Let me begin this review by saying the following: I play video games in order to be entertained (well…it’s also my job, but anyway). I don’t care about politics, agendas, races, sexes or whatever else that has nothing to do with gaming. Gaming is my hobby, and I am happy I can do this professionally. Having said that, my goal is to let you know whether a game is worth your hard-earned money or not. With this out of the way, let’s continue.
Discussing Wolfenstein Games
My last video review was on Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, back in 2015. While The New Order along with The Old Blood amused me, I wasn’t really a fan of The New Colossus. The game had very lengthy cutscenes, which felt unnecessary in a game where you should be shooting Nazis from start to finish. The New Colossus also wandered away from the more serious tone of the prior two games and tried to be funny but sometimes failed.
In case you don’t know, these rebooted Wolfenstein games have had rather serious tones, especially when compared to other FPS titles like DOOM, Serious Sam, or of course Duke Nukem. So with Youngblood they’ve greatly expanded the humor, which can be both bad and good. They’ve also went to great lengths to make this game feel almost completely different, which is also bad and good and makes me both happy and sad.
From the development side, it’s very noticeable that Arkane Studios (Dishonored, Prey) also worked on this game, along with MachineGames (the creators of the previous three Wolfenstein games). At first I thought the inclusion of a studio like Arkane could be awesome, but I became concerned when watching some gameplay videos. It turns out my fears were right. Maybe the two studios couldn’t mesh their different styles, or maybe something else happened, but Youngblood is a big mess.
Story Time & The ‘Terror Twins’
You play as one of the twin daughters of William Joseph (BJ) and Anya Oliwa Blazkowicz, named Jessie (Jes) and Zofia (Soph). It’s been twenty years since BJ killed Hitler and liberated the world from Nazis. Now, in the 1980s, for unknown reasons BJ has disappeared and the twins embark on an allegedly epic adventure to find ‘papa’ Blazkowicz, leading you to Nazi occupied Paris.
The story mostly makes no sense and has little depth or sophistication. However, since this is a brainless first person shooter, I really don’t mind. It’s clear from the start the game is not trying to be serious, anyway.
I will confess I didn’t expect to like the new protagonists after playing so many times as BJ. For me, though, they are awesome. They’re fearless like papa but also funny, dorky, and sort of nuts. For instance, there’s an early cutscene where the twins attempt to kill a Nazi for the first time, which is hilarious and disgusting at the same time. Most of the dialogues between them are pretty funny, even if the writing is not that great overall, which is a plus for me.
“We were born to kill Nazis.”
–Jes trying to convince the resistance leader to help them.
Now don’t get me wrong with my praise for the twins. I still love playing as BJ and I really like him, but he’s a very grim guy. So if I have to choose between serious or fun, I will always choose fun, even if I am not used to playing as female characters in first person games. I’m pretty sure that even the Doomguy agrees with me since we are talking about his “aunts.” At least these twins are way better than the Far Cry: New Dawn twins.
Graphics, Performance, & Controls
Youngblood looks good, and the game engine (id Tech 6) works like a charm. The performance is remarkable, and I had basically zero problems with the game. I had some minor random stutters, but I am not completely sure it was the game’s fault. Either way it’s nothing to be concerned about. I only wish you could disable motion blur and weapons effects completely. I hate motion blur and some of the weapon effects fogged my vision. For more details on the subject you can read John’s performance analysis.
“We ain’t killed no Nazis .”
–Soph reminding her sister that they haven’t killed any Nazis.
The game controls just fine. I didn’t notice any kind of forced acceleration or smoothing. You can change the FOV (field of view), but unfortunately you cannot disable or even lower the atrocious head bobbing. I usually don’t mind it, but in this case it gave me headaches and the strong need of a good dose of Dramamine. The UI and menus are fine, even if the menus are totally designed for consoles.
Sound & Voice Acting
I love the short elevator cut-scenes and the 80’s music in the elevators. During gameplay the sounds are fine, but I couldn’t fall in love with the gun sounds. The voice acting is pretty good overall, with the twins voice acting being great. So the audio design is acceptable but nothing special.
