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Wolfenstein: Youngblood (PC)

This game is the worst. I just powered through it because I just wanted something that wasn't a dungeon. I didn't think there was going to be a worse execution of FPS Open World than Shadow Warrior 2, but at least in that game it was "fair". This game tests you through weird design choices. Checkpoint starvation. Lack of an actual map. Crappy story. I mean, its killing nazis. How can you fuck that up. They were trying to go for some kind of depth at the beginning but it just spoiled itself by the end. The very 2nd major cutscene of the game and I could already smell the twist a mile away.

I think I read somewhere that MachineGames only bought the Wolfenstein license but didn't really care for the lore much. The New Order was where they just dumped all their amazing ideas. Then the rest were just standard crap as far as I'm concerned. And it's kinda sad because artistically and conceptually, they shine. The collectibles and aesthetics taking us into a nazi-dominated europe was still there, just as it had been in the previous games. But other than that, the game is mired by foolishness; trying to mess with a formula that works and making everything way more complicated than it should be.

It appears that Devolver Digital has learned their lesson as Shadow Warrior 3 is going back to that linear arcadey style the first one was known for. I wonder if Machine can do the same with Wolfenstein 3 and stop wasting time with these experimental spin-offs.

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