News Wolfenstein: Youngblood – Official Story Trailer
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They're giving an extra copy so you can give it to a friend for Coop. That's nice.
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they announced this one at E3, lol
Standalone like Old Blood was.
And I hope it'll be as good as Old Blood at least, I really liked that game!
And I hope it'll be as good as Old Blood at least, I really liked that game!
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Should be noted the Standard Edition costs $29.99 and the Deluxe $39.99.
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indeed ... added to the OP, thanks
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I missed the announcement of another Wolfenstein (sadly VR only) spin-off/standalone expansion:
I was looking at maybe pre-ordering at Humble and saw this description:
"Team up with a friend or play alone. Level up, explore, and complete missions to unlock new abilities, weapons, gadgets, cosmetics, and more to complement your playstyle and customize your appearance.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood features the most open-ended Wolfenstein experience to date. From a new base of operations located deep in the heart of the Paris catacombs, plan how and when to attack and dismantle the Nazi regime. "
Did we already know the structure was open-ended and mission based, if I'm understanding how that's written. It sounds fairly different in structure, though I imagine it'll feel just as good as the prior games and hopefully still tell an interesting story with well made presentation.
I know not everyone is into RPG mechanics leaking into everything but I welcome this.
"Team up with a friend or play alone. Level up, explore, and complete missions to unlock new abilities, weapons, gadgets, cosmetics, and more to complement your playstyle and customize your appearance.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood features the most open-ended Wolfenstein experience to date. From a new base of operations located deep in the heart of the Paris catacombs, plan how and when to attack and dismantle the Nazi regime. "
Did we already know the structure was open-ended and mission based, if I'm understanding how that's written. It sounds fairly different in structure, though I imagine it'll feel just as good as the prior games and hopefully still tell an interesting story with well made presentation.
I know not everyone is into RPG mechanics leaking into everything but I welcome this.
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I certainly didn't.
But then again, as I proved by being unaware that Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot was a thing, I'm out of the loop.
Speaking of Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, that one is being sold as a Steam key, not a Bethesda Key, on Humble.
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If they announce more with the deluxe version I may go that route because the cosmetics aren’t really selling me. The buddy pass also doesn’t exactly excite me since I rarely play games with a set rhythm to regularly play with others. But I may end up with it since it’s not full price and I love the prior two main games.
Guess I should go finish the new colossus, I just reinstalled it, I got to where you get your hp bar back and stopped playing, thought it was a good time to take a break but got sidetracked to other games :V
I heard they patched in some improvements on hitboxes and other gameplay stuff
I heard they patched in some improvements on hitboxes and other gameplay stuff
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A lot more to do/explore, how much of it will be fun or plot relevant - or both? I'm not sure I want the Wolfenstein equivalent to orb collecting or taxi missions
I have mixed feelings about this one, but I’m not going to not play it. That young lady’s country voice is an earcringe.
I think I might be in the minority, but I really enjoyed New Colossus, so I too plan to pay Young Blood at some point. Hopefully one of these two grow up, have a son who has a football helmet and an interest in space travel
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By 1980, the Second American Revolution and the death of Adolf Hitler has pushed the Nazis back, leaving them remaining in only certain areas of Europe.
Despite that, their stockpile of weaponry and reverse-engineered Da’at Yichud technology keeps them a formidable threat. To beat them, Jess and Soph Blazkowicz are going to need more than the teachings of their famous parents – they’re going to need some serious firepower! In Wolfenstein: Youngblood, you’ve got more control over your arsenal than ever before, with an upgradable Power Suit (thanks, Abby!) and a new weapon upgrade system that lets you fine-tune every aspect of your guns.
TAILORING YOUR POWER SUIT
As you progress through the game, you’ll level up and earn Ability Points which can be spent upgrading your Power Suit’s active and passive abilities. Each ability takes a specified amount of points to unlock, and more abilities become available to you as you level up.
MIND
Max out your helmet’s headroom with Mind-expanding buffs to your character. Unlocking the Mind ability tree early grants bonuses like more health and armor after being revived, finding more ammunition off dead Nazis, and a speedy sideways Dash. Higher-level unlocks include spotting hidden collectibles on your radar, increased health, and always having a fully-reloaded magazine when you switch weapons.
