SeekerWolfenstein: The New Order
It doesn’t play like Wolfenstein, and it barely feels like Wolfenstein, but maybe that’s a good thing—this is the best entry the franchise has seen in years.
-- As reviewed by PCWorld
Product details
- The Assault Experience intense first person combat as you go up against oversized Nazi robots, hulking Super Soldiers and elite shock troops all rendered in stunning detail with the id Tech 5 engine
- The Action Wolfenstein's breath taking set pieces feature intense mountain top car chases, underwater exploration, player controlled Nazi war machines, and much more all combined to create an exhilarating action adventure experience
- The Arsenal Collect ultra advanced Nazi tech Break into secret research facilities and heavily guarded weapon stashes to upgrade your tools of destruction
- The Adventure Hi octane action and thrilling adventure weaved together into a tightly paced, super immersive game narrative
PROS
+ Detailed alternate-history 1960s setting
+ Surprisingly great stealth kills
+ Gloriously dumb fun.
CONS
- Awkward perk system
- Strange mix of old and new game design
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Expert reviews and ratings
By PCWorld on May 20, 2014
It doesn’t play like Wolfenstein, and it barely feels like Wolfenstein, but maybe that’s a good thing—this is the best entry the franchise has seen in years.
90
By IGN on May 20, 2014
Wolfenstein: The New Order is the melding of your typical, everyday shooter with quality writing and a cast of believable and relatable characters. Machinegames' more grounded treatment of the often way over-the-top alternate Nazi history is also a nice touch, and while The New Order is in no way, shape, or form a simulation of the real world, its 10-to-12 hour campaign can certainly make you stop and wonder more than, say, Raven's 2009's occult-centric Wolfenstein reboot.
With an essential early-game choice that makes it worth playing through twice, the story at the center of Wolfenstein: The New Order props up its competent -- but mostly unremarkable -- shooting.
78
By TechAdvisor on May 27, 2014
Big, silly and spectacular, Wolfenstein: The New Order might not be as era-defining as its hallowed predecessor, but it’s without a doubt one of the best singleplayer first-person shooters of the year.
80
By TrustedReviews on May 20, 2014
Yet there is good reason to get a little excited. While the previous two games were developed by Raven Software, this one’s the debut for MachineGames, a new Swedish developer founded by some of the team from Starbreeze Studios, who you might remember from Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay and
70