Shooting Nazis In The Jugular
So let’s get down to business: gameplay. Sorry guys, but the game doesn’t play well. I know they tried to mix it up with new ideas, but they failed. After the introduction you reach the Paris catacombs, where the base of operations is located. From there you can restock ammunition, health, and armor.
“I only hunt Nazis Jes, not animals.”
–Soph
Also in the base of operations you can talk to different NPCs (non player characters) and receive new side missions. Paris is divided into different areas you can fast travel to once you’ve unlocked the areas. Keep in mind that the game does not tell you which missions are main or side ones, which is weird.
All areas are crawling with enemies, and you can engage them stealthily or go full-frontal. Of course you can also avoid them, though some areas are harder to sneak by unnoticed. Most obnoxiously, whether you clear out an area of enemies or not, all the enemies will respawn when you return, Far Cry 2 style. What a bullshit.
It’s especially terrible because you will be forced to return to many of the same areas in various missions, so you will have to redo everything from the beginning. Thankfully there are several different paths, which allow you to avoid most enemies. The world building is very familiar to Dishonored 2, likely because Arkane Studios was involved in the development.
“How the fuck should I know?”
–Jes after being asked if they can make it, right before they jump without a parachute from an enemy zeppelin.
As for navigating the world using a map, the game doesn’t have a classic map. Instead you get an overview map just like in Dishonored 2, thus making path-finding really hard most of the time. The mini-map doesn’t really help either. Sometimes it took me five minutes to clear an area and twice that to find my way out. Thankfully you can fast travel from anywhere back to the base of operations, but everything will respawn, as noted already.
Weapons, Leveling Up & Some Other RPG Crap
Even though the shooting mechanics are pretty solid and most weapons feel unique with upgrades and attachments, I didn’t enjoy the weapons (even with all the upgrades and attachments). That’s probably because all enemies including the playable characters have levels. You read that right. Youngblood is yet another FPS to include RPG elements, just like Far Cry: New Dawn did recently.
Why is this leveling stuff in here? I really don’t get it, seriously. Making all human enemies bullet sponges only works in specific games. Even The Division 2 realized the problem with this type of design. I get they want to make the game lengthier and grindier, but it’s a god damn lazy and stupid game design.
There are also two kinds of ammunition and some guns will do less damage to specific enemies. So you always have to check the enemy health bar to see what kind of ammunition is needed in order to achieve maximum damage. It feels like a chore, plain and simple. I find it completely unnecessary, particularly in a game where there are no limitations on how many guns you can carry.
“Just like daddy taught us.”
–Jes after she and her sister wipe a whole enemy squad.
Since there is a level up system you also have skills available for purchase. None of these skills are anything original or even interesting. They even included lame skills like ‘extra health’ and ‘extra armor.’ Jesus… what the hell happened? You can unlock some melee skills that will make the game a joke. It’s way faster and easier to go and stab everyone in the face instead of shooting them, seriously.
Micro-transactions & Greed
To make things even worse, you can also buy stuff with real money. Yes, microtransactions are part of the game, with payable upgrades, skins, and boosters. Can you finish the game without paying for anything? Definitely, but that’s not the point. Even if these are “cosmetic” only, the whole practice is unethical, scummy and greedy as fuck. Screw microtransactions and shame on all publishers who push tactics as such. Also who cares for skins in a first person shooter?
Other Weird Game Issues
The game has weird blood effect logic relating to your armor suit. This is the same armor BJ used to wear, and it made sense when no bullets would penetrate it until the last shots, which then produced blood effects. In Youngblood when you get shot, you see blood squirts all the time, as if you’re armor suit doesn’t even work. It’s like some developer forgot to toggle off the effect.
“Yeah, that was a trip to creep city.”
–Soph after being asked by Jes if
she had “the talk” with their mom.
