any case, I didn't get the same feeling you did while playing through it.
Yet another great review. I'd been slightly interested in the game, but now I'll definitely grab it in the future whenever I can get it for a deep discount. Just wanted to say that the consistency of quality in your videos is right up there with RedLetterMedia, and I know how big a fan you are of them, so take that as a gigantic compliment. Keep up the great work, George. *thumbs up*
I absolutely love this game personaly, it's what I've been waiting for years now (if it comes to FPS games). Some of your critiques might have a point but I just fail to see that. Maybe it's just the blindfold of love for this game. Anyway, like usual you prepared great material for us. So.... Thanks!
I'll be honest my first play through I didn't know there was a character upgrade system. I must of not read or skipped over what told you it existed and I did just fine.
I finished the whole game on hard mode and was frustrated by how hard it was and how spongey enemies were. I guess I should've played on an easier mode and actually looked at the upgrades.
I think your issues with the upgrade system are illegitimate. Yes, it's asking you to do insensible things for sensible upgrades, but it's doing so in order to expand your tactics beyond what's sensible and reasonable. I never thought a reviewer that wasn't writing for a AAA magazine would ever complain about a game making itself more challenging by asking you to do challenging things. :/
& I think what you complain about his problem with upgrades systems is unfounded. Yes, doing something that is challenging of upgrades is ok but doing something challenging for the wrong reasons is not ok. Asking a spy in TF2 to "kill 5 enemies with backstabbing in 1 life" is challenging, asking a spy to "kill 5 enemies with your knife without backstabbing in 1 life" is challenging for the wrong reasons.
Honestly, I share his oppinion on the upgrade system. It felt a bit rushed to me and I couldn't really get more enjoyment out of it. Overall I felt like Wolfenstein was in some kind of uncanny valley in many aspects, but with a positive tendency.
You seem to think that expanding "your tactics beyond what's sensible and reasonable" is a good thing, but I disagree. He's not complaining about the tasks being difficult, he's complaining about them incentivizing ways of playing the game that are not only suboptimal, but contrary to what the mechanics seek to achieve. If done well, upgrade tasks can subtly teach one how to play, often forcing the player to adapt and develop new tactics that will be useful in other situations. And they are often extremely challenging. The ones in The New Order sometimes do the opposite; they try to get the player to do nonsense. So, for novice players, tasks like those are misleading and for experienced players, they're aggravating.
How is doing random, arbitrary shit that goes against the flow of normal gameplay to unlock your little skinner box upgrades a good design decision, exactly?
I personally felt that the upgrade system was pretty nice since it encouraged you to spice up the gameplay, and the difficulty it added felt less artificial because it was being done for an upgrade and of your own volition. Besides, most of the very important upgrades you get by just playing through the game.
'gravely voices are a fps cliché'...... I'm fairly certain most people after fighting in a war(especially if they killed someone else) aren't going to act chipper and be like 'YIPEE' all the time.... if we're being honest, BJ is probably less serious than he should be
I bought and played it through twice. I thought it was a great , both for gameplay and story reasons. The Campagin is worth playing through atleast twice and that's assuming you don't care about the collectibles. I found the game to be very refreshing in our current climate of FPS games, and to be an overall great time.
I think you're putting way too much emphasis on the perk system. It's not a major part of the gameplay, it's more a combination of minor upgrades and achievements. It's similar to challenges in RDR or MGS. You have to complete a pretty ridiculous task that tests your abilities and might otherwise seem illogical (kill a cougar with dynamite, skip all cutscenes to finish a game in 4 hours). And you really thought it wasn't fun to play? I thought it was one of the best action and FPS games in a long while. It's not trying to recreate old shooters' fast gunfights. It mixes the speed of old shooters with the more tactical approach of the new shooters. You have to move from cover to cover and quickly switch between offensive and defensive approach. It makes the combat feel more dynamic and like you're part of some epic movie shootout.
I loved the writing in this game so much. It takes an inherently silly and OTT premise, technologically advanced mecha-Nazis with lasers, and juxtaposes it with empathetic characters that have believable motivations, thematically appropriate dialogue and behaviour and a sense of real relationship and camaraderie. And that juxtaposition never feels forced or jarring. Instead, the bombastic action and serious, often *intimate* characters give each other context and a sense of narrative texture and weight. Of course BJ is combat weary and suffering from fatigue, look at the kinds of things that you, as a player, make him do. Of course you find it satisfying to kill Nazis, look at the cruelty you've seen them inflict. I never felt like the tonal shifts rubbed up against each other in this game. I felt like they actually gave my actions a wider context that left them feeling more believable and grounded. This game managed to take the premise of robo Nazis on the moon and weave a surprisingly touching story with genuine drama and pathos into it.
I really liked this game, especially seeing as it was a FPS centered around a single-player campaign amidst a crowd of multiplayer shooters, and I couldn't afford good internet at the time. And the music. Damn. Mick Gordon is a freaking genius.
No offence George, I love you and your content, but this is one of the best shooters of the past few years, I don't know how you can only call this a 'good' game
I could be wrong but I think Call of Duty has had reload canceling since the first Modern Warfare, though Black Ops was when I first learned it. But yeah, if you get caught reloading in CoD, you can hit the sprint button (default L3) to cancel the animation.
The new order is one of my favorite games ever. Satisfying combat, a well told story with camp and darkness and a stellar soundtrack make it a game that I compare other shooters to. I still haven’t played new colossus, and even though it’s very decisive I still really want to play it.
