![]() ![]() Oppression doesn't need jackbooted Nazis to be any less real. This leads to the aesop of never being apathetic in times of injustice, especially when Grace points out that marginalized folk have fought and still fight for their rights on a daily basis. In addition to the bit above regarding BJ's father, Rip's racism and the complacent attitude of many Americans to the Nazi occupation bring up the important fact that 20th century America still had grave problems of its own regarding bigotry even when it fought the Third Reich.(with his father Rip) and Sigrun (with her mother Engel) display across the game. You don't have to follow up your parents' steps if they are in the wrong, as both B.J.Secondly, trying to cozy up to racists will backfire when they inevitably turn on you for your inevitable misstep, because there's no consistency or sense in such misguided hatred. The lesson in this is twofold: Firstly, trying to cozy up to racists will make you a jackass. ![]() When a woman named Adler flirts with a German officer, he returns her affections and praises her zeal for agreeing with Nazi ideals, until she makes a misguided remark about 'impure Austrians', at which moment he immediately turns on her, because Hitler himself is Austrian.The game also makes a point with Sigrun that calling and accusing someone of being a Nazi when they aren't, or lashing out at allies who only want to help, can be just as cruel and damaging as any other kind of label or prejudice.But they've been corrupted by Nazism, and they're terrible people who believe in a murderous ideology that destroys everything around them, so screw 'em." Oddly enough, this doesn't go against the former theme - the intended message is most likely "Yes, these people have family and others they care about. The game has a surprising amount of Pet the Dog and Cry for the Devil moments as depicted in various letters from Nazis to their families.This game does not shy away from showing how Nazi ideology corrupts everything and everyone who believes in it, and how collaborating with it is a product of selfishness and racism.Adolf Hitlarious: The man himself shows up on Venus, a pathetic senile old man with bladder issues and an cartoonishly violent temper.Including one scene right at the end where she dual-wields assault rifles, bare-chested and heavily pregnant with twin girls. Action Girl: Anya now gets to show off the skills she had in her backstory, occasionally showing up on the front lines of battle.Action Dad: Even though BJ is not a father yet, since his children are on the way, he is determined to not let them grow up in a Crapsack World run by Nazis.Frau Engel constantly makes fun of her daughter Sigrun's weight, discusses the sexual fantasy Sigrun wrote down in her diary to her subordinates, tries to force Sigrun to murder a prisoner, torments Sigrun with that prisoner's severed head, and leaves Sigrun to the Kreisau Circle's mercy when she defies her.The game focuses heavily on character building, analyzing Blazkowicz's emotional state and background while also giving more attention to the supporting cast from The New Order.īJ: I'll be in the grave, rotting away. and his allies set their sights on The United States, in hopes of sparking a second American Revolution and destroying the Nazi grip on the world once and for all. With the Nazis' power base in Europe now in ruins, B.J. Blazkowicz, picking up after his assassination of General Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse as he recovers from his injuries sustained at the end of the last game. ![]() Like The New Order, The New Colossus is set in an Alternate History where Nazi Germany won World War II. ![]() It was developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, and was released worldwide on 27th October 2017, with a Nintendo Switch release on 29th June 2018. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is the tenth game in the Wolfenstein series, and Sequel to the 2014 First-Person Shooter game Wolfenstein: The New Order. ![]()
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