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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig
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It's a matter of aim precision, lack of feedback, low HP, inability to react really quickly. The game doesn't do a lot to let you know you're in trouble until you hit 10HP, at which point you might as well be dead.
It's no fun to struggle and barely make it through a firefight, only to have some single random dude pop you out of nowhere and send you all the way back to a checkpoint that was 5 minutes ago. It really feels like the game was built with QuickSave/QuickLoad spamming in mind. Trying to use the checkpoint system is awful. While the console versions do allow you to save/load anywhere, doing so is a lot more cumbersome.
Does this game even have any mandatory boss fights? As far as I can tell, it's possibly to run past or otherwise avoid almost every major encounter.
I was kinda surprised, since The New Order had at least a couple memorable boss battles. In TNC they just spawn a giant robot every now and again but if you don't feel like beating it then you can just run along.
Is it my headset or the game has audio sync issues on the ps4. I know people complained about this on TNO too but I never faced a problem.
The biggest culprit for me isnt even the gun sounds, it's the melee kills. They sound like a dainty tap on the head most of the time.
Weird. I had a lot of issues with the sound in The New Order but this game sounds fine to me. I'm using surround headphones and changed the game settings to stereo or something.
You can get through the first game very quickly and easily if you play on the lowest difficulty, like if you just want to see the main story. And it's quite fun on easy too.
Good idea! I always forget to think about easy mode as an option to get through a game fast.
But first I gotta keep going on mario :)
I did already buy W2 to support the dev.
Just had to force myself to stop playing. 11 hours today. GOTY
Everything that made The New Order great, made great-er. Story as good as ever, and brilliant twists and turns. I was fooled into thinking the game was getting to the home stretch 7 hours in (which felt way too early) but thankfully it was just starting to kick into overdrive
I appreciate that they really chilled out with the bullet sponge enemies. Definitely start getting heavily armored enemies as you get deeper in but it's not as bad as the first game
Occasionally you'll get a frustrating checkpoint in a kill room where you're just constantly getting zapped, which can be pretty miserable, but eventually you get good and figure it out. I do wish they wouldn't have cut health, even at 100 you get shredded quick
Everything that made The New Order great, made great-er. Story as good as ever, and brilliant twists and turns. I was fooled into thinking the game was getting to the home stretch 7 hours in (which felt way too early) but thankfully it was just starting to kick into overdrive
I appreciate that they really chilled out with the bullet sponge enemies. Definitely start getting heavily armored enemies as you get deeper in but it's not as bad as the first game
Occasionally you'll get a frustrating checkpoint in a kill room where you're just constantly getting zapped, which can be pretty miserable, but eventually you get good and figure it out. I do wish they wouldn't have cut health, even at 100 you get shredded quick
I almost feel like it's required to shoot using hipfire or something, because ADS in this game is atrocious.
The good news is the regular AR is disgustingly powerful in its sniper configuration in hipfire from basically any range.
If you're close enough you can get the icon to throw it back, I think that's it outside of red flashing
Auzgezeichnet OT! Ich habe endlich dieses Spiel gestartet. Die idTech 6 Eingine ist einfach wunderschöne.
Alright seriously. Only just had time to do the first couple levels but man, that DOOM engine. I guess Wolfenstein has the same advantages going for it -- its level design and mechanics don't really demand any especially hardware-intensive tasks compared to say, an open-world game (I guess I need to check out Evil Within 2 to see how that handles it). I'm just trying to wrap my head around how DOOM and this can look so good and run so smoothly at the same time.
Just the first two levels already reveal a pretty ingeniously designed game. I'm shocked at how well the initial wheelchair section plays. Definitely a much better opening than the first game. And twice already have I gotten new tools that the game instantly uses for new gameplay possibilities.
Cut scenes so far might be a bit excessive with the characterization though. I though the very beginning too a tad bit too long before it let you play, and I don't know if the very first reveal of
Alright seriously. Only just had time to do the first couple levels but man, that DOOM engine. I guess Wolfenstein has the same advantages going for it -- its level design and mechanics don't really demand any especially hardware-intensive tasks compared to say, an open-world game (I guess I need to check out Evil Within 2 to see how that handles it). I'm just trying to wrap my head around how DOOM and this can look so good and run so smoothly at the same time.
Just the first two levels already reveal a pretty ingeniously designed game. I'm shocked at how well the initial wheelchair section plays. Definitely a much better opening than the first game. And twice already have I gotten new tools that the game instantly uses for new gameplay possibilities.
Cut scenes so far might be a bit excessive with the characterization though. I though the very beginning too a tad bit too long before it let you play, and I don't know if the very first reveal of
Engel's daughter was necessary. The second scene with her kinda delivers the same information, but whatever.
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i did that by accident once. i guess it's not that big of a deal since they don't seem to throw that many. unless they do on harder difficulties.
Yeah agree. Probably most of the quirks are more on the minor side, but it can be annoying.
Things are going more smoothly now than earlier in the game, but still, eh. This game is still fantastic in most other ways however.
This is driving me crazy but where can I find maria and deliver this damn letter.
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I can't quite put my finger on it, but something about this game is throwing me off. I'm still relatively early though, maybe I just need to get used to it.
Also, maybe it is the 50 starting health and no real indicator when you are about to die.
Also, maybe it is the 50 starting health and no real indicator when you are about to die.
There are officers in the districts. Keep visiting they'll keep spawning.
I had to really lower the sensitivity on the PS4 for it to feel alright.
Just beat it. It's late at night so I'm not going to type too much, but that was pretty much exactly what I wanted from this game. I do see some of the gameplay issues and I died a fair number of times on Do or Die! but I was able to get through it without lowering the difficulty. Now I might set it to easy to do some of the post game stuff until I get bored.
