This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. CONTAINS A COUPLE OF INDIRECT SPOILS - Rig: 12gb ram 1600; [email protected]; 850 Pro 512gb; GTX 960 4gb Strix OC@1080p; Win10 with latest Nvidia drivers. Premise: I haven't played 'The New Order'. 'The Old Blood' (TOB, from now on) sure is a nice action game. It serves as a prequel to 'Wolfenstein: The New Order'.
Its gameplay mechanics are simple yet dynamic in that they encourage a fast and non-stop style of play. Yes, you could just take cover and play somewhat stealthy but don't fool yourself, you won't get through the end like that. Enemies' variation ain't that extensive, far from it. MachineGames opted - Bethesda published the game (.) - to use the id Tech 5 engine, first used in RAGE. It has been tweaked and enhanced and, gotta say, its rendition is somewhat impressive. There are many graphics options to play with and the game scales quite well.
But not enough. I think that - ruling out my rig, Win10+drivers - more optimization's work would have been welcomed. I can play with mid-to-high details @ 60fps even though there are a very seldom occasions - when main characters come very close; some final encounter's moment; a couple of shadows + god's rays + other combos - where frame rates goes down to early 30s. Yes, a bit more work on the engine would have been appreciated.
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The story and some locations take a bit from the two (chronological) predecessors. The game is straight as hell with only some variations to access secret area. No openness story/gameplay-wise. For my tastes it's a bit too arcade. Enemies, enemies everywhere. From no-where.
Yep, they spawn out of no-where. A bit too 'old school' and out of context in that that will contribuite in ruining some points.
And then, supposedly main characters that dies like normal. I mean, it's ok to let a somewhat main char die in non cinematic way.
But to have it and feel like you CAN'T do anything, as if it's something scripted, well, that ain't fun. The final encounter. Random boss fight just to boss fight. Honestly, lore-wise they could have develop further without 'that thing' happening.
And it ain't funny at all with random enemies teleporting from somewhere far beyond and having to shoot at one specific spot all the way till you end its misery. MachineGames, you're not there. By the end we have a nice action game - too arcade for me - with nice graphics and arts. A story and lore that would have been nice to deepen and expand. And not be ruined by some weird, awkward moments and bad gameplay decisions.
Graphics: 8 Art: 8 Sound: 7 Music: 7 Gameplay: 7 Developers' choices: 7 Story: 7 Uniqueness: 8 Partial: 7.4. Few things in life (well, in gaming more specifically) are as enjoying as killing German Nazis or zombies. So, in WOB, you get to brutalize the fusion of those two evils. Solid shooting mechanics, good stealth and cover elements, responsive controls, various ways to tackle each mission, lots of weapons to use and areas to explore. Great visuals, voice and story.
Try it on higher difficulty Few things in life (well, in gaming more specifically) are as enjoying as killing German Nazis or zombies. So, in WOB, you get to brutalize the fusion of those two evils.
Solid shooting mechanics, good stealth and cover elements, responsive controls, various ways to tackle each mission, lots of weapons to use and areas to explore. Great visuals, voice and story. Try it on higher difficulty settings for a more robust and satisfying experience. A top performer overall, excellent follow-on to the New Order, only bad (so to speak) thing is, it is fairly short (dont forget its essentially a dlc) and leaves you wanting more. Absolutely worth it.
I have to say I disagree with many of the other reviewers when they say this is as good or better than TNO. The standout features in TNO were the solid gunplay, the wonderful characters, interesting setting, and engrossing story. Unfortunately, TOB only retains the first of these. The story and setting and characters aren't nearly as interesting as they were in TNO. The levels don't look I have to say I disagree with many of the other reviewers when they say this is as good or better than TNO. The standout features in TNO were the solid gunplay, the wonderful characters, interesting setting, and engrossing story.
Unfortunately, TOB only retains the first of these. The story and setting and characters aren't nearly as interesting as they were in TNO. The levels don't look much different, sure you're in Castle Wolfenstein but it looks the same as the castle in TNO and you never come across anything that really stands out. I also didn't find the weapons to be as interesting this time either. I know it's set prior to TNO so none of the futuristic weapons can make an appearance but the neo-tommy gun was sorely missing as well. None of the levels are memorable. In the first game you had the epic landing scene, the moonbase, the bridge assault, etc.
