The Wolfenstein Reboot Deserves More

(THIS IS A COMBINATION OF MY TWO VIDEOS ON THE NEW ORDER AND THE OLD BLOOD)
In this video I talk about two of my favourite FPS games of all time, Wolfenstein The New Order and Wolfenstein The Old Blood. These two games are criminally underrated, and nobody realises how much of an impact they had on the FPS genre.
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History Of The FPS Genre: (0:00)
Wolfenstein: The New Order, What Is It?: (4:43)
Wolfenstein: The New Order: (11:06)
Before The New Order: (39:21)
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, What Is It?: (41:11)
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood: (49:37)
What's Next?: (1:15:08)
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[@Proxidist]

Stay tuned for a video on Wolfenstein 2 and Youngblood

[@fullauto86]

I actually enjoyed both of those, I have an embarrassing amount of hours in Youngblood lol. Wolf 2 is so much fun though, they all are even Youngblood, I just turn of dialog volume for that game and I’m good to go, I like the weapon upgrade systems that Youngblood ha, it seems somewhat pointless with how many mods that aren’t at all useful, idk it’s a good looking game and the movement is a chefs kiss for Youngblood, lol I’m probably - of 5 people that still boot it up here and there.

[@AIB-xx6bn]

So were not getting a video for the prequal with the zombies?

[@Proxidist]

@@AIB-xx6bn The Old Blood is in this video! Look at the time stamps.

[@AIB-xx6bn]

​@Proxidist i just saw it as your responce popped up my bad

[@grympzofficial1256]

Please do "return to castle wolfenstein"

[@nydip8131]

Seeing wolfenstein content in 2023 is a blessing

[@hugostiglitz491]

Agreed

[@cupcakegoree]

fr

[@fullauto86]

I thought that exact same shit when I saw the thumbnail and upload date lol, let’s fucking go.

[@shawklan27]

Sucks that uploading anything Wolfenstein related gets next to no traction on youtube due to how niche it is :(

[@iananderson606]

Hell, we're probably going to be living this in another decade or so... great game though!

[@FozzieOscar]

fun fact, the final boss of the old blood is blind, allowing you to easily avoid its attacks by reliably baiting it

[@alexdietrich7975]

Just bunny hop between the flights of stairs going up and down and he spazzes out.

[@noth7ing]

Common sense lmao

[@JAF451]

Dude the final boss is frankenstein

[@wheretfwouldibewithoutmysl1605]

Wow really i didnt know that was the core mechanic of the boss

[@sohamchatterjee7949]

...if only I knew this before finishing the game on my ubér

[@tjones9097]

I picked Fergus on my first play through, but picked Wyatt on every subsequent playthrough, because as Fergus says “we’re old men fighting an uphill battle. I risked my life to save that kid, and you just let him die.”

[@Proxidist]

I always feel guilty picking fergus because of that lol

[@coltforceplayer]

I mean Fergus gives u Health Upgrades so frick that guy

[@tjones9097]

@@coltforceplayer Wyatt gives you lockpicking, which is less annoying than hotwiring imo.

[@coltforceplayer]

@@tjones9097 The trick in Hotwiring is that u have to have the wires touch each other 😎

[@tjones9097]

@@coltforceplayer Damn. Never knew that. Thanks for the advice bro. ✊😎

[@tannerdodge6029]

As fun as New Order, Colossus, Old Blood are (Haven't played Youungblood can't speak to it) what I love even more is the worldbuilding and character work. William's narration and insight throughout the games reveals a lot about him. I'm replaying New Order for the first time in years and it is just as good as I remembered it

[@ashhabimran239]

Yeah, for a reboot of an old-school shooter, the story in the MG saga is legit well done

[@ranbojd1070]

Youngblood is fanfiction

[@Dutchy4564]

I love the first two but they should have stopped with BJ's death in the compound

[@dean_l33]

It's for the best you don't play young blood. It actively hurt the reboot even more than Colossus could've ever done, it best be left forgotten like metal gear survive

[@stepheng1523]

For real, this is one of the few games to get me in the feelings. I have a razor thin attention span and have no use for story in a game, but new order gives me chills every time I might be biased because it's the first one I played, but Youngblood is fun as hell. Yes it has its issues, but it looks great, has great gunplay, and is a total power trip. It plays how the crysis games should have

[@ABCDFG-vc8so]

Fun fact, the reason Wyatt vomits in the vivisection room, is because one of the corpses next to him moves to look at him, yeah, the ones with their back spill open and with holes in their skulls and held up by their skin, yeah, he was alive, before presumably perishing after using the last of its strength to look at him.

[@Grandmastergav86]

If there's one I love about people these days is that EVERYTHING has to be explained. Still waiting for the 17hr video essay from a 23yr old KZbinr about digestion and shitting. I'm sure they can enlighten us all.

[@dildonius]

@@Grandmastergav86 U ok hun?

