Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is the eleventh installment of the Wolfenstein series and a sequel to the 2014's Wolfenstein: The New Order. The game follows the main protagonist, William Joseph "B.J."…
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is an adventure developed by MachineGames, released 26 October 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $5.99 at GOG. The main story takes about 16.7 hrs to finish.
What Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is an adventure 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.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After the events of the first game, in which General Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse is eliminated, the Kreisau Circle retrieves the critically injured William "B.J." Blazkowicz from Deathshead's fortress before destroying it with a nuclear cannon. He. is still recovering from his wounds on a stolen U-boat called Eva’s Hammer. Suddenly, the U-boat is attacked by Frau Engel, a sadistic Nazi commander and captures Caroline. Blazkowicz devises a plan to get himself captured and taken to Engel's airship, the Ausmerzer, which is suspending the U-boat above water. Engel tries to get her daughter Sigrun to decapitate Caroline, but the former refuses, resulting in Engel killing Caroline herself…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 80 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Wolfenstein series
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is the 32nd of 38 entries we hold in the Wolfenstein series. It arrived 2 years after Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. The next entry was Wolfenstein II: The Freedom Chronicles - Episode Zero in 2017. Its critic score of 87 is 16 points above the series average of 71. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 663 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 16.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 66 hrs, roughly 4 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $5.99, that works out to about $0.36 per hour of the main story, or $0.09 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD FX-8350/Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel Core i5-3570/i7-3770, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 770 4GB/AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB or better. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 55GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $5.99 at GOG, 85% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus launched on 26 October 2017, within three weeks of Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins and South Park: The Fractured But Whole. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. 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.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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