This isn't my personal favorite moment but I am surprised no one mentioned it before me (unless I missed it) but the scene where you meet the preacher and BJ drinks himself into a blackout while having a shouting match about how these two characters are justifying their place in the war. Meanwhile, everyone else is killing the Nazis that are storming their fort except for a smooth talking buff black man playing jazz clarinet. That whole scene is just *pinches fingers to my lips and kisses* muah!

But out of the ones listed above it has to be the execution scene. Once the cutscene ends and you have to choose your upgrade I had to put the controller down and take a minute to process what the fuck just happened. Very few times have I had to do that with anything let alone a video game. Holly shit. The audition stuff was also fantastic but it's that execution scene that already had me going "okay, this game can and will do anything" and boy does it.

Did anyone else love that whole scene where Super Spesh was acting as your lawyer? He’s an awesome character and that scene is hilarious, but I think the way it sets up your expectations for a great escape only to have him get unceremoniously shot in the head from off screen is so shocking and brilliant. That death really felt like it came straight out of a Tarantino or Scorsese film.

Most dictators tend to be. The problem here was more that I didn't believe for a second that this is the mastermind behind taking over Germany and then the world. I though about it a bit more after writing that first post and I guess that's one of the points of the scene. There were and are people who lead the armies, strategize and make the insane sack of shit's insane ideas happen. Killing him at that point of the games timeline wouldn't stop the invasion or change the world and would have felt more like doing the nazis a favor, so passing the chance to kill him and going for Frau Engel instead doesn't feel like a waste.

I enjoyed that scene and kicking the sack of shit in the face so this was just nitpicking on my part.

It's a toss-up between the audition and the execution. I haven't quite finished the game, but I just can't imagine being so shellshocked by another moment in the game the way I was with either of these two. I happened to be somewhat spoiled by an errant Polygon article on the decapitation thing, so the moment I saw the cat-monkey I did the mental math. The audition completely blindsided me, by comparison.

Wolfenstein 2 isn't just flash, though. A lot of the game's little moments get a ton of memorable play too. I really, really appreciate the creativity on display here.

I didn't find myself enjoying any of these moments all that much. Most of them were very passive and and I don't have a huge attachment to the characters, so watching these scenes unfold wasn't particularly interesting. I thought the execution scene could have been fantastic and dark and a huge risk. But games don't really take risk like that. They never really intended to kill their protagonist but for a second I believed they had the balls to go there.

@moderatetrouble: I also felt an incredible sense of apprehension and anxiety in the moments leading to killing Engel. She and Deathshead seemed to have a penchant for getting the drop on BJ in the previous game and I thought I was leading BJ into another trap. In my mind, I figured at least one person would've gotten word out to her that the flying fortress was taken over.

At the very least, I was half expecting Wyatt to get shot during his speech.

The Hitler scene was just fantastic. Purposely flubbing lines and seeing BJ struggle to say "I will ripe your peach" was great.

I'd have to say that my second favorite moment that's actually a series of moments is anything involving Max Hass. Seeing how brilliant he is despite his difficulties was amazing.

Topless grenade Anya. Machine Games' vision of Wolfenstein has always been pulpy and grindhouse inspired. I read Anya as Delacroix's depiction of Liberty through this lens.

Riding the fire breathing robot dog was pretty fun, but aside from the feeling of unleashing William's inner cowboy, it wasn't really cool symbolism.

The Anya moment was all the best pulpiness, rediculousness, and thoughtfulness of Wolfenstein in a single moment.

It was awesome, stupid, funny, badass, and depicted both love and hate, all at once.

I liked how they made Hitler a absolute lunatic but they maybe went a bit over board with him pissing him self and puking and stuff. It feels unnecessary. Yes he's sick probably prostate cancer or something dumb like that but i feel they could have made it more subtle. I still think the Resurrection of BJ is like the peak of that story and a big jaw dropping moment for me.

Man, riding the robot dog was super fucking satisfying.

Specifically from the Hitler scene though (which was so fucking good, right down to them asking you to remember lines and then showing you the most insane shit, completely throwing you off (but then giving BJ the most dumbass lines like some Yakuza shit was also pretty great)), it'd definitely be immediately killing Hitler the moment you get control, and the achievement popping. Like, no hesitation, no thinking about it, just "well ya, of course I'm gonna go straight to kill Hitler."

I really enjoy the stuff with Sigrun, Grace talking about New York getting nuked, and drinking with Horton.

Also, and it's a tiny moment, but the New York crocodile legit scared the fuck outta me.

When the game first came out YouTube decided to recommend videos that had a thumbnail of Engel holding Caroline's head (and also one titled "head transplant scene" smh), but I quickly looked away and thought it was Anya's and was dreading her dying the whole game. Then she didn't and it was great! I already figured Caroline would die, but thought Engel decapitating your friends throughout the game would be a thing. Anyways, glad it wasn't. Great game.

The whole time where you are a prisoner is great. Super Sesh's final scene is fantastic. Mock trial and a shootout that I didn't clue into being a dream sequence until I thought, "wait, why am I able to run around?"

The childhood home stuff is near the top. Just walking around, then the confrontation with his father into a really cool fight sequence.

But the sequence at Roswell belongs in the discussion. You got Klansmen walking around, running the place. You walk by a white dude with the job to push Nazi propaganda and he has the nerve to tell you he's "with you". Yeah, sure you are dude. A V-Day parade and all the side conversations going on.

Meeting Grace and having a resistance force that is nearly 100% PoC and her being very clear why that is.

BJ and Horton's argument when you first make contact with his group.

And the party scene was just a great way to enjoy all these amazing characters together before the game ends. Even Max is really well done and lovable, which is a character that could have easily been done wrong.

But boy do they give you an ending thud with that credits song. Woofa doofa.

I don't know if I was just tired or some textures just didn't load, but I couldn't for the life of me determine why Anya removed her top during her big moment. Even after reading the descriptions here, I'm still not sure I understand it totally.

Regardless, the audition was the best part. That scene did such a great job of straddling the line between hilarious and terrifying; I haven't seen something like that since the Arkham series' Joker performances.

My runner-up is the party scene. What a weird way to lead in to the final mission.

Ok, Here's my argument for Anya's topless murder frenzy.

Anya is set up as BJ's rock. She's his reason to keep going. She's bearing his children. She's immediately set up as not only BJ's reason to keep fighting, but his weakness.

Then she goes on a mission with you and goes off on her own for long period of time and a cutscene starts with her pushing you out of danger.

EVERY video game I've ever played has taught me this is where Anya dies and she becomes the fuel for BJ's revenge rampage in act III. Which is a lazy approach to character relationships.

Not only does the game refute that, it does so in the most ludicrous, insane way imaginable. She murders and entire goddamn room of Nazis and grins down at you, topless, pregnant, and blood-soaked.

That utter defiance of the trope is why I love that moment.

The party had me in stitches laughing. Don't think I've ever lost it to something in a video game that much. Lots of good moments though. I never got to see any Wyatt-tripping though.

Probably have to go with the first one tbh haha

This is going to sound pretentious, but my absolute favorite moment wasn't actually a moment at all - it felt like, to me, the whole game was ramping up to something horrible happening to Anya, and for that to not happen was a cool thing. That a goddamn shooter has me invested in a relationship between two ludicrously over-the-top characters is a pretty special thing, and it might be a first in the genre for me.