Wolfenstein: Captain Generic Saves The Day
Just out is this moving-picture displaying the introductory sequence to Raven's upcoming Wolfenstein do-over. It's a curious project, for once putting the mystical overtones of the Wolfenstein series front'n'centre, as opposed to the usual late-game burst of fantasy weirdness. This cinematic, though, aptly demonstrates its two conflicting elements - Nazi-shooting and crazy gothic magic, the latter this time to be wielded by you as well as your exaggerated foes. No in-game footage, and thus no enormous sense of how this sequel/remake (semake? Requel?) will play. But I guarantee you this: it will feature the shooting of pixel-based German men.
BJ Sillynameowicz's latest incarnation is as about as blandly generic as action heroes get, but I rather imagine that's the point. He's the archetypal US soldier, all lantern-jaw and gruff stubble, dropped into a bewildering world of dark magicks and dark festishism. Ironic juxtaposition, and all that. Frankly, he looks so 80s action hero that he's a little ludicrous (as the name also implies) - and I do hope that's something that's played with rather than Raven simply treating him as sympathetic hero.
Anyway, go video:
Other salient points about Wolfenstein include a few winks that RCTW: Enemy Territory will be the inspiration for the multiplayer - so it could be a sequel of sorts to poor Quake Wars- and this plot summary:
It is the year 1943. The Second World War is at its height. While Allied forces have stalled the expansion of Hitler's Third Reich, the Nazi war machine still has its boot on the throat of mainland Europe. However, the Führer demands nothing less than global domination. Enter Heinrich Himmler's feared SS and its plan to master an occult force known only as the Black Sun. With this mysterious power source at its disposal, no army on Earth could stand in the Reich's path. No army but the man who had single-handedly shut down Himmler's Übersoldat program and thwarted the resurrection of ancient superhuman King Heinrich I, that is. Once again, the world requires the particular talents of special agent B.J. Blazkowicz.
It's due later this year, so no doubt we can expect oodles of footage and information soon.
Bonus! A GDC interview I don't believe we slapped here at the time: