It's a shame there isn't a better incentive system in place. Secret areas give you a bit of an incentive to explore, but the payoff for much of this exploration is just gold bar collectibles and notes. There's one new gun that shoots off explosives that can be a lot of fun, especially against mobs. The new steel pipes let you traverse levels in new ways, and serve as fairly entertaining weapons, to boot, especially as finishers. This doesn't really impact fun, as you do have some new weapons to play around with. There's less emphasis on progression, largely due to the shorter campaign. The perk system is appropriately diminished in The Old Blood. There are some really jarring moments, shifting between tragedy and comedy, that really work well here (much like in The New Order.) That's a testament to the quality of writing in these games. It's amazing how a video game can juxtapose such wonderful humor against such a tragic backdrop. But there's still some great story moments, and BJВ Blaskowitz is as hilarious as ever.

The story was one of the great surprises and delights of The New Order. It's a shame there isn't more story, of course.

What we do get is plenty entertaining in its own right. That being said, Wolfenstein isn't a stealth game, and wishing it so is a bit unrealistic on my part. Here we may get through large areas by sneaking, but eventually we have a forced fight on our hands. That's one thing Dishonored did so well-allow players to choose a play-style, from aggro to stealth, that fit their fancy. My biggest gripe here is the fact that the entire game can't be played in stealth mode. It's best to find commanders and take them out before they sound an alarm, or simply sneak past them altogether, but if you screw up you're in for a fight, and the fights are entertaining. Other than that, stealth is pretty much optional. It was simply too long and too repetitive, the weakest link in the game's chain. The only area I didn't enjoy the stealth was the overly long first area where you sneak past a bunch of wired Nazi mechs. It's nowhere near as elegant a stealth game as Bethesda's also-marvelous Dishonored.Д«ut I like how it's clunky, too, how the game systems you'd expect from stealth are missing and you just have to rely on instinct, luck, and patience. There are no indicators of enemy perception-no cones of sight or warning signs that an enemy might spot you soon. Much of the game centers on a somewhat clunky stealth system that I'm actually quite fond of.

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