Wolfenstein: The New Order

anya r so tweakin in this game, also the supersoldat r ridiculously op

Good FPS campaign game. I think it could have used a auto pickup for health and ammo as well as some more upgrades for the weapons, of which there could have been one or two more to fill other niches. I guess it was somewhat short but with my want for more upgrades and weapons a shorter run time made those problems less impactful. 7.5/10

Wolfensteiin: The New Order is my first game that I played in the Wolfenstein series and I enjoyed it a lot. The story was pretty good but unique because of course "What if the Nazis won World War II?" is one hell of question that people at some point in their history lesson must have thought of. The thing is that in this game Nazi's didn't just win the war they completely obliterated it and the world was in complete order,, other than few people of the resistance and our MC, the man, the myth, the legend, the one man army fighting the Goliath... William Joseph "B.J." Blazkowicz, his character showed depth through out the game,, he lost his brothers-in-arms, his 14 years in a hospital in a vegetative state and the moment we step into the world, it has been portrayed beautifully, the world-building in this game was truly fantastical. Also this game is a classic fps game so you shoot a lot with a mix of stealth and so the different weapons this game provided was a nice touch, they also keep upgrading through out your progression in the game and they get more sort of crazy.

The best part of this game was the "DUAL-WIELDING" which didn't only look cool but also felt cool while shooting, as I am just thrashing anyone in my sight, and you can dual wield any gun not just the AR but the shotguns too. This game has got good story which advances at a decent rate and won't feel lengthy or all over the place. It has got good graphics you can still enjoy this game and won't feel any type of lag or stutter. Overall the game's environment, plot and cinematic cut-scenes are all good and that is all someone needs to try this game. Also this game is treat for "Mecha" lovers because Nazi's have created machines that you typically see in movies like Star Wars.
8/10

Peak single player first person shooter experience. Of course it’s a series that needs no introduction but The New Order is a great game nonetheless. Well crafted campaign, tons of shooting, a good variety of weapons, stealth is optional and a welcoming addition to tackle the encounters. The story isn’t anything to boast about but it’s executed well and the characters feel diversified enough. Oh and you get to shoot nazis

I’m currently working on the 100% achievement run for Wolfenstein: The New Order, and even though I haven’t completed everything yet, I can confidently say this game is an absolute gem.

The story is gripping from the start – a dark, alternate history where the Nazis won WWII, and you step into the boots of B.J. Blazkowicz to fight back against a brutal regime. The characters are surprisingly deep, and the narrative is packed with emotional moments, intense action, and just the right amount of sci-fi weirdness to keep things exciting.

Gameplay-wise, the mechanics are incredibly smooth. The gunplay feels weighty and satisfying, stealth and action are both viable options, and the dual-wielding feature is pure chaos in the best way. The level design encourages exploration, and the upgrade system adds a nice layer of progression. There’s also a ton of hidden lore and collectibles that make replaying the game feel rewarding – perfect for an achievement run.

Even though I’m still busy grinding out all the achievements, The New Order has already left a strong impression on me. If you enjoy fast-paced shooters with a powerful narrative, this one's definitely worth picking up.

I bounced off of this game at first, but once I was a few hours in I got hooked. Really nice gunplay and general combat. The story and pacing was also surprisingly good. I highly recommend it.

For a game made a over a decade ago, it holds up well. The visuals and cutscenes really sell the scope of the world in shambles. The story is really good and the villains were menacing. It was fun using the different variety of weapons to take down the enemy. The lore and the evil schemes were a real treat to explore. Music was great too. r

NEAGATIVES

Even on normal mode, you just get pinned down and killed within seconds. Enemies don't have a cool down so if you're in the open, you're instantly gonna die. Another negative are the boss fights. You just get obliterated as soon as the level starts

An old game played when it first released on the playstation. Still looks and plays great on the PC. You can't beat old school Nazi killing.

I love the Wolfenstein Series. This series I can come back to over and over again. Especially recently its fun factor has raised even more. I recommend this to those that love a challenging FPS with a great story. Plus you can play some of the original game for fun which is always a plus.

Very fun game and offers a good challenge, if your someone who's a fan of killing Nazis then this game is for you

Like other negative reviews stated, this is half a good game. First half is great, the environment design is spot on, the castle is a joy to explore for example, you have a choice of which playstyle you like more, the stealth elements I enjoyed very much, being able to silently take down enemies as an occasional alternative to a full head on assault sure is nice. The perk system with unlocking bonuses by completing challenges deserved some more love though, it's a good idea that keeps you engaged and invested in how you choose to approach disposing off enemies, but it begs a few redesigns, especially which challenges unlock which bonuses, and would benefit from better buffs for mid game+.

