Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus review

Exceptional

by Cristian Herrera

Machine Games did it again and continues to prove why I favor their shooters over the likes of Activision, Treyarch, Infinity Ward and so many others. The New Colossus takes a further step into this nightmarish world in which the Nazis won WWII. If the first game was unsettling, this game doubles down on the unsettling nature. The New Colossus picks up after the events of The New Order. This time BJ and his resistance set their sights on liberating the United States of America from Nazi control. The story still indulges in the usual absurdities and over the top action, violence and mayhem that Machine Games has now settled in to. But at the same time underneath all of those things are actual characters, and a truly appealing story. The gameplay is better than The New Order, more weapons are added and the dual wield option has been updated and improved to add some variety to the usual Nazi killing antics and improve the bloody, brutal rampage that BJ continues on. Even more variety is added to the gameplay with special perks and equipment that you obtain almost mid game (which is a complaint). Sometimes there is a repetitive nature to some of the missions and level layouts, but it does not impeded on the enjoyment. The Normal difficulty proved to be enjoyable. It wasn't too easy and provided a nice balanced game. The higher difficulties on the other hand are pretty stressful. And "Mein Leben"......well I don't want to talk about that. Overall, this is a fantastic game. The graphics are improved, the concepts, the overall artwork and quality of the game, all of those things cement this game as one of the best games to come out in 2017…now that I mention it, 2017 was such an all around good year for video games and movies.

