Wolfenstein: The New Order
As hothouses of melancholy historical fiction, any Wolfenstein first-person shooter would appeal to a COD devotee, but I’m focusing on post-World War II installment The New Order for its intriguing balance of blood and care. Though its plot can sometimes be a bit hamfisted in its quest to make you cry, The New Order succeeds in adding thoughtfulness to a typically mindless, bloodthirsty genre. You can still kill, like, a shit ton of Nazis, though.
“This isn’t just a first-person shooter,” Mike Fahey wrote in his 2014 review for Kotaku, “it’s a character-driven work of art.”