The second half however is terrible, it went bad so fast I just dropped it. I played on one difficulty below hardest, and the first half felt challenging at times, sometimes hard, but doable. The second half ramps up the difficulty, but in all the wrong ways. First signs of trouble begin with the mission where you're supposed to break out the resistance guys. First half of the mission feel like a half-assed attempt at a mandatory stealth mission, except not really, if you're spotted nothing really happens, but you only have ONE knife, and 0 throwing knives, and having almost maxxed out the stealth/knife perk tree at this point it was disappointing. The prison levels felt very lame, like for example there was this courtyard with passages and chainlinked fence which you can cut through, but a few meters further you can just walk through. There are turrets but they are randomly placed and easily avoided. But if the game was just slowly started circling the drain, the second half of this mission pushes the flush button all the way down. The moment you get a gun, you now have to go down a spiral stairway while constantly being shot at from lower levels. It is difficult to spot and aim in there, and the cover is slim to none, so you constantly lose health, and your only strategy is just camp shoot the creeps one by one, ducking prone between shots. This is also the point where the game starts throwing tankier enemies at you that ignore headshots and eat a shotgun clip point blank before going down, which is lame. Oh you don't like that? Tough luck, because there are only going to be more of them down the line. After that, every level is a boring but tedious arena shootout, where enemies just spawn around you, there is no good cover, and they spam you with grenades if you don't move constantly. Either that or a spiral/snake stairs, where you get shot from below/above, and feels like a chore. The sound design is also half-done, as it's impossible to use sound cues to tell the enemies location even if they're shooting at you! Also remember how I said that in the prison level it was difficult to aim? That was peanuts, the moon level colors and lighting make it impossible to parse the silhouettes, it all blends into a muddy darkish brown vomit.

One last thing, there are a few interactive cutscenes or level sections which I believe shouldn't be interactive at all. One crappy example is the evil frau Whats-her-name on the train. The fake choice is what pisses me off. It's essentially a "guess what the dev wants you to do" game. Every other choice is irrelevant or wrong, you die, and start again. What's the point? Why do I have to repeat the whole thing again? And this isn't the Skyrim cheap fake choice either, where the illusion of choice only costs the developer one extra voiceless text dialog choice, and one extra voiced npc reaction, this is an interactive cutscene, with custom scripting, voice lines and animations, why waste all this effort and budget for a non-choice that feels lame? And why instakill the player for that matter if you decide to grab the gun? Sure there's a huge robot in there, but couldn't you at least give the player the satisfaction of killing the bastards in front of view and go down fighting, instead of meekly slumping down like a sad sack of fertilizer?

So anyway, enjoy the first half, but you can drop it at or after the prison level, as it's only downhill from there.

[UPD] Forgot to mention, this game is a huge pain in the ass to set up for comfortable PC gaming on a modern system. You only need to take one look at the length of its pcgamingwiki entry to see that you're in for a fun hour of tweaking and fixing stupid issues. Consolified up to its neck, bugged af, fps locked, all logic tied to fps so unlocking above 90 introduces more bugs, unskippable lengthy logos, its a technical disaster. And even after all the tweaking, it still somehow manages to bring fps down to single digits in certain firefights for a couple of seconds, which often end up with you dead.

This is the new style of Wolfenstein and it is glorious. With great graphics, sound, story and game-play this game is amazing. Plenty of bad guys to slaughter.

Wolfenstein is a thrilling first-person shooter set in an alternate reality of World War II.

The game boasts a multitude of strengths, including its musical score, visual design, cinematic sequences, characters, and more. However, it also has some drawbacks, but they are not significant.

After a decade, I revisited this game.
Even after all these years, I enjoyed the game and went through it in one go.

Unfortunately, there are very few games that can really attract your attention right now.

A masterclass in reviving an old FPS franchise and upgrading it for the modern era!

I really enjoyed the weapon feel and variety, perk system, plethora of hidden secrets, and the alternating (optional) stealth and action segments. I even found myself caring about the band of resistance fighters rallying around BJ.