Your complaints with the game feel a little weird. They make sense in general, but... I never really felt like they were present in just about any of my time with the game. The speed was still fast enough to give me a feeling of rush and run & gun tactics, but cover still felt natural if you wanted to maximize your survival because... well duh, take cover a little bit. I guess if you wanted full 90's shooter Doom style run and gun, then its more of a matter of slow enemy projectiles which would kind of screw with the setting and aesthetics a bit. Still this isn't entirely stop and pop either, you can still run and gun a lot unless you really were doing it on Uber. I think the game had more in common with the older corridor shooters like on the half-life formula rather than super speedy "Doom clone" era FPS, and much like that formula cover or stop and pop wasn't necessary on moderate difficulty but smart to do. Meanwhile the unlocks...most of them came surprisingly naturally and I hear most others say its a cake walk to, even if it doesn't make a ton of sense. The overcharge stealth thing just seemed to just happen naturally, I remember when I even discovered that perk was active I only had to do one more kill like it. Knife throwing felt fantastic, and was pretty fun even if its not the best stealth kill. It just felt good... so yeah, using knives to get more knives just felt fun. The only thing I think truly gave me trouble was one or two of the explosive based perks, which I had to grind for around a checkpoint after I beat the game and was trying to get that extra last percentage. That, and one of the dumb cover based perks where I think it was absurdly high for a game where run and gun was actually possible again, unlike most shooters now. Actually that's the major reason I loved this game, its the type of shooter I've been yelling at the industry for ignoring (save for few exceptions like Insomniac's Resistance 3). Finally its an older style corridor shooter with a weapon wheel, health packs, enemy types, cheesy setting, and great gunplay (though more sillier weapons would have been appreciated to). Some don't think it was old school enough and would have preferred the full on Doom style of things, but either way the industry has been ignoring both that and the corridor shooters that came after that, and I'm really glad we got something like wolfenstein that challenged the norm right now. To someone like me that grew up around the HL influence of shooters, I was very happy and had a blast playing Wolfenstein rather than watching it or just looking for the story elements.
The dual-wielding is less inexplicable when you consider how big BJ is. He's like Brock Lesnar crossed with the personality of Bobby Shafto from Cryptonomicon.
Hey Bunny Hop, you are very good at elaboration. Care to elaborate on the phrase "The way the game was meant to be played?" I use it often but when I really considered what it meant, I found that sentence very disagreeable. IDK... Food for thought.
I guess I can't expect non-german speaker to know this, but it annoyed me for years. "Wolfenstein": The "Wo" in "Wolf" sound like in *wo*nder. The "st" in "stein" sound like in *sht*ick. The "ein" sounds like in m*ine*. So basically "Wohlfenshtain", not "Wulfenstain" or "Wulfenstihn".
I think you went about the unlocks the wrong way. They aren't there to force you to do something completely detrimental, they're there to encourage you to do something different in a situation where it's suitable, but you might not have thought to use it. Eg, getting the "kill 3 enemies without lifting the trigger" task should be saved for a place where you actually have 3 enemies clustered close together (in the opening mission they even have several areas where this is the case), and with the sliding one, you can slide towards cover, then quickly turn to shoot while doing it, making you look totally bad-ass. I do agree that the "Stealth kills while overhealed" one is nonsense, though.
Something that only became obvious with the sequel is that there was two separate Teams working on Story and Gameplay, and they didn't agree with each other all the time.
This game isn't the best looking game ever, but I like the art direction of the game. The use of camera angles and lighting, as well as color, in cutscenes make them visually enjoyable to watch. The gameplay also shares this quality, with good lighting and particle effects to make the game look good
So anyway, I'm surprised he went after the gameplay, of all things. It's cathartic and fast paced. The upgrade system and graphics I can understand (to a degree) but the gameplay was fun and visceral, as was intended.
"It uses careful pacing and quiet moments of characterization to contextualize just how good and evil our heroes and villains are." You might say Wolfenstein's deep and multi-layered characters compellingly contextualize the rest of the experience, making it truly memorable.
Damn, how did i miss this review of yours, cause i really didn't expect a Wolfenstein game to be like you say it is. Well i just might get it now, it's probably cheap.
I do think your comments regarding the visuals are a result of your pc simply not being up to the task (hence the pop in I can see). I get why that is a disappointment, but the cut scenes on my end where blurry and undetailed compared to the actual game. I do agree with many of the things you say though (especially the upgrade system and story telling).
I know you may not be looking back on this video and its comments, but the graphics are pretty outstanding on max and etc, in your video it seems like you are playing on mid to lower end settings so overall I think the graphics are a bit skewed yet I get your general point of cutscene to game play.
I totally agree, it was quite unexpected to be this interesting, yet close to the end it felt kinda rushed, the first half of the game was much more enjoyable. btw, are you planning to do more MGS close-ups? Can't wait to see Peace Walker and MGS4 at your channel :c
Don't worry about the ID Tech 5 problems that have scared Wolfenstein The New Order and Rage. ID Tech 6 is being made for later games(Like Doom 4 which is just going to be named Doom).
This game about shooting Nazis on the moon with laser guns and stealing PUNCH CARDS that control nuclear weapons... ...has a scene that passes the Bechdel Test. Between a middle-aged paraplegic and a young nurse with a degree in archaeology. The greatest tragedy is that that is remarkable nowadays.
It's only a measure of one specific thing. Still draws attention to the fact that a lot of media utterly fail to give female characters any attention at all. Try naming two female characters from Modern Warfare. The entire series.
Hey George you said you like camp in video games because of the exaggerated action and violence but what your talking about is certain video game genres, just like certain movies have the same features. Not all games are like this, quite a number aren't hyper violent.
+Williamz both of the replies here are lies technically everything from wolfenstein 3d onward is canon to some degree but they play fast and loose with it
Found your review kind of ambiguous.. Did you complete the game? It was TB's #1 for 2014 I think. Many appear to have enjoyed it. And if runs okay, as opposed to the Ubisoft nonsense, then its worth checking out I guess...
I felt like the game didn't let me kill enough. with those under water sections, the forced stealth sections. i came back from it very unsatisfied. i really wanted to exercise the battle mechanics to their limits. I wanted to kill millions of nazi scum. but, I finished the game and i'm still half assed with the controls. i didn't even get good at it. (yes I was playing in higher difficulties) why spend so much money and time on a smooth combat system only to neglect the damn thing. i was very disappointed.
Is the PC version downgraded compared to console versions? I'm playing on PS4 and I find the texture and shading to look noticeably better than what I see here.
Linkenski It could be because, on PC, the resolution is much higher and you're sitting closer to the monitor, so it's easier to see the low quality textures. Where as, on PS4, the resolution is smaller (compared to what you can get on PC) and you're sitting farther away from the TV, so the low textures aren't that noticeable
The only thing that pissed me off was the abrupt and lackluster ending that didn't give any proper conclusion to what happened in the end to all parties in the story.
what. the knife is way superior since it's a one hit kill and I really didn't have any problems with the game's graphics using my GTX 770, looked gorgeous
I wonder what does it take to make a outstanding First Person Shooter. Because so far all the First Person Shooters that came out recently are boring and lackluster.
