Each location is pretty run-down and dreary, as to be expected from a nation forced into submission, but they’re littered with readable bits and pieces that give life to their otherwise lifeless streets and it makes exploration worthwhile. The journey takes players on a journey through underground Nazi facilities, an irradiated New York that would fit well into the Fallout universe, a walled-off New Orleans ghetto and a couple of locations that make The New Order seem down to earth. All of this helps to create a much more believable world with which players want to get involved and return liberty. On the other hand, listening in on occupying troops discussing their commonalities with members of the Ku Klux Klan during a Nazi parade in Roswell is a chilling, if not thought-provoking encounter. The crew of the Eva's Hammer speaks out about the loss of loved ones and their homelands, as well as their hopes for the future. While not as fully fleshed out the main cast, they do have some great incidental dialogue. Then there's the wonderfully sadistic General Engel, the game's main antagonist, who steals the show in almost every scene she is in.Įven side characters in the non-combat areas are engaging to hear.
Each is flawed in their own way, having lived through an occupation lasting over 10 years, and yet they’ve managed to survive and cobble together some sort of resistance. Each one is brought to life with well-rounded back-stories, such as Horton Boone who's a self proclaimed preacher, drunkard, communist and man of the people whose ideals aren't in line with the America we know today, but are certainly better than the Nazi alternative. The duality of the laugh-out-loud moments juxtaposed against scenes of horrific cruelty isn't jarring either, thanks to the exceptionally well written and acted characters that inhabit the world. For the most part it is handled very tactfully, addressing the nature of these horrors and the impact of them in a way that is effectual but never feeling tacked on just for the sake of depicting something cruel. Despite the ridiculousness, it is also balanced by much darker themes like racism, homophobia, child abuse and levels of cruelty that border on the obscene, but still manage to feel real to some extent.
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Wolfenstein II starts as it means to go on, delivering a plot that is full of ridiculous twists, turns, fake-outs and moments that will make players scratch their heads and ask themselves if they really just saw that, constantly upping the ante in ways that most would deem implausible, if not completely unbelievable. Blazkowicz has to take the fight back to them and take the war to the Nazi-occupied United States.
Despite their best efforts to stay hidden, Eva's Hammer, the commandeered U-Boat that the Kreisau Circle is using as their base of operations, has been discovered and is under attack by Nazi forces. His injuries resulted in him falling into a five-month coma, requiring some pretty invasive surgery in order to survive and leaving him unable to move unaided. Passing in and out of consciousness, we see scenes of his comrades doing everything in their power to save their friend, while also visiting moments of Blazkowicz's abusive childhood. The diminutive buttons of the Switch controllers may take some getting used to though, either in tablet form or using the Joy-Cons independently.Wolfenstein II opens immediately after the conclusion of The New Order, with William J Blazkowicz near death from the wounds he received taking down Deathshead. This can actually prove more accurate than merely using the thumbstick, allowing you to quickly target enemies with a twitch of the wrist. While it lacks on the optics, the Switch version actually benefits from a few modifications that are unique to the platform, such as using the Joy-Con controllers for motion assisted aiming and controls. Weapons still have a nice weight and sense of recoil to them – particularly the heavier, lumbering ones such as the LaserKraftWerk, which causes every step you take feel like an effort but makes up for it with a devastating stream of Nazi-incinerating plasma when fired. Wolfenstein II remains a prime example of brutal Nazi-exterminating fun, with all its insane weaponry, versatile mix of melee, range, and stealth combat, and over the top powers. Thankfully, the visual trade off doesn't impact much on how the game plays.
The Switch version actually benefits from a few modifications that are unique to the platform.
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