finds himself battling more than a horde of gun-toting Nazis, and with more than a gun at his side.Īfter an explosion left the entrance to a Nazi weapons vault decimated, I was thrown into a maze of concrete and metal, and with a mechanical predator which I can only liken to an enormous wolf lurking around. Set in an alternate 1960, in which the Nazi regime has come to dominate the world with their superior weaponry after ending World War II with an unprecedented show of firepower, B.J. The series' iconic protagonist William “B.J.” Blazkowicz returns to the spotlight, but he returns in a world new to both him and the player. The game does have an appropriately retro vibe to it, but it casts all shackles of old aside. Thankfully, after spending some quality time with Wolfenstein: The New Order at Bethesda’s recent pre-E3 event, I can confidently say that The New Order is just that: new. A short two weeks ago, I would’ve sided with the former, saying that a new Wolfenstein game simply can’t work, and that it’s outdated. With a history like that behind it, Wolfenstein: The New Order is automatically paired with either an antiquated doom or the opportunity to reinvent-depending on whom you ask. The Wolfenstein name is synonymous with shooting it is the franchise that pioneered the first-person shooter genre, after all.