I think that's because everything has been done already and the genre is played out. I'm sure people had similar feelings about platformers in the late 90s.
XavierJ61 There's always potential for innovation, its just about whether or not you've got the will power to take the risks. Heck even just choosing a weirder setting could lead to some cool stuff even if most of the mechanics stay the same. You might be able to make some cool games by simply turning the protagonists around a bit more, imagine playing as sentient aliens with powers alongside your weapons, or WW2 set from the axis side. That's just simple stuff, there's more extreme ideas out there for certain like the actual concept being made where its a music based FPS. I'd still also love to see an FPS that rips off and throws in a portal gun... yeah I know you can mod it into half-life, but a game completely built with that kind of thing in mind. That could be incredible.
***** those are fineexample of what i hate in recent fps. The shooting is very simplistic, there is no recoil, they are the same thing over and over and over no variety, they are tooo scripted. Every 5 minutes you character climbs a ladder opens a door or goes through a fucking vent shaft.
daresmet automatic weapons have recoil when fired, however you can fire a fucking pistol without aiming down the sights and it will hit a enemy that is a mile away. Long story short moving and aiming doesnt change your accuracy. As for aiming being too difficult? I think there is a bit of a slow down sensivity while aiming down the sights, but compared to fc3 its far eaiser to aim and shoot. Not that you have to, you can just play it like a oldschool shooter and not aim down the sights.
I like this game until I realized that I was just going back and forth between non-stop baddie blasting to fetch quests contained within a small house.
I liked this game for it's gameplay as well as it's narrative but yeah the upgrade where you stealth kill guys with overcharged health is seriously unintuitive. That and the moment you showed at 5:44 is bloody ridiculous to try and complete. All this time blasting at nutzies in corridors dual-wielding automatic shotguns and I have to stop and shoot at an improvised barricade complete with tough armored enemies. Well... at least it runs at 60fps on PS4. That's gotta be worth something.
Not going to lie, I love the stuff the game has us do for max. It was truly a real human kind of feeling I got. Just the fact that the game will go there is how evil the nazis were. Almost more than other WW2 games
It's a good game. But console version was pretty badly done. Aiming was 8-directional, instead of actual 360-directions. Textures were really messy and it felt like it was done with left hand otherwise too. Like options were really limited. Still a good game. Enjoyed it.
This game is absurdly better than it has any right to be. Highly recommend for anybody who's even a casual FPS fan. Protip: LEARN THE FUCKING PERK SYSTEM EARLY
How about you tell us about GameJournoPros since you're on the list of there information network. This is probably one of the most important topics you could touch upon as a video game journalist to date, but would certainly make you popular if you say what was said :)
3:31 That's the problem with this game. It decided to become a cinematic experience which wasn't what the series was about. Look at Doom Eternal and how it mixes up action and exploration correctly. The narrative is probably the worst thing in the new Wolf games.
TL;DR You didn't actually give the game credit for all it's content and I feel that is kinda unfair. There is more then one way to play Wolfenstine between the polls of stealth and outright carnage, but in the review you focus in on run and gun style of gameplay alone? Sure you can go into a room guns blazing and kill every Nazi by sweeping 2 Assault rifle from left to right...or you can cut open a vent, sneak around back and quietly start taking them out one by one for a surprisingly satisfying stealth experience. Using the slide kill to move from a door to low-cover while remaining undetected, mind you. I didn't have the same technical issues either for the most part the game ran and played gorgeous on my unit at 60PFS and 1080p. I know others had a number of technical problems, which is inexcusable on the part of the Dev and seems to be a norm with AAA a games of later where a number of people can't play the game or play it well at least (I'm looking at you Black Flag!) with the game but I feel the thing that helped me the most was loading the game onto an SSD and having the recommended i7 probably helped. Then again I see several reviews from people on the steam page with i5s who apparently had an excellent experience. Lastly, I don't think it was far to call something a "weekend game" without actually listing all the features of the game such as what alternate choices yeild (all be it small) do in terms of change, the dialog Easter-eggs, like the one for flushing toilets every time you are back at "camp," and most egregious of all is you completely skip out on mentioning the enigma code portion of unlocks, which is some what of a game with-in a game. Personally I think it's also of note that we have a very physically tough main protagonist who is A: in no way degrading to women and B: actually has an internal dialog in a time when even the best shooters (like metro) still lean heavy on in-between level “mission briefings.” Ah well, it's not for everyone I guess.
Carmack spoke at length about id's artists feeling the pain of having their work diminished in service to achieving 60fps on the last gen consoles. Really disappointing. Overall it looked great, but I am just imagining what it could have been... This game definitely looks last-gen. I will get it on a really good sale.
I never finished the game but from what I played of it I just felt weird. The whole story and how it was portrayed made me feel weird inside and almost sick at times, especially how they portrayed the nazis like in the beginning. I loved this games atmosphere and I think this was the best FPS of 2014.
I thought this was a very average game.The juxtaposition between seriousness and camp was to the game's detriment overall. The stealth was garbage too. There were times when enemies didn't notice you right in front of them and other times when they'd notice you a mile away and everyone would be alerted to your presence.
Haven't had this much fun with an fps in years. Sure it's not perfect but for what's in it, it provided a way better experience overall than any other big budget fps in the recent and not so recent memory.
eh, it was alright. I agree with SBH it could have been a lot better
+BakedCookie First FPS in a long ass time where I gave a fuck about the story.
BakedCookie What did you think of Doom 2016? I feel like with Wolf 1 and 2, Doom and Shadow Warrior 1 and 2 I'm in FPS heaven lately.
I think this game and Metal Gear Solid series have a lot in common. Both have such absurdity that it's hillarious and yet it's completely played seriously in the game.
Also, they're both made by non-americans.
***** So, Ground Zeroes is the only Metal Gear you've played then?
***** GZ was literally the ONLY MGS not to do what the guy said. Play the others, from talking racoons to vampires and mechs that bleed and growl in pain, it's exactly like the comment
wasn't it a vanjayjay bomb?
@@arisrayden well, if you found this funny, the problem is not in the game 🤷♂️
But i laught everytime they play us like a damn fiddle
aside from range, the knives are superior to supressed pistols, since they kill in a single hit wherever you throw them
+Minority119 Ding, this guy gets it.
+Minority119
One of my favorite moments in this game was the time I one-hit-killed a patrolman with a throwing knife from about 20 meters away peeking out from behind a piece of rubble.
