Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood offers another serving of the action we saw with The New Order in 2014, but with the perspective as a...

At several different points during Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, you encounter spots where B.J. Blazkowicz can fall asleep, prompting dream sequences that stick the modern, polygon-constructed B.J. into various levels of Wolfenstein 3D , complete with...

Wolfenstein: The New Order was a modern classic of the first-person shooter genre, and I'm disappointed to say that The Old Blood doesn't quite get there. It's a fun game in its own right, but it doesn't do much new and interesting. In The New Order...


 The Old Blood doesn't bring much new to Wolfenstein in terms of gameplay, but it's a brilliant old-school shooter with a reasonably lengthy, fast-paced campaign at a budget price. If you played and loved The New Order than it's damn near essential, but...

The New Blood is a highly enjoyable old-school expansion that is slightly brought down by a weaker second half and some minor technical...

Back to the 40's Wolfenstein: The New Order was my favourite game of 2014. I loved its focus on character building, immersive story and varied locations. That being the case, you can imagine my elation when a new, stand-alone campaign expansion,...

Had The Old Blood been injected with more new blood, maybe it would have matched or surpassed the quality of The New Order. But by over-relying on nostalgia to drive the experience, it's well-crafted fan service rather than an attempt to push the series in new directions. For a standalone expansion that's not an unforgivable offense, but we're excited to see what Machine Games can do with the series now that this genealogical exercise is flushed out of its system.

The Old Blood is certainly old in that it's more of what came before, but when what came before was so fun, it's hardly a problem.This game was reviewed on PlayStation 4 with a copy provided by the publisher.HighsFast, heavy focus on lots and lots of...