Soph's choiceĪll by yourself?If you want to play the game solo, Youngblood's AI partner system works well enough. But there sure is a lot of 'blood'-and for a certain breed of shooting fan, that might be enough. Just be warned: there isn't much 'young' about Youngblood, and it certainly doesn't have enough new or interesting ideas to unseat the co-op shooter likes of Destiny 2. In either case, this new entry builds upon the best level-design qualities of the 2017 game to make it an intriguing alternative to modern co-op shooters.

If you skipped that sequel, you can expect the co-op twist to provide just enough new stuff to make it a worthwhile romp, alone or with a friend. If you gobbled up Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, then you can enjoy another heaping helping of the series' no-nonsense combat, weighing in at roughly 20 hours. Honestly, it's a solid idea on developer MachineGames' part. This time, those assets are born anew as a co-op campaign (which can be played alone, in a pinch). The 2017 sequel's assets have been recycled and reshuffled to bring us a new adventure full of enemies, weapons, abilities, and geometry chunks we've seen before. Though it's being sold as a standalone game, this week's Wolfenstein Youngblood makes more sense when described as an expansion pack-albeit one that doesn't require owning the last game, which might be a point in its favor. And now we have another game in the series, which lands in curious fashion-with little promotion or buzz, without a 'sequel' designation, and sold at the atypically low new-game price of $29.99. Its 2017 sequel was fine enough but failed to turn any gears in terms of gameplay evolution. Release Date: July 25 (Windows), July 26 (Xbox One, PS4, Switch)įive years ago, the Wolfenstein game series enjoyed a triumphant return as a back-to-basics excuse to virtually slaughter hundreds of mechanized Nazis.

Platform: Windows PC (reviewed), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Game Details Developer: MachineGames, Arkane Studios

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