Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The New Order is an action-adventure shooter game played from a first-person perspective. It is the semi-sequel to 2009's Wolfenstein, however utilizes very little from the game and drops any…
Wolfenstein: The New Order is an adventure developed by MachineGames, released 20 May 2014 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It currently starts at $4.99 at GOG. The main story takes about 12.2 hrs to finish.
What Wolfenstein: The New Order is
Wolfenstein: The New Order is an adventure game developed by MachineGames and released in 2014. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on id Tech 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Three years after the destruction of the Black Sun portal, the Nazis have deployed advanced technologies enabling them to turn the tide against the Allies. B.J. Blazkowicz is chasing down his arch-enemy General Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse, knowing that if he can kill Deathshead, the Nazi war machine will be crippled. His plans backfire however and Blazkowicz is mortally wounded and put into a partial coma. After being rescued by a Polish fishing vessel and taken to an asylum in Poland where 14 years pass, he is emerging into this world of darkness, dominated by the Nazis. Blazkowicz arms up once again and sets out to reignite the flames of rebellion and toppling the Nazi regime.
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 50 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Wolfenstein series
Wolfenstein: The New Order is the 30th of 38 entries we hold in the Wolfenstein series. It arrived 2 years after Wolfenstein 3D. The next entry was Wolfenstein: The Old Blood in 2015. Its critic score of 77 is 6 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus at 87.
How it was received
Wolfenstein: The New Order holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 1,347 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 12.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 24.8 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $4.99, that works out to about $0.41 per hour of the main story, or $0.20 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i7 or equivalent AMD, 4 GB RAM and GeForce 460, ATI Radeon HD 6850. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 50GB. 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 $4.99 at GOG, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Wolfenstein: The New Order launched on 20 May 2014, within three weeks of Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Transistor and Child of Light. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Transistor, Child of Light.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Wolfenstein: The New Order yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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