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Folks, for me to write something on a game as long as this article will probably end up, it has to be really really good, or have left a lasting impact on me. As a FPS fan, I was interested in playing The New Order, but didn't pay it too much attention. After it's release I heard positive rumblings, but still never got around to it. As I have plowed through most of my PS4 games with a little bit of clean-up remaining, I found myself turning back to my backlog of PS3 games. After completing many of these, I found myself wanting to get a new PS4 game to tide me over till the big releases come the fall. As such, I locked in on either Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition, or Wolfenstein: The New Order. I asked you guys what one you'd recommend I get, and the answer was definitively affirmative of Wolfenstein. As such, I went on Amazon and bought a copy. My expectations were essentially non-existent. I came into the game not expecting anything good or bad. I didn't know what to think. I even intended on finishing up my trophy cleanup of Crysis 3 first. However, when I got Wolfenstein in the mail, I decided to check it out. After that I was flat out hooked. To be fair, I was not super pulled in by the opening sequence, but after the first level, I was all in. It took me the weekend, but as of now, I have completed the game. I played it every spare second I had till the end. Before I go back and get the platinum trophy, I wanted to write this article sharing my thoughts and love for this game. 

 

 

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For starters, I am now supremely confident that this is my favorite game that I have ever played. Period. As most people know about me, when it comes to gaming, I live and breath FPS games. I have had alot of experience and with that said, I have never played a game so beautiful, so enthralling, so captivating, so immersive, so enjoyable, so violent (in a gratuitous way), and so much freaking fun to play. I'm a huge fan of COD but I'd be the first to admit that COD's story, ESPECIALLY Ghosts can't even come close to Wolfenstein: The New Order. 

 

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It is apparent from the onset that developer, Machine Games clearly put alot of love and passion into making The New Order. The world that they created is beautiful in it's bleak setting. In The New Order, the Nazis have won WWII and taken over the world. There is oppression and depression everywhere. The world has become a concrete jungle thanks to the Nazis' ambitious construction. This may sound like the game is ugly, but it is anything but. It could sound like its a typical WWII shooter with grey being the main color. Yet once again this is not the case. The art design, and colors are absolutely beautiful. I have never played a WWII based game that has looked so crisp, varied, and pretty. Every chapter has its own distinct appearance and nothing in the game starts to seem overly familar. For the entire lengthy campaign (10-12 hours if not more), there is much variety to experience that one can truly be impressed with. Machine Games specifically said they want to created single-player only games and I couldn't support their decision further.

 

 

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I don't want to talk about too many specifics regarding the game to keep spoilers to a minimum, but MachineGames have created the perfect FPS in my opinion. The weapons are fantastic, and the upgrades for them are badass. Every single weapon is useful, and boy are they fun to use! They are all distinct and fresh, and dual-wielding essentially every weapon in the game can be just too much fun. On top of that the PS4 version can handle a crazy amount of chaos on the screen at once. There are plenty of moments when you go blazing into room akimbo, and just tear the Nazis up. The thing about this game is that it has everything. When I say violent, is it ever violent. It makes COD: World at War's violence look pathetic in comparison. Shredding and decapitating Nazis has never been so fun or gratuitous. Is that wrong? lol

 

 

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However, this is not just another mindless shooter, while there is an insane amount of action, the game also has one of the better FPS stories that I can personally remember. This game has emotion and plenty of heart. It's characters are truly fantastic. I at least generally cared for them, and for whatever reason, I was captivated by BJ's love interest, Anya in a way similar to how captivating Clementine was in The Walking Dead....except Anya is a romantic interest and Clementine is more of a daughter. In the campaign I found myself driven to protect Anya. I played the game with a purpose to killing all the Nazis. I wanted Anya to be safe, and I'd do whatever it took to keep her and the rest of my allies out of harm. I'd have been perfectly happy if BJ and Anya ended the game somewhere alone together in the mountains, and away from the Nazis lol. MachineGames created a beautiful character in Anya, and she's someone that I'd have liked to see more in the game.