The dismemberment and gore system is also messed up, being almost completely random. Sometimes you can unload a whole clip into an enemy without damaging his body. Other times you shoot just once and open a hole in his chest. It really gets on my nerves when selling points of a game don’t work as intended, like RAGE 2 (another Bethesda-published game) having problems with blood and bullet decals. At least two months later they fixed it (in reality they fucked it even more). Thank you Bethesda…
AI & Stealth
The enemy AI is horrible, just awful. Enemies walk past you while you are in ‘cloak’ mode, but they can still tilt their heads and look straight at you while they keep on walking in a different direction. It’s hilarious and creepy, especially the first time you see it. Stealth is toned down compared to the previous games, even if you have the ‘cloak’ ability available from the beginning.
“Slick as a whistle, as daddy used to say.”
–One of the twins right after they complete their mission objective.
The AI of your sister is actually not bad and she rarely blows your cover. Of course you will still do most of the killing, but she will assist when she can. One thing she doesn’t seem able to do is to use cover and melee. Actually, the cover system is awesome, ripped straight out of Medal of Honor (2010), where you can lean to every direction instead of being limited to left or right.
Glorious Finishers?!
I used to enjoy finishers in the Wolfenstein games but not anymore. The animations are far too few and many don’t connect properly. They feel floaty. Sometimes the combat finishers don’t even work. When they do work and you manage to disarm the enemy, there is some fun to to be had with choosing to automatically play out the finisher or rapidly shoot to empty a whole magazine into an enemy. The later choice can be extremely satisfying, but it’s still not enough to make much of a difference in this disaster of a game, which brings us to our conclusion.
R.I.P. Wolfenstein
Even if the game has some small parts that are actually good, the rest of it is just dreadful. This game might actually be the death of the series and no twin badass sisters can save it from doom. Honestly don’t even bother, especially if you are planning to play solo. Now if you like FPS games with RPG elements and you don’t care about the things I mentioned, then you will probably enjoy this game. I obviously didn’t.
“To capitaine Blazkowicz, cheers!”
-Juju, just Juju, enough said.
I didn’t even finish the game because the last boss is actually SpongeBob himself. Seriously, the last fight lasts for ages, only because you have to shoot the boss a crap ton of times. If you don’t care about spoilers you can watch this video (FYI the video starts at the final phase), or any video as a matter of fact and see for yourselves. The amount of time you need to spend to take him down it’s absurd and plain dull, which can honestly summarize the whole game experience.
- The Blazkowicz twins
- Great performance
- Cover System
- Level design
- Forgettable side characters
- Absence of regular map
- Bullet spongy enemies
- Uninspired boss fights
- Dull fetch side quests
- Microtransactions
- Enemy respawn
- Boring skills
- Terrible AI
- No pause
- DRM
Computer Specs: CPU: i5 4440, GPU: Palit 1660Ti OC 6GB, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X 16GB HDD: Crucial 275GB MX300, OS: Win7, 1080p
Playtime: 10+ hours total.
Chris was born in the early 80’s along with the very birth of home gaming. After spending many maaany drachmas on arcades, his father decided to buy him a PC instead of going bankrupt. He lived through the advancing and development of the gaming industry, having played TONS of games on all platforms. He is always honest and will never hesitate to give his true opinion on a game no matter what. Loves stealth games and dislikes microtsansactions, DLC and pre-ordering…who doesn’t after all?!
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R.I.P Wolfenstein.
Press F to pay respects, press V to knife machinegames. Press C to spit in their grave.
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#Bindings ?
use a autoclicker
Keep in mind that this is actually how the audience reacted when they revealed this abortion at E3. And can you blame them? When these chicks talk, it’s like listening to two hillbilly teenage lesbians trying to play Fortnite.
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Pros – The Blazkowicz twins. That should be a Con. They are like gender swapped frat boys.
Just like the women in gears of war 3.
Someone made a joke that they genderswap Beavis and Butt-Head
Did you actually quote IGN?!
I saw a youtube review, I don’t remember from whom, that said they act like “frat bro douchebag stereotypes”, so it’s probably a common sentiment.
This is what happens when you give a badass, testosterone fueled franchise to cucked Swedes. Thank God that DOOM Eternal is being made by Texans.
there’s s o much wrong in your comment but i agree with your general point so have a like.
