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Wolfenstein Youngblood (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)

  • 27-03-2019 7:07pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,159 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin




    Releasing July 26th
    BJ Blazkowicz has gone missing in Paris, and it’s up to his twin daughters, Jess and Soph, to track him down. Wolfenstein: Youngblood drops you into 80s Nazi-occupied Paris, and for the first time in the series, you’ll be able to explore the world of Wolfenstein and wreck Nazis with a partner.

    Jess and Soph Blazkowicz will stop at nothing to find their father, and that includes taking on the Nazi forces in Paris, France. Establish your home base deep in the Parisian Catacombs and tackle missions in any order you want. Team up with a friend or play with an AI companion and obliterate the Nazi regime.
    Along with the newly added co-op system, Youngblood features some newly added RPG elements. Explore Paris and take on the Nazis to level up and unlock new abilities, weapon attachments, gadgets, cosmetics and more. You’ll have access to updated and improved New Colossus weapons like the Dieselkraftwerk, Shockhammer (now called the Kugelgewehr), Laserkraftwerk and more, and you’ll also be able to tear through the fascist hordes with a number of new weapons like the iconic Maschinepistole and the devastatingly powerful Elektrokraftwerk.

    BUDDY PASS
    When you pick up the Wolfenstein: Youngblood Deluxe Edition, you’ll get the Buddy Pass, meaning you can partner up with a friend, even if that friend doesn’t own the game. As long as that friend is playing with you, they’ll be able to download and play Youngblood for free, all thanks to the Buddy Pass. The Buddy Pass can only be provided to one friend at a time, but it can be reused as many times as you want. Those playing using a friend’s Buddy Pass can choose to upgrade to the full game and play on their own or with other players at any time.
    In addition to the Buddy Pass, the Deluxe Edition also gets you the Cyborg Skin Pack, a cosmetic pack designed to give you that titanium Terminator look. The Cyborg Skin Pack includes a shiny new skin for the twins’ Power Suits, guns, combat knives and hatchets.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    CO-OP? Cool.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    Is this an actual sequel to the other 2 games? loved both of them, the buddy pass idea is great.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 465 ✭✭bada_bing


    Looking forward to the latest installment of this series. Played the last 2 releases of this series on PS4 and it's a great fun action shooter with interesting characters.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,159 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    Is this an actual sequel to the other 2 games? loved both of them, the buddy pass idea is great.

    Yep it’s a sequel


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,777 ✭✭✭Doodah7


    Sincerely hope this is better than The New Colossus. Absolutely hated it which was particularly disappointing as I loved the previous games.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    Doodah7 wrote: »
    Sincerely hope this is better than The New Colossus. Absolutely hated it which was particularly disappointing as I loved the previous games.

    While I didn't hate it, I didn't muster much in the way of excitement for me which was very disappointing. I've no interest in Co-Op games so it all depends on what it would be like to play on your own.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    Doodah7 wrote: »
    Sincerely hope this is better than The New Colossus. Absolutely hated it which was particularly disappointing as I loved the previous games.

    Don't like the co-op at all but assume with that taken into consideration there will be less of a focus on stealth which dragged down the New Colossus from what I remember.
    Unlike The New Order I have never been tempted to replay it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭GottaGetGatt


    80’s synth Music in a Wolfenstein while gunning down Nazis?Yes please $$


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,777 ✭✭✭Doodah7


    My main problems with the New Colossus game were you being hobbled with ‘injuries’ at the start of the game, the ridiculously complicated layout of the submarine and that the enemy soldiers were bullet sponges. Add in the constant respawn of enemies as the commander was hidden away in some obscure corner of the level and it was all just too tedious.

    In the end I put it on the easiest level and flew through it just to see the story.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Yeah New Colossus was OK, but nowhere near as good as New Order/Old Blood. I was disappointed, wouldn't say it's a bad game but a weak sequel.


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  • Moderators Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭Azza




    Nvidia have announced Ray Tracing and Adaptive Shading support for Wolfenstein YoungBlood. Seems like the developers have shifted camps from AMD to Nvidia. The New Colossus ran very well on AMD's Vega cards thanks to its use of Rapid Path Math. The Vega 56 beat the GTX 1080 at 1080p and matched it at 1440p.

    I played it on a GTX 970 and while the performance was decent there was quite bad graphically bugs on one level. Apparently it did not play well with Nvidia Pascal generation of GPU's.

    Anyway I see this game well have open ended missions in the style of Dishonored which isn't a surprise as Arkane are co-developing it. Fan of the Dishonored games so I'm liking the looks of this. Suspect it might be quite short.

