Wolfenstein: The New Order

About Wolfenstein: The New Order

MachineGames rebooted the Wolfenstein franchise with The New Order in 2014, dropping the supernatural elements from the previous entry for a grounded alternate history. Set in a world where Nazis won World War II thanks to advanced technology, players control B.J. Blazkowicz as he fights back against an oppressive regime. This single-player action-adventure title launched on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on May 20th of that year. It serves as a direct sequel to the 2009 game yet stands alone enough to ignore most prior lore. The story picks up years after Blazkowicz survives a near-fatal encounter with General Deathshead and awakens from a coma to find Europe under total German control.

Gameplay

You move through linear levels as a first-person shooter, engaging enemies with a robust weapon arsenal found on the battlefield or looted from corpses. Combat relies heavily on a cover system that lets you lean left, right, over, or under barriers for tactical positioning during intense firefights. Your health regenerates automatically in sections, but losing an entire section forces you to hunt down medkits to continue fighting. Stealth is an option if you prefer sneaking past patrols rather than triggering alarms immediately. The campaign flows without multiplayer modes or online lobbies, focusing entirely on the narrative progression and gunplay mechanics that define the experience minute by minute.

What Players Think

The PlayPile data shows a dedicated crowd enjoying this title with an IGDB score of 79.4 out of 100 based on 1285 ratings. Most users label the experience as story-driven or intense, reflecting the heavy tone of the plot. The average player spends a significant amount of time here to unlock all 50 achievements, though completion is not guaranteed since only 34.8% of players manage to earn them all. The rarest trophy, Sentinel, has an unlock rate of just 4.40%, indicating that specific challenges keep even veterans engaged long after the main campaign ends. Current community sentiment remains positive regarding the narrative weight and combat satisfaction found in this single-player journey.

PlayPile's Take

This game is worth your time if you want a strong linear shooter with a memorable protagonist and solid shooting mechanics. The current price sits at $4.99 on GOG, which matches the historical low, making it an easy buy for fans of the genre. You will need to grind through 50 achievements to get that perfect completion rate, but only about a third of players manage to do so. It is not a perfect game, as the linear structure might bore some, but the combat feels tight and the story hits hard. Buy it now to see why Blazkowicz remains one of gaming's most enduring heroes against the Nazi regime.

Storyline

Three years after the destruction of the Black Sun portal, the Nazis have deployed advanced technologies enabling them to turn the tide against the Allies. B.J. Blazkowicz is chasing down his arch-enemy General Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse, knowing that if he can kill Deathshead, the Nazi war machine will be crippled. His plans backfire however and Blazkowicz is mortally wounded and put into a partial coma. After being rescued by a Polish fishing vessel and taken to an asylum in Poland where 14 years pass, he is emerging into this world of darkness, dominated by the Nazis. Blazkowicz arms up once again and sets out to reignite the flames of rebellion and toppling the Nazi regime.