Like The New Order, this isn’t exactly a “real” stealth game, in that enemies don’t raise an alarm when they spot a dead body (and you can’t hide corpses) and will sometimes spot you when you wouldn’t expect they could’ve, but this stealth gameplay is a good way to mix up the action and prevent every fight from beginning the same way. There are a lot of Nazis to kill, though, so you’re also encouraged to sneak into each encounter to thin out the herd by silently taking down troopers and, more importantly, their officers – if left alive to trigger the alarm, they’ll summon reinforcements. Whether they’re reacting based on what body part you’ve shot, getting sliced up in one of the varied melee kill animations, or bursting into flame and vaporizing before your eyes when you rake a heavy laser weapon across the screen, it’s quite a show. Gruesomely murdering Nazis is already extremely satisfying, but it’s made even more so thanks to the fast and smooth first-person shooting action, and the rewarding performances the enemies put on during their death scenes. Gruesomely murdering Nazis is extremely satisfying.
#WOLFENSTEIN THE NEW ORDER CAST FULL#
Wolfenstein 2’s roughly 14-hour campaign takes full advantage of that to execute a few wild twists and turns that made my jaw drop. Together, these are the kinds of threats that make running around chopping off Nazi limbs with a hatchet feel like justifiable homicide.Īll this goes to show that as long as you have characters who feel complex and human, you can get away with just about anything in a story.
![wolfenstein the new order cast wolfenstein the new order cast](https://d1lss44hh2trtw.cloudfront.net/assets/editorial/2019/07/wolfenstein-youngblood-voice-actors-grace-walker-debra-wilson.jpg)
On top of that, the flashbacks to BJ’s childhood and his relationship with his abusive, monstrously (but not unbelievably) racist father are also extremely unsettling. She’s far and away the most memorably terrifying game villain since Far Cry 3’s Vaas Montenegro. She’s unpredictable, often one step ahead, and completely without mercy, often toying with her prey for the enjoyment of it. General Engel steals the show with her absolutely gleeful sadism.īut it’s the evil General Engel who steals the show with her absolutely gleeful sadism whenever she’s on screen. That said, with so many new and interesting faces, not all of the characters from the first game have much to do – notably, Max Hess and Bombate don’t get a lot of screen time outside of a few gags. In just a short time, each of them is given enough backstory that they’re immediately three dimensional – they’re a flawed group of people who’ve gone through a hellish war and decade-long occupation, and yet they’ve survived, rebelled, and lived their lives. Rousing scenes featuring BJ’s internal monologue, rebel leader Grace and her determined but sad eyes, and Super Spesh’s crazy conspiracy-theory rants and literal bathroom humor are all great and delivered with convincing confidence.
![wolfenstein the new order cast wolfenstein the new order cast](https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/_img/chars/thumbs/anya-oliwa-wolfenstein-the-new-order-50_thumb.jpg)
Wolfenstein 2 pulls this off without whiplash thanks to the impressive strength of its characters, who are outstandingly written and acted.