Wolfenstein: The New Order's Story Doesn't Seem Throwaway

played this at a expo, for better or wors this game kind of doesnt hold your hands at all like modern shooters where its very guided

@humanity: I like the way you think. Yeah, the way Dishonored succeeded in embodying the player was one of the best achievements of that game. And yeah, developers of first (and maybe third) person shooters should definitely find a way to move away from the more or less lineair corridor structure.

At any rate, I hope this game will be at least competent.

" I'm a happy man, you see?! :) " I'm happy as well. Good trailer! Hope the game will be successful.

The story looks cool. Hopefully the gameplay holds up.

I think if they did some sort of cross-over in terms of gameplay with a game like Dishonored albeit with an emphasis on combat rather than stealth that could be a good way to liven up the FPS genre. Gameplay where you're very much aware of your own body in first person, something that Starbreeze excels at, but it's a lot more dynamic in level traversal.

For me the worst part about shooters is that you're basically going down linear halfways mowing down grunts. It's Left-trigger-Right-trigger because all other controls are really secondary. If they can change that, add more dynamic movement, that could be cool.

Maybe someday. I do agree all the story tidbits have actually gotten my attention and now I'm actually curious to play the where, whereas a few months ago I also thought "well, just another shooter."

At first I thought they had misspelled "Juni" as Juni is Swedish for June (them being Swedish developers and all.). Then I checked and "Juni" and "August" is actually the German spelling. Nice touch.

Of course, I agree. And that wrapper does get me interested. I just hope there is enough there -- either in the story or in the gameplay -- to fulfil the potential that is obviously present.

You can't change the shooting part of a shooter. They seemed to have went to great lengths changing up and refining the wrapper around it though.

Start calling him deaths smiley face and he will get along with you better.

man i'm gonna be so disappointed if this sucks. looks like a starbreeze-ass starbreeze game (a good thing, of course).

I have a bad feeling that the songs in these trailers won't be in the actual game. "Nowhere to Run" is perfect for this.

I really, really like the style of this.

Expecting too much from a game story can be dangerous. Seriously, though, looks good from the trailer. I'm just worried about a more serious tone leading to even greater dissonance between story and gameplay. Seems to be a common theme in games today.

I agree. I actually think that Bethesda, Zenimax whatever you call them have one of the best marketing departments around. they are really good a creating a tone for the world. I remember right before Fallout 3 came out, Games were just popping back on my radar after like 6-7 years. When I started seeing the FO3 marketing with the goofy ads from the weird retro future, I had no idea what it was, but it had me really interested in what that game was. Few months later I picked it up and was completely hooked on gaming again.

I also really liked the previous Wolfenstein trailer on the train, if the game holds the same tone as the trailers suggest, it could be pretty entertaining.

I disliked the part where it seemed like a generic first-person shooter.

Looks pretty good.

Though I don't seem to care at all.

I'm a total sucker for alt-history stuff, so even if the gameplay is iffy I'm all over this.

The trailer treatment of this game is great. Pretty pessimistic about the game though.

Surprised this was the turning point for interesting Patrick. :p

I mean, the game has looked great from day one, from both from a gameplay and story perspective. Anyone who has fond memories about the glory days of the big single player FPS should already be fully 'psyched' about this.

Then again, that's my personal bias talking. Yet to play a Wolfenstein I've not thoroughly enjoyed!

This does look pretty awesome. Good to see the creatives behind two of my fave games, The Darkness and Riddick, getting to do more sophisticated single player experiences on this production value scale.

@tjuk: That reflects great on you as a person. It would reflect poorly if you said you wanted to go back in time, give him some one-on-one therapy and help him get through his suicidal tendencies.

Hold on...checking my hype meter....

Yep totally hyped for this.

Also,F--- Wolfenstien 2009

That's it. I'm on board the Hype train

Great trailer. It is a shame the gameplay looked like a total and utter crap.

This looks really promising, i didn't expect that.

I know it doesn't reflect well on me as a person, but I really hope I get to kill Hitler in this game. Like really shoot his face to pieces. Inglorious Basterds style.

Dr. House in an exoskeleton? I'm in. (1 min 41 s)

More concerned about this "DOOM beta" than Wolfenstein New Order that's for sure.

If all else fails, we at least had some good trailers.

Hold on, this looks fuckin' awesome!

I am interested in this, though ultimately it is going to be something that's only about the single player and I can't justify $60 for that.

This better be good.

Not dissapointed.