Demons is an offensive term, please refer to them as mortally challenged. Earth is the melting post of the universe.
Demons is an offensive term, please refer to them as mortally challenged. Earth is the melting post of the universe.
No, Chris Kountouras, the twins are not a Pro. They don’t even belong in a Wolfenstein game as the main protagonists.
Wolfenstein games have always been about BJ Blazkowicz killing nazis. If his
daughters had made some appearance in a game where BJ was the main
protagonist as always then maybe that would have been alright but this
is not a Wolfenstein game as is. It should be called something
different.
Because God forbid they create an entry in the series (that’s almost a spin-off, not even a main game) featuring women, right?
In his comment he said he likes to beat women with a wrench, right ? what’s up with you NPC re*ards and the same strawman and same replies ?
What’s the name of your wife’s boyfriend?
Lmao, this again ???. Oh I’ve missed this. Good stuff ?
Fellow NPC and unabashed SJW MrSquifler predictably upvoted him. Comedy gold! ?
Haha, in Other Words #SquirrelBrainArmy out in full force. ???
Indeed, lol! He’s still stalking me to check every comment I make. May as well mention him again soon when he’s begging for the attention and is so easily triggered! #SquirrelBrainArmy
are you guys really straight? You hate women so much
huh? So you’re saying that being “badass” is somethings that ONLY men can be? You’re saying that in a FICTIONAL universe where Nazis rule the world, women CANNOT fight. You behave like little boys who won’t let any girls into the “only boys club” in the tree house, it’s comical
Is that what they said? Because they didn’t. Stop putting words into people’s mouth. But I guess that’s the only way you can strawman.
“We just don’t like girls who want to be boys”.
What do you get by this sentence?
I get that girls cannot fight. They cannot kill. They cannot defend themselves. They don’t get to be protagonists in a Wolf game. They cannot be baddas. Because if they do, they are behaving like boys, and to these guys, that’s beyond unacceptable.
I would’ve welcomed a new female character but she has to be likable. I saw a gameplay video of Youngblood just before launch and I immediately hated their warcry after each kill. Their warcries reminded me of those annoying kids who screamed into their mic during online games.
I want to kill Nazis while NOT sounding like a deranged, blood-thirsty teenage lunatic.
Like i said Beavis and Butt-Head genderswaped.
Damn….. you sure told him.
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if only she was just a femenazi and wasn’t a real piece of shet who only used females and feminism to gather some votes.
Fortunately for the future of Western civilisation the votes of NPCs in California, New York and Portland Oregon weren’t sufficient to get her elected.
I heard someone describing this game better than anyone else, someone said this game asks fans what they like about wolfenstein and they do the opposite of everything they say they like about wolfenstein, that’s the real problem.
twins are written so poorly and the whole purpose of them is to enforce a political view. not only they’re poorly written but they’re also unlikable in every possible way to a point if someone asked you name one thing that you liked about these characters you can’t say anything.
“this game asks fans what they like about wolfenstein and they do the opposite of everything they say they like about wolfenstein, that’s the real problem.”
Yes, i liked the combat in the series, they ruined it.
This is a trend I see with all developers now. Avalanche NY (Just Cause 3&4) & Digital Extremes (Warframe) are the inventors of this tactic. They ask for feed back and do exactly the opposite of what you say. I remember back when I use to play that time waster of a game, Warframe. People complained about a particular enemy faction being B.S and Digital Extremes patch the game so you would have 8 of those enemies constantly spawning and one shotting your azz. 4 turned into 8. Wish I remembered the name of that particular “void enemy”.
This is what this has been all along.
-Changing the game making BJ weak and old in the second game. Somehow making Anya powerful despite she is pregnant. Ps every male character is weak and a clown in that game.
-Dlc without BJ
-New game with no BJ
-forced coop and microtransactions and of course levels because every game needs to be a action rpg.
Why does every game needs to become a woke grind fest repetitive looter shooter?
This industry needs to burn for what it has done to franchises.
