![]() The leader of the American resistance is a black woman named Grace Walker (who had a baby with a white man), with other supporting characters being a Jewish mystic and a Communist, and once again Blazkowicz himself being of Jewish and Polish heritage. The game was then officially announced the following year at E3 2017, featuring the United States taken over by Nazis becoming the American Territories. Unfortunately at this time, the rise of the alt-right and Donald Trump made this a strange time for the game to exist. The latest release in the series, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, was first teased via a command prompt at E3 2016. What would come next is even more interesting. A prequel expansion pack titled Wolfenstein: The Old Blood was also released to mixed reception. About the only controversy Wolfenstein: The New Order received was in Britain where an MP complained about the presence of "The Beatles" in-game as "Die Käfer". It fully flips the narrative as Blazkowicz fails on a mission to kill a Nazi scientist (General Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse, who figured in the past two games) and with his technology allows the Nazis to take over the world. It can probably work either way.) What would come next in 2014 is Wolfenstein: The New Order, a game of critical acclaim for its storytelling and developed by Machine Games for Bethesda Softworks, now also the owners of id Software. ![]() (What followed used elements from the two titles that preceded it, suggesting it was a sequel, but there are many elements that don't necessarily correspond with it, suggesting it's another reboot. The 2009 title, simply called Wolfenstein, was critically much less well regarded as the highest scoring version, the PC version, garnered a 74 average on Metacritic based on 41 reviews and it didn't sell too hotly, but it signified the beginning of a new era and possible third reboot. The 2001 title, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, was very well received, garnering an 88 for the PC version, which was the biggest-selling one. Other things included is the hint that Blazkowicz is of Jewish heritage, making the Nazi killing all the more justified. In this timeline, William "B.J." Blazkowicz is an agent for the Allies set to disrupt the Nazis (like you do), but it also includes some more fantastical elements like magic. In 2001, the franchise received its second reboot and biggest departure from the real world, this time developed first by Gray Matter Interactive (later became Treyarch, who has since predominantly created Call of Duty titles), then in 2009, Raven Software for Activision Blizzard. Once BJ kills a heavily-armored soldier guarding the spear and grabs it, however, he finds himself having to battle a demon called the Angel of Death to prove he is worthy to wield it. Allied HQ and BJ himself are skeptical of this, but he is sent to steal it back anyway, in the hopes its loss will send Hitler off the deep end. The prequel, Spear of Destiny, incorporates some supernatural elements, with Hitler having the Nazis steal the titular spear in the belief it will make him invincible. The only reason to know this is to infiltrate nerds. Notably, id tied Wolfenstein 3D in with Commander Keen, a relatively well made platform game, by making Keen the grandson of William "B.J." Blazkowicz. ![]() ![]() Sequels and spin-offs were to follow, but they generally had little to say apart from: "Here's William 'B.J.' Blazkowicz. It was met with plenty of controversy over its violent content, but it is generally well regarded as a game. Id Software in 1992 decided to soft-reboot the franchise by using the expired trademark to the word and borrowing plenty of the setting to make what is considered to be the popularizer of the first-person shooter genre. They were inspired by the movie (and book) called "The Guns of Navarone". They were some of the very first stealth games and played from a top-down perspective as opposed to the later entries. It started in 1981 with two games developed by Muse Software, titled Castle Wolfenstein and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein.
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