No stand out levels are here sadly. The hyped addition is this pipe that you can use to access new areas.
This pipe functions solely as a melee weapon and you use it to climb designated walls where stairs or ladders could have sufficed and open doors that could have easily been opened with something else. It doesn't make the gameplay or exploration any better.
But for some reason they want you to love this pipe so they make you spend 40 minutes alone with it and the beginning of the game and it's a real bore. The game does a nice nod to the old games by bringing back the occult. However i didn't really care for how they did it.
They added zombies which are supposed to be a joy to fight. There should be hordes that you can mow down. The zombies in TOB just weren't fun to fight. They just felt like brain dead normal enemies who didn't shoot back. Although i just listed a ton of negatives about the game, i still really enjoyed my time with it. If you liked TNO, you will probably like this.
It's more of the same, with some parts that are better and some parts that are worse. There is more comedic relief this time around and I genuinely found it funny. The new enemies were interesting and fit well with the theme. The end boss was wonderful, if a bit easy to defeat. The levels themselves were well designed if a bit repetitive. It's a fun game, no doubt about it, but to say it's perfect is crazy. I loved Wolfenstien The New Order, I had so much fun with that game I can't even tell you it was so refreshing to see this modernization of a game done so well.
So after beating The New Order I decide to pick this up for more! It crashed on a loading screen silently making me wait 8 minutes watching a little spinny thing in a corner run. I was forced to alt ctrl del out of the game.
You I loved Wolfenstien The New Order, I had so much fun with that game I can't even tell you it was so refreshing to see this modernization of a game done so well. So after beating The New Order I decide to pick this up for more! It crashed on a loading screen silently making me wait 8 minutes watching a little spinny thing in a corner run. I was forced to alt ctrl del out of the game. You know what happened when I started it up again?
The main menu stopped working entirely and none of the save slots would load and there was no exit button. I had to Alt Ctrl Del AGAIN, this time it crashed so hard that it actually took steam down with it and crashed steam AS WELL. 100% completely repeatable too, boot up game, main menu doesn't work, Alt Ctrl Del, steam crash.
I tried this five times in a row. All I was looking for was Wolfenstien: more, I didn't expect innovation, a new setting or anything I just wanted more. Technically I suppose I got more, I got an intro level and one Nazi shootout before the game crashed so hard it broke steam. I can say literally nothing positive for this, go buy the new order instead. To say that it's game of the year potential would be a lie. To say that it's not really, really good would be, too. I mean, the short version of this is that TOB is the Blood Dragon for Wolfenstien.
The base game was great, and it's here to just give us more of this, if slightly shorter, funnier, and lower priced. It's an enjoyable 6 Hour long game that gives you some new toys, new To say that it's game of the year potential would be a lie. To say that it's not really, really good would be, too. I mean, the short version of this is that TOB is the Blood Dragon for Wolfenstien.
The base game was great, and it's here to just give us more of this, if slightly shorter, funnier, and lower priced. It's an enjoyable 6 Hour long game that gives you some new toys, new mechanics, and new enemies to fight, and frankly, that's all it needs to do for me to reccomend it.
I love the wolfenstein games. They are a lot of fun to play. I cannot understand why other first person shooters are unable to make really good single player games. I realize that some reviewers state It is a 6 hour game however if you want to look for all the hidden prizes the game take a lot longer. I am up to 4 hours and only at chapter 3. If you are not into multiplayer that much I love the wolfenstein games. They are a lot of fun to play.
I cannot understand why other first person shooters are unable to make really good single player games. I realize that some reviewers state It is a 6 hour game however if you want to look for all the hidden prizes the game take a lot longer.
I am up to 4 hours and only at chapter 3. If you are not into multiplayer that much then this is the game for you. At 20 its is an amazing value.
If you enjoyed the last wolfenstein game then get this game. I remember back when 'expansion packs' were relatively common.
Take for example Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge or even more recent ones such as F.E.A.R: Extraction Point and Perseus Mandate - nowerdays, however, such expansion packs are few and far between, with such releases a Burial at Sea for BioShock Infinite and Uprising for Red Alert 3, and indeed the subject of this review, I remember back when 'expansion packs' were relatively common. Take for example Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge or even more recent ones such as F.E.A.R: Extraction Point and Perseus Mandate - nowerdays, however, such expansion packs are few and far between, with such releases a Burial at Sea for BioShock Infinite and Uprising for Red Alert 3, and indeed the subject of this review, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. The Old Blood is a standalone prequel to its predesecssor, The New Order, taking place during World War 2, directly before the beginning of The New Order's storyline. As it was with the new order, however, the story isn't the main focus of the game.
