[LkMax]

K100, on 07 March 2015 - 01:53 PM, said:

New gameplay: http://www.twitch.tv...844019?t=20m41s

Nice throwback !

I'm tired of the sexism in videogames! Hurrr
Male protagonists are depicted as very strong and sexy, and barely use clothes! Durr
How are we male gamers supposed to live to those impossible standards! Hurrr
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[Richard Shead]

^ I don't get it...I was referring to the real-life plausibility of a guy involved in a 1 vs 100s battle with nary of shred of external physical- i.e. non-organic- protection between him and the thousand of rounds inevitably coming his way.

What you brought up is a whole other issue. It's one things to have say, a beach ball video game, where no real danger is present and have the characters be scantily clad in addition to being ridiculously proportioned. But with BJ it also makes no sense from a practical standpoint...

[HulkNukem]

Duke Rocks, on 08 March 2015 - 08:48 AM, said:

^ I don't get it...I was referring to the real-life plausibility of a guy involved in a 1 vs 100s battle with nary of shred of external physical- i.e. non-organic- protection between him and the thousand of rounds inevitably coming his way.

What you brought up is a whole other issue. It's one things to have say, a beach ball video game, where no real danger is present and have the characters be scantily clad in addition to being ridiculously proportioned. But with BJ it also makes no sense from a practical standpoint...

A shirt isn't going to give you anymore protection than being shirtless would

This isn't suppose to be a game you take serious; the tone of the story might be gritty, but the gameplay is more focused on being fun than being realistic. You can dual wield giant automatic shotguns for instance, something I bet hardly any humans could even pick up let alone run around gunning with them.

At least they have medkits in this game so you can know BJ gets wounded and patches them up, unlike in other games where you get shot and seemingly you just put your thumb in your mouth and try to exhale and all the bullets in you just pop out as you regenerate any damage Wolverine style.

[K100]

Duke Rocks, you can say this about almost every video game characters. Duke Nukem, Max Payne, Serious Sam...

There is a reason why he is shirtless in a part of the game:

Spoiler

He got captured in castle Wolfenstein in the first story, and he have to escape.

You can see him fully clothed in the cover art and in some part of the first trailer.

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[LkMax]

Duke Rocks, on 08 March 2015 - 08:48 AM, said:

^ I don't get it...

I was just poking fun at the SJWs, not at you.
The image is a nice throwback indeed.

[Micky C]

K100, on 08 March 2015 - 09:55 AM, said:

You can see him fully clothed in the cover art and in some part of the first trailer.

*Picture*

Holy crap, what's up with that wood texture? I didn't realize this was 2007.

I also wish BJ didn't have such a bland expression in that shirtless nazi-kicking picture. The original had much more character.

[LkMax]

That's iD Tech 5, have you played Rage?
Even with the texture pop-in fixed, this is extremely evident on the trophy room and some interior levels. O__<

[Tea Monster]

The reason he is so ripped is that he has to carry that huge arsenal of metal weaponry around everywhere.

[Duke of Hazzard]

Well, it's a game where cyberdogs exist. The robliefeldification of BJ is my least concern.

[Daedolon]

So he's left-handed?

[Outtagum]

Daedolon, on 10 March 2015 - 02:33 AM, said:

So he's left-handed?

He's ambidextrous.

[Lunick]

You can pre-order on Steam if you want now http://store.steampo...com/app/350080/

Not me though.



Thanks Bethesda

[Mr. Tibbs]

Lunick, on 16 March 2015 - 07:26 PM, said:

You can pre-order on Steam if you want now http://store.steampo...com/app/350080/

Not me though.



Thanks Bethesda

Yeah... Regional pricing is BS. GMG has a better deal, not that I'll be hoping on board, since I didn't particularly care for The New Order.

[Lunick]

GreenManGaming is amazing.

[X-Vector]

Lunick, on 16 March 2015 - 07:26 PM, said:

Thanks Bethesda

Don't know what on earth is going on there, the Dutch Steam store lists the game at the same €19.99 price (bundled with TNO for €40.99) as GMG.
Is this normal for Ozzie Steam?

[Lunick]

X-Vector, on 17 March 2015 - 01:27 AM, said:

Don't know what on earth is going on there, the Dutch Steam store lists the game at the same €19.99 price (bundled with TNO for €40.99) as GMG.
Is this normal for Ozzie Steam?

It depends on the publisher but usually this happens with big ones like Bethesda or Gearbox. GMG usually lists a much fair price like:

[Rapture Rising]

Lunick, on 16 March 2015 - 07:34 PM, said:

GreenManGaming is amazing.

That is where i bought my copy from, with their (at the time) 23% discount code, i got TOB for about $15, with the Aussie dollar exchange rate was just over $20.

[Max Payne]

I can't wait for this I was so shocked when I saw another Wolfenstein. You see this right here shows you how fucked up some classic games are. They did this without wiping there asses with razor blades. It's not the freaking hard to put out games of classic gaming heroes. Well it is if you over think them but that's when the razor blading comes in xD.