 

 

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The balance between romance, other human elements, killing Nazis, story, and over the top and insane action is perfectly balanced. The campaign has enough "slow moments" to keep you from getting tired of obliterating Nazi's, and vice versa. If you want to stealth the game, stealth it. If you want to go balls to the wall and blast everyone in the face, you can certainly do that! There are multiple ways to go throughout each level, and the level variety in terms of what you get to do throughout the game is superb. I mean on top of other fantastic moments that I won't spoil, you end up fighting on the moon! How cool is that!?

 

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I could literally go on and on about this game, and I may come back and add more to this article, but suffice to say this game is a masterpiece. MachineGames has proved that you can still make a fantastic game and it doesn't have to have multiplayer! This game has it all, love, revenge, a solid story, sex, fantastic set pieces, superb graphics, action, violence, heart, emotion, human elements, weapons, scenery, environment, set pieces, memorable characters, humor, variety in all aspects of the game........what more can I list? I encourage EVERYONE to buy this game and preferably new in order to support the developers. I for one am desperately hoping for a sequel especially with the way the game ended....by far the best game I have played on my PS4 and the best I've ever played. I play games for games like this.  10/10.

 

 

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Really Good Matw. Liked your post (: i play Wolfenstein since the old versions like Return to Castle x) Wolf is just amazing haha.

Wolfenstein games and Brothers in Arms were the shooters that made me in love for shooters in the first place years ago. I could still play them all the day , these experiences will always be better than any CoD game.

I mean..CoD is a good game but it fails to grab the player to the emotions of the main characters. Wolfenstein Resistance , Killzone and specially Brothers in arms and Bioshock are games that get extremely emotional at some times. I wont care about death of a soldier that i barely know about and that came with me in a few missions , he's almost like every others that die in the field x.x as bad as it sounds.

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Really Good Matw. Liked your post (: i play Wolfenstein since the old versions like Return to Castle x) Wolf is just amazing haha.

Thanks for the feedback! Never played the PS2 or PS3 versions, but I did play Wolfenstein 3D a fair amount.

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Agree with what you said because it is such a amazing game, i'm big Wolfenstein myself, 100% 3D which is a classic, platted Wolfenstein (2009) which is a very underrated game.

 

will definitely be playing this again on PS4

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Highly Agree , this game is pretty much perfect and i believe it got overlooked a lot 

anyone who picks this up will be surprised at just how good it is , everything felt real

the story was extremely well paced throughout and i can't really say anything bad about the game

the entire thing was a joy to play and i was sad after finishing it , i really hope a lot more people

take the time to play this , awesome game :) 

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This and Resogun are my only ps4 games I give a perfect because these 2 games were simply god damn great

Resogun was a sick game, but IMO Wolfenstein is on a completely different level. :) Other than that, I whole-heartedly concur! 

Highly Agree , this game is pretty much perfect and i believe it got overlooked a lot 

anyone who picks this up will be surprised at just how good it is , everything felt real

the story was extremely well paced throughout and i can't really say anything bad about the game

the entire thing was a joy to play and i was sad after finishing it , i really hope a lot more people

take the time to play this , awesome game :)

You summed up my thoughts precisely! I wanted to keep playing as the game was so awesome, but at the same time, the more I played the less I had left which made me sad. Once I finished it, I loved every second but felt kind of sad and empty. I could play in that universe forever.

I went into it expecting a mindless shooter and got a sleek, smooth FPS with heart in an interesting game world. Loved every minute of it.

Same! I was so amazed with how great this game turned out to be.

I plan on buying this once I receive my PS4 it looks absolutely crazy! Don't understand why it got some negative feedback -_- Looks fun as hell haha lol

I agree, and have NO CLUE what people could possibly say negatively about this game. It's truly perfect. :D

Really Good Matw. Liked your post (: i play Wolfenstein since the old versions like Return to Castle x) Wolf is just amazing haha.

