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Wolfenstein II: The Freedom Chronicles - Episode Zero

Episode Zero introduces you to Joseph Stallion, Jessica Valiant and Gerald Wilkins as they fight for freedom in the American Territories. Blast your way through Nazis using unique abilities and an arsenal of…

70 7 November 2017 ESRB M

Wolfenstein II: The Freedom Chronicles - Episode Zero is a shooter developed by MachineGames, released 7 November 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Wolfenstein II: The Freedom Chronicles - Episode Zero is

Wolfenstein II: The Freedom Chronicles - Episode Zero is a shooter game developed by MachineGames and released in 2017. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on id Tech 6. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Episode Zero introduces you to Joseph Stallion, Jessica Valiant and Gerald Wilkins as they fight for freedom in the American Territories. Blast your way through Nazis using unique abilities and an arsenal of guns in this opening DLC mission.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Wolfenstein series

Wolfenstein II: The Freedom Chronicles - Episode Zero is the 33rd of 38 entries we hold in the Wolfenstein series. The next entry was Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - The Adventures of Gunslinger Joe in 2017. Its critic score of 70 is almost exactly the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus at 87.

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How it was received

Wolfenstein II: The Freedom Chronicles - Episode Zero holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 37% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Wolfenstein II: The Freedom Chronicles - Episode Zero launched on 7 November 2017, within three weeks of Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins and South Park: The Fractured But Whole. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins, South Park: The Fractured But Whole.

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When did Wolfenstein II: The Freedom Chronicles - Episode Zero come out?
Wolfenstein II: The Freedom Chronicles - Episode Zero was released on 7 November 2017 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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