The bulk of the game is concerned with its gameplay, which is functionally no different to The New Order, in that main character B.J. Blazkowicz can hold many different weapons, from the powerful Schockhammer semi-automatic shotgun to the grenade-launching Kampfpistole.
However, in line with the earlier setting, some features have been removed, such as the upgrade feature, which now only affects one weapon, and the rechargable energy weapons - however, these have been replaced with a new mechanic, the Pipe. Found very early on, the Pipe has many uses, including as a weapon, both dual wielded and as one weapon, and climbing walls, somewhat reminiscent of the Cliffhanger mission from Modern Warfare 2. In addition, again much like The New Order, most of the levels can be tacked either with stealth or with high action with little ramification as to choice, making the gamemuch more flexible, and overall the gameplay is fun and unique when compared to other shooters. There are a few criticisms to be made, however. First of all, the levels are notably more linear in comparison with The New Order's.
Secondly, objectives are often not very clear and objective markers don't always appear straight away, so sometimes one must look around a bit in order ot find out what it is you're meant to be doing. Finally, and this is the biggest criticism of them all, the game's final boss (without spoiling anything) is incredibly tedious and overly difficult in comparison with the rest of the game. Despite this, however, The Old Blood still manages to hold its own through its gameplay. I managed to complete ther game's storyline in around 5 to 6 hours, which for a game that costs about half as much as a full game is quite a lot. Ground Zeroes cost about as much and was considerably shorter than this. In conclusion, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood is a worthy prequel/expansion to The New Order, in spite of its large shortcomings. I'd personally reccommend playing this before The New Order, seeing how they flow into each other and play almost identically.
This DLC is somewhat smaller than Wolfenstein: The New Order and not as good, but still very enjoyable. The story is limited to the most basic settings, unlike TNO which was deeper (relatively, we are talking about an FPS and not a novel). Unfortunately there are still a few final bosses (last millenium style) but I suppose id still feels forced to include these annoying game stages This DLC is somewhat smaller than Wolfenstein: The New Order and not as good, but still very enjoyable.
The story is limited to the most basic settings, unlike TNO which was deeper (relatively, we are talking about an FPS and not a novel). Unfortunately there are still a few final bosses (last millenium style) but I suppose id still feels forced to include these annoying game stages since it's a FPS. The last one makes little sense and isn't particularly subtle; one of my regrets is the lack of traps against the ennemies, most of the time you only have brutal force as strategy, even if some stealth is possible now and then. Other than that, there are a few winks at the original Wolfenstein (and other games) that are quite fun to discover, and overall the level design is great, especially given the limited, outdated engine.
Id Tech5 has always suffered from serious texture limitations in order to comply with consoles, but it was less noticeable in TOB than TNO. This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I entered this game with tempered expectations. I just wanted to play a well-made shooter set in the original Wolfenstein universe. I got that and more. W:TOB is a fun game, and if you enjoyed RTCW or more recent Wolfenstein (Raven Studios), this is a pitch-perfect reinterpretation of that creepy/campy atmosphere. I think the haters miss the point: this is an old-school expansion pack and an homage to old-school FPS gaming.
It's done well. I had a blast and I think the entrance fee was well worth the ride that followed. Also: Grammar Nazis. Unexpected and hilarious. I have never been a big fan of the Wolfenstein games up until 'The New Order' (TNO), which is easily the best singleplayer shooter in over a decade, outclassing all the scripted QTE, Hollywood-type campaigns you find in other games.
TNO does not only create an incredibly dark and threatening utopia, it also tells a compelling story about characters you can and will care about. I have never been a big fan of the Wolfenstein games up until 'The New Order' (TNO), which is easily the best singleplayer shooter in over a decade, outclassing all the scripted QTE, Hollywood-type campaigns you find in other games. TNO does not only create an incredibly dark and threatening utopia, it also tells a compelling story about characters you can and will care about.
