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Good point. Seems like review codes would be a no brainer, or at least day one copies. Odd...
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Wolfenstein: The Old Blood announced ($20, standalone, PC/XB1/PS4)
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Good point. Seems like review codes would be a no brainer, or at least day one copies. Odd...
6Mbps is ~600KBps after factoring in overheads, so about the same; 6MBps, on the other hand, would mean less than two hours. The pre-load size on Steam is actually ~3GB smaller than the unpacked install size (34.4GB versus 37ishGB) and I imagine the console versions are also slightly compressed.
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I'd say this is a low risk one. It's a low price standalone with a great foundation from TNO. Caution is important for the bigger releases for sure.
SmartWaffles
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Yep, in short.. Nazi imagery is forbidden in Germany but when used in a educational, critical or art-background(for example movies) it's OK... But video games still are not considered as art in this context, so even if they're highly anti-nazi, swastikas are not allowed. There needs to be a serious discussion here about video games and their role in culture.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Hoping there's a bit more technical oomph in Old Blood over New Order (which I thought looked stunning anyway) due to not being cross generation.
Hopefully but I wouldn't bet on it...
The game being roughly half the length of Wolf14 but only ~7GB smaller bodes well for texture quality, at least.
Moff
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is there a way to see what version you're buying on steam before paying?
wolfenstein:TNO was supposed to be completely uncut in my country, but they somehow fucked it up at release and I couldnt play my physical copy with the UK key (I had to use vpn). but they corrected that a few weeks later. but now I am not sure what I am buying when I preorder the old blood on steam.
wolfenstein:TNO was supposed to be completely uncut in my country, but they somehow fucked it up at release and I couldnt play my physical copy with the UK key (I had to use vpn). but they corrected that a few weeks later. but now I am not sure what I am buying when I preorder the old blood on steam.
If you're in Germany, Austria or Switzerland then you're buying the modified version. The rest-of-world version of the game is only region-locked for Germany, though, so if you're in one of the other two countries, you can buy the game from Nuuvem (South American VPN required to purchase) and not have to worry about workarounds come release day.
Moff
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thanks!
how do you know all this? :O
You gradually pick up on how things work when your goal is to own everything.
Presumably you only need to download 7GB before the game is partially playable... or somebody stuffed up and that's all the data there is.
Truckondo2.0
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It downloads in two parts. It's about 39 gb total.
That's the minim to be playable. The rest gets downloaded in the background. Check the information of the game and you will see.
NotMyUsername
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Nothing in the OT or official site mention it. Is there any bonus for owning/playing New Order? Any unlocks or something? I got New Order on Xbox One but with the small discount figure I'll get Old Blood on PS4. Just making sure before I snag it.
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The PlayGo (don't think they ran very far with actually branding it, but the feature is there nonetheless) part is all you need on PS4 to be allowed to play, so that's all they list initially. You can still check the progress of the full game download in the Downloads afterward.
JigglesBunny
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First I had TNO on Xbox One.
Traded it in and never finished it.
Then I recieved the PS3 version as a gift.
Awful texture streaming/pop in, traded it in and never finished it.
I purchased the Xbox 360 version when it was on sale on Black Friday for $20.
Still haven't finished it.
But $17.99 on PS4 for a prequel title? You bet your ass I pre-ordered and will finish this.
Traded it in and never finished it.
Then I recieved the PS3 version as a gift.
Awful texture streaming/pop in, traded it in and never finished it.
I purchased the Xbox 360 version when it was on sale on Black Friday for $20.
Still haven't finished it.
But $17.99 on PS4 for a prequel title? You bet your ass I pre-ordered and will finish this.
The developers confirmed as much
I'll try and find a quote for you!Really? That's awesome! Thought TNO looked good, but I'm not complaining if they improve the graphics further.The developers confirmed as much
Yeah, I think it was a Game Informer mag (I couldn't find the quote on their site) basically saying that by dropping the old gen versions they were able to make the game look a lot better by adding a lot more detail into their lighting and particle effects. I'll have a look when I get home
They'd have to royally fuck up to make this not worth buying if you liked TNO. That game was a perfect 60fps, few bugs, and the mechanics were polished. Much of this game will likely just be asset reskins.
