Double the nazis
The New Order is REALLY good. The game is very cinematic, since in-between shootouts you get quite a few cutscenes, and this game is very gritty and edgy... but also 90s dumb, which is why the main protagonist, BJ Blazcowicz kept all his HUGE muscles after spending 14 months as a vegetable. And the plot and the characters are very weird mix of 90s humor, like a character with a dented head that can only say Max Hass, as well as gratuitous sex scenes, but mixed with a very, very bleak setting in which Germany won the second world war. I gotta say, I didn't expect to, but I really fell in love with the supporting cast. Your allies are a likeable bunch, and the villains are disgusting and deadly, so watching them fall is all the sweeter.
Gameplay is very fast-paced, albeit not as much as Doom. You can peak behind cover while holding down L1, and stealth is a valid approach to various encounters. The weaponry feels very powerful, so watching enemies explode into pools of blood is very satisfying. Fulfilling certain challenges("KIll X amount of enemies while peeking under cover", "Stealth Kill X amount of commanders") grants you permanent buffs, which is a great way to encourage you to try different stuff and reward you for it.
The Old Blood does away with most of cinematic elements, most but not all, and has more emphasis on the shooting. It plays basically the same, but stealth is more necessary than before, for certain sections at least, but you also get new weapons to slaughter your enemies with. It's a bit harder than before, some enemy waves can feel endless, and the final boss is very cheap, but it's still a good game, even if not as memorable as the original.
Wolfenstein is another knockout for Bethesda, no doubt about it. Both games are REALLY good, having very satisfying gameplay, and in the case of the first one, a very interesting plot too. It's so good I'm playing The New Colossus right now!
8.5
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