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LTTP: Wolfenstein The New Order
- Thread starter Kralamoonard
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old manatee
Banned
The New Order is incredible, but I couldn't be bothered to finish the Old Blood. It was such a step down. Wish they had just made a proper sequel.
Aren't we getting one? I'm pretty sure I heard that a proper sequel is in development.
I really liked The Old Blood but it didn't quite stack up to the original.
SolidChamp
Banned
I have The Old Blood in my backlog and can't wait to play it...but I have SO MANY freakin' games taking up my time.
LOVED The New Order.
LOVED The New Order.
Professor Renegade
Banned
The New Order wa my first Wolfenstein game as well. It brought the classic FPS into the mainstream seamlessly. Ultimately I felt that it succeeded in doing what Duke Nukem Forever failed to accomplish.
If Machine Games did a Duke Nukem game, I could die at least somewhat content. It'd have to be a lot different than The New Order to capture certain essences of Duke Nukem's gameplay, but I trust MG to understand how to handle the franchise and make it into something relevant again.
But if they want to stick to Wolfenstein, that's fine too.
This is my first time playing an idtech5 game. And I'm really noticing the texture pop-in problem people would so often complain about in Rage. Happens all the time when I'm turning the camera around even with the settings maxed. What's extra annoying about this is since I have the interactable items highlight enabled in the options (you pretty much have to, since this has the typical modern design problem of not making items look innately distinguished from the environment), any objects popping in around the edges sort of look like they're highlighted, so I constantly feel like there's pickups I just missed even though there aren't any.
Memnoch
Member
Yup. Absolutely loving it.
Justice_Bolt
Member
Man the game is at 9$ on PSN , the game is worth it huh? I loved old school shooters.
I liked Far Cry 4 a lot, but it getting recognized over Wolfenstein so much was an absolute fucking shame.
Wolfenstein was wildly under appreciated by the gaming media, but it absolutely gets its due from the rest of the gaming community, which has made me very happy to see.
It's a little old school a little new school. However, since you're considering buying digital, you should know that it's also like 50 gigs.
The Old Blood is excellent but I miss the more ponounced story of the original game. And dropping those great in-engine cutscenes is a big loss.
Incidentally, I occasionally run into a bug with The Old Blood where its cutscenes turn my screen 100% green until the cutscene ends. Pretty sure it's some kind of a codec problem but it never happens with the original.
Brerlappin
Member
One of the few games I've bothered getting all achievements for. A classic. The old blood is amazing too. Really don't understand how someone could love TNO and say TOB is disappointing. Aside from the lame end boss (something both games have) old blood was wall to wall badass.
grosvenor_92
Member
Definitely some of the most fun I've had with an FPS recently especially when I played stealthy and I might check out The Old Blood sometime in the future as well
Old Blood is even more about stealth than New Order is. You should love it.
Rap2thaMoon
Member
Wolfenstein The New Order 2... Id tech 6...2017. GET PSYCHED.
going by the rumor at least
Same. I got the platinum for both TNO and TOB. I bought Wolfenstein out of fan loyalty and I never anticipated that I'd be playing the 2014 GOTY. It somehow meshed old school and new design philosophies perfectly with nice open level designs, secrets, decent stealth mechanics and bad ass gory combat. Plus an actual amazing story that somehow balances grind-house camp and low-key (for videogames) moments.
The DLC is great as well. Not as big as the main game (obv) but it encapsulates what made the main game good into its small run time.
I can't wait to see what Machine Games do next. the FPS genre has been all of the place lately so its nice to have a team that gets it.
Aight, then I'm waiting for a good physical deal. Dang.
TheOfficeMut
Unconfirmed Member
It was $10 on Amazon on Friday.
Comrade Crunch
Member
This was my GoTY in 2014 and easily in my top 5 shooters. The way they mixed old and new gameplay aspects, the rock solid, incredibly satisfying shooting mechanics, and the story were perfect. The game also has the single best lean function i've ever seen.
The game's story really hit all the right notes for me, it had the tone of a Quentin Tarantino film, mixed with a surprisingly emotional core. They made B.J. into an actual human, with opinions and feelings, instead of the floating gun he basically was in past games.
The game's story really hit all the right notes for me, it had the tone of a Quentin Tarantino film, mixed with a surprisingly emotional core. They made B.J. into an actual human, with opinions and feelings, instead of the floating gun he basically was in past games.
