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  • Summary: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is the highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, Wolfenstein: The New Order developed by the award-winning studio MachineGames. An exhilarating adventure brought to life by the industry-leading id Tech 6, Wolfenstein II sends players toWolfenstein II: The New Colossus is the highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, Wolfenstein: The New Order developed by the award-winning studio MachineGames. An exhilarating adventure brought to life by the industry-leading id Tech 6, Wolfenstein II sends players to Nazi-controlled America on a mission to recruit the boldest resistance leaders left. Fight the Nazis in iconic American locations, equip an arsenal of badass guns, and unleash new abilities to blast your way through legions of Nazi soldiers in this definitive first-person shooter. America, 1961. The Nazis maintain their stranglehold on the world. You are BJ Blazkowicz, aka Terror-Billy, member of the Resistance, scourge of the Nazi empire, and humanitys last hope for liberty. Only you have the guts, guns, and gumption to return stateside, kill every Nazi in sight, and spark the second American Revolution. Expand
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  1. Positive: 66 out of 70
  2. Negative: 0 out of 70
  1. Oct 26, 2017
    100
    It’s a game about killing Nazis, and reveling in that violence. It’s part righteous fury, part joy in the face of madness, and part dope-ass first-person shooter. To put it simply, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a lot.
  2. Oct 28, 2017
    91
    Even and without the absence of a multiplayer mode, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a great FPS that offers a fantastic, deep and really well told story. If you love the genre you should not miss it.
  3. Oct 26, 2017
    90
    Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus repeats the formula of delirious shooter, excessive and entertaining, and able to put any player in trouble. But this time it has a better story, one with deeper and loaded with critical, uncomfortable and even politically incorrect messages. Secondary missions and hundreds of collectibles bring many hours of game to their fans and the technical and artistic work is great.
  4. Nov 2, 2017
    90
    “Inglourious Basterds meets Fast and Furious” – a multicultural group of irreverent, colorful characters on a globetrotting quest to ruin Hitler’s day, week and life in a fantastic revenge fantasy setting. Brutal, absurd, clever, insightful and touching, The New Colossus is a rollicking adventure that has reset the bar for what first person shooters can, and should, be.
  5. Oct 26, 2017
    88
    One of the most charismatic shooters of 2017, attending to screenplay. Other features aren't as surprising, but overall we have a remarkable action experience.
  6. Oct 26, 2017
    85
    Wolfestein 2: The New Colossus is a gorgeous, fluid shooter with an delightful story and characters filled with good ‘ol Nazi killing satisfaction.
  7. Oct 27, 2017
    70
    Wolfenstein II The New Colossus is a good FPS game and a good followup that will make you laugh and kill a lot of nazis... exactly what we expected, but it still has some flaws, like its mediocre level-design and maps.

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Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 72 out of 307
  1. Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Outstanding Game. So far, best shooter I have played since years.
    Story is just amazing and all caracters are freaking good.
    Just have some
    Outstanding Game. So far, best shooter I have played since years.
    Story is just amazing and all caracters are freaking good.
    Just have some small isuess but in general it is the one of the best single slayer game I have played.
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  2. Sep 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing gameplay!
    But i was bothered by anti nazism sh**t
    They made cummonists good people!!!!
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  3. Nov 3, 2017
    10
    The best game in the series. I never gave a 10 before, but this game deserve it.
    Graphics are awesome and it runs at a smooth 60 fps even on
    The best game in the series. I never gave a 10 before, but this game deserve it.
    Graphics are awesome and it runs at a smooth 60 fps even on the console, giving it that
    fast-paced feeling. Gun-play is good and the AI is well done here, with enemies making circles to come up behind you and flanking you. The stort is amazing. I never feelt more engaged in a wolfenstein game. Characters in the game are also very well fleashed out and interesting. For me, this is probably game of the year. If you like fps games, you cant afford to miss this one
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  4. Dec 22, 2017
    8
    Split right in the middle between a crappy first half and an awesome second, Wolfenstein 2 could have been a true legend and a round 10. ItSplit right in the middle between a crappy first half and an awesome second, Wolfenstein 2 could have been a true legend and a round 10. It will have to settle for an 8, because its first half does everything wrong - it turns your character frail, breaking the flow of action the series is renowned for. The plot plods along, fixating on the end of its predecessor instead of looking forward. Levels are boring - chrome and pipe mazes with no end in sight. As soon as it lets that go however - it shines. The action picks up, the plot picks up, the levels become varied and incredible.

