Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

Un buen soft reboot de la saga, adaptado al gameplay actual. Sin haber jugado a los anteriores no puedo saber si respeta la visión original, pero lo que sí puedo decir es que es una obra que tiene personalidad, con un prota interesante y un gameplay, aunque simple, divertido.

La historia no es especialmente profunda pero tampoco pretende serlo, aquí uno viene a matar nazis y Blazkowicz es el mejor en lo suyo.

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There was nothing special in this one for me. I liked the setting and main story enough, found it to be interesting, and killing Nazis is always a great time. However, I didn't really like the characters and found the combat to be repetitive, especially with the lack of enemy variety. Overall, it is a well-made FPS, but it doesn't really do anything different or unique to stand out from its already abundant genre, will check out the sequels and see how those feel.

Played on PC, June 2017

Pros: The setting is very well done, the world building is impressive. The weapons are fun to use. While the stealth could be improved, it was enjoyable.

Cons: The sprint slide is very awkward to do on the keyboard. I use my pinky for both L-Shift and L-Ctrl, how am I supposed to press both at once. Many difficulty spikes later in the game starting around Chapter 12 (I lowered the difficulty in Ch. 15 but should have done so sooner). Shotgun heavy enemies tear you to shreds and there are several locations in Ch. 14 and 15 where it is hard to kill them before they get too close, leading me to attempt the same part of the level over and over again. Not fun. The final boss also tears through your health at a ridiculous rate. Oh did I mention it is way too hard to see enemies through flames? I didn't think the story or characters were anything special, but at least they didn't get in the way of the gameplay.

Do not replay.

Notwithstanding the over-the-top action and ludicrous setting, the extremely well-made characters, solid voice-acting, and thought-provoking dialogue make 'Wolfenstein: The New Order' something more than a generic shoot-em-up. Yes, the game contains the best gunplay in recent years; but it is truly memorable due to conversations such as this:

-B Jesus Christ! Tekla, aren't you asleep? -T I try not to sleep. No telling if I will ever wake up. -T Let me ask you something. -T Where do you go when you lose consciousness? -B What? -T You have a brain, a brain is a biological computational device running on electrochemical process. -T Your consciousness is an emergent property of said process. -T In other words: you are an electrochemical process -T Fundamentally you have experience of continuous existence. -T You are you, at this point in time. You have sensation of riding along this continuum of being you, into the future. -T On occasion brain can be subjected to trauma, temporarily discontinuing electrochemical process. -T Such as a boxer being knocked out. -T As this occurs the brain is no longer running. It's electrochemical generating process. -T Hence consciousness is lost. -T You loose consciousness. Pay attention now. -T At this point in time, your consciousness, all that is you... -T your continuum of being you has ceased to exist in the physical world, -T Now, moments later, the electrochemical process may start up again... -T ... allowing consciousness to emerge out of the information stored in the brain. -T But I wonder. Where are you in the meantime? -T Must we not assume that at the point when consciousness is lost, the person dies? -T If a new consciousness appears or not in the same brain is entirely inconsequential to the dead consciousness. -T The new consciousness is simply a new person. -T Because it emerges from the same brain, it has access to all the memories and cognitive structures... -T ... as the dead consciousness, so it thinks it is the same person -T But in actuality, it is just an impostor. -T Inheriting the body and brain from the previous, now dead, inhabitant. -T Yes? -B What about the soul? -T Soul... -T There is no such thing as a soul. -T We are machines of biology. -T Nothing more, nothing less. -T The soul is simply a pointless concept dreamt up by priests and fairy tale men.

Actual Score: 4/5

Отличный геймплей мясной. Ахуительные перестрелки. Игра подрузамевается как коридорный шутер, но коридорным шутером не пахнет. У вас есть 2 выбора прохождения: по стелсу, вырезая горло фашикам и убивая офицеров,которые могут вызвать тревогу, или как в старые добрые мочить всех направо и налево. В игре присутствует джентльменский арсенал оружия : автомат,дробовик, снайперка, пистолет, нож и бластер пушка с резаком. Резаком можно разрезать проволку и ламать замки. Бластер С пушкой тоже самое, только ей можно ещё мочить фашиков. Также оружия можно брать в две руки и ножами можно метаться. Музыка зачет. да и звуки тоже. Сюжет довольно таки интересный. графон меня не впечатлил, из за движка ярости вы можете увидеть куча МЫЛА, но графон не плохой. Также тут есть разнообразие врагов: обычные солдаты (Мясо), офицеры, в броне и чуваки с дробовиком, а также ультра боец с броней космодесантников и с бластер-пулеметом, из которого можно нарезать фашиков. Ну а так по геймплею олдовый шутан с подбирание аптечек, брони и патрон, а также здесь можно есть СОБАЧИЙ КОРМ. В итоге шутан отличный, рекомендую всем любителям шутеров.