Haha then you don’t wanna see the gathering of everyone at the end of Youngblood. You would explode bro. Hint hint, the only male left in this franchise is BJ. BJ + 5 women, haha what a joke. Rest assured that BJ will get killed off in the next game and it will be WomenStein from there on out.
CLEARLY i said they will kill him in wolfenstein 2 looking at how the dlc does not future him. I was right, they chopped his head off and transition him to a robot body without a d*ck. He is transrobot genderless now.
Yeah you noticed that sh*t too, about the D*ckless part. I’m telling you man, people think we are cray but we are not. These people are sick. They wanna make sure they control everything in your life and the attack on entertainment is real. Thank heavens i have a back catalog of games to play. because there is someone out there that will say, BJ is still a man even though he doesn’t have a Peen, Haha. And by that narrative we are suppose to accept Peenless dudes as men. I’ve never seen a group of people so obsessed with S*X. it’s all they write around and thing about. It’s OK when “They” obsess over s*x though. When we do it, we are Toxic Perverts. brings me to an ole saying, “Everything in life is about s*x, except for the s*x, that’s about power”. <—- Who knew it could be interpreted in so many ways.
There is a movie in the works about black widow. The writer is a feminist who says she will change the lore if it doesnt fit with heir political views, there will be no guns, because there is too much gun action in movies, it will make the villains likable and will focus on marginalized voices and how we need more diversity and movies should promote a more positive view of the world to push for a conversation to make the world a better place.
WOW, its like listening to Soros, have here removed right away. They gonna destroy every franchise. Before you ask, yes she is talentless and made a “comedy” that has 18% on rotten tomatoes.
Yeah I just saw news of her last night but…. I didn’t know know it was that bad. I feel as if everything we as men love has been invaded/infiltrated. That is why I love Tom Cruise say what you want about his wackyness but I’m trying to figure out how does he keep his independence in Hollywood and has so much power/untouchable. His movies have none of this garbage for the most part. No Jew can set foot near his movies and if they do, they play by his rules. But back to that b*tch, I don’t know what type of movie she’s planning on making, it sure as hell ain’t a black widow. Sounds to me her black widow is about a black woman that list her husband to some sudden/unfortunate death incident.
How many gallons of soy do you butt chug before douching your mangina in the morning?
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It’s just that there is no good reason to make a Wolfenstein game with BJ
Blazkowicz’s daughters as the protagonists and there are good reasons to make a Wolfenstein game with BJ as the protagonist.
Just like there is no good reason to make the next 007 movie having a black woman playing as 007 or the latest Dr Who being a woman after 4 decades of both being male roles. Why are they doing that?
I would feel the same way if the next Wonder Woman movie/game was made with a fat hairy bald man cast as Wonder Woman.
There’s most definitely a place for female protagonists in video games. Tomb Raider is one of them.
WTF. Did you even read the article or the pro con list. The twins were one of the few GOOD things in the game.
Wahmenstein…
SJWahmenstein!
Wokenstein: Soyblood.
I agree, it should have been called something different, but sadly I still doubt it would have made a difference in the end.
Salue for CHRIS KOUNTOURAS
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“It’s easy to forget what a sin is in the middle of a battlefield.”
I think there hasn’t been an official DSOG review of Earth Defense Force 5, you should review that to counter the awfulness of this game.
pros
“map design”
what?
Basically it helps to avoid all the respawning enemies, so yeah.
I don’t care about the respawning enemies. Because without it the game world be dead as a door nail. What bothers me the most of the atrocious level design, that have you searching and confused as to where to go every 10-15 minutes FOR TEN TO FIFTEEN GOD DAMN MINUTES.
The waypoint system kinda sucks.
change it to level design.
It’s the same thing dude.
they’re kind of not but ok.
If you can provide some information I would gladly change it bud.
i mean it’s pretty obvious you meant level design but map design is kind of how you go on about designing a map, for instance, if you click on local map in recent bethesda titles you see a horrific map that tells you little to nothing about what’s around you or where you are so i’d say that’s a bad map design, level design is how the 3d environment is designed, at least that’s my take.