MUSCLE
You need brawn to go with those brains, and your Power Suit’s got strength in spades. Muscle upgrades let you increase your total armor; carry more ammo; dual-wield weapons; or lug around the big guns—later upgrades even let you store heavy weapons in your inventory for later!
POWER
The Power tree will let you upgrade your Power Suit with a cloaking device that becomes more efficient as you level it up; or allow you to become a human freight train and turn enemies into paste with an upgraded shoulder slam. There are also a few other hidden abilities that haven’t yet been revealed…
WEAPONS
The weapon upgrade system in Wolfenstein: Youngblood has been revamped from previous games to give you more freedom in the way you can customize your weapons. You can now modify multiple components for your weapons, including:
Weapon upgrades are purchased with an in-game currency known as Silver Coins, which you’ll find scattered throughout Paris, so leave no area unchecked! You’ll also earn Silver Coins for completing objectives and missions given to you by Abby and the French Resistance.
Despite that, their stockpile of weaponry and reverse-engineered Da’at Yichud technology keeps them a formidable threat. To beat them, Jess and Soph Blazkowicz are going to need more than the teachings of their famous parents – they’re going to need some serious firepower! In Wolfenstein: Youngblood, you’ve got more control over your arsenal than ever before, with an upgradable Power Suit (thanks, Abby!) and a new weapon upgrade system that lets you fine-tune every aspect of your guns.
TAILORING YOUR POWER SUIT
As you progress through the game, you’ll level up and earn Ability Points which can be spent upgrading your Power Suit’s active and passive abilities. Each ability takes a specified amount of points to unlock, and more abilities become available to you as you level up.
MIND
Max out your helmet’s headroom with Mind-expanding buffs to your character. Unlocking the Mind ability tree early grants bonuses like more health and armor after being revived, finding more ammunition off dead Nazis, and a speedy sideways Dash. Higher-level unlocks include spotting hidden collectibles on your radar, increased health, and always having a fully-reloaded magazine when you switch weapons.
MUSCLE
You need brawn to go with those brains, and your Power Suit’s got strength in spades. Muscle upgrades let you increase your total armor; carry more ammo; dual-wield weapons; or lug around the big guns—later upgrades even let you store heavy weapons in your inventory for later!
POWER
The Power tree will let you upgrade your Power Suit with a cloaking device that becomes more efficient as you level it up; or allow you to become a human freight train and turn enemies into paste with an upgraded shoulder slam. There are also a few other hidden abilities that haven’t yet been revealed…
WEAPONS
The weapon upgrade system in Wolfenstein: Youngblood has been revamped from previous games to give you more freedom in the way you can customize your weapons. You can now modify multiple components for your weapons, including:
- Receiver
- Sights
- Magazine
- Muzzle
- Stock
Weapon upgrades are purchased with an in-game currency known as Silver Coins, which you’ll find scattered throughout Paris, so leave no area unchecked! You’ll also earn Silver Coins for completing objectives and missions given to you by Abby and the French Resistance.
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You know, prudis , some of these publishers should start paying you for your awesome, and tireless job you do on the forums posting about new games, new trailers/screenshots, and comprehensive updates.
Sometimes, it seems you care more than they do.
Sometimes, it seems you care more than they do.
I agreed. Prudis's work here is really damn good.
Great post prudis
This looks promising, I think I will wait for the reviews though. Preordering blindly has some risks
This looks promising, I think I will wait for the reviews though. Preordering blindly has some risks
Absolutely cannot wait for this one. New Wolfenstein's shooting feels so damn good it can carry me through just about anything. I know zero other people interested in the franchise though so finding a buddy will be difficult. :/
I'll play this with my brother. If it's anything like playing Life is Strange 2 with my sister, chances are I'll be much older by the end of the game.
The game seems to launch one day early on PC. Preload is also up on Steam btw.
And for the first time ever, a Wolfenstein Game is uncensored here in Germany.
Which came out of nowhere.
And for the first time ever, a Wolfenstein Game is uncensored here in Germany.
Which came out of nowhere.
Preloading is done and now we play the waiting game..
Probably going to end up playing through this at least twice with two different friends.
Probably going to end up playing through this at least twice with two different friends.