When I investigated the body for ammo, I discovered the knife had embedded itself in the toe of his foot.
Plus you can pick it up after so you can get through segments without wasting any ammo.
except you rarely find them
+Corktail I was using them the whole game you can pick them back up so it's easy to not waste any ammo and once you get the upgraded knife sheath you can carry 5 knives. It's so easy to sneak around undetected. I used the pistols as a stealth backup for if i missed a knife and didn't have time to throw another.
The throwing knives are far more effective than the pistol. You don't need head shots.
Headshots with pistol are easy to hit- just point and click and job is done. Throwing knives have drop, have risk of hitting objects before reaching enemy and limited number of knives that can be thrown.
Range dude, you can snipe anyone with the pistols at any room in this game
@@Daniel-bi5ci Game was balanced with a controller in mind. Its not easy in such case.
IMO I liked TNO alot, both gameplay and storywise. I especially liked the fact that you can choose to sneak or shoot through levels. It's also nice that this is the first AAA FPS in years to actually have an old school health/armor system and more importanly, an automap.
I really liked this game. Gave some nice challenge without being ridiculous. I played on Hard. But there was a massive difficulty spike near the end that seemingly came out of nowhere and I had to turn the difficulty down for a bit. Other than that, however, great game. Surprisingly for a shooter, I actually liked the characters. And the game actually had some replay value. A rare gem in the dirt that was 2014.
+crzymn246 Try 999 mode to help that difficulty. Hard mode with infinite ammo. Also, find all of the Laserkräftwerte upgrades. That thing is a beast once you get them all.
Let's be real though, that title menu guitar riff, mmmmmmmmmmm! Hit me right in the patriotism.
Wolfenstein: Die Neu Order was fucking glorious though, best FPS of 2014.
Destiny was meant to be this big thing but flopped. The only other potential good fps is borderlands the pre-sequel imo.
***** Really? I know Destiny aren't as epic as the Ads claim it to be but did it flop?
It looks OK for a grind fest (since I actually do not own a console) if you're into that kind of thing but I thought it sell much better then it deserve since it is from Bungie.
lyegm It advertised it as something bigger than what it was. it's basically WOW as a space FPS.
***** oh I know what you're saying, Destiny had a rather bad case of the "Spore" incident, but did it flop? As in sell not as expected or even very badly?
lyegm Guess not, it sold fairly well.
Don't see how so many people missed the upgrade system. if you pay attention it quite clearly goes through everything in the first level of the game, and I think it would be difficult to get through the entire game without checking your journal. I always like to see the character bios and listen to recordings etc, so even if I missed the tutorial I still would've have found it. plus when you complete an objective (which you're bound to do without trying), it tells you that you've unlocked a new perk. so saying you didn't know the upgrade system exists just shows how much you didn't pay attention while playing
I actually really like how this game approaches the now obligatory upgrade system, because while it is there, you aren't forced to use it. I played the game completely ignoring it because I usually hate that kind of system in this kind of game. However I was surprised to find that when I looked at how it worked, that even then it is an improvement over most games today. The fact that it is an achievement system instead of XP makes it so much more engaging, fun and actually changes the way the game plays. I have a lot of problems with The New Order but the upgrade system is definitely not one of them. While the game succumbed to many other modern video game tropes I am very happy to say that it at least improved upon one of those tropes, hopefully other developers take note.
Great review, as always!
Something that really impressed me in this game is it's superb voicework when it comes to switching languages. As someone who speaks all languages used in the game, it's a blast to hear them all voiceacted perfectly. Usually germans in games sound like people who never spoke german in their lives. And I also haven't heard such perfect polish in a game before, even in polish versions of games. Even BJ speaks some polish and it sounds very good. I don't think many people got anything out of it but I loved it.
-Dominik
The thing about The New Order is that it didn't do anything new. But it did everything right.
Thank you! Finally someone gets it! You don't need to innovate if you refine!
Didn't you see the video?
With the exception of the narrative (and its derivatives), almost everything in the game is mediocre to bad. They didn't "refine" anything. All that was presented was executed in a problematic way. It's a miracle the game turned out any good.
You won't see any reviews praising the combat or level design of this game. Without the story, what's left is a below average shooter.
The thing about having to do pretty ridiculous actions for upgrades is two fold. One, you don't really need most of the upgrades and can get a fair amount almost accidentally. And two, it varies up the gameplay. It encourages you to try things you normally wouldn't try to do so as to go for those rewards. I can see a point to the idea that if a game heavily favors a certain strategy that going for anything aside from that strategy is handicapping yourself, it's different when it's just giving you bonuses for going out of your way(this also applies to your video on doom where you talked about this, but it is a bit more forced there, I must admit)
I thought the texture pop-in was just because of my 5 year old computer, but i see it in your video too.. that's pretty bad optimization
Its tied to the engine. The same thing happened in RAGE.
coolmanbisdofus Because ID know your PC better than you!
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My computer only has 4Gb of DDR2 RAM (omg ancient), so i experienced the worst texture pop-in. entire hallways would be blank textures for several seconds. The frame rate and loading times were great though.
***** than explain it better
***** That doesn't change the fact that it was poorly optimized for PC :/
On the game playing part, I will disagree that the game forces you to "stop-and-pop" even if it has the best cover system in a game. As you mentioned, you don't have to aim-down-sights to be effective so there are enough design decisions to accomodate the run-and-gun style. You can zip around the map while avoiding enemy gunfire. If you run around, you might notice you don't get hurt as much and especially when sliding. The overcharging health encourages a more run-and-gun approach. As someone who played on the Uber difficulty twice for both timeline playthroughs, I was flanking and being more of a mobile dual-wielding death machine and this is helped a lot by playing on PC. There are a few sections where the levels aren't as wide open, but most arenas give enough flanking opportunities. I will agree that it doesn't move as fast as a Quake-style game, but that doesn't automatically mean you're moving at Killzone levels of molasses speed. I believe this game is the best of both old-school twitch romps and modern narrative FPS development.