[Tea Monster]

You have absolutely no clue how much goes into making a modern shooter.

[HulkNukem]

Comes out in a couple hours, already have it pre loaded and ready to go.
It apparently has 9 levels and also includes

Spoiler

the entire first episode of Wolfenstein 3D

I've tried to avoid video of this for fear of stuff getting ruined and that it might be short, but that spoiler was plastered all over a headline in a game website. I really hate when journalists decide to just throw a spoiler in the title, it gives no fair warning and before you know it you just read something you didn't want to know.
Anywho, really stoked this.

[Tea Monster]

Counting down.

[HulkNukem]

Somewhat of a review based on the first half of it.
If you enjoyed the combat in The New Order but hated all the cutscenes and fetch quest levels, you should enjoy The Old Blood a lot more.
I played from the prologue chapter and just started on chapter 4, and only the first level had non-combat. Otherwise, they are straight up point A to point B style of levels with enemies that need to be killed inbetween. There are a number of new weapons and some of the under used weapons from TNO are used (like double barrel and WWII machine guns) and even has some new perks, and you are never in short supply of ammo for every single weapon. Some levels let you keep all your current gear when you move to the next, and even when they take your stuff away, you typically get it all back within a few minutes anyway. They are all also pretty fun to use. In TNO, I pretty much stuck to the assault rifle or silenced pistol for stealth most of the time and would choose something else if the occasion called for it, but in TOB, I find I'm using everything all the time.
Each level has about 3 or 4 main sections to them, and each one can be done stealthily (killing the commander guys that call in reinforcements if they are alerted) I understand why they did this, because it means if you mess up in one section you can still go stealthily in the next section, but it gets a bit tiring after you just finished a huge long section in all stealth to be asked to do it again. You can run around guns blazing ofcourse, but there's a few perks you need to be stealthy to unlock. In TNO, every other level was a slower paced story section. In TOB, the action almost never lets up, and it gets a little over bearing.
It also has some new lighting, which is rather nice. When you've been firing the turret minigun for a bit the barrel heats up and glows orange, and the area around it also lights up and glows. Its a neat touch.
Finally, there are collectibles to find, and also new challenge missions. I haven't played them yet as you unlock them during the campaign, but I'm assuming these are survival type levels. The game really seems to have more replay value than TNO did.

Overall so far I'm enjoying it, it's definitely a more action focused game than TNO was and still just as fun, just really exhausting.

[Player Lin]

I only hate its buggy engine(poping textures, my eye hurts since the game's resolution locked at 1280x960 on fullscreen/windowed fullscreen for no reasons in my end, and Steam's F12 do nothing but BLACK SCREEN)...and of course, the goddamn checkpoint saving system... but yes, I still very like TOB, feel like some Wolf3D, RTCW and new FPS all mixed together.

This time's super secret level is more interesting than TNO one...I think.

[MetHy]

It's out already? I'll check it out, eventually

[Mr. Tibbs]

Adrian Chmielarz, the creator of Painkiller and Bulletstorm, tore The Old Blood to pieces.

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Finished #WolfensteinTheOldBlood. Sadly, for me, one of the worst games I have played in the last few years. YMMV, of course. The game is like a boring, tired, unaware parody of a corridor shooter. It pains me to say so, as #WolfensteinTheNewOrder was brilliant.

https://twitter.com/...867662711496704
https://twitter.com/...867691362783232

Reviews seem to be lower than the New Order, too. Lots of 7/10's. I guess the Doom reboot is Bethesda's last shot at creating a shooter that's decent?

[----]

I must say that the reviews I read are right.

Gameplay somehow isn't good or memorable. ALthough there are not the tiresome sections of "get object A from room X and then room Y and then room Z because we let you wander around the base to lebgthen gameplay" and the story is actually focused on one thing instead of 4 lose ends that never have any impact on the outcome and are dead ends, i forgot about the experience within 30 minutes.

And since I don't want to reinstall THe New Order I cannot say why exactly I found the gameplay and gunfights worse than in TNO. I found them tiresome and boring, but reviews seem to indicate I am not alone with this.

[The Commander]

Am I the only one who is enjoying it then?

[Tea Monster]

I'm liking it. I've not played too far in though.

[HulkNukem]

I enjoyed it. Will play it again sometime soon, but like I said, the gameplay itself becomes exhausting.

[Player Lin]

Completed the game last night...for some reasons, I think TOB is much more like a CoD:MW/CoD:BO clone, especially the challenge mode(but with Campaign's segments)...still like it but feel shame, compare with TNO...

Spoiler

Even the final part of storyline and the final BOSS are interesting but the battle is shitty as hell...really, deal with both Nazis and BOSS the same time is fun?? I'm not sure...

(Yes, I know those respawning Nazis can be use to distribute the BOSS's attacks.)