Unfortunately this standalone add on 'The Old Blood' (TOB) does neither: the story is a return to the paths Wolfenstein took often before, i.e. Nazis chasing after a paranormal approach to world domination. The companions you meet along the way are pale and, frankly, negligible. What TOB does well though is bring back the mechanics from TNO, including a number of tricky and quite tough to beat enemies as well as minor puzzles required to advance in the levels. TOB looks, sounds and feels like TNO which is a good thing if you enjoyed TNO's gunplay, AI behavior and art style. If you're looking for an FPS with the story and immersion levels of TNO, TOB might not be able to fully deliver. If, however, you're looking for an old-school shooter that sets itself apart from the usual QTEs and scripted Hollywood-type shooters, TOB will not disappoint.
Within the first 40 minutes i found a Quake 3 Rocket Launcher keychain, Nuka-Cola (Fo4 confirmed!) and the Helmet from Skyrim, the dragon born Helmet. I then spent 2 hours doing stealth and dying a lot doing it, but loving every FN moment - shortly after the power surging stealth area I find myself at my first nightmare. This title features the ENTIRE Wolfenstein 3D inside it to play at Within the first 40 minutes i found a Quake 3 Rocket Launcher keychain, Nuka-Cola (Fo4 confirmed!) and the Helmet from Skyrim, the dragon born Helmet. I then spent 2 hours doing stealth and dying a lot doing it, but loving every FN moment - shortly after the power surging stealth area I find myself at my first nightmare. This title features the ENTIRE Wolfenstein 3D inside it to play at the various beds you find - theirs 10 beds in total including one that is a secret. So I spent 30-40 minutes clearing a large wolf 3D level while in the sanitarium.
This game if you play like me and want to find all the hiliarious secrets and serious secrets (I don't think the book on the book shelf which has a photo of a naked man with 'Karl. The game start poorly. A very tedious stealth section followed by around 4 chapters with basically no scenario and no events, just boring concrete corridors with hundreds of enemies. It felt more like challenge maps than a proper campaign. But then, halfway through the game you finally get out of the castle, and suddenly the game becomes interesting. You meet some characters, there's some The game start poorly. A very tedious stealth section followed by around 4 chapters with basically no scenario and no events, just boring concrete corridors with hundreds of enemies.
It felt more like challenge maps than a proper campaign. But then, halfway through the game you finally get out of the castle, and suddenly the game becomes interesting.
You meet some characters, there's some tangible objectives, environments get more diverse, you meet new enemies and even get a chapter with a different gameplay mechanism. Technically the game is still impressive. Looks and runs great.
The only problem is the 60fps cap, and that's a shame because it would have been a great game to showcase 144hz monitors. Awesome game with the old skool FPS feel and a few modern dynamics thrown in. The control system feels excellent on the PC; this is no lazy port from the consoles! The battles are intense, some of the scenarios are heart pumping, a really great shooter!! The only thing it's weak in is the storyline in this prequel, but to be honest, I really didn't care. It was awesome anyway! Bethesda Awesome game with the old skool FPS feel and a few modern dynamics thrown in.
The control system feels excellent on the PC; this is no lazy port from the consoles! The battles are intense, some of the scenarios are heart pumping, a really great shooter!! The only thing it's weak in is the storyline in this prequel, but to be honest, I really didn't care. It was awesome anyway! Bethesda know how to make insanely fun FPS's!! Amazing game!
Shorter than TNO, but it's cheaper so it's fair:) Those guys really know what they are doing. The story is great, immersion is there, the gamplay is probably unmatched by any other shooter currently on the market. The story is really dark and full of gore and brutality, but never overdoes these elements.
You meet some really interesting characters during the game, each with Amazing game! Shorter than TNO, but it's cheaper so it's fair:) Those guys really know what they are doing. The story is great, immersion is there, the gamplay is probably unmatched by any other shooter currently on the market.
The story is really dark and full of gore and brutality, but never overdoes these elements. You meet some really interesting characters during the game, each with a personal story - make you sure you read various notes nad letters laying around, they were a very interesting read. Some even refer to real historic events making it even more believable. There are some new weapons in the game and new enemies making it feels fresh even if the gameplay is identical. The only cons are that the game is too short, and the locations were less varied that in TNO. Most of the time you see gray/brown depressing locations in a medieval-esque style. Grab this badboy and play it!
