DSOGaming writes: "Our reader 'Dirty Dan' has informed us about a possible performance boost for Wolfenstein: The New Order. According to our reader, by renaming the executable filename from WolfNewOrder_x64 to WolfNewOrder_x32, PC gamers will notice a huge performance increase."
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Wolfenstein: The New Order turns ten years old today, so we decided to play it again and discovered just how much of an extinct kind of game it is.
It's an outstanding game and so was The Old Blood. Also a lost era of gaming. Interesting, I received a physical copy of The Old Blood 9 years ago today from Poland. It was digital only in North America initially upon release so I had to import.
Wolfenstein: The New Order launched 10 years ago today, but can it stand up to the modern FPS titles it inspired?
I disagree. Its still a fantastic game, with very good gunplay and a surprisingly loveable cast of characters and a good story trough many different and interesting setpieces
All The New Order needs for my tastes is a this gen enhancement patch.
I played New Order a couple of years after launch and I give it an 8/10. The shooter holds up because it is focused on being a good shooter. There is no crafting, no RPG elements, no open world find the question mark Weapons are fun. Enemies are fun. Levels offer a nice mix of stealth and shooting. You get to be the predator; this isn’t a game about fending off waves of enemies while a robot companion unlocks a door. Most importantly, New Order is the last of a dying breed of single player shooters.
Singleplayer shooters are still getting released every year, just look up "boomer shooters" and you'll find an an abundance of them. AAA fps campaigns, not so much.
Last year had Trepang2, RoboCop: Rogue City, Turbo Overkill, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, Dread Templar, Sprawl and more
The games you mentioned are not from AAA developers. Wolfenstein likely had a budget that was probably as big as all those games you mentioned combined. I'm not knocking the new wave of retro shooters. I absolutely love them (I think some get much higher review scores than they deserve though). I just really wouldn't describe Wolfenstein as purely a boomer shooter based on the relatively cohesive story, with cut scenes and is fully voice acted. Full set piece moments.
AA development seems to be focused keeping the single player solo experience alive. But the big developers are only concerned about the MTX and milking players who enjoy multiplayer.
The age of AA shooters. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. I like less expense, shorter games.
Weird all the Wolfenstein articles.
Can you guess what will be announced at Xbox showcase?
What Machine Games did with Wolfenstein franchise is awesome. The game play definitely to me , is still very fun to play !!!
This is really fantastic right now, Helps PC players to have a better experience, and what I call might be trademarked someday "Frametard"- a person who only cares about 60fps on every single game imaginable!
OT: This just give me smiles I can't wait to try it on my PC.
How is this even possible and can someone explain why WolfNewOrder_x64.exe file was not called WolfNewOrder_x32.exe by the developers themselves?
Too late i'm sure most people have finished it. I can't believe that a game released in May of 2014 is so horribly optimised for certain cards. Absolutely ridiculous.
I had a few issues getting this game to run well. Running AMD hardware, updating to catalyst 14.4 is essential. My system has powerful specs but I had frame rate issues with this game. regular dips to 20fps, and choppy screen tearing.Not very pleasant.
Amazingly, this "trick" worked. I now average between a solid 50-60fps ultra. Considering all the issue ppl have had with this game i feel lucky.