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The fucking flush michael-laugh

I finally started playing through the Machinehead Wolfenstein reboot series, and TNO at least is pretty great so far. It's incredible that the game turns 11 this year when in my mind it's still a fancy next-gen title chomsky-yes-honey

Speaking of which, it is starting to look its age. I'm usually not one to complain about graphics given that I regularly play games that are 20+ years old but even I noticed the flat lighting and rough textures that feel like something you'd see on the Xbox 360. 2014 was pretty early for 8th gen so I guess it makes sense for it to look a bit transitional. Alien Isolation came around the same time but I remember that game looking much more impressive when I played it some years back.

I do love how absolutely despicable every single Nazi character is in this game, just completely irredeemable assholes. I just hope the game's not going to turn out too annoyingly liberal

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[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 6 points 4 weeks ago (13 children)

the USA being the first place to successfully have a mass uprising against the Nazis

Tbf, if the Nazis won, the U.S would be the one of the last on their mind to exterminate.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 8 points 4 weeks ago (12 children)

It's just funny because J has that big impassioned speech in the first game about how the USA was the Nazis before the Nazis

Then New Colossus happens and it's like "Noo, the USA is actually special and even though they were fine with bringing back chattel slavery, they're ready to kill Nazis they just need to see us kill Nazis on TV"

[–] Des@hexbear.net 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (6 children)

Also the whole "A vanguard of veteran radical communists, socialists, and anarchists leads this spontaneous U.S. uprising but according to the third game this armed vanguard decides to instantly re establish a liberal democratic republic without any alteration. Also, a communist revolutionary decides to just straighten her hair and fully integrates herself into the newly established liberal police state."

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, the series took a big dive with Youngblood

In design and in story

[–] marx_mentat@hexbear.net 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Youngblood is the weakest for sure but I appreciated the attempt at creating a framework for repeatable level design, even if most of the missions are mid to bad. It feels like a budget effort.

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