I also found the lack of Call of Duty-styled turret sequences to be a nice thing. ItвЂ™s pretty neat how open The New OrderвЂ™s levels are designed and it helped carry the game even further. You could try picking a lock and sneaking around back, or going in guns blazing, or maybe find a vantage point to snipe enemies from. Most of the areas youвЂ™ll enter are very large and have many different ways you can go about completing objectives.

Speaking of stealthy, stealth is a surprisingly viable option in The New Order. For example the pistol uses a three round burst normally, but you can also throw on a silencer for when youвЂ™re feeling stealthy. Each weapon has a primary and secondary firing mode that changes how youвЂ™ll use it in any situation. ThereвЂ™s only actually about 6 weapons in the game and youвЂ™ll be able to hold them all at once. You wonвЂ™t have to worry about stats or weapon abilities. Despite the heavy amount of looting, The New Order is not an RPG but a straight up shooter. You also have armor that can be found by doing things like looting helmets off of dead Nazis. YouвЂ™ll have to scrounge around the environment to find health packs, bread, or even dog food if you want to stay healthy.

Instead you have hit points that will always round up to the nearest 20. The first thing I noticed was that you donвЂ™t have regenerating health. Then we get to the gameplay, which is a nice mix of older and newer shooters. Sometimes the slowdown between firefights can offer a nice breath of fresh air and world building. I wasnвЂ™t expecting much from Wolfenstein: The New Order, but maybe thatвЂ™s what made it so good Even the villains get this, Frau EngelвЂ™s interrogation scene is surprisingly intense, and her persistence in trying to kill Blazkowicz is almost terrifying at times. J has no interest in fighting but instead wants to bring down the Nazis using art. Caroline is adamant about leading the resistance and stopping the Nazis despite her disabilities. Private Wyatt is unsure about his ability to lead, but puts on a strong face to step up and do the best he can. A simple enough premise, but the game does a lot with it thanks to surprisingly strong characterization. B.J meets up with the resistance group, the Kreisau Circle returning from the 2009 Wolfenstein, and begin to plot the downfall of the Nazis and Deathshead.

He awakens in the 1960s to find that the Nazis have won the war and have now taken over a good chunk of the world. is knocked out and left in an insane asylum for 14 years. After an assault on DeathsheadвЂ™s fortress goes wrong B.J. Blazkowicz, Wolfenstein: The New Order features a surprisingly strong plot. Once again putting you in the role of B.J. Oh and does it pick up the slack alright. Wolfenstein hasnвЂ™t seen an entry since Raven SoftwareвЂ™s sort of uninspired 2009 entry.Now we have Wolfenstein: The New Order to pick up the slack. The king is back! вЂ¦Well, okay, not quite THE king as Elvis is still dead and Duke Nukem is probably going to stay gone after Duke Nukem Forever, but the original king of FPSes. There may be differences between versions.

ReviewerвЂ™s note: I played the Playstation 4 version of this game. Available on: PC, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

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