That's a good deal, but I'm a patient guy. I've got lots of titles to occupy my time this holiday. I think we can go lower, and I'll be there when that happens.
Kralamoonard
Member
I gotta say, (shamelessly may I add!) that I'm pleased to see my first thread about this game get bumped; the more exposure, the better just because we need as many people to experience one of the finest crafted FPS games ever made.
I mean it certainly was for me (as you can tell by the OP), ending up being my GOTY of 2014. On a side note too, the trophies were really well done and it was a joy to get the platinum trophy, so if anyone is into that, I'd say go for the platinum.
Cannot wait for the sequel if the recent rumour is anything to go off by!
I mean it certainly was for me (as you can tell by the OP), ending up being my GOTY of 2014. On a side note too, the trophies were really well done and it was a joy to get the platinum trophy, so if anyone is into that, I'd say go for the platinum.
Cannot wait for the sequel if the recent rumour is anything to go off by!
IISANDERII
Member
I hate the weapon wheel though. So much. And not just because having to switch to grenades to use them either.
Can anyone tell me what this kind of... dithered gloss lighting is? Is this some kind of bug or is it actually supposed to look that way? It's uncanny as hell and I'd prefer to disable it somehow. It actually looks worse ingame, since the jpeg compression smudges it out a bit.
Ya, it's so much better on PC, where you can just tap the number keys.
God damn, the
punched me so hard that it did the thing where I
, but the game also crashed and my save file got corrupted. I have to start the entire level over, but at least the save system is two-step so I don't have to start from the god damned beginning.
I sure got owned.
robot with your friends brain
lost all my weapons
I sure got owned.
Anubistraveler
Member
I have been tempted a few times recently to pick this up and play it but there have been way to many games as of late that I have not yet gotten around to it. How long of a game is the story mode?
TheOfficeMut
Unconfirmed Member
I highly doubt you even finished the first section and got to the hospital. Did you? If not, then you just cheated yourself because it gets exponentially better after the first section when you're trying to infiltrate the Nazi fortress.
IISANDERII
Member
I have to correct myself: You can use grenades without having to switch to them. You can just tap R1 >.<
Andy Believes
Banned
Picked it up and started playing yesterday. Definitely a throwback to the old FPS games. Return to Castle Wolfenstein was one of my favorites. Reminded me what I used to like about them. No tactical brilliance required. Just mindless shooting.
However, it also reminded me how long it has been since I played any FPS. For sometime I almost thought I would get motion sickness. I think I recovered quickly enough.
However, it also reminded me how long it has been since I played any FPS. For sometime I almost thought I would get motion sickness. I think I recovered quickly enough.
Romars202129
Member
Just picked this up for black friday! I'm jumping right in!
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Deleted member 471617
Unconfirmed Member
Played and completed The Old Blood this past summer. Solid 7/10. Would have been an 8/10 but part 2 disappointed me compared to part 1.
As for The New Order, I purchased it online from Best Buy this past Thursday for $12 after GCU. Been waiting for it to hit $20 or less for a long time. Should get it Wednesday or Thursday and will most likely start the game Saturday after PSX.
Have read a lot of good to great things about the game here so im looking forward to playing it.
As for The New Order, I purchased it online from Best Buy this past Thursday for $12 after GCU. Been waiting for it to hit $20 or less for a long time. Should get it Wednesday or Thursday and will most likely start the game Saturday after PSX.
Have read a lot of good to great things about the game here so im looking forward to playing it.
Hate the weapon wheel and am enjoying the old blood a whole lot more. Bullet sponge enemies aren't as bullet sponge and the music/sfx being 10x louder than voices was fixed because they added a voice volume slider. Really wish TNO had that. I liked the effort put into the story but basically found all the characters to be really weak.
Kinda wish they hadn't put so many 'nightmares' into TOB either, I found myself playing those longer than it seemed like for some of the chapters since I comb everything over.
Kinda wish they hadn't put so many 'nightmares' into TOB either, I found myself playing those longer than it seemed like for some of the chapters since I comb everything over.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Sooo... what you're saying is since I like old school fps games and its $9 on PSN and I missed out on it... that I should purchase said game for $9?
Shit. I thought this was a new thread.
Shit. I thought this was a new thread.