It's one of my favourite shooters ever now to play because of the superb visual feedback (hit reactions, gore), excellent weapon lineup that allows for various strategies, and well-tuned combat scenarios where enemies are fallible compared to Call of Duty aimbots. There are very little bullet sponges, and even armoured robots or Supersoldiers can be downed in a few shots by either being shot in the back or with a charged LKW shot. There's even a decent stealth system on top. While Metro might have a stealth system too, it's not really as satisfying in the shooting department when you go all out. London Nautica is now one of my favourite levels in a game. The game encourages a lot of replayability so I'll disagree with the weekend romp comment, because the two timelines have different characters (J especially who brings up the best case of race relations in a videogame yet), cutscenes, upgrades, and there is 999 Mode unlocked through the Engima codes which gives unlimited ammo so you can just have a blast.
The storytelling is top-notch with plenty of in-game touches that usually would be divorced to cutscenes or audio diaries and other expository ancillary approaches to the side. Such as being able to hear 16 conversations happen between prisoners in the Belica concentration camp, totally unrelated to the core storyline but just adding weight to the world. The characters are given so much heart and charm. The memorable lines and delivery. The deliciously dark humour that is well in the lines of Inglorious Basterds or Paul Verhoeven as you mentioned, keeps it just far enough from being tragedy porn. The tussles between Tesla and Fergus, the bonding over music with J and Wyatt, the father-son like relationship between. It all adds up to a brutal yet charming atmosphere. With the amount of ambition and deliverance on most of the execution and me being a huge fan of Riddick/The Darkness, this is why the game is my GOTY and really sets the standard for any other FPS.
try playing on i am death incarnate or uber, enemies will chew through your health just as fast as in other cover shooters
@@sernoddicusthegallant6986 try reading the comment
Thanks for your excelent commentary, it makes me think i will like the game I just bought in Epic today. I just finnished the The Old Blood and liked the game and the cutsenes , and apparently TNO delivers much more cutscenes and the same general quality. The ambient music was very good in TOB.
You made a very good point about the hip fire accuracy and high health. This let you play the game using the same strategy as in the original. I think that, by maintaining the overall style of gameplay, they made the visual design changes far more enjoyable to fans of the original rather than annoying.
Great video as always!
Everything Bunnyhop has a problem with in this game is answered in DOOM. I hope he plays it.
He might on ultra-nightmare. He likes it tough.
Not t he upgrade system :(
CABBAGE! The upgrades in DOOM are very small bumps in strength. They make slight differences, but never make you overpowered. SOme of the bugs do, imo. The railgun was a definite gun that sohuld've not been in the game. I used it more than any other gun because it was just way too effective, esp in siege mode.
Hm, I get what you are saying but the plot didn't have that effect on me. The juxtaposition between melodramatic seriousness and over the top violence just seemed awkward. Maybe it was intentional and the point just went over my head. In any case, I didn't get the same feeling you did while playing through it.
Yet another great review. I'd been slightly interested in the game, but now I'll definitely grab it in the future whenever I can get it for a deep discount.
Just wanted to say that the consistency of quality in your videos is right up there with RedLetterMedia, and I know how big a fan you are of them, so take that as a gigantic compliment. Keep up the great work, George. *thumbs up*
I absolutely love this game personaly, it's what I've been waiting for years now (if it comes to FPS games). Some of your critiques might have a point but I just fail to see that. Maybe it's just the blindfold of love for this game. Anyway, like usual you prepared great material for us. So.... Thanks!
problem with id tech 5 is that it runs very differently on different configurations. I didint notice when it swiched from prerendered to in engine.
I'll be honest my first play through I didn't know there was a character upgrade system. I must of not read or skipped over what told you it existed and I did just fine.
+CynicalSleuth I'm playing it now. didn't notice till George told me.
thanks super bunnyhop.
+CynicalSleuth They're really bad at telling you about it. I watched a playthrough a while before I got the game.
I finished the whole game on hard mode and was frustrated by how hard it was and how spongey enemies were. I guess I should've played on an easier mode and actually looked at the upgrades.
so you guys never checked your journal once?
I think your issues with the upgrade system are illegitimate. Yes, it's asking you to do insensible things for sensible upgrades, but it's doing so in order to expand your tactics beyond what's sensible and reasonable. I never thought a reviewer that wasn't writing for a AAA magazine would ever complain about a game making itself more challenging by asking you to do challenging things. :/
& I think what you complain about his problem with upgrades systems is unfounded. Yes, doing something that is challenging of upgrades is ok but doing something challenging for the wrong reasons is not ok.
Asking a spy in TF2 to "kill 5 enemies with backstabbing in 1 life" is challenging, asking a spy to "kill 5 enemies with your knife without backstabbing in 1 life" is challenging for the wrong reasons.
Honestly, I share his oppinion on the upgrade system. It felt a bit rushed to me and I couldn't really get more enjoyment out of it. Overall I felt like Wolfenstein was in some kind of uncanny valley in many aspects, but with a positive tendency.
You seem to think that expanding "your tactics beyond what's sensible and reasonable" is a good thing, but I disagree.
He's not complaining about the tasks being difficult, he's complaining about them incentivizing ways of playing the game that are not only suboptimal, but contrary to what the mechanics seek to achieve.
If done well, upgrade tasks can subtly teach one how to play, often forcing the player to adapt and develop new tactics that will be useful in other situations. And they are often extremely challenging. The ones in The New Order sometimes do the opposite; they try to get the player to do nonsense.
So, for novice players, tasks like those are misleading and for experienced players, they're aggravating.
How is doing random, arbitrary shit that goes against the flow of normal gameplay to unlock your little skinner box upgrades a good design decision, exactly?
I personally felt that the upgrade system was pretty nice since it encouraged you to spice up the gameplay, and the difficulty it added felt less artificial because it was being done for an upgrade and of your own volition. Besides, most of the very important upgrades you get by just playing through the game.
'gravely voices are a fps cliché'...... I'm fairly certain most people after fighting in a war(especially if they killed someone else) aren't going to act chipper and be like 'YIPEE' all the time.... if we're being honest, BJ is probably less serious than he should be
+Brandon Biggerstaff Well, he did get quite a bit of brain damage from that shrapnel.
"it is a chore to unlock these" I like how you put things. Very clear and concise.
I love Wolfenstein. It's very odd gameplay wise but I absolutely love it.
I bought and played it through twice. I thought it was a great , both for gameplay and story reasons. The Campagin is worth playing through atleast twice and that's assuming you don't care about the collectibles. I found the game to be very refreshing in our current climate of FPS games, and to be an overall great time.
