Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Silas Warner must be spinning in his grave at the thought of his clever stealth game becoming this cringe inducing, tone-deaf melodrama. Wolfenstein II tries way too hard to be hip and funny with its over-the-top plot about a world in which the Nazis won WWII. The story takes the time to point out the horrors of racism and bigotry but also utilizes just about every ethnic stereotype and cliche in lieu of any actual character development. And this in a game that is about 60% cut scenes. Ugh.

Aside from that, the actual FPS game mechanics are fine. The enemies and weapons are varied and the combat is solid and fun. But there were plenty of missed opportunities to mix things up. I mean at one point you fly to Venus and it turns out that it is exactly like Earth except you have to fill your space suit every two minutes. No low gravity, or, um, space stuff. Just run and gun and skip the next cut scene.