So good. The gunplay is some of the best I've ever experienced in a game. Plus the story is great with some absolutely incredible feature film level cinematics. Obviously the plot does not live up to like a Bioshock game, but it does make some really inspired choices. Making William a poet is actually genius and is what separates this games protagonist from any other "buff man with a gun" shooter.

Also really enjoyed the perk system. Such a refreshing take on upgrading that I hope the series continues with.

This game had so much potential. Simple mechanics of navigating the debris and landscape is janke.

i was so ready for this to be another corny but fun FPS campaign but it got me INVESTED!

great writing, good art/design too honestly, but my favourite... the characters! especially the female characters. so refreshing to see smart female side characters with their own motives and history that aren't just used as a device to make the male protagonist appear more heroic.

there's a lot i can say about this game, but just play it. it's a bit of a shorter campaign than i'm used to, but i'm not complaining - took about 15 hours on medium difficulty (i'm pretty sure a third of that was spent tryna fight the final boss though... iykyk, wtf was that). super fun gameplay, love that you can stealth or go in guns blazing.

one of the best $5 i've ever spent, PLAY IT!

really fun if you like first person shooters

certainly above average despite being buggy (bethesda game) and the gameplay at times being genuinely awful (bethesda game)

If you have a new gen computer like me there isn't any way to avoid screen tears except to minimize the game's window, which is a nuisance.
Anyway, slaughtering Nazis is pretty fun in this somewhat silly action-packed story. It scratches an old alt history itch of mine and didn't disappoint much. The scenarios can be funny. Overall pretty fun as someone who tends not to play shooters. Looking forward to the sequel.

Enjoyable. I played the entire game on 'I AM DEATH INCARNATE!' until the final mission. I couldn't beat the final boss until lowering the difficulty by one. I'm such a wee coward fer that, but who cares. The game was fun either way!

Good graphics, good game play

Good story like it but not the ending but nothing that was bad tbh

Great game. Great story, good gameplay, good enough graphics, quite good music. Can recommend.

I don't like shooter games, but I really loved this one. There's something about drowning a Naz1 in his own piss that brings a smile to my face, even all these years later. Completely recommended.

This game is so cool. By far the best FPS I've played, everything was perfect.

Good game! It still holds up well in 2025, if you can ignore some odd texture blurring and iffy models here and there. It was a 20-hour campaign well-spent.

I'm probably dating myself here, but the original Wolfenstein 3D was one of my very first two DOS games (the other being Prince of Persia), and I enjoyed the small nods to the original here (including a full level recreated as a "nightmare" easter egg!) In terms of gameplay, this is a well-balanced shooter, though I think I liked regular gunfights against large groups of enemies as opposed to either the stealth segments or boss fights. Like any true Wolfenstein game, it's still at its best when you're laying waste to hordes of Nazi soldiers, without it all feeling too easy or too hard.

The story is good - not great, but given the over-the-top setting and concept, I was sufficiently impressed that the more serious character moments consistently hit. There are some good dramatic moments, some good quiet moments, and some honestly fair reflections on why one fights Nazis to begin with. In this day and age, it's good to come back to a game that knows who the bad guys you need to shoot are.

Okay, okay. So you put a Nazi on the Moon. Fuck you, Moon.
Such a good game, definitely recommend

Very nice FPS experience, love how the gun feels and how smooth it is to slain enemies. This game also has a very creative use of your camera, making you sit in uncomfortable positions and make difficult choices.

A game about killing the kinds of people that used to know how to build cars, unlike these new electric ones.

This is in all honesty one of the best games I’ve ever played. The story is beautiful, the atmosphere is unforgettable, and the gameplay is fantastic. The ending cutscene is the greatest moment I’ve ever seen in a video game.

I have an undying love for this game.

Beautiful game, I rarely play shooters because of the gore and violence, but this felt more like a cleaning simulator. It did not feel too violent to play as you're not killing humans.

TOP 10 GAMES this was the first game i played on my xbox one, i was like 7 and a little stupid i remember the game being stupid difficult, however ive since returned and my first playthrough on pc i beat it on UBER with zero difficulty and feel awesome, the literal only complain i have with this game is that its locked to 60, im normally super picky with fps in games but i couldnt even tell it was locked to 60

the story is also extremely enjoyable

---{Graphics}---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ Atari

---{Gameplay}---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch video instead
☐ Just don't

---{Audio}---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ I'm now deaf
☐ My ears bleeding

---{Audience}---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ All

---{PC Requirements}---
☐ Toast Machine
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich
☐ Nasa

---{Difficulity}---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{Grind}---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isnt necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You‘ll need a second life for grinding

---{Story}---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ Better than your life

---{Game Time}---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ Infinity

---{Price}---
☐ It’s free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{Bugs}---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ Cyberbug 2077

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A fun B-movie nazi-killing action romp with some genuine emotion. Graphics and gameplay still hold up well enough in 2025, some possible triggers for war-based PTSD, but in the current political climate the reminder that nazis are evil is nice in itself.

