Just played some of the prologue from Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. I like that they had you start the game taking out Nazis while sitting in a wheelchair michael-laugh

It’s probably too early to judge, but I got to the part where BJ surrenders to Engel and my immediate kneejerk reaction is that the game’s tone feels much more silly than The New Order’s. Granted, TNO was already pretty silly- the game featured a fucking Nazi Moon base after all, but it treated its world and characters mostly seriously

Engel was already a ridiculously exaggerated Nazi caricature before but here she’s a completely unhinged cartoon character. She was creepy and insidious in TNO but now she’s just really annoying, and her weird antics kind of rob Caroline’s death of its impact. Engel picks up Caroline’s head and makes kissy faces with it first at BJ and then at her comically fat and inept daughter that she’s constantly berating for being overweight even in the middle of this military operation, shoving the head in her crotch at one point. I’m guessing the daughter’s joining the resistance and getting a redemption arc

Gonna continue the game and see how it develops later, but first impressions are a bit mixed

  • rake_in_lake [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 days ago

    You’re spot on about the goofy tone of the game. That being said I did find the game to be overall more memorable because of that. Also, many of the gameplay mechanics are more fun, if somewhat under explored. If you can tolerate the sheer over the top story then it really is a good step from the first game.

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      13·
      6 days ago

      I guess my issue is that the story and writing were unexpectedly my favourite things in TNO. I thought they struck a really nice balance between seriousness vs the inherently ridiculous dieselpunk Nazi robot alternate history premise and I wanted more of that. I specifically liked that the Nazi villains in TNO weren’t written to be too wacky or comedic which made defeating them feel much more satisfying