Gameplay is mostly fun. Takes roughly 3-4 hours to complete.
Graphics mostly look good. Most of the environments look amazing. Some of the cutscenes are pre-rendered and look so terribly bad and they are even locked at 30 fps. Luckily game runs somewhat decent on my AMD 6950.
I can get mostly solid 60 fps on max settings if I don't use AA and turn on compressed textures. Gameplay is mostly fun. Takes roughly 3-4 hours to complete. Graphics mostly look good. Most of the environments look amazing. Some of the cutscenes are pre-rendered and look so terribly bad and they are even locked at 30 fps.
Luckily game runs somewhat decent on my AMD 6950. I can get mostly solid 60 fps on max settings if I don't use AA and turn on compressed textures.
The story isn't anything too interesting. Characters are boring at best.
But what I love is that they based The Old Blood on Return to Castle Wolfenstein. I especially loved the part with the cable car. When I saw the catacombs I was hoping that there are going to be zombies. Aaaand we got extremely generic nazi zombie BS.
Why did you have to do this? You basically ruined a good game. And what made the ending even worse was the final boss which was some massive turd sticking out of the ground flinging his arms around on a tiny arena. I would of given 8 if not 9 points if you made some proper zombies and some proper ending. Graphically very smooth on a mid-range system, Wolfenstein The Old Blood is a good game and here's the impending 'but'.
It's a good game but it needed more of the 'new graphics' stuff and less of the old 'graphics stuff'. I also couldn't help but feel like everything was pretty good until all of a sudden I feel like I've been thrust into an over-glorified Sniper Elite Zombie Army FPS Graphically very smooth on a mid-range system, Wolfenstein The Old Blood is a good game and here's the impending 'but'. It's a good game but it needed more of the 'new graphics' stuff and less of the old 'graphics stuff'. I also couldn't help but feel like everything was pretty good until all of a sudden I feel like I've been thrust into an over-glorified Sniper Elite Zombie Army FPS version. They seriously need to be shot of the returning to the very first Wolfenstein as well. No I don't much care to keep getting the opportunity to play it (not least because the PC Format cover disk the demo of the very first one came on gave my tank PC the welcomB virus).
Otherwise, it's okay. It's ridiculously short in comparison to it's predecessor of the New Order, and it left me wanting more and lacking any real sense of accomplishment when I'd actually finished the game. If there were slightly more to this in terms of current Wolfenstein content instead of continuous reversions to the old classic of decades gone before, I think the time would have been better spent on the Old Blood's production. For the second time in a while I find myself at the end of a game without ever having expected it. Another, yet another Nazi zombie game, where everything starts out all hunky dory, then goes biblical, bringing back all your foes like it's the end times.
So, no, it's not a terrible game, but I feel terrible for having played it. I'm ashamed that this is the current state of videos games, For the second time in a while I find myself at the end of a game without ever having expected it. Another, yet another Nazi zombie game, where everything starts out all hunky dory, then goes biblical, bringing back all your foes like it's the end times. So, no, it's not a terrible game, but I feel terrible for having played it.
I'm ashamed that this is the current state of videos games, and this is the quality of stories we tell. As the gameplay goes, it's just another recycled work, we have some espionage play, very reminiscent of Farcry 3/4, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and many others to save their names. This devolves in to either scurrying, or straight up gunfighting, the latter being a bit of fun. The game goes on through a few tough fights, either survival type or boss battles, neither being any fun.
All this is impaired by a half-baked input system, leaving the user to struggle to say, pick up health packs, or advance the stage, as a million half-dead bear down behind him. This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How do I start? This game was awesome. I played The New Order (Which was amazing) and asked for more. So they came out with a prequel.
I was oh so excited! I didn't watch any walkthrough or easter egg hunting, and found EVERYTHING.
The start was a bit bland and boring but further on,. got real. Phantom zombies? I did NOT expect that. I loved the ending boss cause it was challenging and you needed to throw everything you could at it. I seriously recommend to play this BEFORE The New Order, if you're not a Full-Time Wolfenstein player.
But, you can choose whatever order you want. 10 out of bloody 10. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, while a good singleplayer FPS in its own right, does not measure up to the level of narrative quality set by The New Order. That said, it is a treat for longtime fans of the series, reintroducing the infamous mountain castle from which the series takes its name, hidden levels from the original Wolfenstein 3D, and occult elements that defined Return to Castle Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, while a good singleplayer FPS in its own right, does not measure up to the level of narrative quality set by The New Order.