Wolfenstein games and Brothers in Arms were the shooters that made me in love for shooters in the first place years ago. I could still play them all the day , these experiences will always be better than any CoD game.

I mean..CoD is a good game but it fails to grab the player to the emotions of the main characters. Wolfenstein Resistance , Killzone and specially Brothers in arms and Bioshock are games that get extremely emotional at some times. I wont care about death of a soldier that i barely know about and that came with me in a few missions , he's almost like every others that die in the field x.x as bad as it sounds.

 

I love COD so much, but I agree, it really doesn't capture emotions. The SP campaigns are great, but essentially nothing more than a highly enjoyable rollercoaster of action with not time to breath. Which is good, but when you play games like Wolfenstein you see how FPS games can actually have a story. 

Agree with what you said because it is such a amazing game, i'm big Wolfenstein myself, 100% 3D which is a classic, platted Wolfenstein (2009) which is a very underrated game.

 

will definitely be playing this again on PS4. 

 

 

I need more to satiate my Wolfenstein fix. Do you know if it is still possible to plat the 2009 game? I'd only play it if the platinum is still achievable. I would definitely do the multiplayer glitch to instantly achieve level 50 if the multiplayer is still up. Could I copy your Level 50 as well? Are the servers still up?

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Love everything about the game. It's fantastic ;) I would of personally loved to play some of this online as well. RATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA

MachineGames has clearly said that they don't have any intention on making multiplayer games and that they want to stick with SP only....creating the best adventures possible. To me this game may not have been as good if they would have had divided attention. Wouldn't you agree? 

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Great piece sir, was going to be a purchase of mine in the future anyway as I loved the previous Wolfenstein but now I just want to shoot Nazi's (possibly wrong but...meh)!!

Thanks, kind sir! I hope the industry starts to go back to WWII shooters. I miss WWII games, and I feel that the modern combat games need a break. 

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Thanks, kind sir! I hope the industry starts to go back to WWII shooters. I miss WWII games, and I feel that the modern combat games need a break.

 

I know COD gets a lot of hate in these parts but personally I like it, I think the campaign's are great from what I have played (not played BO2 or Ghosts yet) and my worry is that as these games get more advanced (no pun intended), they are drifting away from what COD has always been for me. Not sure what your take on it is, I used COD as an obvious example?

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I didn't find the story that fascinating

 

I did like the whispering narrative, was pretty amusing

That;s too bad, but yeah, I thought the whispering part was pretty clever. At first I had no idea who was talking.....took me a bit to realize I was hearing BJ's thoughts lol.

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That;s too bad, but yeah, I thought the whispering part was pretty clever. At first I had no idea who was talking.....took me a bit to realize I was hearing BJ's thoughts lol.

He was whispering some pretty grimy angry shit, very entertaining

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Let me ask you, in regards to the story did you feel touched by his death?

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He was whispering some pretty grimy angry shit, very entertaining

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Let me ask you, in regards to the story did you feel touched by his death?

Ummmm.........pretty sure he's not dead. In fact, I am 99% sure. BJ has been the main character for all Wolfenstein games and they are not about to kill the series' hero off. Secondly, we never see him die. Thirdly, at the end of the credits you hear the sound of a helicopter coming in. Which I assume is the one with Anya and the rest of the escapees coming to save BJ. Finally, what's a grenade to BJ? We saw him get stabbed in the chest multiple times, and tortured all throughout the game. What's shrapnel to him? lol

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The New Order is indeed an incredible game. 

 

I'm going for the 100% completion yet again, think this will be the 4th time I've done between multiple consoles. 

 

It has the odd thing that pissed me off, but as far as a complete package goes for an single player FPS game, there are not many that top this experience. The game play is awesome, but in the middle of a crazy story are some truly amazing story sections which ring very true to our way of life and how we have been throughout history. 

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