Xbox - The Official Magazine - UK (2019-08)

within.Inthesamemissionwewerebottle-

neckedatoneendoftheblimpasthe

enemieswereclosinginandwenoticed

anotherventthatledtoanotherroom,

allowingustoflanktheenemy.

Teamworkisalsovital.Someofthe

enemieshithard,andbeforeyouknow

it youmightbeoutforthecountunless

yourco-oppartnercangetyouupintime.

Thankfully,thegamemakestheuseof

lives,whicharesharedbetweenboth

players,soif youdomanagetodieyou’ll

geta chancetogetbackintothefight.You

don’thavetoteamupwithanotherplayer

if youdon’twantto,youcanjustaseasily

playonyourownwithanAIcompanion.

You’llhavea wholebunchof

customisationoptionstoplayaroundwith.

Silvercoinsandabilitypointsareused

toupgradeyourweaponsandcharacter

respectively.Eachweaponhasallthe

standardupgradesyou’dexpect,and

yourpowersuitcanbeupgradedtolet

youdothingslikeduel-wieldone-handed

weaponsandpickuptheheavygunsfrom

downedenemies.If you’reitchingtoshoot

a Naziintheface,youwon’thavetowait

longtodoso,asWolfenstein:Youngblood

launcheson 26 July.Q

here’sonlyonething

betterthanblasting

awayNazis,andthat’s

blastingawayNaziswith

a friend.Setin the’80s,

Wolfenstein:Youngblood

hasyouplayingastwinsistersJessand

SophBlazkowicz,ona missionin Paristo

rescuetheirfather,theoneandonlyBJ

Blazkowicz.Theymayhaveneverkilleda

Nazibefore,buttheirparentshavebeen

trainingthemtohuntandkillalltheirlives,

andwithsuchhighstakesthere’snothing

thesesisterswouldn’tdo.

Thiscollaborationbetween

MachineGamesandArkaneStudioshas

resultedinthemostopenWolfenstein

gameyet.Aftertheinitialintroductory

levelsyou’refreetotakeonmissionsin

whicheverorderyouchoose.It’swithin

thesemissionsthatArkane’sknack

forsuperbleveldesignisimmediately

apparent,andduringourhands-ontime

wecameacrossseveraldifferentwaysin

whichyoucouldtacklea situation.One

mission,on-boarda zeppelin,gaveusthe

optionofgoingingunsblazing,butinstead

weskirtedaroundandcrawledthrough

a venttosilentlytakeouttheenemies

ABOVEThe

Blazkowicz

familybonding

sessionswere

morebrutalthan

yourtypical

heatedgameof

Monopoly.

NAZIKILLINGCLEARLYRUNSINTHEFAMILY

WOLFENSTEIN:

YOUNGBLOOD

QPUBLISHERBETHESDASOFTWORKS/DEVELOPERMACHINEGAMES/ARKANESTUDIOS/ETA 26 JULY

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