That said, it is a treat for longtime fans of the series, reintroducing the infamous mountain castle from which the series takes its name, hidden levels from the original Wolfenstein 3D, and occult elements that defined Return to Castle Wolfenstein and the 2009 game. It is also significantly more difficult overall given a dearth of health and armor upgrades, but to some degree this enhances the sense of desperation that sets in over the course of the campaign.
There are several new and useful new weapons, most notably the 'Kampfpistole', a single-shot rocket launcher with significant potential against both groups of weaker enemies and the armored Supersoldaten. Both this game and New Order had an odd audio problem wherein in-game sounds were only played through the left ear, while cutscene audio worked in both. In addition, this game suffers from frequent, jarring freezes, though not once did these freezes actually crash the game. If you enjoy Wolfenstein in particular I can recommend this game, but if you are looking for something more, I would direct you instead to The New Order.
I've player Wolfenstein: The Old Blood right after The New Order and it was kinda. Disappointing at first. I actually took me some time to get rid of the idea that is was the same Wolfenstein I've been playing for years, with the setting being mostly in germany during wartime, and the plot revolving around scientific stuff mixed with occult stuff. But after a while, some parts I've player Wolfenstein: The Old Blood right after The New Order and it was kinda.
Disappointing at first. I actually took me some time to get rid of the idea that is was the same Wolfenstein I've been playing for years, with the setting being mostly in germany during wartime, and the plot revolving around scientific stuff mixed with occult stuff. But after a while, some parts became more enjoyable, especially the episode in the city, at the tavern, when you meet Helga and things derails. For me, it's a 'middle of the road' expansion, with some novelties in weaponry (a sniper rifle at last!) and enemies, but is way to much safe / relying on nostalgia to really want me to replay it again. (Plus, some glitches and no VSync for me).
Not often do I give up on a game out of protest, but what I presume was the end-level monster was just too hard, but mostly completely ridiculous. The New Order was a quality product, with an interesting take on alternative Nazi revenge fiction, but at in the second Act of the Old Blood it's like a zombie corridor shooter. Even though the same shooter mechanics are in place, I found myself Not often do I give up on a game out of protest, but what I presume was the end-level monster was just too hard, but mostly completely ridiculous. The New Order was a quality product, with an interesting take on alternative Nazi revenge fiction, but at in the second Act of the Old Blood it's like a zombie corridor shooter.
Even though the same shooter mechanics are in place, I found myself growing weary of constantly having to look for Stormtrooper helmets, armour and bullets. This scavenge-athon every second detracts from the gameplay, and without the strong storyline as in the first game, there's just not enough to recommend playing this over other, better FPS campaigns. Having said all this, the game is not a full-priced product, and I did play for around 7 hours, so don't feel I've wasted my cash. Quite why I had to fight at lunatic chained monster at the bottom of a cave full of Nazi zombies, is beyond me.
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood is an adventure game first-person shooter developed by MachineGames studio and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is a stand-alone expansion pack in the Wolfenstein series, and a prequel to Wolfenstein: The New Order.
Wolfenstein's dynamic and extremely intensive gameplay pulls in from the very first seconds of the game and doesn't give up for a long Wolfenstein: The Old Blood is an adventure game first-person shooter developed by MachineGames studio and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is a stand-alone expansion pack in the Wolfenstein series, and a prequel to Wolfenstein: The New Order. Wolfenstein's dynamic and extremely intensive gameplay pulls in from the very first seconds of the game and doesn't give up for a long time. It is enjoyable, because of some reasons. First of all, graphics is amazing.
I believe it is perfect example of the 'next generation' visual experience. Secondly, background music and sounds effects are at a high level, so the feeling of shooting is incredibly pleasant. Moreover, every nationality speaks its own language, which means, the main character, American W. Blazkowicz speaks English and German Nazis speaks German. Thirdly, the alternative course of history is elaborated. It is based not only on presented story, but also on a mass of additional letters, notes and maps. Another things are well developed difficulty levels.