[@vaderetrosatana7212]

Wolfenstein 2 had some bad writing at times, but then again it had some REALLY great writing. Wyatt’s speech at the end really sticks with me years later.

[@doomsday6372]

The part where he talked to his mom too was written really well

[@Brigadium75]

At least not that bad as ones in Youngblood

[@patrickbateman312]

Couldn't make it that far, the rest of the game was far too shit to play.

[@coltforceplayer]

@@doomsday6372 yeah that whole Chapter was extremely well done

[@hybhrhrnhtnhrh76]

@@patrickbateman312were we playing the same game?

[@TheBuddhaBear]

Doom 2016 was great, but I will always prefer a story with well written characters over chaotic nonstop action. Turning BJ into a likeable and relatable character with a real personality was a nearly impossible task that Machine Games pulled off so damn well.

[@coltforceplayer]

Yeah and it explores more of his character in The New Colossus, specifically the intro and *shudders*, The Courthouse

[@Batchall_Accepted]

Youre spot on. He went from being just a kind of blank slate protagonist with an implied background of having a problem with authority figures (but come on what 1990s character didn't), to gritty captain America. And its a fantastic evolution. I especially like how they explore why his hate for the Nazis seems so personal with the backstory about his mother

[@bwc153]

@@Batchall_Accepted I had to re-read that a couple times, that "blank slate protag who has problems with authority" describes the player character in doom perfectly. The marine IS the player in doom, the only backstory is you punched your CO and got assigned to mars as a punishment.

[@noth7ing]

Lmao keep coping wolfs gameplay is stale

[@ksb7938]

I really enjoyed the leaning mechanic. Running around gunning enemies down hopping from cover to cover, leaning around said cover to make sure you're clear and blasting anything that made it not so before running to your next spot of cover. Chefs kiss

[@Cranes_Friendly_Fire]

"humanizes all the characters, making them all extremely likeable, except for the nazis" i agree with this; other than one part the nazi guards dialogue when you're playing stealth. TRUE comedy

[@Frostaltered]

I think there was a guard in the Roswell section of New Colossus that was telling his friend that they shouldnt kill people who disagree with them since then theyd be monsters or some shit

[@ZEMITYBORD]

It's probably unrelated and a coincidence but there's a guy named fritz who talks to his uncle right at the start and the nazi's talk about a fritz throughout the whole game and then say he got crushed or something at the end

[@godzillazfriction]

Modern humans have to stop equating 'Humanity' or 'Humanize' etc. towards overall 'goodness' - positivity, kindhearted, noble, bla bla bla... its all BS, it's a narrative that was mass fed with Modern humans to validate moral depravity in the world by humans

[@raptorjesus5870]

​@@ZEMITYBORD on the U-Boat you can hear some nazis talk about having to break the news to their buddies fiance about being vaporized by Sets traps.

[@sheynchapman9829]

I did a binging of all the Wolfenstein games and I will agree it deserves more credit than people give it, especially The New Order. Mick Gorden also made the soundtrack to that game and it was fantastic

[@rneflyRNE]

Swear bro last year I played every game back to back and that shit is amazing

[@mynameachef8614]

You did a binging?? 💀💀💀

[@terablespeler]

The New Order just hits man, between how chunky the combat feels to the actual story being told. The climax scene at your base towards the end even had me crying 🫡

[@BLUEFIRECAPTAIN]

The stealth you like is Predator type stealth. It offers a power fantasy. Games using that stealth style include: Arkham series, MGS series, Dishonored series. I'm sure many other games use such styles of game play but those are the masters of stealth.

[@BreakyOnline]

Yeah, that kinda makes sense. In those games, you have the power to kill every single enemy in sight, while the rest don't even know what happened.

[@austinfowler2707]

Although I find it fascinating that BJ blaskowitz, this really big buff guy, is also a stealth master. Crouching everywhere and whatnot

[@Vulpes_Shinbi]

MGS has more of a glass canon style no? You get spotted and you're basically done

[@BLUEFIRECAPTAIN]

@Vulpes_Shinbi I'd argue mgsv is a predator fantasy more than the others but would also suggest 3 plays into it too. Otherwise you kinda got me.

[@Vulpes_Shinbi]

@@BLUEFIRECAPTAIN Far Cry is the ultimate predator fantasy, you can either come stomping in like a rhino or take it as slow and easy as you'd like. MGSV still has some clunky parts to the stealth making it a waiting game

[@hugostiglitz491]

We need Wolfenstein 3 ‼️🗣️

[@kevinbaumhoer7359]

Return to castle wolfenstein

[@fullauto86]

I can’t wait man I was really hoping for something at quakecon, but oh well it’s coming we just gotta be patient.

[@deadman9335]

I am also waiting on wolfenstein 3, I have wrote a story outline, new enemies, mechanics, and more for it I will eventually finish before it actually comes out so I can post it on KZbin.