    Overall - I loved it. I love the new Wolfenstein series. But if you don't like them, or aren't willing to push through and annoying first few hours... avoid it. And for the love of god, consider playing it on an easier difficulty than you're used to, it is DAMN hard.

    And remember - killing Nazis, even fictional ones, is always, ALWAYS good.
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  5. Oct 30, 2017
    8
    Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
    Disturbingly Good
    The New Colossus is the direct sequel to the new order… Spoilers for the first game you
    Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
    Disturbingly Good
    The New Colossus is the direct sequel to the new order… Spoilers for the first game you don’t die at the end… once again you play as William Blazkowicz, and while you don’t die in the first game... you are left wheelchair bound… which makes for a really unique opening to game...
    and one of the most brutal openings to a video game I’ve ever experienced..
    You don’t stay this way forever thanks to a body suit you’re able to walk again…
    This time the game takes place in America...
    Once again in an alternate history where the Nazis won the war…
    seeing how this win affected America is thought provoking, and full of emotion…
    Easily one of the most impactful campaigns I’ve ever played through in a shooter…
    Here you’re starting to spark a revolution and take back America, killing some Nazi scum…
    Wolfenstein 2 is a much more compact game compared to the original, this time only taking around 6 and a half hours to complete…
    But it’s an enjoyable 6 and a half hours...
    much more linear as well with the same concepts of taking out scouts so they don’t trigger alarms, and stealthing through areas or going in guns blazing…
    The weapon variety isn’t as vast, but you have your typical base weapons you’d expect in most shooters... but to bring some variety in, your guns are all upgradable, allowing you to add a perk to give them an entirely different feel….
    The level design isn’t that great this time around…
    it feels pretty dull and generic…
    The greatness comes in the setting and the story telling…
    when the game puts you into perspective of the world around you..
    Without the great story pieces, this is still a good shooter… but just good...
    There are no epic fights or showdowns…
    Just a bunch of running from point a to b and shooting everything in your way…
    it plays and feels how you’d expect, but no moments outside of cut scenes blew me away
    I love how the story was delivered though, in ways you wouldn’t expect and are surprising each time…
    This game will break your heart, it will give you hope, it will take it away…
    for those reasons alone, you owe it to yourself to play through this first person shooter…
    I give Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
    an 8.5/10
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  6. Nov 21, 2018
    5
    Yeah wolfenstein 2 didn't even make sense in the slightest honestly they could've ended the series off with wolfenstein 1 but no they had toYeah wolfenstein 2 didn't even make sense in the slightest honestly they could've ended the series off with wolfenstein 1 but no they had to make a filler game and now their making a game about BJ's daughters which i can predict will be even more nonsensical you know wolfenstein the new order was and still is my favorite game right now it's just that it's one of those games that didn't really need a second game.

    The Level design in this game was frustrating, the story felt too focused on social issues rather than
    the actual story needed for this type of game, the characters we're ok, most of the dialogue was just "we hate the facists" "we hate white america" "we hate something else".

    The Gameplay was pretty fun i generally had a good time stabbing,mowing down, destroying nazis and robots, same as the first game just with **** level design.

    This game couldv'e been good without the social agenda this game seems to push on players.

    Gameplay was good, Level design was godawful and confusing, story was trying to hard to be something it wasn't, The characters were good with a few notable exceptions, The weapons
    were satifying to use. Overall this game was meh and it could've been more than meh if it only tried to be a game rather than a political argument.
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  7. Jan 14, 2022
    0
    Being one of my fav on the PS4 the Switch version does not skip a beat. OK maybe its not as sharp as the other versions but it still looksBeing one of my fav on the PS4 the Switch version does not skip a beat. OK maybe its not as sharp as the other versions but it still looks and plays damn good. Hard to belive they pulled it off so well porting it over. So much fun. Great Job Nintendo/Panic Buttton Expand

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