And I completely forgot to mention that just because I'm going through it a couple times doesn't mean I'm not up for helping other folks if they need a co-op partner. I'm always up for helping folks out!
I also mentioned on Steam a while ago that I did pick up the deluxe edition so if anyone is on the fence about picking it up themselves or they don't necessarily want to own it but still want to try it out then I'm able to invite anyone to play with me thanks to the buddy pass.
I also mentioned on Steam a while ago that I did pick up the deluxe edition so if anyone is on the fence about picking it up themselves or they don't necessarily want to own it but still want to try it out then I'm able to invite anyone to play with me thanks to the buddy pass.
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i feel like that's the case for every game so far
nvidia goes all like "this upcoming game will have the best RTX implementation EVER!" ...
and then one week later in a small press release "... but not on launch"
Anyone else stuck playing on the Bethesda launcher like me? I'll do some co-op with people if so. I played with a random person and we did the first tour. It was pretty crazy! Kind of enjoyable to play co-op as they're more effective than the AI but the movement speed is so quick and the level design has loads of winding corridors and height differences it can be real tough to keep track of your partner if they run off or swap floors or something.
I'm level 18 and having a good time with it. Go into it knowing it's a very different experience and there's a much greater focus on just full on action and you may look past the less stellar bits and have a great time just shooting tons of Nazis.
I'm level 18 and having a good time with it. Go into it knowing it's a very different experience and there's a much greater focus on just full on action and you may look past the less stellar bits and have a great time just shooting tons of Nazis.
They're doing a really admirable job with post-release support on Youngblood, and it's my hope that over time the eye-rolling hatred against the game will fade and the design improvements will win over people who were on the fence. It's a really neat game. The level design is really, really good. It runs well. The gunplay is excellent, and the recent design changes address some of the sponginess complaints people had. Ultimately, I think the game is padded out a few hours longer than it should have been, but the core movement, jumping, shooting is so well done that if you're having fun running around Paris blowing stuff up, I don't see why being slightly over-long is a huge problem.
I still haven't played the game after the last 2 patches, all the changes sound neat, though.
I have great admiration for Arkane/Machinegames for pressing ahead and trying to improve Youngblood in response to feedback. While I think the game is too padded out for its own good, it's really not a bad game by any measure I can think of. It has a LOT of good ideas, although it doesn't execute all of them well. When I get the time I'll definitely give it another playthrough.
It saddens me how Metacritic and the Steam forums and /r/pcgaming and such ended up being flooded with the worst kind of internet rage merchants. How dare this experimental spinoff game co-developed by the people who made Dishonored try a bunch of stuff to see what sticks? Spinoff games do weird stuff. Sometimes it doesn't land. The whole point is that the experimental ideas that don't work don't make it into future entries. Screaming hate and poison (and an uncomfortable amount of white nationalist rhetoric, based on what I saw on Steam) towards a game is just something I can't relate to in any sense.
Something that particularly bothers me is the feeling that there's a demographic that wants Wolfenstein dead and buried because they're angry about the direction the series took overall. Machinegames Wolfenstein is intensely political and deals with a sort of deconstruction of the masculine action hero. As a result, a fair few people actively despise the series now because they regard MG's BJ as a "sissy" and stuff like that. And replacing him with his daughters in a spinoff made these people blow a gasket because DA SJ-DUBAWOOOS.
It saddens me how Metacritic and the Steam forums and /r/pcgaming and such ended up being flooded with the worst kind of internet rage merchants. How dare this experimental spinoff game co-developed by the people who made Dishonored try a bunch of stuff to see what sticks? Spinoff games do weird stuff. Sometimes it doesn't land. The whole point is that the experimental ideas that don't work don't make it into future entries. Screaming hate and poison (and an uncomfortable amount of white nationalist rhetoric, based on what I saw on Steam) towards a game is just something I can't relate to in any sense.
Something that particularly bothers me is the feeling that there's a demographic that wants Wolfenstein dead and buried because they're angry about the direction the series took overall. Machinegames Wolfenstein is intensely political and deals with a sort of deconstruction of the masculine action hero. As a result, a fair few people actively despise the series now because they regard MG's BJ as a "sissy" and stuff like that. And replacing him with his daughters in a spinoff made these people blow a gasket because DA SJ-DUBAWOOOS.