[@Fella-hf3nc]

God yes please. It would be such a shame to end on Youngblood. I enjoyed that game for the gameplay alone but I want a full Wolfenstein 3.

[@LeRohlik]

But how tho? In young blood you play as blaskowicz's daughters and you save blaskowicz from the prison at the end and he's old af idk what's gona be wolf3 and I doubt there'll even be one

[@DaSaintDemon]

The fact that Wolfenstein the New Order, Wolfenstein 2009, and Return to Castle Wolfenstein are linked is awesome.

[@jacobwilson989]

I guess there are two castle wolfensteins and rudi came back from the dead.

[@thecrazyparrot1083]

This game absolutely killed me emotionally, the seen where Tekla dies hits so hard

[@4nchoragepingu887]

former-SS father and his 'super soldier failure' foster son was killer for me. actually had red eye and tears in my eyes as he leaves his last but strong words to his son, who must endure the pain of struggle.

[@galesonic]

J dying fucking got me too

[@nevertbagabeartrap]

I actually love the leaning mechanic. I wish more games implemented it. It really makes you feel like your trying to just pop your head out of cover

[@reubino_rat5195]

you know its fire when prox uploads a 1 hour video

[@Patches_Ito]

Fun fact! You can destroy the walker on deathsheads island by constantly hitting it with the turret, completely skipping the boss fight later on!

[@user-fd8qx2iy5r]

wasnt just to hit that blue eye that would destroy the walker?

[@jacobwilson989]

I killed it I don't remember skipping the boss. Maybe I thought my game was bugged and got me pass the boss so I don't remember.

[@nickduracell4364]

New order was a great game, although I always liked the paranormal stories of the older Wolf games better, machinegames made a good job on this one(and the sequel, New Collosus- the weapons are superb in this one)

[@slenderminion2229]

51:52 Jäger isn't actually screwing with BJ when he asks him if he's a frankfurter. The sausage is named after an actual city in Germany called Frankfurt (sausage actually means "Wurst" in German), whose citizens are also commonly called Frankfurter. He's simply asking if BJ is from that city. This is why Jäger cracks up and lets him go when BJ makes the hot dog joke, he gets the association.

[@macoxynormous8569]

I was about 10 when i first played this game. I had "tactically acquired" it over the internet because i wouldve never been allowed to play it otherwise. I chose to save fergus over wyatt, and man, his screams nearly made me puke my fucking guts up. The character of BJ just resonated within me, and i subconsciously tried to emulate him in my behaviour. Needless to say, that lead to alot of fights with bullies at school, and subsequently a losing battle against the schools themselves. One of the greatest games ive ever played, and it will stick with me for the rest of my life.

[@MrJhwan]

Blazko is my favorite character in all of fiction, even above other greats like guts. His struggle truly brutal, relatable, and touching. His actions in this story and the next inspired me to improve in my own life and will forever remember it for such. The phrase "ignore the pain, you ain't dead, so keep moving" from Wolfenstein 2 rings through my head anytime I'm faced with true hardship in life. I know people have issues with that game, many justified, but it also contains some the greatest moments in all of art.

[@Potatotenkopf]

Based

[@tobiaszmajerski8847]

Same and based but I also like Rick grimes a lot and Harrison Wells.

[@sebaalge6674]

Just finished Old Blood and New Order again, and both are some of my favorite shooters, agree with all that you say! Beside one thing...! What's wrong with Wolfenstein 2? i found it pretty neat to be honest, maybe a little bit more light hearted in some moments, but it also had some quite fkdup and heavy moments! Oh well, guess i'm gonna stay tuned to find out ;)

[@dipshite]

that game pisses me off so much i cant describe it

[@TheRedKing247]

There's loads wrong with it. The biggest problem is that the pacing of the game is just absolutely fucked. This is in terms of both story and gameplay. For story you have way, way too many cutscenes. Some of them can be really good and there are some good moments in the game, but often times these moments are overshadowed by either scenes with really jagged and/or hurried execution, interspersed with moments of some of the most unfunny crass humor I've ever heard - there's a moment where Anya and BJ are having a serious moment where Super Spesh comes out of the toilet for a literal toilet humor joke that just ruins the scene in a a way that is exemplary of the rest of the game. On the other hand while the core gameplay is okay despite some poor balancing of the weapons and ammo drops, there's just a few things that completely fuck it up on the bigger scale. The biggest one imo is just the sheer number of commanders in the game. In TNO they were a nice little change of pace sprinkled here and there that made them refreshing and gave a reason to sneak around rather than just going full action (though you still could if you wanted). In TNC they're fucking EVERYWHERE. There are literally times where you have them room after room. As a result it becomes incredibly tedious to fight them where you're either constantly sneaking around maps that were often times clearly not designed to be snuck around in, or you get tired of that and go balls to the wall only to face shitloads of bullet spongy enemies that endlessly respawn until you manage to snipe the dude. And you're having to do this constantly. It completely destroys the pacing of combat. In general the level design is all over the place. Some spots are fun and memorable like the fight on the rocket train but most of the level design is just passable at best or just not fun to play around in (often thanks to liberal use of commanders) - which is a complete travesty considering how good TNO's level design was. Like at the end of the day TNC isn't like a completely awful game, and there's parts of it to enjoy- it's just compared to TNO and TOB, it fucking sucks balls in pretty much everything other than the moment to moment gameplay which is otherwise the same as before. It just tries to do and be too much and as a result ends up flopping like a fish out of water. Raycevick made a great video about it and said it best comparing it to the ending punk cover of "We're not gonna take it": "It's emphatically over the top, abrasive, and there's moment of it I do love; but the dose of reality it acknowledges is drowned out in a sea of noise that makes the end product fun, but not as special as what came before."