    Game is also annoying alot of the right wing types, which means it must be doing something right. They are Moaning about "women characters, ugly women characters, black women and woke agenda running game and killing Nazi's is now no longer fashionable, I dunno its an attack on white people or something....they do seem to be much happier if the game had us killing communists I guess because they keep pointing out communist killed more than the Nazi's :pac:. They also say down with Swedistan!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,017 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    Yeah, looking forward to it. Nice to have some "fun" co-op shooting as well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,956 ✭✭✭Grumpypants


    Doodah7 wrote: »
    My main problems with the New Colossus game were you being hobbled with ‘injuries’ at the start of the game, the ridiculously complicated layout of the submarine and that the enemy soldiers were bullet sponges. Add in the constant respawn of enemies as the commander was hidden away in some obscure corner of the level and it was all just too tedious.

    In the end I put it on the easiest level and flew through it just to see the story.

    I spent 70% of my time trying to navigate that submarine. Ridiculously badly laid out.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,009 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    New Colossus plays much better as a stealth game. You're at a severe disadvantage if you go in all guns blazing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    New Colossus plays much better as a stealth game. You're at a severe disadvantage if you go in all guns blazing.

    Yeah but this is a game where you can dual wield assault rifles, I think stealth goes out the window when that becomes an option.


  • Moderators Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭Azza


    Your suppose to play stealth until you inevitably f**k it up....that's when you start duel wielding assault rifles.




  • By biggest gripe with Wolf 2 was that it's level layout was very limited compared to the first one.

    I hope they improve on this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,409 ✭✭✭✭gimli2112


    I loved the first one but could never get into the sequels to the same extent for some reason. The story on the 2nd was so far out there it was bizarre.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    gimli2112 wrote: »
    I loved the first one but could never get into the sequels to the same extent for some reason. The story on the 2nd was so far out there it was bizarre.

    uhh which 1st one? Theres 7 or 8 of them nowadays :D

    RTCW is my favourite.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    dreamers75 wrote:
    uhh which 1st one? Theres 7 or 8 of them nowadays

    Wolfenstein: The New Order
    Significantly better than The New Colossus was.


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  • Moderators Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭Azza


    dreamers75 wrote: »
    uhh which 1st one? Theres 7 or 8 of them nowadays :D

    RTCW is my favourite.
    Bit of an exaggeration. There is 3.

    Castle Wolfenstein was the first game.
    Return to Castle Wolfenstein was a reboot of the series and also a remake of Wolfenstein 3D.
    Wolfenstein the New Order was also a reboot.

    Sad I never got to play Wolfenstein: ET I hear that was a sick multiplayer FPS.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    There was also a fourth reboot, in 2009, just called 'Wolfenstein', wasn't there? Or am I just imagining that :confused:




  • pixelburp wrote: »
    There was also a fourth reboot, in 2009, just called 'Wolfenstein', wasn't there? Or am I just imagining that :confused:

    Correct. Raven software

    Fun game too tbf


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,159 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    Timeline of release years
    1981 Castle Wolfenstein
    1984 Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
    1992 Wolfenstein 3D
    1993 Wolfenstein 3D: The Spear of Destiny
    2001 Return to Castle Wolfenstein
    2003 Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
    2008 Wolfenstein RPG
    2009 Wolfenstein
    2014 Wolfenstein: The New Order
    2015 Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
    2017 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
    2019 Wolfenstein: Youngblood


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    I remember we played that 'overlord' demo of Return to Castle Wolfenstein to death at LANs (showing my age there!). The flame-thrower, at the time one of the first convincing portrayals in games, was pure chaos.


  • Moderators Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭Azza


    pixelburp wrote: »
    There was also a fourth reboot, in 2009, just called 'Wolfenstein', wasn't there? Or am I just imagining that :confused:

    Wasn't a reboot it was a direct sequel to Return to Castle Wolfenstein.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,009 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    And New Order is a loose sequel to that game as well with returning characters.


  • Moderators Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭Azza


    1981 Castle Wolfenstein (2D Stealth game)
    1984 Beyond Castle Wolfenstein (sequel to Castle Wolfenstein)
    1992 Wolfenstein 3D (FPS inspired by Castle Wolfenstein)
    1993 Wolfenstein 3D: The Spear of Destiny (prequel to Wolfenstein 3D, the lost missions expansion also link the game to the Doom universe)
    2001 Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Reboot and Remake of Wolfenstein 3D)
    2003 Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (Free to play multiplayer standalone expansion to RTCW)
    2008 Wolfenstein RPG (RPG Spin off incorporating plot elements from RTCW and Spear of Destiny, also links the series to Doom 1-3)
    2009 Wolfenstein (Sequel to Return to Castle Wolfenstein)
    2014 Wolfenstein: The New Order (Reboot and partial sequel to Wolfenstein)
    2015 Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (Prequel to the New Order, and partial remake of RTCW)
    2017 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Sequel to the New Order)
    2019 Wolfenstein: Youngblood (Spin off sequel to the New Colossus)

    Simples really! :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,159 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin




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  • Registered Users Posts: 853 ✭✭✭DeadlyByDesign


    I hope they fix the feeling of aiming. Aiming system as a whole always felt "off" to me, hard to explain. I binged The New Order and The New Collossus over 2 weekends. Absolutely loved them.