Very easy level is trivial and uber mode (very hard level) is overwhelmingly difficult. Unfortunately, some bosses are not at a challenging level, but are at the 'dark souls' level. MachineGames included into the game zombies, which in recent times has become trite and boring. It seems to me that the problem of this product is its plot. In my opinion, the plot is trivial and casual. Lasts but not least are secret rooms, collectibles, achievements and Easter Eggs. In every chapter, there are many of them, which persuade to complete the game once again.
All in all, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood is an awesome game. I can't give ten, because the plot disappointed me.
However, I don't appreciate the plot, I really recommend this fascinating game. Overall a very enjoyable experience, personally I knocked the difficulty down a notch so I could play it like Doom and just run around murdering Nazi's like I was John Rambo and I had a lot of fun doing that, but the fun didn't last for long as the game was extremely short. I finished the story in 3 hours 48 mins. You could probably get about 6 hours out of it if you discovered everything Overall a very enjoyable experience, personally I knocked the difficulty down a notch so I could play it like Doom and just run around murdering Nazi's like I was John Rambo and I had a lot of fun doing that, but the fun didn't last for long as the game was extremely short.
I finished the story in 3 hours 48 mins. You could probably get about 6 hours out of it if you discovered everything as I did not. For my money Wolfenstein the Old Blood is shorter but also better game than the first title New World Order. This game feels much more playable than its predecessor with better decisions made around level design, usability and overall game pacing which for the most part feels much faster than the slog fest that was the original.
That said this game its not doing anything all that new For my money Wolfenstein the Old Blood is shorter but also better game than the first title New World Order. This game feels much more playable than its predecessor with better decisions made around level design, usability and overall game pacing which for the most part feels much faster than the slog fest that was the original.
That said this game its not doing anything all that new either. There is not a lot of originality on offer here.
I also felt yet again the violence and tone was somewhat gratuitous at times detracting from the overall enjoyment of the game. Once again too bugs were present that saw this game fail to work on one of my laptops that exceeded the stated specifications. That said this is still an improvement and we can but hope it continues with the upcoming title. This expansion can be simply summed up as just more Wolfenstein. More or less the same gameplay with a couple new gimmicks. Pretty much everything here is something that's already seen in the New Order, including the awfully predictable 'almost getting caught by a villain while undercover' scenarios and unfortunate texture pop-in.
The story and characters work, but don't receive as much This expansion can be simply summed up as just more Wolfenstein. More or less the same gameplay with a couple new gimmicks. Pretty much everything here is something that's already seen in the New Order, including the awfully predictable 'almost getting caught by a villain while undercover' scenarios and unfortunate texture pop-in. The story and characters work, but don't receive as much attention as in the New Order. Helga just seems like another regular Nazi villain, and picking between Annette and Kessler seemed very forced with not a whole lot of emotional impact. The Old Blood isn't bad as a whole, but is a couple steps behind from the main game. Overall rating: 7.0/10.
'The Old Blood' (TOB, from now on) sure is a nice action game. It serves as a prequel to 'Wolfenstein: The New Order'. Its gameplay mechanics are simple yet dynamic in that they encourage a fast and non-stop style of play. Yes, you could just take cover and play somewhat stealthy but don't fool yourself, you won't get through the end like that. Enemies' variation ain't that extensive, far 'The Old Blood' (TOB, from now on) sure is a nice action game.
It serves as a prequel to 'Wolfenstein: The New Order'. Its gameplay mechanics are simple yet dynamic in that they encourage a fast and non-stop style of play.
Yes, you could just take cover and play somewhat stealthy but don't fool yourself, you won't get through the end like that. Enemies' variation ain't that extensive, far from it.
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MachineGames opted - Bethesda published the game (.) - to use the id Tech 5 engine, first used in RAGE. It has been tweaked and enhanced and, gotta say, its rendition is somewhat impressive. There are many graphics options to play with and the game scales quite well. But not enough. I think that - ruling out my rig, Win10+drivers - more optimization's work would have been welcomed. I can play with mid-to-high details @ 60fps even though there are a very seldom occasions - when main characters come very close; some final encounter's moment; a couple of shadows + god's rays + other combos - where frame rates goes down to early 30s.