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The developers confirmed as much
I'm sure there's more than one quote, but he confirms more detailed and larger environments here http://www.gamespot.com/articles/what-s-new-in-wolfenstein-the-old-blood/1100-6426667/
Awesome!! Yeah the one I read specifically mentioned beefing up the lighting and amount of particles (like smoke / dust) but that's great to hear as well
I can't wait to check it out!
NullPointer
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While I agree with this and am optimistic, why in the world are they withholding this from pre-release reviews?
orthodoxy1095
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Did TNO have reviews before release?
TouchMyBox
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Isn't the problem with megatextures is that the textures are too consistent in quality? With regular textures, the textures that players are going to see up close often can be much higher resolution that textures that will only be seen from a distance, whereas with megatextures everything in an environment is of the same texture quality.
This is just what I assumed, please correct me if I'm wrong.
I'm pretty sure it had a release date embargo as do all Bethesda games if I'm not mistaken.
NullPointer
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Huh, OK. Well, if the game is solid the worst their embargo will do is delay me a couple of days.
This may be a lil blasphemous but I'm hoping this DLC will be more replayable than the core Wolfenstein. When replaying a game, especially a shooter like Wolf, I tend to want to skip beyond the story and go right to the action - and while the game's pacing makes for an excellent first run-through, the non-skippable cut-scenes and in-game story bits make it more of a trudge than I'd like when replaying it.
Its also why I still dream of a horde mode or something purely mechanics-focused - something to just drop in and unleash hell with.
TouchMyBox
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I get it. Unskippable cutscenes are an unforgivable sin in the context of replaying a game. I get that the game developers work hard on the cutscenes, but at least allow you to skip them after you've watched them once or cleared the game or something.
BuggeryBugz
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This may have been answered already but is there any indication on the length of the game?
Edit: nevermind.
Edit: nevermind.
Probably some dumb Bethesda policy. It's not like it's a huge game being rushed out for a holiday season or anything. In fact, it's coming quite a bit later than I would have expected since the launch of TNO.
AgentOtaku
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Agreed
Adore TNO x1000000, but it isnt necessarily inviting for jump n out play due to its heavy narrative structure.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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I'm also in the camp that wishes they toned down the story bits, or at least included a few more balls-to-the-wall action bits in the first half of the game instead of jamming all of them towards the end.
Though the DLC seemingly has combat challenge rooms, so unless they're frustratingly hard or something, they should be some nice shooting fun.
Though the DLC seemingly has combat challenge rooms, so unless they're frustratingly hard or something, they should be some nice shooting fun.
I don't think many people would disagree with you on that. A horde mode would have been awesome in The New Order. I'm really happy to hear that MachineGames is ditching 3rd person cutscenes for The Old Blood. I wonder what what those challenge rooms are?
Super Bunnyhop posted a fantastic video review of The New Order.
His main criticisms are:
- The players slow movement speed means you can't make good time while overcharged so you can't move out of cover quickly. Coupled with a fragile damage threshold, you're forced into stop and pop firefights on the higher difficulties.
- The upgrade system is at odds with how the game is meant to played. It requires a bizarre playstyle if you want to unlock anything.
- Jank tech. Cutscenes look great but the game world is grainy and under processed.
Square Triangle
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Any awesome Europeans willing to see how much it would cost me to have you ship it to Michigan? I'd MUCH rather have a retail copy.
mr stroke
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Any idea if this is short like DLC would be? Or is this a 15-20 hour full game?
jediyoshi
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Neither, they've cited 8~ hours. These aren't too rare anymore, we've had things like Blood Dragon, Gat out of Hell, the Assassin's Creed spinoffs, the GTA3 episodes, etc.
Around 6-8 hours.
Carnby
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Just order it from amazon.co.UK or playasia.com. they accept us credit cards.