Wolfenstein: Youngblood Reviews
The Nazi-splattering franchise returns, with thoughtful level design compensating for a lack of true play flexibility
Wolfenstein: Youngblood could be wrongly categorized as a "more of the same", but the many new features make it an indispensable title for fans of the series, even if these new mechanics aren't always without flaws.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Considering it's 'only' a spin-off, this is a riotous and well-designed entry in the series - however, it's built with co-op in mind. Solo play is fun if flawed, but play with a friend, and you'll both have one of the best shooter experiences of the year so far.Chris J Capel
The usual Wolfenstein brilliance is here, and MachineGames have shown they've got a great handle on splattering fascists.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is a new concept for the franchise and the Arkane's hand touches the game design. Not all the innovations fit well with the formula, especially for the RPG elements.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Despite some big changes to the overall formula, Wolfenstein: Youngblood remains another solid entry in a very reliable series.
New style of Wolfenstein with young generation of killers is different, but still full of action and with cooperation.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Youngblood allows you to kill lots of Nazis but with a friend this time with new co-op focused features that blend well into the experience. Lots of content and alternative paths and hidden items here and there makes it a great deal at half the full price
Review in Arabic | Read full review
As a side project, Wolfenstein: Youngblood comes off better than expected.
Despite its issues though, Wolfenstein: Youngblood remains yet another solid entry in the Wolfenstein series.
Whether or not you enjoy Wolfenstein: Youngblood is going to depend on a lot of factors. If you loved the previous games for their narrative depth, linear story, and simplified gameplay, this might be a tough sell for you. Youngblood is still fundamentally Wolfenstein in almost every way that matters but, like its rookie heroines, it’s a little unpolished and rough around the edges. If you’re looking for something new, innovative, and daring, and can overlook a few flaws (some more glaring than others) then it’s time to suit up, gear up, and once again prove that the only good Nazi is a dead one.
While I complain about Wolfenstein: Youngblood, the issues I have with it center around the inclusion of RPG mechanics that don’t really find their place in this game, and hurt it in the long-run. Arkane’s influence to level design makes these places feeling more lived in, and more interesting than any of the locations in The New Blood, The Old Blood, or even The New Colossus despite the populace having been displaced due to the occupation. As a primer for the events of Wolfenstein III, it’s well worth the price of admission. You can still be a turbo killer as one of the Terror Twins, by murdering Nazis with reckless abandon with a shitload of heavy weaponry — and that’s more than enough for me.
Despite it’s lackluster gunplay, Youngblood’s co-op and intricate level design make for a solid chapter in the Wolfenstein saga.
Wolfenstein Youngblood takes a different approach than previous Wolfenstein installments. Co-op instead of solo-adventuring and a bigger emphasis on exploring. Aside from some small hickups with stealth and enemies, it's a blast from beginning to end.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
Youngblood's gorgeous, terrible world is worth exploring, despite a slight narrative and oppressively boring progression systems.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is one of the nice first person shooter game for this year. Besides while playing game, co-op mechanics are not very usefull.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
Bethesda has continued its streak of bringing games with ambitious scope to the handheld-capable Switch, but of their offerings on the system Youngblood feels the least satisfying overall...
Wolfenstein: Youngblood offers entertaining co-op fun, but it can not keep up with its predecessors
Review in German | Read full review
A non-linear based campaign without a defined rhythm, a progression system taken from the RPG genre that does not adapt well to the personality of the saga, and a set of skins and payment methods that are, unfortunately, a great burden that the outstanding gunplay and the new cooperative mode can hardly drag.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Wolfenstein Youngblood is hit and miss in a lot of ways, but at the very least, MachineGames has been able to capitalize on the promise of making a fun co-op shooter.