I think you're putting way too much emphasis on the perk system. It's not a major part of the gameplay, it's more a combination of minor upgrades and achievements. It's similar to challenges in RDR or MGS. You have to complete a pretty ridiculous task that tests your abilities and might otherwise seem illogical (kill a cougar with dynamite, skip all cutscenes to finish a game in 4 hours).
And you really thought it wasn't fun to play? I thought it was one of the best action and FPS games in a long while. It's not trying to recreate old shooters' fast gunfights. It mixes the speed of old shooters with the more tactical approach of the new shooters. You have to move from cover to cover and quickly switch between offensive and defensive approach. It makes the combat feel more dynamic and like you're part of some epic movie shootout.
What settings did you play this game on?
There's a lot of aliasing in the game.
I loved the writing in this game so much. It takes an inherently silly and OTT premise, technologically advanced mecha-Nazis with lasers, and juxtaposes it with empathetic characters that have believable motivations, thematically appropriate dialogue and behaviour and a sense of real relationship and camaraderie.
And that juxtaposition never feels forced or jarring. Instead, the bombastic action and serious, often *intimate* characters give each other context and a sense of narrative texture and weight. Of course BJ is combat weary and suffering from fatigue, look at the kinds of things that you, as a player, make him do. Of course you find it satisfying to kill Nazis, look at the cruelty you've seen them inflict.
I never felt like the tonal shifts rubbed up against each other in this game. I felt like they actually gave my actions a wider context that left them feeling more believable and grounded. This game managed to take the premise of robo Nazis on the moon and weave a surprisingly touching story with genuine drama and pathos into it.
I really liked this game, especially seeing as it was a FPS centered around a single-player campaign amidst a crowd of multiplayer shooters, and I couldn't afford good internet at the time.
And the music. Damn. Mick Gordon is a freaking genius.
No offence George, I love you and your content, but this is one of the best shooters of the past few years, I don't know how you can only call this a 'good' game
Oran Glackin Uhhh..okay? Gonna complain that he didn't say this game was great, despite him saying it's good. Okay
I could be wrong but I think Call of Duty has had reload canceling since the first Modern Warfare, though Black Ops was when I first learned it. But yeah, if you get caught reloading in CoD, you can hit the sprint button (default L3) to cancel the animation.
I ignored the upgrade system and fully enjoyed the game. Same with most single player shooters. It puts focus on combat instead of anything else.
The new order is one of my favorite games ever. Satisfying combat, a well told story with camp and darkness and a stellar soundtrack make it a game that I compare other shooters to. I still haven’t played new colossus, and even though it’s very decisive I still really want to play it.
Thoroughly enjoyed this game.
One of the most fun FPS on the last generation consoles.
For all the technical issues it had. What an amazing experience it was for me is indescribable.
Your complaints with the game feel a little weird. They make sense in general, but... I never really felt like they were present in just about any of my time with the game. The speed was still fast enough to give me a feeling of rush and run & gun tactics, but cover still felt natural if you wanted to maximize your survival because... well duh, take cover a little bit. I guess if you wanted full 90's shooter Doom style run and gun, then its more of a matter of slow enemy projectiles which would kind of screw with the setting and aesthetics a bit. Still this isn't entirely stop and pop either, you can still run and gun a lot unless you really were doing it on Uber. I think the game had more in common with the older corridor shooters like on the half-life formula rather than super speedy "Doom clone" era FPS, and much like that formula cover or stop and pop wasn't necessary on moderate difficulty but smart to do. Meanwhile the unlocks...most of them came surprisingly naturally and I hear most others say its a cake walk to, even if it doesn't make a ton of sense. The overcharge stealth thing just seemed to just happen naturally, I remember when I even discovered that perk was active I only had to do one more kill like it. Knife throwing felt fantastic, and was pretty fun even if its not the best stealth kill. It just felt good... so yeah, using knives to get more knives just felt fun. The only thing I think truly gave me trouble was one or two of the explosive based perks, which I had to grind for around a checkpoint after I beat the game and was trying to get that extra last percentage. That, and one of the dumb cover based perks where I think it was absurdly high for a game where run and gun was actually possible again, unlike most shooters now.
Actually that's the major reason I loved this game, its the type of shooter I've been yelling at the industry for ignoring (save for few exceptions like Insomniac's Resistance 3). Finally its an older style corridor shooter with a weapon wheel, health packs, enemy types, cheesy setting, and great gunplay (though more sillier weapons would have been appreciated to). Some don't think it was old school enough and would have preferred the full on Doom style of things, but either way the industry has been ignoring both that and the corridor shooters that came after that, and I'm really glad we got something like wolfenstein that challenged the norm right now. To someone like me that grew up around the HL influence of shooters, I was very happy and had a blast playing Wolfenstein rather than watching it or just looking for the story elements.
The dual-wielding is less inexplicable when you consider how big BJ is. He's like Brock Lesnar crossed with the personality of Bobby Shafto from Cryptonomicon.
The art direction of the game is flawless, the totalitarian/futurist architecture and art are very well done.
Hey Bunny Hop, you are very good at elaboration. Care to elaborate on the phrase "The way the game was meant to be played?" I use it often but when I really considered what it meant, I found that sentence very disagreeable.
IDK... Food for thought.
wow,there's an upgrade system?
i finished the game and didn't use it. :/
I guess I can't expect non-german speaker to know this, but it annoyed me for years.
"Wolfenstein":
The "Wo" in "Wolf" sound like in *wo*nder.
The "st" in "stein" sound like in *sht*ick.
The "ein" sounds like in m*ine*.
So basically "Wohlfenshtain", not "Wulfenstain" or "Wulfenstihn".
I think you went about the unlocks the wrong way. They aren't there to force you to do something completely detrimental, they're there to encourage you to do something different in a situation where it's suitable, but you might not have thought to use it. Eg, getting the "kill 3 enemies without lifting the trigger" task should be saved for a place where you actually have 3 enemies clustered close together (in the opening mission they even have several areas where this is the case), and with the sliding one, you can slide towards cover, then quickly turn to shoot while doing it, making you look totally bad-ass. I do agree that the "Stealth kills while overhealed" one is nonsense, though.
Wtf
I beat this game twice, and never even knew the character upgrade screen was there
I actually extremely rarely if ever checked what you actually needed to do to unlock the perks, it was pretty much all, 'oh cool i unlocked new perk'
One correction, most shooters have reload cancelling, just double click switch weapon
what is good camp and bad camp?
if the intention is there how can it be ever wrong?