[@4nchoragepingu887]

@@TheRedKing247 true. Drama extreme is never adequate.

[@Dr.Oofers]

⁠​⁠@@TheRedKing247Wanted to let you know that you made a mistake near the end. In the second to last paragraph, you accidentally said “TNO” instead of “TNC”. Also, well said. No wonder it felt weird playing TNC. I was young at the time, but something in the back of my mind told me that I was not enjoying my time playin. It’s likely the difficulty I chose (I forgot what it was but it felt like any damage was almost an instant kill), but past that, I still felt like something was off. Your comment finally explains it.

[@TheRedKing247]

@@Dr.Oofers Appreciate it! I fixed it, thank you. I get what you mean as it's hard to pin down exactly what feels off considering everything in the game like the graphics, gunplay, animations etc feels competently made but it's the way they're composed and thus paced that is ultimately the issue.

[@-Sheva-]

I also believe that the shadow warrior reboot had a lot of influence on the doom reboot, and helped to shift the direction that the fps genre was heading.

[@4nchoragepingu887]

mutual assistance is good thing no matter how indirect it was

[@jacobwilson989]

That game was pretty good some guys are a bit to spongy though even when doing my best to land crits. By the ship level everything just clicks and the game becomes a ton of fun. Comboing alt fires, magic and sword attacks. Feels a little empty before that though.

[@-Sheva-]

@@jacobwilson989 yeah, I agree. My biggest problem with the game is the really tanky charging enemies. Other than that, the game is pretty consistently good.

[@jimbob6261]

you sir, are a saint. A wolfenstien video thats over an HOUR long! I never thought I would be blessed like this.

[@titansmashproductions5001]

Fun fact when I played New Order and beat deathshead and I saw that grenade it actually triggered an adrenaline response in me that actually slowed my perception of time. It was SO PAINFUL that it didn’t exactly help because it was a scripted video game event but those few seconds straight up felt like a whole minute because my brain was going so fast. I’ve actually been in irl life and death situations and I’ve never had a response as strong as I had in that scene.

[@JudgeCraven]

I remember when Wolfenstein II was announced, I was extremely surprised because I thought BJ died at the end of the new order. That must've been early-mid 2017 but it feels like a lifetime ago.

[@kuattro2689]

Randomly stumbled across this video and it's a masterpiece! Amazing job dude!

[@hexuss5379]

Please do the old blood next I would argue that game was more immersive great video by the way you deserve 1 mil subscribers

[@Proxidist]

The old blood is in this video

[@nomercy8989]

It's insane to think how they completely fucked the reboot series up with the second game.

[@lilwintery6434]

it wasn't that bad imo just not on the masterpiece level the new order is on

[@jacobwilson989]

No, colossus was a stumble. New blood was the grave fell into.

[@kylecrane4855]

@16:34 You can destroy this tripod by shooting it 9 times. I tested it and it's a lot of fun when you shoot and the enemy charges the electric cannon.

[@robertkajor3774]

Lore: when the soldiers arrive at the asylum BJ is at its because they are taking specimens for deathshead (the leautenant says its because they are sub-human and only useful for the experiments), when they are ordered to kill everyone its because they are no longer needed for the experiments, deathshead is finished with his project Edit: the family running the place is destraut that they cant save the patients, all of this is in the cutscene before the gameplay starts

[@dwyerrr]

playing this game rn, glad to see it get love, love from scotland u earned a new sub brother

[@Proxidist]

I just wanna point out that I say something very stupid in this video because of a lack of research, I claim that the nasties were "smarter" hence the more advanced technology. Well, they weren't smarter at all they just took and used Jewish research and tech which is what helped them win the war in the game. Just wanna make this clear now if you're up to that point in the video and are confused.

