Wolfenstein: The Old Blood short review

POSITIVES

• same engaging gameplay with stealth and mad Rambo “modes” as in The New Order
• skills force you to utilize more arsenal depending on what skills you want
• no more weapons being taken away on every mission or incident
• can carry heavy machine gun with you if you attain the skill
• occasional funny stuff by the Nazi if you listen to their conversations
• nostalgic original Wolfenstein 3D levels via Nightmare levels
• no more technical issues like getting stuck in vents
• generally good graphics and audio
• now has Anti-Aliasing modes
• has FOV controls

NEGATIVES

• story and gameplay not as engaging and interesting as in The New Order
• a bit disappointing last boss fight despite playing it on hardest difficulty
• texture pop-in effect is still infuriating
• half an hour of stupid unskippable intro videos

VERDICT

Even though developers fixed a huge share of negatives from The New Order, especially technical issues, this game wasn’t as engaging and interesting as the old one (this is a prequel to The New Order). Could be that I simply adored the alternate reality World War 2 so much with all the alien tech Nazi’s had and the way how they were winning instead of losing. It was scary and freakish and I loved that. This one was more of a contribution to the Return to Castle Wolfenstein to be honest, a lot more tame on the occult hellish Nazi technology. Still a good shooter though. Would still recommend it. Shooting Nazi’s just never gets old 🙂

Wolfenstein: The New Order short review

Because I’m lazy as fuck, I’ll try to make my short reviews even more compact. This will be my first attempt, but I might refine it even further over time 😀

POSITIVES

• amazing presentation of alternate reality World War 2
• presentation of story through game is really interesting and engaging
• very engaging gameplay with stealth and/or mad Rambo “modes”
• skills force you to utilize more arsenal depending on what skills you want
• nostalgic original Wolfenstein 3D levels via Nightmare levels
• generally good graphics and audio
• has FOV controls

NEGATIVES

• stop taking my bloody weapons away all the freaking time!
• because of losing weapons every mission, most skills like extra throwing knives can’t even be used properly
• constantly getting stuck inside vents for no logical reason
• texture pop-in effect is infuriating
• game knows no anti-aliasing and refuses to accept from graphics driver control panel (had to use SweetFX SMAA to improve edges slightly)
• half an hour of stupid unskippable intro videos

VERDICT

Brilliant game gameplay, story and presentation wise that is somewhat ruined with technicalities like horrendous texture pop-in when looking around, complete lack of anti-aliasing, getting stuck inside vents into invisible barriers and god awful losing of weapons on every mission and every major incident during game. Would still highly recommend it because it’s still a very good shooter despite those negatives. A true successor to the original Wolfenstein 3D.