Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus review: An absurd, morbid, maniacal performance

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus's interpretation of violence is exaggerated to the point of whimsical. Beyond the "Tuk-tuk-tuk" blasts, every villain in this game is a maniac who acts out of his mind and delights in seeking pure blood. They would laugh and cut off the limbs and heads of those who resisted, and then tremble and thrill at it. But in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, the villain who does this is a graying, wrinkly, old woman. When this contrast is repeated throughout the game, the player will deeply feel that Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus depicts a frightening, completely unimaginable world in reality.

In the world view, you can see the bold imagination of the producers. The Nazis had advanced technology, overwhelmed the rebels, occupied the United States, and turned New York, Washington, and other places into a pile of ruins. Soldiers dressed in heavy mechs, the mind is completely reduced to killing machines. But in its gory scenes, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus often brings out the oldest, most murderous and torturous methods.

For example, with advanced drones, lasers, and heavy machinery, the opponent still has to personally cut off the limbs of the characters with a long axe covered in red paint. And by the end of the game, the game will even make you feel that the close-up of the characters' bloody and mutilated bodies is like a child's play that the producers will never tire of. So much so that by the end of the story, the game's setting is completely playing with the rather serious subject of life, and there is no reason left, and all that is left is crazy catharsis.

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a closed card game with a more linear map, but the map design of Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is much more open than that of the Call of Duty campaign series. Most of the time, the player's path through the level is not fixed.

Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus has a strong emphasis on toughness, emphasizing "tuk-tuk," but it also supports stealth, and at high difficulty, stealth can almost be said to be necessary.

In addition to regular Nazi soldiers with different weapons and strengths, officers are occasionally placed inside the game. They are weak, have no armor, and only have a portable pistol, but if the player catches their attention, they will immediately sound the alarm, call in reinforcements, and encircle the player, and the difficulty will increase dramatically, and the player can easily be trapped in this situation.

The level map of the game is more three-dimensional, accessible in all directions, and most locations have no flipping restrictions. Therefore, when players try to sneak close to each other to assassinate, they can try to find the right path, rather than simply observing the other side's movement in a place to wait for the opportunity. In addition, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus has some elements of player interaction with the map path. For example, a giant axe is used to pry open a tightly sealed entrance, and an ultra-hot diesel gun is used to detonate the iron sheet and open a new path. On the one hand, this adds a lot of exploration to Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, while also giving players some room to think tactically.

Oh, and the stealth assassination in this work is one of the most blatant. Close behind each other, and then the protagonist will suddenly take out a long axe, hard to embed each other's body, blood everywhere, the method is particularly cruel.

Regardless of stealth, "Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus" in the shooting feel of the creation, is also excellent. It does not have too many varied weapons, what AK47, MP4 stream, is a few use experience of very high degree of difference in rifles, micro submachine guns, pistols, and heavy firepower of diesel guns and so on. The shape of each gun seems to directly expose the most cold and greasy gun god, rusty and scratched, and the fire is fierce, striking, and full of bloody romance. At the same time, you can do what Rambo did, hold both submachine guns, and pull the trigger of both guns at the same time to maximize the violence.

Players don't have to worry about bullets either. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus takes a more classical approach to FPS resource gathering. Scattered throughout the map are ammo for different guns, medical kits, armor packs, and more. Players can easily grab a lot of ammunition from enemies. At the same time, even if the ammunition may be short, the protagonist's ability to fight near the same time is very considerable, the lethality of the long axe is no less than the hot weapon firearms. In addition, when using the axe, the player can also have closer contact with the Nazi blood, and the sensory stimulation will be more intense.

For example, when high-power weapons such as diesel guns and lasers cause explosions, the heat wave at the tipping point, as well as the visible smoke constantly rising into the air, all enhance the rendering and depiction of the degree of violence in disguise. The overall feeling of the game is that under the high repression of technology and the totalitarian system, violence has become the only outlet for people to vent.

In addition to weapons, the player also has a heavy mech equivalent to the Nazi side. With these mechs, the player is no longer using the physical body to resist heat weapons, and the survival ability of the character will be greatly improved. At the same time, there are different types of mecha, and the playing experience and fighting style they bring to the player will be very different.

In addition to fighting, "Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus" also arranges some warm levels to allow players to explore the resistance camp of the protagonist's line of people, as well as dialogue and interaction with partners, etc., in order to complement the world view of "Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus" and various anti-ethical technology Settings. In addition, the game also inserts flashbacks in many chapters to help players clarify the context of the series story, and a more comprehensive and three-dimensional view of the past of the protagonists and other people. For the player's play experience, this is also a bit of appropriate adjustment in the "Tuk-tuk".

But Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is still dominated by absurdist, almost morbidly violent villain acts, with plenty of dark comedy in between. Its battles are not of a modern, exacting, and outrageously detailed professional genre, but rather of a brazen release in the violent friction and collision of steel. At the same time, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus also provides the player with several mechanisms to explore the map repeatedly, such as side lines that can only be opened after collecting relevant clues. These will encourage the player to explore new ways to achieve goals as they become more familiar with the map. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus has no weaknesses, at least when compared to FPS games of the same period.