    Oh and can we all just remember this emotional gut punch of an ending and song from the New Order?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,159 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin




  • Moderators Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭Azza




  • Registered Users Posts: 11,080 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    Just went in to preorder my copy (Yes I know I should never preorder but will be gone when it come out and my friend will collect it. €40 for the Deluxe edition. I thought this was a full game or am I missing something.


  • Moderators Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭Azza


    From what I've read of this game at is sounded more like an expansion pack sized add on than a full game hence the lower price €29.99 for the standard edition of the game.

    But the developers have come out and said its the largest Wolfenstein they have ever made. Might be something to do with the fact that the gameplay is now open ended.

    What format did you pre-order it on, the deluxe edition can be got on PC for €34 over on Green man gaming.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,080 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    Azza wrote: »
    From what I've read of this game at is sounded more like an expansion pack sized add on than a full game hence the lower price €29.99 for the standard edition of the game.

    But the developers have come out and said its the largest Wolfenstein they have ever made. Might be something to do with the fact that the gameplay is now open ended.

    What format did you pre-order it on, the deluxe edition can be got on PC for €34 over on Green man gaming.

    The Ps4 edition


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,159 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin




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    Reviews are out, 7/10 seems to be the average. I'd say this will be €10 by Christmas


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,777 ✭✭✭Doodah7


    Reviews are out, 7/10 seems to be the average. I'd say this will be €10 by Christmas

    Wolfenstein games are always, ALWAYS discounted within a couple of months of release.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    Doodah7 wrote: »
    Wolfenstein games are always, ALWAYS discounted within a couple of months of release.

    The New Colossus took a long time to go down in price iircn - don't think it's ever gone below €25 on the PS Store.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    SP only games are always going to plummet in price.

    On the fence with this now :(


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,017 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    Admittedly I've only skim-read a few reviews, but the impression I'm getting is that the 7/10 scores are for SP, but it is a much better game played co-op with a buddy (not that 7/10 is a bad score, but yeah, that's already been done to death)?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭Robert ninja


    (not that 7/10 is a bad score, but yeah, that's already been done to death)?
    Well by their own standards it actually is a bad rating because the rating system is retarded: https://youtu.be/r1humObzdVA




  • It's clearly marketed as a coop experience primary. Not sure why folks were expecting it to be stellar as SP only.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    It's clearly marketed as a coop experience primary. Not sure why folks were expecting it to be stellar as SP only.
    Tbf it's been marketed as fúck all which seems to be coming back to bite them now.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    The marketing seemed too keen to jam its trailers with neon glitches and synth dance tracks, what with the 80s being very in n all; would have helped including some actual sense of the game.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,812 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    I’m always super cautious when a game is “best in co-op”, because many games, even bad ones, are better in co-op. Having the craic with a friend will naturally elevate otherwise underwhelming experiences. Now obviously games designed around co-op play are often great! But especially in shooters it can be used to plaster over what’s otherwise a ho-hum experience.

    Not too keen on this game anyway, really thought the last one was a pretty weak effort that didn’t maintain or build on what worked in its predecessor (which was only solid in the first place). Felt like the developers felt the need to ‘iterate’ without having a clear idea how to do it. Never did get to the end so maybe it improved (and definitely didn’t get as far as the levels flagged as highlights), but there were a lot of annoyances to push through in the stages I played through.




  • Again two lead characters both fighting together in every trailer and the screens clearly indicate this.

    It was built around coop. It's not an afterthought.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭OptimusTractor


    Do not, I repeat, do not buy this game to play single player. The AI controlled ally is awful. Hold on to your money lads.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,409 ✭✭✭✭gimli2112


    saw a video that eviscerated this on youtube, the kind of review that makes you think twice even if it pops up for free
    co-op AI was probably the biggest gripe but there were many


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    gimli2112 wrote: »
    saw a video that eviscerated this on youtube, the kind of review that makes you think twice even if it pops up for free
    co-op AI was probably the biggest gripe but there were many

    It looks like everything you shouldn't do they done. Enemies with levels, an open world so you can recycle the same areas, no fuel wielding, bulletsponge enemies with 2 separate shield types & microtransactions for weapon skins only for now but they'll eventually introduce more.


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