You just made me think of robo cop in a way i've never thought of robo cop before.
Something that only became obvious with the sequel is that there was two separate Teams working on Story and Gameplay, and they didn't agree with each other all the time.
This game isn't the best looking game ever, but I like the art direction of the game. The use of camera angles and lighting, as well as color, in cutscenes make them visually enjoyable to watch. The gameplay also shares this quality, with good lighting and particle effects to make the game look good
So anyway, I'm surprised he went after the gameplay, of all things. It's cathartic and fast paced. The upgrade system and graphics I can understand (to a degree) but the gameplay was fun and visceral, as was intended.
"It uses careful pacing and quiet moments of characterization to contextualize just how good and evil our heroes and villains are."
You might say Wolfenstein's deep and multi-layered characters compellingly contextualize the rest of the experience, making it truly memorable.
The Nightmare part was so cool, I would pay a dlc to get it as a full version.
Btw Really cool channel mr. hop, thumbs up from Denmark
Alex Jacobsen in the expansion to this game "The Old Blood" there are a lot more of those nightmare levels :)
Damn, how did i miss this review of yours, cause i really didn't expect a Wolfenstein game to be like you say it is. Well i just might get it now, it's probably cheap.
I do think your comments regarding the visuals are a result of your pc simply not being up to the task (hence the pop in I can see). I get why that is a disappointment, but the cut scenes on my end where blurry and undetailed compared to the actual game. I do agree with many of the things you say though (especially the upgrade system and story telling).
I know you may not be looking back on this video and its comments, but the graphics are pretty outstanding on max and etc, in your video it seems like you are playing on mid to lower end settings so overall I think the graphics are a bit skewed yet I get your general point of cutscene to game play.
I totally agree, it was quite unexpected to be this interesting, yet close to the end it felt kinda rushed, the first half of the game was much more enjoyable.
btw, are you planning to do more MGS close-ups? Can't wait to see Peace Walker and MGS4 at your channel :c
Don't worry about the ID Tech 5 problems that have scared Wolfenstein The New Order and Rage. ID Tech 6 is being made for later games(Like Doom 4 which is just going to be named Doom).
This game about shooting Nazis on the moon with laser guns and stealing PUNCH CARDS that control nuclear weapons...
...has a scene that passes the Bechdel Test. Between a middle-aged paraplegic and a young nurse with a degree in archaeology.
The greatest tragedy is that that is remarkable nowadays.
+Fuzzballfox Onionring That's great, but that test doesn't actually work.
That test really is not accurate. Other M passed the Bechdel Test for goodness sake, and it's about as sexist as it could possibly be.
It's only a measure of one specific thing. Still draws attention to the fact that a lot of media utterly fail to give female characters any attention at all.
Try naming two female characters from Modern Warfare. The entire series.
Fuzzballfox Onionring Just Modern Warfare, or CoD in general?
You know I'd be more surprised if WWII-era CoD had any female characters in it, now that you mention it.
Wait, there was a character upgrade system? I played through the game twice and never (not even once!) noticed.
So I'm just sitting here going "What?"
Hey George you said you like camp in video games because of the exaggerated action and violence but what your talking about is certain video game genres, just like certain movies have the same features. Not all games are like this, quite a number aren't hyper violent.
Whoa... Seeing that hidden Wolf3D level so well executed makes me wanna go get yhe game lol
Are Return to castle Wolfenstein and Wolfenstein(2009) canon in The new order?
Nope, that's another continuity.
Wolf 2009 is
+Williamz both of the replies here are lies
technically everything from wolfenstein 3d onward is canon to some degree but they play fast and loose with it
This looks like those riddles that go "2 of them are lying, who is telling the truth?"
Ca Copser those riddles don't account for the existence of wikipedia, my friend
Found your review kind of ambiguous.. Did you complete the game? It was TB's #1 for 2014 I think. Many appear to have enjoyed it. And if runs okay, as opposed to the Ubisoft nonsense, then its worth checking out I guess...
I felt like the game didn't let me kill enough.
with those under water sections, the forced stealth sections. i came back from it very unsatisfied.
i really wanted to exercise the battle mechanics to their limits. I wanted to kill millions of nazi scum.
but, I finished the game and i'm still half assed with the controls. i didn't even get good at it. (yes I was playing in higher difficulties)
why spend so much money and time on a smooth combat system only to neglect the damn thing.
i was very disappointed.
+dosbox907 Get enough code pieces to unlock 999 mode. Also fully upgrade the Lazerkraftwerte. Then you can tear 'em a new one.
+dosbox907 There are almost no forced stealth sections.
Every stealth moment in the game can be solved with infinite violence.
are you saying original sin doesnt have lasting appeal?
"Stupid way to die." I had trouble at that part too for some reason. I tried landing that jump at least 30 times, and almost made a video about it.
"Right. Nazis dead. Nazi robots dead. Broke all your sh*t. Helicopters secured."
Thanks for the review. I own the game but it hasn't made it to the top of my queue yet.
0:25 game?
Is the PC version downgraded compared to console versions? I'm playing on PS4 and I find the texture and shading to look noticeably better than what I see here.
+Linkenski Semi-Toaster rendering
The PC version looks a little better but not by a lot.
I'd blame youtube artifacting for making it look worse. The bit rate that a 1080p video gets is not enough to properly show the game's graphics.
Linkenski It could be because, on PC, the resolution is much higher and you're sitting closer to the monitor, so it's easier to see the low quality textures. Where as, on PS4, the resolution is smaller (compared to what you can get on PC) and you're sitting farther away from the TV, so the low textures aren't that noticeable
The only thing that pissed me off was the abrupt and lackluster ending that didn't give any proper conclusion to what happened in the end to all parties in the story.
what. the knife is way superior since it's a one hit kill and I really didn't have any problems with the game's graphics using my GTX 770, looked gorgeous
what do you mean what other game could give you that?
wait, this game had an unlock system ? ... i played through the entire game and didn´t even notic the excistence of that thing.
Wait... This game has a perk system!??!! I played through it three times and NEVER noticed!!!!
Are you blind or analphabetic?
I wonder what does it take to make a outstanding First Person Shooter. Because so far all the First Person Shooters that came out recently are boring and lackluster.