[@Funko777]

Appreciate the acknowledgement because I was going to say something lol don't wanna be the "atchyually" guy/meme but people don't realize the new order is a direct continuation from the wolfenstien that came out before it (good game, can't remember what's it called and it received mediocre reviews). Pretty sure in that game the nazis get some good tech thus leading to them to have all the crazy stuff we see in New Order Yes, they also stole Jewish tech in the new order but I don't think that was the original thing that gave them a leg up in the prior game. I thought it was some occult shit but I could be wrong. Regardless, the game before directly sets up the new order and the technological advantage which is mildly interesting...i suppose Sounded like you were implying the Germans also had more advanced tech in our reality's WW2 which isn't really true. Except for a few very specific things (V2 rocket prototypes for one). Though their manufacturing was always crap compared to the allies especially once we started bombing their factories daily. They still used horse drawn stuff a lot by 1945, had deteriorating small arms quality in the later years, on top of that they never completed their atomic weapon meaning the allies had a decent technological advantage (and certainly manufacturing ability) throughout the war except for maybe the first few years of German aggression when simply due to them preparing for their invasions

[@JaelaOrdo]

Got New Order and Old Blood on sale in a bundle a while back and still haven’t gotten around to playing them, definitely will check them out after watching this, great video 👍🏾

[@dipshite]

wow what a powerful ending i hope it isnt ruined by a sequel that kills a core chracter for no reason replaces her with a worse one, ruins wyatts chracter adds a bunch of annoying charachters, cant find any direction and suffers from cronich tonal whiplash

[@patchwilliamson]

Sorry it isn't a grim dark depression festival where everyone dies and/or betrays BJ, who also dies because "ThErEs No HoPe!!1!1!1" 🙄

[@dipshite]

@@patchwilliamson i get your point but i think your not getting mine. i dont mind i more light hearted approach but i think it needs to pick between dark and light tone cause it flip flops far to much

[@patchwilliamson]

@@dipshite but thats how life is. Very rarely is any given day entirely one "tone". You can be laughing with friends, then suddenly get the worst news of your life. The entire point of the game is about learning to smile and laugh in the fave of adversity. I honestly feel like most people hating on the game are either edgelords who were upset it was a grimdark nihilism festival, or they just didn't understand the point of the story.

[@dipshite]

@@patchwilliamson true, rareley one day is a single tone but that doesnt applay to the fact one moment it goes from horrify effects of nuclear explosisons to a talk about balls. for certain moments they try cram a joke in when there really shouldnt be

[@tjones9097]

@@dipshiteI mean it’s problematic, but I think they did Wyatt’s character better in this. He’s so traumatised by all the events that have transpired in his life that he turns to drugs. As well as that, Frau Engel is in my opinion is a bigger monster than Deathshead. Deathshead allows you to pick who dies, Engel doesn’t.

[@PeterPan-mv7ht]

abt time someone made a full video essay on wolfenstein. i’ve been waiting too long

[@oldmanonyoutube]

Talking about Halo's two weapon limit (unlike most shooters that let you carry tons of weapons) it reminds me of mods where you can see the weapons on their back. From the 3rd person perspective in another shooter you can see an entire arsenal of weapons from pistols, shotguns, automatic weapons and rocket launchers. It's like they are carrying enough weapons for a small army on their back. It may have been a mod for GTA V now that I think about it.

[@avivchotzen1300]

God man Believe me when I tell you, I can understand how hard it is to set your creation free for the world to appreciate(but mostly judge) Keep it up because even if recognition isn't matching the quality of your content, the quality is unmistakably there buddy.

[@Strk_kng]

The Reboot Series is one of the greatest video game series and stories ever made. I can't wait for what I assume to be the Final Release, number 3, whenever they get to it

[@theforefathersyoutubeschan6906]

I always play my games on the hardest difficulty so I can play the game once and get most of the achievements I find the leaning mechanic in these games to be the Saving grace most of the time, especially against hevay and common Nazi It really allows you to use Everything and anything for covor in the new order. When you're in the submarine. I remember going prone and using the nazi's bodies as cover 10/10

[@4nchoragepingu887]

wait dead body actually helps you take cover??? that is new to me. might give a try in near new playthrough

[@YourMiddleBroPhil]

Love this video. But when you played the hunt showdown death sound... I had a flashback and jumped out of my chair. Love that game

[@Weird12]

This is one of my favourite videos it’s all ways recommended to me.

[@e.c.9468]

All the details, things you can read and see in this game is just incredible

[@Zapods_]

ngl the game is one of my favourites, 2nd is just okay, really good video my dude. Great work, I'm looking forward to more vids 🔥🔥🔥

[@thebestraccoon7569]

Bj is my all time favorite protag as he grows a lot throughout the game and learns to control his anger, and he’s a good husband too!