I’ll have to agree. I will change it shortly, thank you.
I set this game as “Ignore” on my steam account so I never have to see it. Even if it was $5 in a sale It just doesn’t look interesting or worth the time
Nice Article CK.
Thank you very much buddy.
Victims of feminism in 2019. The Witcher, Wolfenstein, Obsidian that has been Bioware’d. Year isn’t over yet and Star Wars isn’t on the list because they already killed it. In the coming years. Lord of the Rings, The Wheel of Time. Old Communist technique is to destroy something completely before replacing it with the new state religion/ideology. Not surprised to see another “good guy” Communist in the new Wokenstein. They only killed 100 million with Holocausts against single groups like Christians of 20 million in Russia. “Never Forget”.
Be glad witcher 3 came out before this feminist bs completly took over.
Also obsidian may have some sjws but the 2 most important original fallout devs are at the helm.
As for killing christians, right now christianity is the most opressed relegion worldwide, but you hear nothing about it in the media.
Be glad witcher 3 came out before this feminist bs completly took over.
Also obsidian may have some sjws but the 2 most important original fallout devs are at the helm.
As for killing christians, right now christianity is the most opressed relegion worldwide, but you hear nothing about it in the media.
Well, I know the MCU is f*cked. Get ready for more Brie Larson, Wh0000re
god of thunder, Valkyrie looking for her lesb0 queen, and a feminist
Black Widow movie. then there is the black female 007, flat chested diversity quota Charlie’s Angels, etc etc etc.
Great review…honest and open!
All in all, as we all knew b4 the game was even released that it was a steaming heap of swine sh**!!!
Thank you kindly.
The Blazkowicz twins. Pro.
What is wrong with you?
Idk, it’s probably the “first kill” cutscene that got me.
that was so cringe when i saw it i was like “F33CKING MILLENNIAL HUMOR, YOU TALENT LESS WORTHLESS GENERATION OF LOSERS”
that was so cringe when i saw it i was like “F33CKING MILLENNIAL HUMOR, YOU TALENT LESS WORTHLESS GENERATION OF LOSERS”
So then you got past that and hours and hours later still posted your review as the twins were a Pro?
If he attacks the twins he is blacklisted by all game journalism that can pay him well forever. Ain’t no one but pink haired tumblrites think the twins are entertaining or even bearable. Admiral Holdo from The Last Jedi has a bigger fan club. This is the future of video games though, because video games are becoming as consolidated as our other media where 6 companies own almost all of it.
Disney teen show level writing (Disney now controls 1/3rd of the writers in Hollywood), by mentally ill white women who were hired before qualified minorities due to political allegiances. Oh and they claim to champion the minorities on twitter they took a job from and then people like Sam Maggs married a “boring white guy” Bioware producer she attacks on twitter, when she isn’t tweeting out which magic spells she is trying out (what a pinhead).
Sometimes it’s a guy like IGN’s Mitch Dyer who was hired to co-write a Star Wars game with literally no experience in games or fiction. This was only after he attacked any criticism of Anita Sarkeesian though. The writer of Rogue One was a former game journalist whose annoying protagonist was gutted in reedits by someone actually competent (Bourne movies guy). The protagonist no longer even has a character and it was still superior to the ” I rebel” meme from the trailer.
The game industry and movie industry are going to simply crash in the coming years. Hollywood is creatively bankrupt and the people they are giving the keys to the kingdom (mainly because of the pedo and women abusing skeletons in their own closets) are mentally ill and usually former shills (Sam Maggs was involved in game journalism to) who they think can bring their audience on board. Now imagine you are a game journalist. You know what’s happening. You know this is all going to come to a head and small game studios who have no advertising money (this would be indie games now) will probably save the industry like they did in the 80’s. People that can’t pay you.
So what do you do? You sh@% on the game while trying to avoid politics. Hoping it gets better, but knowing this industry is FUBAR outside Japan and Eastern Europe where countries like Poland give zero f#^ks about SJW’s. Give the guy a break man. The Triple A industry is about to implode like the 1980’s.