Well, this game feels like it's truly a game of its time, as the themes, dialogue, and things that happen feel out of the norm for nowadays games. I liked that, it wasn't afraid to say or show things that could be deemed 'offensive' or too brutal now or whatever.

There are two highlights in this game, first, the combat and by extension, the maps, and item collecting, it's pretty fun. The combat wheel isn't the greatest but it will do. The laser weapon is sick and probably too strong but considering what you are up against, it's only fair to wield such a machine.

The second highlight is the characters. To be honest with you, I didn't expect to feel attached or to feel any sort of admiration or liking for any character in a game where you shoot nazis. I expected it to be run-of-the-mill gun go brrr but fortunately, I was wrong. There are quite a few nice moments in there and in the little time spent in that world, the game manages to tie you into everyone's own stories and make you care for them. Character, heroism, and self-sacrifice.

My favorite part was probably, and spoilers ahead, the underwater occult stuff, I loved it.

All in all, this is a solid, fun shooter that will surprise you with the lengths some people will go to when they are fighting for what they believe in, on both sides.

TLDR: If you like fast-paced shooters, and a great story, characters, voice acting & audio design to go along with it then this if for you. iDTech 5 is a bit of a pain and it might not run as well as it should – but it’s absolutely worth it. It has become one of my fav FPS ever in one single playthrough. Strongly recommended!

Make no mistake: although this is MachineGames’s first outing, the studios was founded on the ashes of Starbreeze Studios – responsible for the Riddick games & The Darkness. Both are FPS games with a very interesting and unique take on the genre. They’re no rookies. Lemme tell you: this is a cult classic in the making.

Wolfenstein: The New Order does exactly what you think it would: you basically shoot nazis for 14-16h often with extreme prejudice. The gameplay, and most importantly, gunplay shares a lot with Starbreeze’s previous games – expect way faster. By extension, TNO also has decent stealth mechanics which allow you to approach a fight in a couple different ways, it almost feels like an immersive sim at times.

TNO also shares a lot of qualities with Doom 2016 – not just because they’re both iD franchises mind you: they’re both incredibly fun, they’re both “boomer shooters”, they both share a composer (The now legendary Mick Gordon) and they’re both a successful reinvention of their respective franchise.

I’m gonna say it like it is though: I enjoyed the hell out of Doom 2016, but in my opinion The New Order just did it better, hands down.
The reason being that I did not expect a Wolfenstein game to have a great story. I did not expect to actually care about its characters. I did not expect it to be thoughtful, let alone thought-provoking. Doom 2016 on the other hand played it safe, and its narrative is a joke. Don’t even get me started on Eternal that tries to do more or less the same thing as TNO narrative-wise, and fails spectacularly.

Simply put, Wolfenstein: The New Order is an absolute banger – amazing gameplay, story, characters, writing, music & sound design, voice acting... The whole nine yards.

There is but one blemish: the iDTech 5 engine. It looks good for the most part, but iDTech 5 is known for its very own technical quirks and TNO sadly suffers quite a bit from those. I could not achieve a stable 2160p60 on a 5800X3D & 3060ti, though I later upgraded to a 3080ti that can do it no problem. iDTech 5’s Megatextures are also on the menu, and if you’ve played Rage then you know what it means – texture pop-in is unavoidable.

I only jumped into the “new” Wolf games recently, and I can safely say that I’ve been missing out for just about ten years. This is now one of my favourite FPS games ever.
If you like Starbreeze previous games, alternate-history, fast-paced shooters and/or a good story to go along with your Nazi-killing – give it a shot. Very strongly recommended!

Great game with good mechanics! didn't come across any glitches per se too!! It has a very engrossing story line with the alternative history aspect. Cudos to the creators :D

Just replay the last mission on Uber and do everything else on the lowest difficulty if you really want it easy
(I did it on death incarnate cause I'm that good B))

This is one of my favorite games ever. The story is fantastic and the music is awesome. I loved every heartbreaking scene and some of my favorite videogame character are in here.