Rating: 5/5

Actually, the Game would be a clear Buy recommendation ... Unfortunately not in the German Version or in the current State. I would have no Problem removing the Symbols, but unfortunately complete Passages of text were changed and thus the Joke was destroyed. A Soldier who Gives Ku Klux Klan Members a Lesson in German (a la Monty Phyton "Romans goes home"), no, that is changed to a Quiz round where Just Annual numbers are Queried ... Really? A Scot who has an ingenious Accent in the Original and in the German Version, of course, all High German speak Without any Accent ... So much Atmosphere is lost there. Unfortunately, there is also no Way to switch to the English Language. Therefore, I will never buy a German Version of the wrong game again, thank you for this Lesson. Edit: A̶̶u̶̶s̶̶s̶̶e̶̶r̶̶d̶̶e̶̶m̶̶ ̶̶l̶̶e̶̶i̶̶d̶̶e̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶d̶̶a̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶S̶̶p̶̶i̶̶e̶̶l̶̶ ̶̶u̶̶n̶̶t̶̶e̶̶r̶̶ ̶̶M̶̶a̶̶s̶̶s̶̶i̶̶v̶̶e̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶t̶̶e̶̶c̶̶h̶̶n̶̶i̶̶s̶̶c̶̶h̶̶e̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶P̶̶r̶̶o̶̶b̶̶l̶̶e̶̶m̶̶e̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶ ̶̶A̶̶b̶̶s̶̶t̶̶ü̶̶r̶̶z̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶ ̶̶A̶̶r̶̶t̶̶e̶̶f̶̶a̶̶k̶̶t̶̶e̶̶,̶̶ ̶̶U̶̶I̶̶ ̶̶i̶̶n̶̶k̶̶l̶̶u̶̶s̶̶i̶̶v̶̶e̶̶r̶̶ ̶̶a̶̶l̶̶l̶̶e̶̶r̶̶ ̶̶T̶̶e̶̶x̶̶t̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶w̶̶i̶̶r̶̶d̶̶ ̶̶k̶̶o̶̶m̶̶p̶̶l̶̶e̶̶t̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶u̶̶n̶̶l̶̶e̶̶s̶̶b̶̶a̶̶r̶̶.̶̶ ̶̶D̶̶a̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶s̶̶c̶̶h̶̶ö̶̶n̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶i̶̶s̶̶t̶̶,̶̶ ̶̶d̶̶a̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶w̶̶a̶̶r̶̶ ̶̶a̶̶m̶̶ ̶̶R̶̶e̶̶l̶̶e̶̶a̶̶s̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶T̶̶a̶̶g̶̶ ̶̶s̶̶o̶̶,̶̶ ̶̶d̶̶a̶̶n̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶h̶̶a̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶N̶̶V̶̶I̶̶D̶̶I̶̶A̶̶ ̶̶e̶̶i̶̶n̶̶e̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶b̶̶e̶̶t̶̶a̶̶ ̶̶T̶̶r̶̶e̶̶i̶̶b̶̶e̶̶r̶̶ ̶̶h̶̶e̶̶r̶̶a̶̶u̶̶s̶̶g̶̶e̶̶b̶̶r̶̶a̶̶c̶̶h̶̶t̶̶,̶̶ ̶̶m̶̶i̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶d̶̶e̶̶m̶̶ ̶̶d̶̶a̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶S̶̶p̶̶i̶̶e̶̶l̶̶ ̶̶p̶̶r̶̶o̶̶b̶̶l̶̶e̶̶m̶̶l̶̶o̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶f̶̶u̶̶n̶̶k̶̶t̶̶i̶̶o̶̶n̶̶i̶̶e̶̶r̶̶t̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶ ̶̶j̶̶e̶̶t̶̶z̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶g̶̶a̶̶b̶̶ ̶̶e̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶a̶̶l̶̶l̶̶e̶̶r̶̶d̶̶i̶̶n̶̶g̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶e̶̶i̶̶n̶̶e̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶S̶̶p̶̶i̶̶e̶̶l̶̶ ̶̶u̶̶n̶̶d̶̶ ̶̶d̶̶i̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶P̶̶r̶̶o̶̶b̶̶l̶̶e̶̶m̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶s̶̶i̶̶n̶̶d̶̶ ̶̶z̶̶u̶̶r̶̶ü̶̶c̶̶k̶̶,̶̶ ̶̶n̶̶u̶̶r̶̶ ̶̶n̶̶o̶̶c̶̶h̶̶ ̶̶v̶̶i̶̶e̶̶l̶̶ ̶̶s̶̶c̶̶h̶̶l̶̶i̶̶m̶̶m̶̶e̶̶r̶̶ ̶̶a̶̶l̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶z̶̶u̶̶v̶̶o̶̶r̶̶ ̶̶(̶̶a̶̶u̶̶c̶̶h̶̶ ̶̶m̶̶i̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶d̶̶e̶̶m̶̶ ̶̶n̶̶e̶̶u̶̶e̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶a̶̶k̶̶t̶̶u̶̶e̶̶l̶̶l̶̶e̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶N̶̶V̶̶I̶̶D̶̶I̶̶A̶̶ ̶̶T̶̶r̶̶e̶̶i̶̶b̶̶e̶̶r̶̶) ̶̶.̶̶.̶̶.̶̶ ̶̶g̶̶u̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶g̶̶e̶̶m̶̶a̶̶c̶̶h̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶M̶̶a̶̶c̶̶h̶̶i̶̶n̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶G̶̶a̶̶m̶̶e̶̶s̶̶.̶̶.̶̶.̶̶ ̶̶ ̶̶V̶̶o̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶d̶̶a̶̶h̶̶e̶̶r̶̶ ̶̶g̶̶a̶̶n̶̶z̶̶ ̶̶k̶̶l̶̶a̶̶r̶̶ ̶̶F̶̶i̶̶n̶̶g̶̶e̶̶r̶̶ ̶̶v̶̶o̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶d̶̶e̶̶r̶̶ ̶̶d̶̶e̶̶u̶̶t̶̶s̶̶c̶̶h̶̶e̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶F̶̶a̶̶s̶̶s̶̶u̶̶n̶̶g̶̶ ̶̶u̶̶n̶̶d̶̶ ̶̶g̶̶e̶̶n̶̶e̶̶r̶̶e̶̶l̶̶l̶̶ ̶̶b̶̶i̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶d̶̶i̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶P̶̶r̶̶o̶̶b̶̶l̶̶e̶̶m̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶B̶̶e̶̶h̶̶o̶̶b̶̶e̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶s̶̶i̶̶n̶̶d̶̶, ̶̶ ̶̶s̶̶p̶̶a̶̶r̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶e̶̶i̶̶n̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶M̶̶e̶̶n̶̶g̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶N̶̶e̶̶r̶̶v̶̶e̶̶n̶̶.̶ With the current Patch AND Since I have switched back to the NVIDIA Driver 388.10, at least for me the technical Problems of the Game have been fixed so far (With Current 388.13 Driver continues to be Problems!). Actually, I would like to give the Game a neutral Rating now (which unfortunately does not exist in Steam), as this is and remains a Review For the "German Edition" and for me the Problems with Localization described above still persist. Technically, Wolfenstein 2 (meanwhile) is a solid Shooter if you can look past the localization story. Persally, however, I would prefer the English Version to 100%.