I think that's because everything has been done already and the genre is played out. I'm sure people had similar feelings about platformers in the late 90s.
XavierJ61 There's always potential for innovation, its just about whether or not you've got the will power to take the risks. Heck even just choosing a weirder setting could lead to some cool stuff even if most of the mechanics stay the same. You might be able to make some cool games by simply turning the protagonists around a bit more, imagine playing as sentient aliens with powers alongside your weapons, or WW2 set from the axis side. That's just simple stuff, there's more extreme ideas out there for certain like the actual concept being made where its a music based FPS. I'd still also love to see an FPS that rips off and throws in a portal gun... yeah I know you can mod it into half-life, but a game completely built with that kind of thing in mind. That could be incredible.
***** those are fineexample of what i hate in recent fps.
The shooting is very simplistic, there is no recoil, they are the same thing over and over and over no variety, they are tooo scripted. Every 5 minutes you character climbs a ladder opens a door or goes through a fucking vent shaft.
Game James "no recoil" pfft.. A majority of people I know criticize the game for the aiming being too difficult.
daresmet automatic weapons have recoil when fired, however you can fire a fucking pistol without aiming down the sights and it will hit a enemy that is a mile away. Long story short moving and aiming doesnt change your accuracy.
As for aiming being too difficult? I think there is a bit of a slow down sensivity while aiming down the sights, but compared to fc3 its far eaiser to aim and shoot.
Not that you have to, you can just play it like a oldschool shooter and not aim down the sights.
I like this game until I realized that I was just going back and forth between non-stop baddie blasting to fetch quests contained within a small house.
The knife throw is pro strats. only way to do takedowns once you learn how it works
I liked this game for it's gameplay as well as it's narrative but yeah the upgrade where you stealth kill guys with overcharged health is seriously unintuitive. That and the moment you showed at 5:44 is bloody ridiculous to try and complete. All this time blasting at nutzies in corridors dual-wielding automatic shotguns and I have to stop and shoot at an improvised barricade complete with tough armored enemies. Well... at least it runs at 60fps on PS4. That's gotta be worth something.
“This game has you blast through a concentration camp, what other game could let you get away with that!?” *LAUGHS IN CALL OF DUTY WORLD WAR 2*
Not going to lie, I love the stuff the game has us do for max. It was truly a real human kind of feeling I got. Just the fact that the game will go there is how evil the nazis were. Almost more than other WW2 games
It's a good game. But console version was pretty badly done. Aiming was 8-directional, instead of actual 360-directions. Textures were really messy and it felt like it was done with left hand otherwise too. Like options were really limited.
Still a good game. Enjoyed it.
...How is "Dreams oh what is my life oh no I'm such a brittle flower in this field of blood" constantly a comedic thing at all?
This game is absurdly better than it has any right to be. Highly recommend for anybody who's even a casual FPS fan. Protip: LEARN THE FUCKING PERK SYSTEM EARLY
Noted.
This review has made me decide to get this game, it seems pretty great.
...........There was a character upgrade system?..............
This feels like it was written with rhymes and then the rhythms were removed
How about you tell us about GameJournoPros since you're on the list of there information network. This is probably one of the most important topics you could touch upon as a video game journalist to date, but would certainly make you popular if you say what was said :)
3:31 That's the problem with this game. It decided to become a cinematic experience which wasn't what the series was about. Look at Doom Eternal and how it mixes up action and exploration correctly. The narrative is probably the worst thing in the new Wolf games.
I really really liked this game, it was well made, well thought out and I agree it was committed to itself.
Dude. Did you say at the begginning of the video that Divinity: Original Sin is overrated? ...wow, you sure don't like DoD right
Your style of reviewing is pretty good. You use (what was it) ... reasons, yeah, you use reasons.
TL;DR You didn't actually give the game credit for all it's content and I feel that is kinda unfair.
There is more then one way to play Wolfenstine between the polls of stealth and outright carnage, but in the review you focus in on run and gun style of gameplay alone? Sure you can go into a room guns blazing and kill every Nazi by sweeping 2 Assault rifle from left to right...or you can cut open a vent, sneak around back and quietly start taking them out one by one for a surprisingly satisfying stealth experience. Using the slide kill to move from a door to low-cover while remaining undetected, mind you.
I didn't have the same technical issues either for the most part the game ran and played gorgeous on my unit at 60PFS and 1080p. I know others had a number of technical problems, which is inexcusable on the part of the Dev and seems to be a norm with AAA a games of later where a number of people can't play the game or play it well at least (I'm looking at you Black Flag!) with the game but I feel the thing that helped me the most was loading the game onto an SSD and having the recommended i7 probably helped. Then again I see several reviews from people on the steam page with i5s who apparently had an excellent experience.
Lastly, I don't think it was far to call something a "weekend game" without actually listing all the features of the game such as what alternate choices yeild (all be it small) do in terms of change, the dialog Easter-eggs, like the one for flushing toilets every time you are back at "camp," and most egregious of all is you completely skip out on mentioning the enigma code portion of unlocks, which is some what of a game with-in a game.
Personally I think it's also of note that we have a very physically tough main protagonist who is A: in no way degrading to women and B: actually has an internal dialog in a time when even the best shooters (like metro) still lean heavy on in-between level “mission briefings.”
Ah well, it's not for everyone I guess.
Max , ... the feels ... the feels. Almost cried.
+Fireblaze's mobile account MAX HAUS!!
Didnt even know there was an upgrade system in this game and I beat it years ago
I only knew because I read a review saying how stupid the upgrade tree was.
Carmack spoke at length about id's artists feeling the pain of having their work diminished in service to achieving 60fps on the last gen consoles. Really disappointing. Overall it looked great, but I am just imagining what it could have been...
This game definitely looks last-gen. I will get it on a really good sale.
I never finished the game but from what I played of it I just felt weird. The whole story and how it was portrayed made me feel weird inside and almost sick at times, especially how they portrayed the nazis like in the beginning. I loved this games atmosphere and I think this was the best FPS of 2014.
I don't understand your opinion. Like or hate?
its kinda crazy but the writing is too fuckin good for this over top violent fps shooter.its actually refreshing
I thought this was a very average game.The juxtaposition between seriousness and camp was to the game's detriment overall. The stealth was garbage too. There were times when enemies didn't notice you right in front of them and other times when they'd notice you a mile away and everyone would be alerted to your presence.