Wolfenstein: The New Order Reviews

Wolfenstein: The New Order is ranked in the 86th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
9.2 / 10.0
Aug 1, 2015

A fantastic yet violent romp through an alternate history as narrated by BJ Blazkowicz. It shows us what a linear FPS can be like if made properly. It still amazes and wows with it's fantastic gameplay and marvelous story.

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91 / 100
May 19, 2014

This visually remarkable game features memorable characters, a terrific soundtrack and frantically entertaining gameplay. Wolfenstein: The New Order is hard to put down and for good reason – it simply kicks ass.

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9 / 10
May 19, 2014

The best Wolfenstein game ever made and one of the best single-player shooters for years, with a brave attempt to tackle serious issues and still have fun at the same time.

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Polygon
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
May 19, 2014

The New Order's got all the workings of a classic shooter. But in their trip back to the well, Machine Games has brought all of its talents to bear. The New Order is held together, even rocketed beyond the basic sum of its smart levels and effective mechanics by its characters. That humanity takes what would be a good shooter and makes it something truly memorable.

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May 19, 2014

Wolfenstein: The New Order is a shining example of how to revitalize an old-school franchise. Its alternate history of World War II with the Nazis coming out on top is both far-fetched and over-the-top, but it keeps it grounded by being an extremely fun shooter, having a compelling story with well-developed characters, and a main protagonist who you'll truly care about to the end.

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Jun 4, 2014

Action-packed and full of heart, "Wolfenstein: The New Order" is the storied series' most memorable installment yet.

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90 / 100
May 19, 2014

I'm surprised at just how much MachineGames has done to bring the Wolfenstein franchise into a new generation. Balanced gameplay, a memorable story, characters with depth, and more than two dozen hours of content scratch a shooter itch that has been long dormant. Wolfenstein: The New Order delivers an experience well beyond my expectations, elevating this venerable series not only into a new generation, but raising the bar for story-driven shooters as a whole. Well done, MachineGames, well done indeed.

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9 / 10.0
May 28, 2014

A clever, tightly constructed shooter which unfortunately struggles with franchise baggage. Someone should give MachineGames a real World War game to build.

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9 / 10
Nov 8, 2019

Wolfenstein is a masterpiece of its genre. It does good shooting men. But it’s more than that, it’s an effortlessly melancholy adventure that doesn’t drown in its own bombast. It’s like finding out that a superstar footballer is a poet, or finding your dog pressing flowers. It’s a game with hidden depths that you’re invited to explore, but ones that never overshadow the thing it’s best at.

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9 / 10
May 28, 2014

Overall though, the game is solid. It has fun gameplay, an excellent story that maintains the Wolfenstein mystique, and at least some additional replay value. Fans of the series will certainly enjoy the game and I feel certain that newcomers will enjoy the change of pace from games like Call of Duty. While there is no multiplayer for the game, the single-player is more than enough to hold players' attention and keep them entertained.

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9 / 10
May 23, 2014

Wolfenstein: The New Order is a fantastic first person shooter that manages to provide a classical experience without feeling archaic and dated.

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GRYOnline.pl
Hed
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
May 23, 2014

In Wolfenstein: The New Order there is tactics, exploration and freedom – things from which modern shooters weaned us. To be humorous, it can be said that it is a corridor shooter, in which the corridors are very wide and full of nooks and crannies.

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The Digital Fix
Luciano Howard
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
May 27, 2014

Wolfenstein: The New Order is the latest in a long line of historically relevant shooters. It doesn't disappoint. Everything you would want from a Wolfenstein game is here, plus more. It's a good looking, incredibly fun old-school shooter. The gameplay is furious, fun and responsive, with the characters full and engaging and B.J. himself being an absolute blast as much as he ever has been. The story is one you'll want to see to the end and have reason to keep playing. Even when you know everything the game has to offer it's nice making the Nazis go boom once more. This is the best single-player shooter on the current generation of consoles, and is more fun than much of what has come out in the past few years all told. It might not be technically the best, but it's more enjoyable than anything since Modern Warfare, or perhaps even the first time we returned to Castle Wolfenstein.

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9 / 10.0
Jun 2, 2014

…killing scores upon scores of Nazis with a big smile on one's face continues to be Wolfenstein's raison d'être…

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Game Debate
Joffy S
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
May 27, 2014

Wolfenstein: The New Order is an FPS tour de force that is absolutely essential to fans of the genre. What it lacks in multiplayer it more than delivers in singleplayer, offering up a lengthy, engaging and dramatic campaign that continues to best itself throughout its duration. Like a parting shot from yesteryear it's unashamedly old-school and offers practically nothing new, but when the whole package is this cohesive it can be difficult to complain.

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May 26, 2014

Machine Games has taken an aged franchise and brought it into the current world of gaming, yet they've done so without compromising the core tenets that are at the heart of Wolfenstein's identity. As competent as it is a shooter, The New Order elevates itself from your standard run-and-gun action game by crafting a world that is actually worth caring about, and it's done so with a level of confidence that is worthy of commendation.

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90 / 100
May 25, 2014

Out of nowhere, MachineGames have turned up to the first-person-shooter party with the old man of the genre and given the likes of EA and Activision an absolute beating. Wolfenstein: The New Order is an early shout for FPS campaign of the year.

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GameSkinny
Brian S
Top Critic
May 22, 2014

MachineGames combines old with new in an homage to 90's shooters that carries both gibs and heart.

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GameSkinny
Delta Squad Reaper
Top Critic
May 22, 2014

Wolfenstein returns beautifully bringing an even more fun way of killing Nazis for revenge than any other shooter involving the Reich.

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Ian Cheong
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
May 21, 2014

Wolfenstein: The New Order is a game for facing your fears and gunning them down. Thanks to great shooting mechanics and characters you care about, you'll want to do just that. The tightly scripted narrative works against replayability, and tedious boss battles bog down the action more so than any of the non-combat sections of the game, but otherwise the game is worth several run throughs. Wolfenstein: The New Order is a great game, and one of the best shooters I've played this year.

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