[@alethalbit]

Man, The Algorithm finally started working. I find more and more criminally underrated channels. The video was absolute fire, love it. Wish you luck

[@nonenothing4412]

Quality content❤

[@TheGamingDefinition]

Outstanding video, 1 hour breezed by

[@whirligig_saw]

you are severely under rated man , i hope you can continue this path as you see fit 💪🏻

[@mr.muffin2415]

Played this game a while ago and loved it Totally forgot about the beginning where you got to choose who dies I think I might have to play It over again to see all what's different

[@taffy3726]

Damn how does this not have more views the video was hilarious

[@TheAdmirableAdmiral]

Thanks for this retrospective. I am halfway through New Colossus now and it just doesn't feel the same. It has the right tone, but it doesn't have the complexity of level design and world building that New Order had. New Order also had the balls to tackle themes like freneology, human experimentation and the fucking death camps. My mouth hit the floor when they started me up in the death camp level. I was shocked they had the balls to do that. Playing New Order gave me a feeling I hadn't felt since Modern Warfare 1 ironically. Both games nailed the pacing of 2 mini climaxes before the finale with fun but lowstakes levels sprinkled in between. Because not every level was a Michael Bay movie, it allowed the player to breath and appreciate the intense moments even more.

[@Faris87767]

this video is truly underrated

[@jasonknoll5170]

Growing up I was both a history and computer nerd. I didn't get to experience wolf 3D during its peak, but it did get my attention when doing research about old FPS games! The new order is the only game in my entire life that I have pre ordered. Not before, not since. I love this game and I'm glad someone is giving it some attention. Thank you for your content!

[@ondrejhajek2338]

One thing I recomend playing this game is to turn on subtitles. Whenever you hear soldiers or npcs talk in other languages there is a lot of world building to be heard.

[@s-man5647]

14:50 awww, you didn't mention that monologue of the pilot going down :( a real tear-jerker, that one. And I think really cemented the tone that the game was going to deliver on. Of a protagonist that could only listen in on the tragedies happening around them.

[@VirtualFunction]

it's so bizarre how they created new order, young blood then decided to flush it all away with new colossus

[@kennypowers1945]

You gotta it wrong lol. It was New order (2014, great game), Old blood (2016 great game), New colossus (2017, great game) and then the dog shit Young blood (2020, bad co op game)

[@simjoy123]

The views to editing & quality of this video doesn’t add up Amazing video essay keep it up !

[@m1co294]

It's often the ones with the lesser views that speak so much facts.

[@sulphuric_glue4468]

I just finished replaying The Old Blood a few days ago and it's honestly nowhere near as good as I remember. It doesn't have as much of an identity crisis as The New Order but I still got the strong feeling that the game didn't know what it was trying to be. On the one hand, ALL of the marketing as well as several core mechanics - such as your decently fast movement, the dual wielding, and the sizeable weapon selection - all pretty much directly tell you that this is an intense, fast-paced, balls-to-the-wall run and gun action game. However, not only does the game open with an extended mandatory stealth sequence after the initial first battle, but - especially on higher difficulties - it very quickly proves that it's actually a slow, often tedious cover shooter where the big difficult arenas consist of picking a good spot and waiting for enemies to come to you. You don't push against enemies - that only leads to death within seconds. Contrary to most other games out there - especially movement-based games - Wolfenstein becomes substantially less fun on higher difficulties because it doesn't let you play in the way that is actually fun. Visually and aesthetically the game is good and its weapons are not boring to use, but the gameplay in the big battles is so tedious and so contrary to everything the game is telling you to expect that I just didn't have very much fun with it. I can appreciate that TNO and TOB were very important for the genre in making the first step towards the heroic resurgence of movement shooters, but it's very obvious that these two games were "the first step".

[@jacobwilson989]

