Wolfenstein: The New Order
We all know how Wolfenstein games work by now. You find guns and you shoot Nazis. That’s basically the formula. It’s a simple one that has proven pretty effective.
So it’s kind of remarkable that Wolfenstein: The New Order managed to weave a startlingly effective story into the mix. William “BJ” Blaskowicz is no longer just the furtive face at the bottom of the screen, he’s a veteran suffering from a traumatic brain injury he got while assaulting a Nazi stronghold in the alt-history version of WWII. Coming to in a rest home in Poland in 1960, Blaskowicz finds a world completely ruled by the Nazis, which he quickly determines is just not cricket.
We know how things go from there, but it’s a fantastic ride the whole way through that’s bolstered by a really outstanding cast of characters.