When will this stupid industry learn to f**k off with this woke bulls**t?
good game but is so repetive. i dont like massive respawn ! final boss fight is too difficult i must use cheat engine for finish the game
+Pros: The Blazkowicz twins… Are you serious?!!! it’s the number one reason the game is dog$hit.
I don`t believe how a good share of journalists think how the main protagonists are “endearing and goofy”. What`s endearing about them? Their each and every interaction is a veritable cringefest. This game was a testing ground for such miserable characters and plots. According to critics we`ll be getting more of this dumpster fire in the future.
Have you played the game buddy? It’s hard to argue if you haven’t. It’s also pointless to argue taste and yes, sometimes it’s easier to like something that isn’t great, when everything else is totally crap.
Game aside, really great review. Keep it up Chris.
Much appreciated buddy.
Avoid. Period.
“these twins are way better than the Far Cry: New Dawn twins”
That’s like saying ebola is way better than cancer. ?
I would prefer instant death rather than slow death.
LOL
Sad, I hate bullet sponge games
One of those game i cannot even be bothered to pirate. What A dump!!
other than some who are just mentally ill all the time and can’t help it with racism and stupid conspiracy theories, i think generally criticism towards protagonists are just. what don’t you like about comments exactly?
am i deep in sarcasm territory or is this reality? i’m lost.
we’re living in a time that politics can only be one extreme to another. i get your point, even the word “minorities” triggers some of these people and some don’t even need a trigger to show others what a terrible human being they are.
I lived most of my life in a small city in a small country until i had to move for my college, people in switzerland are known for keeping to their own. I do lean very left just like my family but i can sense that some unnecessary pushes from far left cause tensions when it comes to entertainment, movies, media and etc but i guess it’s only in america since i know you’re british and you’re saying nothing is happening in there either.
– “The Blazkowicz twins”
– “positive”
DAFUQ IS WRONG WITH YOU?
So many things bud, I wouldn’t know where to start!
you could have said “drugs”
I might need some after playing this game.
NEVER unc3ck yourself.
NEVER unc3ck yourself.
wolfenstein
-no bj
-80s
-coop
-bulletspongy enemies
-microtransactions
Just what you want from a wolfenstein game right?
Atleast thety improved the level design.
I got the game for free and will play through it cause I’m a fan of the series, regardless. Not expecting anything grand. Good review.
Just a shame I get the same cringe feelings reading most of these comments as I do when the usual “SJW” nimrods get loud.
Thank you dude. Also, since you are going to play the game anyway, better play it with a friend but not with a random. It will probably be more tolerable.
How difficult is to understand that this game is a spin-off. Seriously, gaming journalism seems very stupid when they don’t even get the information that the marketing campaign clearly states. Machingames even said -YEARS AGO- that Wolfenstein is a trilogy around Terror Billy.
Also who cares for skins in a first person shooter?
those kid who play fortnite cares https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/17708bfba0f9a1452af13f7a4c38015812bcd070740da1f789739703f620b1ff.jpg
No pause???????? WTH?
Unfortunately yes, no pause. I’m guessing it’s the “always online” crap.
I malakia paei synnefo/ Stupidity on next level. You should be able to pause a game in single player mode.
/smh
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WaMeN StRoNg tOgEDeR….
Nice article Chris. It’s not easy to take the centrist position with a game that was so politically charged from its inception. Almost as difficult as i can imagine it would have been to try to complete the damn game with any degree of excitement.
Don’t own the game, i spent 10 minutes on twitch.
Thanx dude and yes, the game felt like a chore. In any other case I would just stop playing after an hour or less.
I have no idea what you see in those twins, every single thing I’ve seen involving them is massively cringe inducing.
I wanted to like this game. I give a 6 out of 10 and I think thats being generous. If I didnt have my best friend to play through in coop, I would give a 4.
There are SOoooooooooo many design choices that just make my head hurt. How in the world they play test this game and no one said, this is cumberson. Or, this was fixed 15 years ago in HUD design, why are you doing it this way.