I think they occupy a nice middle ground between classic and realistic shooters. I've beat it on a controller on I am death incarnate while forfeiting stealth entirely. It's hard and it's not doom some sections force you to in cover and you want to back the fuck up from super soldiers. But its still mostly a run and gun shooter at heart but it's also a hitscan based twitch shooter. Basically the nazis die super quick while you die somewhat less super quick. They have one gun you have two. Areas are full of cover but it's best used merely to keep lines of sight off you rather than being huged more like half life than call of duty (or f.e.a.r with two guns instead of slow mo) . You can tear through nazis fast and that's where the combat works best. Tear though them before they get a chance to hitscan you. You can very much run and gun though normal nazis the challenge is not getting surrounded by lines of sight in you're rampage. Some areas are more open and make you use cover more. But most areas especially in the first half work this way. Basically move around, shoot things as soon as you see them, use cover to limit enemy lines of sight being placed on you. The game still pushed aggression more than cover hugging. You only slowly regen a fifth of your health. The only to heal more and faster was with health packs you had to push for. While it also featured health overcharging and armour which encouraged you to keep pushing for health which in turn encouraged you to be more more aggressive in combat to make use of the decreasing bonus healthpoints. So the safest place to be was in combat duel wield mowing down enemies while hovering up health to overcharge yourself. Its not the glory kill out of doom but its a neat mechanic in itself. Enemies like the shotgun guy and supersolder are spongier enemies admittedly. They want you to hit the weak point which is best done with the sniper ADS or not (they can also be dealt with a couple of peak shot rockets for the shotgun guys). The shotgun guys damage can be avoided just by keeping some distance. While the supersoldiers with force you to covershoot. They can be armour striped after a stun from a weak point shot that makes them very susceptible to being spayed to death. Doing this while unmolested by the nazis is a challenge but going so will get you a minigun. I never really used it but it could mow down swarms if you smarter with movement and remember to aim. I actually think wolfenstein 2 fixed some core gameplay problems. You move faster and duel wielding no longer slows you down. While also adding mixing and matching to duel wielding. Duel wielding had no downsides and basically should of been compulsory. Bullet sponges were removed. The supersoldiers were a faster, far more fragile threat that could be took down in a couple of seconds. The actually spongy big robots and panzerhounds had dodgeable attacks that were not hitscan. And had large weakpoints that could be focused on to clip their weapons or briefly stun them. The level design mostly avoided open spaces without cover. Bjs extra fragility was a mistake though. Do or die difficulty is as hard as new orders I am death incarnate difficulty. It basically means you have to play the game a tier lower difficulty than the previous games difficulty. Didn't know why they changed it the previous games where not known for lacking in difficulty. Overall these are run and gun shooters with combat closer to a more aggressive half life than quake. Although to be fair wolfenstein was never quite an arena shooter like doom, quake, unreal or serious sam. The first game was a hitscan based shooter purely about door fighting rather than circle strafing. Return to castle wolfenstein was as much a military shooter medal of honor game as an arena shooter quake game. It had crosshair bloom, stealth, field based multiplayer ect while maintaining speed, lack of ADS and full arsonal of weapons. Wolfenstein 2009 followed the call of duty formula. But with a full arsonal of weapons and some powerful superpowers that let you massacre battalions. The new saga as previously mentioned is a middle ground between classic and realistic. The series as a whole kind of acted as an elixir of life for the genre. Wolf 3d basically made the genre in a fast, simple form everyone could enjoy. Return to castle wolfenstein resurrected it's own series while making way for the dawning military shooter trend. While the new saga lit the triple A spark in resurrecting the arena shooter and paved the way for doom as it had already done in the past. Basically get good

[@doomnationalist]

The video is so well done, I thought the channel had a million subs

[@stormycloud16gamingchannel98]

im so glad someone is praising wolfenstein new order. i was blasting through this game before i watched this video, and i'm on the annoying ass bridge mission. im on the wyatt timeline, and i cant wait to get to the fergus one! this game is actually hella fun, and im also blasting through doom eternal too, but i might play + try to finish doom 2016 before finishing eternal. when i'm done with (100%'ing) new order, i'll move onto old blood and new new colossus! wish me luck bro, and i love your videos!!!❤❤❤

[@Fella-hf3nc]

Good video. I love the Wolfenstein reboot games and they definitely deserve more recognition. And possibly a hot take I actually like these games more than the new Doom games.

[@NoMad.07]

such a great video damn

[@mikeaykut9592]

A 1 hour and 17 minute long video about Wolfenstein with Halo gameplay? This is my kind of review!

[@jacobbwaltonn6158]

nice review man, think i’ll actually install this game and give it a shot now

[@fullauto86]

Oh my god you have too it really is as good as everyone says it is, if you played and liked doom 2016 you need to play new order immediatly lol.

[@patanv]

forgot to say it yesterday but still the video was awesome

[@RedNightFox]

Gotta also mention F.E.A.R. when talking about the best FPS games that made a huge difference.

[@JohnPaul-fx2hj]

As a former Wolfenstein enjoyer. I'm happy that you told people about this. Its nice to see its getting some of the recognition It deserved years ago.

[@amydoesart3724]

"somehow you survived this" is the theme of this entire franchise

[@ModernDefinition1]

The full moon over the graveyard in old blood is my cover picture on PSN. So darkly beautiful.

[@jyotipundirpande9927]

16:32 fun fact you actually CAN destroy that stomper by shooting it in the eye when it is charging .

[@oliverholm3973]

When I played The New Order, I kinda remember it feeling like what the previous generation must have felt with Ocarina of Time. It just felt right. It felt like this is what a game was meant to be. I remember there being quite a few games back then that had me excited, but the industry is in a different place now. Let's work for a better future.

[@Willardbeans00]

definitely played old school Wolfenstein like crazy on da family pc as a kid

[@Pigeonsarecut]

Just gonna say thank you for showing me a masterpiece of a game old blood was beyond enjoyable and it's the only game that I sat through the credits I finished it today and I am speechless how good it is it needs more attention

[@mr.pumpkin8891]

i just started playing this game for the first time this week and its an amazing game

[@BustyCatbot]

38:37 This right here gave me a new appreciation for Wolfenstein: TNO's OST, this fucking song is in 9/8 time signature.