Yes, a bit more work on the engine would have been appreciated. Wolfenstein The Old Blood Not as impactful, but still good. The old blood is a prequel to Wolfenstein the new order set in 19 46 where you play as blazkowicz from the new order infiltrating castle Wolfenstein to steal the coordinates to general deathsheads compound This is a much shorter game, taking me a little less than 5 hours to complete with a less varied feeling campaign than the Wolfenstein The Old Blood Not as impactful, but still good. The old blood is a prequel to Wolfenstein the new order set in 19 46 where you play as blazkowicz from the new order infiltrating castle Wolfenstein to steal the coordinates to general deathsheads compound This is a much shorter game, taking me a little less than 5 hours to complete with a less varied feeling campaign than the new order For the most part everything is the same, you have the same weapons, health and armour system from the new order. Though this time you have a crowbar pipe mix that you use to progress through the games world.
And annoyingly these progression moments with the bar make you drop your massive gatline gun you just picked up The campaign feels like a very typical throwaway first person shooter compared to the new order. The story feels much less personal, and because of that I really wasn’t invested in the outcome of this story or the games world.
It’s a lot of enemies around every corner like youd expect from a run and gun call of duty campaign. Rather than the decently paced new order. Theres no breaks, no lockpicking, no climbing through different areas. Its just go forward and interact with things until the game is over, youre thrown right into the action non stop Though I found myself being more stealthy this time As you are doing a lot of infiltration and there are giant armoured robot enemies patrolling areas, really cementing the idea of stealth in your mind. And like the new order there are scouts walking around that will call for back up if theyre alarmed.
And with the constant dozens of enemies, its worthwhile taking these scouts out as your health and armour will constantly feel drained And I had a lot of fun sneaking around and taking them out with a silenced pistol. The world of the old blood is actually really cool and a bit spooky. The world design is easily my favorite part of this game as youll go from castle Wolfenstein, to a little villiage, to a graveyard, really mixing up the scenery to keep the game from feeling repetitive despite how repetitive it actually ends up being and towards the end the game turns into a zombie shooter as youre getting to the bottom of an unleashed dark ancient power that the Nazis are trying to use for themselves The old blood has a cool campaign to run through But its nothing youll remember long after youre done Its essentially The New Order with none of the pacing or great storytelling. Just mindless shooting for 5 hours Take that how you will. I give Wolfenstein The Old Blood a 7/10.
Context: I paid $12.50 for this game, and my expectations depend on price. I had a lot of fun playing this game, and I recommend it to everyone. It takes the concept of The New Order but removes all of the unskippable story. Just get in there and start killing things as if this were some kind of game and the goal was to have fun instead of reading journal entries from people I don't Context: I paid $12.50 for this game, and my expectations depend on price. I had a lot of fun playing this game, and I recommend it to everyone. It takes the concept of The New Order but removes all of the unskippable story.
Just get in there and start killing things as if this were some kind of game and the goal was to have fun instead of reading journal entries from people I don't care about. That annoying mechanic of using a welder on everything is gone. This game's stupid gimmick involves climbing up certain walls using pipes because the game designers wanted something similar to a ladder but significantly less fun. Thankfully, the gimmick is kept to a minimum, and it doesn't stop the game from being enjoyable. What happened to video games?
Why is it so rare to find a game that isn't filled with. The first hour of Doom 3 involved walking around and figuring out wtf was going on. Quake 4 has ungodly amounts of crap story and driving segments. The original Quake would have been an utter failure if the game stopped halfway through and forced players to pretend it was a role playing game for an hour.
Pros: + The same as Wolfenstein: The New Order + Varierty + The emotional Blazkowicz lines are non-existent + The Story and Character Development are excellent Cons: - 60 FPS lock (can be unlocked by id5Tweaker. Don't do it in the console, as the game's build seems to have various problems with the comsynctotime command and will speed/slow the game down ) - The very long Loading Pros: + The same as Wolfenstein: The New Order + Varierty + The emotional Blazkowicz lines are non-existent + The Story and Character Development are excellent Cons: - 60 FPS lock (can be unlocked by id5Tweaker. Don't do it in the console, as the game's build seems to have various problems with the comsynctotime command and will speed/slow the game down ) - The very long Loading Screen - annoying crashes when loading a map in challenge mode - some cutscene doesnt play on the first time -.only the german Edition.
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No Option to switch between languages Verdict: The best Version of the predecessor. For the low price of 20€ a really good singleplayer game.
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