Had to beat the whole game in one sitting because when i tried to exit, the game called me a coward! :'(

I played this back when it came out expecting it to be an exciting and fast-paced shooter with pulpy writing. While I certainly got that, I was also surprised by some pretty deep characters and slick cutscene direction that fully won me over.

Fast forward almost 10 years later and after the release of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, I remembered that I still hadn't played the New Colossus and only had vague memories of really liking New Order, so I figured I would replay this one. Wouldn't you know it: it owns bones.

If you have V-Sync issues, I believe I ended up having to force it on my GPU to get it to work, though I would look for a better community guide/forum that can explain it better. Other than that it ran perfectly.

Interesting twist on WW2 history, but a fun run and gun game.

This game understands how to make you care about the people in it. That also means that the villains are genuinely horrifying, with a personal connection between Blasko and Totenkopf.
The former keeps returning to what the latter did to him in his mind. The light inside is gone. He doesn't enjoy what he does. He barely seems to let the real world into his articulated thoughts, which crumble into ever shorter cryptic soundbytes, trying to make sense of what he's lived through, and failing. He's becoming a corpse animated by routine.
That's where the people in the resistance come in. Anya is the central figure making him believe that there could be a life worth feeling, but every one of them has a story trying to find warmth in a cold world, and that's what binds them. You really feel that in their Kreisau hideout.
None of this overstays its welcome or gets in the way of fun. The story is a great motivating factor for the action.

If you only have the time for one Wolfenstein, this is the one to play.

The game features a very dynamic gameplay set in a dystopian world ruled by Nazis. Combat feels very fast and the battles are often quite hard, possibly forcing you to die and respawn a few times before you get through a level on normal difficulty. Shouldn't be surprising, since you're literally one man against a whole army of Nazis (with superior technology on top of that). I would say the visuals are pretty solid, without causing any significant performance issues. Of course, there's a lot of blood and gore displayed on the screen. The soundtrack fits the game greatly. And the story, it is just as dynamic as the gameplay. You play as an American soldier/spy known as B.J Blazkowicz, who falls in coma during one of his battles with Nazi soldiers. Many years later he wakes up and realizes the world is now ruled by a cruel Nazi regime and thus, he decides to fight again, the same way he did before his accident. All in all, I think it's a solid game that I would recommend.

Went in to this with no expectations other than being able to kill some nazis. I got to kill lots of em. Graphics hold up okay, nothing special. Gunplay is extremely fluid and keeps you going at the enemy. Pretty linear gameplay, but ultimately a nice change of pace in 2025 where everything feels like an unfinished indie game. This one feels polished, AAA, and a decent story for once. Definitely interested in the rest in the series.

Extremely satisfying shooter with great writing on top of it. A few problems here and there and the higher difficulties just make you take more damage, but nonetheless it's great. Blaskowicz is a relatable protag even though at first he comes off as just another bland shooter main character.

This game offers a number of innovative solutions for dealing with fascists in situations of high conflict.

Solid shooter, got that old boomer shooter feel with better graphics and a wacky as hell but fun story.

It gets surprisingly emotional at times in the story. Gunplay is fun, game does drag a bit long for my taste, for shooters I typically like a solid 10 hours, this went a bit beyond that, but that's not a huge issue was still very enjoyable.

At $20 very much worth the pick up but often goes on sales it seems.

Recommended ✅ | 9/10

Wolfenstein: The New Order is a masterpiece of storytelling, action, and world-building. MachineGames successfully revitalized the legendary franchise, blending intense FPS gameplay with a gripping, emotional narrative.

What makes it great?
✔️ Engaging Story – A compelling alternate history where the Nazis won WWII, featuring well-developed characters and deep emotional moments.
✔️ Fluid Gameplay – A perfect mix of stealth and high-octane gunplay, with satisfying weapons and brutal takedowns.
✔️ Memorable Characters – B.J. Blazkowicz isn’t just a one-man army; he’s a complex protagonist with depth. The supporting cast is also excellent.
✔️ Fantastic Level Design – From bombed-out cities to moon bases, every environment feels unique and immersive.
✔️ Great Soundtrack – A mix of eerie, atmospheric tracks and adrenaline-pumping combat music.

If you love FPS games with a strong narrative and rewarding gameplay, Wolfenstein: The New Order is a must-play. One of the best shooters of its generation! 🔥💥