Playtime: 14:20 Hours

Longer, bigger, crazier, better? Not quite, but part two of Machine Games Wolfenstein reboot series is at least on the same level as the very good first part. It's hard to believe that the game was released in 2017 as pretty as the graphics are, especially the lighting effects and character models.

Apart from that, this second fight against the regime is filled with some really stupid but at the same time ingenious twists, really brute action interludes and a lot of black satirically charged humor. It all works much better than in the first game and the DLC.

Unfortunately, the gunplay is not as good and unique as in the predecessor. This one feels more like Call of Duty, has less impact and less of a trash factor. The level structure is also sometimes opaque and confusing and the AI is no longer as clever as it was in "The New Order". Nevertheless, the Hollywood-ready production and the crazy pace, as well as the action and humor, are really very successful. All in all, a very strong second part, but one that can't outdo the first.

Wow this game sucks. I remember playing the original and its DLC in 2019 and having a pretty good time. The dialogue in the first hour of this game is some of the worst I've ever heard and the plot is actual nonsense. Characters are stiff and the game is constantly trying to force overly sentimental emotional moments that are awful.

This isn't even to mention the gameplay. Gunplay sucks and there's no weight to anything. You run like Sonic the Hedgehog but the game wants to make you stealth every encounter - with the stealth system itself being extremely basic. I don't remember the first one feeling this bad. At least I didn't pay for it.

I don't think I'll be finishing this one. I'm very disappointed with this game, it's just not fun, the story is very boring and generic and the gameplay feels very bad. I was hoping for something fast paced in terms of gunplay like Doom eternal or Titanfall 2 but this is nothing like it. The guns feel unsatisfying to shoot, they are more like bb guns than firearms, the level design is okay but the color pallet makes loot and enemies hard to see, specially the waypoint marker, it's awful and it's very hard to see with the color they chose. Stealth is a joke, it's useful but as boring as it gets. Why is ammo not picked up automatically? Why is it so awkward to change weapons? I don't have a clue. Another think I didn't like is the health system, you know how in Halo they invented the overshield to make players more aggressive and not worry about health that much? And you know how most shooters since copied that by recovering health automatically when covered? Well, wolfenstein 2 decided to do the complete opposite, not only you do not regain health passively, you actually lose health by the second for some unknown reason, it's boring, it's stupid and doesn't make sense. Waste of time.
Update: did finish it, didn't get any better

i was pretty close to beating the game, probably like 1-2 hours left, but my file corrupted and my last save file was a couple of in-game hours before. i have no intention of redoing the previous shit again, especially with me playing the game on the hardest difficulty. i wasn't really enjoying the experience with the game anyways. the story was boring as hell. the gameplay was uninspired and didn't justify it being a sequel. i also think this game unfortunately deals with the inherent evolution of game technology. the game feels way too sluggish and "realistic" for my liking. one thing i loved about "return to castle wolfenstein" was the beautiful fluid movement; it's the type of game i would love to speedrun. the fast-paced movement and smooth controls allowed for more fun gameplay. this game doesn't have any of this, and it's sorely missed for me.

8/10
Лучше предыдущих — хороший баланс стелса и екшона. Игра более юморная, чем предыдущие — это на пользу. Много видео-вставок (слишком много?), между миссиями можно бегать по кораблю и слушать забавные диалоги. Круто сделано, что начинаешь в инвалидном кресле, крутой плот-твист в сцене с судом, короче мне в целом понравилось, entertaining. Дополнительные миссии из энигмы (убить оберкоммандеров) какие-то скучноватые, я думал они будут экстра-сложные. В целом, игра не особо сложная, но на самых высоких difficulty levels становится не прикольно, потому что очень быстро убивают. Ждём Wolfenstein 3 (уже 2024 год, алё).