Strides made in independent development, not to mention pressure from critics who yearn for something more complex, has seemingly caused many developers to try and reinvent the wheel, reboot their property, or otherwise take a step away from the “old school” – or at least dress up old ideas in an attempt to mask how archaic they actually are.Īll of this is to say that The New Order simply doesn’t give a toss about any of it, comfortably and confidently digging itself into a trough of shameless, mindless, old fashioned shooting fun. We live in a world where vast sectors of the game industry are self conscious about the industry’s lack of innovation and depth. In a world where turret sequences are seen as one of the many overwhelming cliches of modern action games, it says something that this latest Wolfenstein entry chooses such a dead horse as its opening gambit.
Blazkowicz mans the guns of a fighter plane to shoot Luftwaffe from the skies.
Wolfenstein: The New Order begins with a turret sequence, as musclebound growler B.J.