[@mavrick1413]

This definitely deserves way way more views

[@Hansgood]

I like how you replaced the picture to blasko on the news thing

[@gamiezion]

i still wish i had been better able to spread the word about wolfenstein more edit: "i watched all of them grieve in their own way. i nver could. mine would flood oceans"

[@user-wx4wl8tm7q]

Fun fact: I have 158 hours on this game, but I never looked on the details and story behind this game. It is truly magnificent.

[@eM7RON]

I enjoyed the video and agree that the Wolfenstein remakes are hugely underrated. Thanks :) But I wanted to comment on some things mentioned early in the video: there were 4 generations of game consoles before Doom came out on PC. I am not sure it's fair to say consoles went mainstream with the [inferred] release of the Xbox. I love Halo (my favourite game) but you are understating the impact Goldeneye and other earlier FPS had on the console market, which was arguably as big.

[@feasogachsionnach1872]

Wolfenstein the New Order will always hold a special place with me, loved the guns, loved the setting, the missions, I replayed it on Uber difficulty more times than I care to admit XD

[@AIB-xx6bn]

Ngl i think the new order story is better with wyat even tho it doesn't really change much i just feel like it has better setup for the sequal but the sequal i chose fergus because the lazer rifle is so much better than the granade launcher that you get for wyatts storyline

[@4nchoragepingu887]

it shouldve been flamethrower with upgrade to ignore damage reduction from machines with flame going blue.

[@jameswolf3302]

I preffer the dieselkraftwerk over the lazerkraftwerk due to the crowd control potential and due to the fact that i doesn't melt enemy armor, allowing you to pick it up after blowing someone up to bits. You can also hold down the explode button to make them blow up on impact if that's an issue for you. I also preffer it on the harder dificulties beccause instead of charging a lazer for a while to destroy giant machinery, i can just pop up my diesel grenades and blow them all up on those giant robots. I decided to save fergus in my new game on "i am death incarnate" and oh boy, do i miss my dieselkraftwerk, there's so many moments where it would've been a much better choice then it's lazer variant. Impact grenades are so usefull to deal with the enemies.

[@keeb__]

I recommend Jacob Geller's video "Judaism, Whiteness and Wolfenstein" if you want an analysis of the messaging in this incredible series!

[@dovahgoatdragonbear3075]

The prey ost being used halfway through the video surprised me

[@Gator159]

18:58 I had a soft luck bug at this moment and Deathshead's head was staring at me but the walls never actually started to close in so after like 5 minutes of running around I figured out I had to restart a checkpoint lol. Good times

[@clearlywrong6520]

Technically, we've already gone toe to toe with Deathshead before. Twice. But most people would be forgiven for not remembering since RtCW was over a decade prior and Raven's Wolfenstein only recently developed a cult following.

[@goreobsessed2308]

😮i still regularly play shooters of the doom clone era i love the simplicity and speed no idea why so many modern shooters move so slow. So many wads still being made to this day for doom 2

[@RedTheVariant]

thats a really nice touch playing everything will be ok by Mick Gordon always loved Preys OSTs

[@HitachiTRQ-225]

One thing i absolutely loved about Wolfenstein 1 and some parts of Wolfenstein 2 (specifically the roswell mission) was how realistically they portrayed the nazis, the world feels real and as someone who went through a ww2 phase (everyone does lol) i really appreciate the attention to detail of their culture and even listening to conversations of soldiers or in the roswell mission the way they interact with other people just makes them feel (still sinister) real people instead of just mindless robots like most games portray them

[@fuzzyfoodfrenzy]

My friends made fun of me for my ww2 phase 😭

[@HitachiTRQ-225]

@@fuzzyfoodfrenzy if you like studying history we are gonna be best friends man, all i do in my spare time is study research and discuss history with my friends, do you have discord?

[@kylecrane4855]

23:21 In my version of the game, there are boards with descriptions of weapons and upgrades. And you didn't add that the entire chapter even has dialogues in Polish instead of Polish? Polska na propsie !!!

[@Needle736]

I love how this game keeps reminding us how fucking huge and heavy this beast of a man BJ is 😭

[@Profoundkarma2000]

I miss the 2009 Wolfenstein

[@SpringySpring04]

Haven't watched the full video yet, but I am a little sad you didn't mention that The Old Blood seems to have a lot of parallels in environment design, setting, and theme with the older Return to Castle Wolfenstein

[@gomergomez1984]

Thanks for the video, time to revisit wolfenstein… Your right old blood is the best.

[@HandelGothicEnjoyer]

The world building in New Order is fantastic. The space museum really impressed me. I love how the enemy’s gear evolves as the story progresses I love how much depth BJ gets without ever even needing a backstory I love how the Jews have ancient tech because it’s cool I love how deep the personalities and motivations are for the villains I could go on

[@epicdude3659]

16:36 You can actually take that thing down by the way, if you wait until its about to fire at you, that front laser opens up, and you can fire an artillery shell in there, destroying it.

[@carlosalvaradochavez6365]

Just as I finished the new order, I find this video, perfect timing