Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Youngblood isn't terrible, but it's also not good. I got it as part of a Wolfenstein sale where I bought all the games bundled together. I really enjoyed New Order, New Colossus, and Old Blood. Youngblood suffers from sponge enemies that eat bullets. The headshots have been nerfed. I was accustomed to the increased lethality of the hardest levels on the other Wolfenstein games. Also, the game is mega repetitive. You're constantly backtracking to old areas to complete missions. Worst of all the game is a grind. All the best character abilities are locked behind a slow progression tree. The result is that you don't get to really choose your playstyle. I'm sitting here with gobs of points to spend on skills but the ones I want are locked at high ranks. I did all of the side missions going into the final levels and still wasn't at high enough rank. Sadly these are all connected to microtransactions. I can't help but feel the game was intentionally made this way to encourage gamers to spend money instead of naturally progress through the game. And why is one of the coolest abilities in the game not locked until the final level? Why don't I get to play with that more? Why are the main characters written like Beavis and Butthead?

Despite some annoying things (like the freezing caused by ray tracing, the repetitive missions, some of the dialogue between the sisters and the pretty hard end game boss fight) this game is just fun and at its core is still a Wolfenstein game. Still I think that it is not that good compared to the older Wolfenstein games. Playing as the daughters of Blazkowicz was a nice change to be honest. The RPG system is something that is not that well made and needs renovation (we all know that it's too late to happen) but all in all it still works. I recommend getting this game when it's on a deep discount (got all 4 of them for 14 euro as a bundle). ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Masterpiece ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ If it's on sale ☐ Worth the price ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☑ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☑ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10

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Dont approach this game in the same way you would other entries to the wolfenstein series, this game is amazing when you understand it not as a story centered, lore rich game, but more of an arcade shooter that happens to be set in the wolfenstein universe, it is just dumb fun, not a full on entry into the series like the new colossus.

Not Recommended As someone who's loved the Wolfenstein series from Return to Castle Wolfenstein all the way through to The New Colossus, this was a huge disappointment. The previous games nailed what made Wolfenstein great: memorable characters, incredible single-player campaigns, satisfying gunplay, and stories that kept you invested from start to finish. Youngblood throws much of that away in favour of repetitive missions, unnecessary RPG mechanics, and a co-op focus that never feels as polished as it should. I bought the Deluxe Edition specifically to use the Buddy Pass and play with a friend. While the Buddy Pass itself is a great idea, the experience was ruined because my friend was disconnected every couple of minutes. We spent more time trying to reconnect than actually fighting Nazis. A co-op game simply shouldn't have networking issues this severe years after release. The gunplay still has flashes of classic Wolfenstein, but it's buried under bullet sponge enemies, backtracking, and technical problems that make it hard to enjoy. It's frustrating because this series has such an incredible legacy. From Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein (2009), The New Order, The Old Blood, and The New Colossus, the franchise consistently delivered fantastic experiences. Youngblood feels like a step backwards and lacks the charm, pacing, and quality that made those games so memorable. I really wanted to enjoy this with a friend, but between the constant disconnects and the design changes, I just can't recommend it.

Wolfenstein: Youngblood — це той випадок, коли серія різко звернула не в свій бік. Гра мені не сподобалась, і що прикро — не через дрібні недоліки, а через саму ідею, на якій вона побудована. Найбільша проблема — відчуття, що гру робили з прицілом на кооператив і лайвсервіс, але забули про тих, хто грає сам. Соло тут просто нудно. Напарниця-бот не додає ні напруги, ні емоцій, ні відчуття команди. В якийсь момент ти не воюєш із нацистами — ти просто терпиш геймплей. Стрілянина, яка завжди була сильною стороною Wolfenstein, тут дивно розмита. Рівні, левели ворогів, прокачка, повторювані завдання — усе це більше нагадує механіки лайвсервісів, ніж сюжетний шутер. І для цієї серії це виглядає чужорідно. Замість напруги і драйву — грінд і рутина. Париж як сетинг мав потенціал, але він відчувається порожнім і шаблонним. Локації часто повторюються, місії зливаються одна з одною, і дуже швидко зникає відчуття подорожі або відкриття чогось нового. Окрема тема — головні героїні. Ідея зі зміною фокусу могла б працювати, але реалізація підкачала. Діалоги поверхневі, хімії між персонажами майже немає, а тон гри надто легковажний для світу Wolfenstein. Тут мало тієї серйозності, болю й напруги, за які я полюбив The New Order і The New Colossus. Найгірше те, що гра втратила ідентичність серії. Wolfenstein завжди був про жорстку історію, сильний наратив і важкий сетинг. Youngblood же виглядає як побічний експеримент, який більше цікавився трендами, ніж власною душею. Для мене Wolfenstein: Youngblood — це крок убік, а не вперед. Гра, в яку не хочеться повертатись. Гра, яка показала, як легко можна втратити те, що робило серію особливою. Через все це, я не можу продовжити проходження гри.

The first day I was eager to play this, the buddy pass system was locked behind the deluxe edition but that fact was not placed clearly anywhere. That sucked up a good two hours of figuring out. The weapon cosmetics being locked behind a paywall on a game you have to pay for is rediculous. Whilst it was interesting gameplay at first and the story had me curious, it was like the whole end half of the game was written on the fly. The balancing on the ending lacked any sort of finese and the ending fight was exhausing and not very rewarding with the 25 second ending sequence with no clear example of any sort of change. The corny dialogue was charming at first but it made no sense for the stakes that the characters found themselves in. I really hoped that they would have matured their behaviour by the end. The stealth system is terrible and should have just not been in the game since it barely worked 90% of the time. The perk system was really cool at first but it falls into the trope of skill trees where you aren't sure if you will be able to get all the perks and skills by the end or if you should be saving and working towards one big thing or not. It was the latter and I didn't do that. Also the buddy pass ally gets disconnected WAY too often. I hope they retcon the game in the sequel which is unfortunate because it could have been good if the game got playtested and it had a little more serious writing. I heavily do not recommend this for solo play, the AI is brain dead.