![]() Again, developer MachineGames doesn’t always quite nail or fully flesh out these various sequences, but they do keep the player on their toes. The rest of the game, though, gets more liberal with its historical accuracy, so while you marvel at the authentic squalor of Berlin’s sewers, a rundown asylum, or a cramped U-boat, you’ll also spend time infiltrating the secret German moonbase, fleeing unstoppable mechanical Panzerhunds, and wielding a high-tech laser cutter against giant Supersoldaten warriors. The prologue, which takes place in 1946, establishes the familiar set pieces of World War II, from the slow crawl through beachfront trenches to a daring upward rappel along a fortress’s heavily shelled walls. ![]() The New Order also manages to blend history and fantasy to great effect. The only problem is that these options aren’t equally viable, especially in the boss-heavy latter half of the game spend too much time honing your headshots and you may find yourself running low on rockets when you need them. However, new skills can also be unlocked by trying different approaches, such as the dual-wielding Assault mode, or by efficiently using the grenades favored by Demolition mode. As with Metro: Last Light, the game often allows players to complete areas without breaking stealth, and rewards this by revealing secrets on the map each time a commander is silently slain. More importantly, none of it seems exploitative, though it helps that the game takes place in an alternate timeline in which, with the help of occult artifacts (and atomic weapons), the Nazis not only won World War II but conquered the world.įor the most part, The New Order is a neat cross between classic arcade action and modern, narrative-driven first-person shooters. Though it’s not quite as successful in its mixture of action and narrative as BioShock, Wolfenstein is working from a stronger foundation, in the sense that many of the atrocities it illustrates-genetic purity testing, the debasements of a forced labor camp, furnaces-are bound to chill audiences. All the requisite violence of the genre is there, but there’s a well-considered style and grace that elevates it beyond its mindless, dime-a-dozen brethren (e.g., Medal of Honor, Call of Duty). Wolfenstein: The New Order is the Inglourious Basterds of Nazi-killing video games.
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