Wolfenstein: The New Order

Wolfenstein: The New Order is an Action-adventure First Person Shooter video game developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was released on 20 May 2014 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. The game is the seventh main entry in the Wolfenstein series and the sequel to the 2009 Wolfenstein. Set in alternative history 1960s Europe in a world where the Nazis won the Second World War, the single-player story follows war veteran William "B.J." Blazkowicz and his efforts to stop the Nazis from ruling over the world.

The game is played from a first-person perspective and most of its levels are navigated on foot. The story is arranged in chapters, which players complete in order to progress through the story. A morality choice in the prologue alters the game's entire storyline; some characters and small plot points are replaced across timelines. The game features a variety of weapons, most of which can be dual wielded. A cover system is also present.

Development began in 2010, soon after Id Software gave MachineGames the rights for the franchise. The development team envisioned Wolfenstein: The New Order as a first-person action-adventure game, taking inspiration from previous games in the series and particularly focusing on the combat and adventure elements. The game attempts to delve into character development of Blazkowicz, unlike its predecessors—a choice from the developers to interest players in the story. They also aimed to portray him in a heroic fashion.

At release, the game received generally positive reviews, with praise particularly directed at the combat and the narrative of the game. Considered a positive change to the series by critics, it was nominated for multiple year-end accolades, including Game of the Year and Best Shooter awards from several gaming publications. A stand-alone expansion set before the events of the game, titled Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, was released in May 2015. A sequel, Wolfenstein: The New Colossus is in the works, which is expected to be released in 2017.


 * Alternate History: The whole game takes places in one, beginning with the prologue (set in the latter years of World War II in 1946). Depending on your actions, there are even two subtly different timelines depending on who you save in the beginning (Wyatt or Fergus).
 * The soundtrack also contains alternate music tracks from that version of The Sixties, including renditions of songs from The Beach Boys and The Beatles that had been heavily Germanized and Nazified.
 * Bad Future: From B.J.'s perspective at least. The Third Reich won the War and is mentioned both in-game and through lore as having direct and indirect control over much of the planet. It's also strongly implied that they're also remaking the world in their image.
 * Big Brother Is Watching You: The London Monitor, a Humongous Mecha stationed in Nazi-controlled London, was designed to be this, being meant to keep the British in line.
 * Broad Strokes: The game generally treats previous entries in the Wolfenstein series as this. Though it is mentioned that the events of the 2009 Wolfenstein still more or less happened, with Blazkowicz even reuniting with an older Karolin Becker.
 * Downer Beginning: The prologue, which involves an ultimately doomed Allied assault on Strasse's stronghold in 1946.
 * Dragon-in-Chief: While Nazi Germany in 1960 is still under a Fuhrer implied to be Hitler, it's strongly implied that Strasse had since become the real power in the Reich.
 * Fish Out of Temporal Water: B.J. initially. Justified in that he'd been catatonic since 1946.
 * Ghostapo: The Old Blood, which is set during the War and prior to The New Order, involves mystic Nazi hijinks reminiscent of earlier games.
 * Gratuitous Foreign Language: In addition to the nigh-obligatory Gratuitous German, there's also quite a bit of fluent Polish.
 * La Resistance: The Kreisau Circle is still active but worse for wear.
 * Slept Through the Apocalypse: Not exactly the apocalypse, but after the events of the prologue, B.J. is catatonic for the next 14 years, finally coming to in 1960.
 * Stupid Jetpack Hitler: How the Reich managed to turn the tables on the Allies, thanks to "Deathshead" Strasse. By 1960, this is taken Up to Eleven with even more powerful and intimidating Nazi technologies.