I love how cinematic a lot of the cut scenes are. I wonder if the director/team in that area of machine games used to work in film or something.
I love how cinematic a lot of the cut scenes are. I wonder if the director/team in that area of machine games used to work in film or something.
Whoo. This game's a lot harder than TNO and Old Blood. I'm on Death Incarnate and it's a lot harder than Insane was in the first game. It's also a lot harder to stealth kill through encounters so far. Maybe it's cause I'm stuck at 50 health. Are there no health upgrades in this game? Just got to
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I would maybe start on the default and see how you get on. You can change in the options at any point.
Glad to hear they can keep up with TNO storywise. Remember how suprised everyone was with the story in a Wolfenstein game.
Would you recommend replaying the old blood DLC or isn't it referenced at all in this one?
Last question: any more throwbacks to Wolfenstein 3D like the dream sequences in TNO and TOB?
Definitely. It was the same way in TNO, but I played that on PC and so it wasn't really an issue. Playing NC on PS4 and it's kind of bugging me. When playing shooters with fumblesticks I really prefer using my sights.
I've seen some weird syncing issues once or twice on PS4 but nothing major. It does take you out of the moment a bit.
The New Order was surprisingly well written and acted, but The New Colossus is actually some masterclass stuff. I find myself looking forward more to the scenes and interactions between the levels than all the Nazi killing, which is still fun as hell of course. Lots of humor, some very on point social commentary, and legit heart-wrenching scenes with Anya and BJ.
It's so weird that a game about futuristic retro Nazi slaying, featuring robot attack dogs and bionic power suits, has a better crafted story than 90% of the games I've ever played
It's so weird that a game about futuristic retro Nazi slaying, featuring robot attack dogs and bionic power suits, has a better crafted story than 90% of the games I've ever played
So I've finished the first chapter and the first hub section and I have to say that the game plays exactly like TNO for me (finished Old Blood a couple of weeks ago so memories are still fresh), it just feels more expansive. But so far so good. Lighting and graphics are off the charts of course, especially given very good performance.
What I really want is an immersive sim in this universe. Something akin to Dishonored but that's not happening... sigh.
What I really want is an immersive sim in this universe. Something akin to Dishonored but that's not happening... sigh.
As someone who is interested in getting this, is it worth playing through the first one first, or will I get a general idea of what is going on through the second one?
Just finished the game...I'm really surprised that it ended up being a little bit disappointing. I feel like they left a lot of plotlines hanging and the game ended at what I felt to be the mid/late game. I also didn't care for a lot of the combat encounters (played on Do or Die). With the combination of commanders being a thousand miles away, bad feedback on taking damage, bad checkpoint, the AWFUL knockdown mechanic that had me falling on my ass until I was dead multiple times, it ended up being closer to the Old Blood in terms of quality. I'll likely give it another playthrough with Wyatt but we will see if I'm able to get through it.
The graphics, gunplay, voice work, the tone and the cutscenes were all goddamn fantastic though.
The graphics, gunplay, voice work, the tone and the cutscenes were all goddamn fantastic though.
The game starts with a "previously in Wolfenstein - The New Order" that gives the very high notes, but you might want to find a YouTube supercut of the cutscenes to get a deeper idea of characters motivations. It skips some moments from the first game that I thought should have been in there.
You'll get a recap of the first game (but not the Old Blood expansion), but honestly I would suggest playing The New Order. It is really fantastic in its own right. It's only an 8 hour game or so, and it is pretty cheap by now. I think you'd be doing yourself a favor by playing it first. There's a lot of interpersonal relationship stuff that you just don't get informed of through a recap, stuff that makes the personal interactions in this game better, and yeah this is actually an FPS with a story worth paying attention to :)
Just finished it in one sitting. 11 hours.
7/10
You playing on easy? Because late game it's 100% necessary.
7/10
You playing on easy? Because late game it's 100% necessary.
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It's a huge must on harder difficulties. I didn't really need it until late game on Insane in the first one, but I already needed it in the first levels in this one. You'll just get torn apart without that double damage killing enemies before they can fire at you whenever you're stuck in the open. You can also fire the other gun while reloading one which can be a life saver.
Seriously one of the most frustrating games in recent memory.
The lack of feedback when being hit is just awful. Serious oversight by MachineGames. Even when you feel prepared for a firefight, it just takes looking the wrong direction once to die. The aiming is sloppy. Weapons feel punishing to the player while enemies feel like a bullet sponge.
The game is pretty. The story is great, but all that is thrown out with the game being so frustrating to play. This is especially frustrating after how awesome DOOM (2016) was. Bethesda should have known better.
The lack of feedback when being hit is just awful. Serious oversight by MachineGames. Even when you feel prepared for a firefight, it just takes looking the wrong direction once to die. The aiming is sloppy. Weapons feel punishing to the player while enemies feel like a bullet sponge.
The game is pretty. The story is great, but all that is thrown out with the game being so frustrating to play. This is especially frustrating after how awesome DOOM (2016) was. Bethesda should have known better.
Jesus, I just hit what I can only assume everyone is referring to as "that part". What an emotional roller coaster those couple of scenes were.
Have to say I agree with the lack of hit detection being a nuisance, but then again I'm also playing on the lowest difficulty for the sake of my horrid stealth skills. What a game though, as someone who loved The New Order I am ridiculously satisfied.
That death got me good. I figured his ridiculous action movie aspirations would lead to a comedic version of it not working out, but good lord, what a way to continue establishing a villain.
Have to say I agree with the lack of hit detection being a nuisance, but then again I'm also playing on the lowest difficulty for the sake of my horrid stealth skills. What a game though, as someone who loved The New Order I am ridiculously satisfied.