
and an Agent One being captured in the eponymous castle, B.J. The Old Blood is itself sort of a broad-strokes retelling of the first chapter of Return to Castle Wolfenstein - it has the same basic plot of B.J.
The events of Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein (2009) and Machine Games installments only roughly line up, with multiple discontinuities between them. never killed Hitler (who still seems to be alive as of The New Order and does make an actual appearance in The New Colossus a note that can be found in The Old Blood, however, suggests that BJ did kill Hitler, they simply resurrected him afterwards). It's implied the events of Wolf3D sort of happened, but B.J. WOLFENSTEIN ENEMY TERRITORY VS DAY OF DEFEAT SERIES
This is how later games in the series seem to treat Wolfenstein 3D. Broad Strokes: Thanks to a combination of Excuse Plot and Sequel Gap, this is true of the franchise as a whole. Bad Boss/ Fat Bastard: At least one of them per game, and you get the chance to kick their ass in some way. While "kraftwerk" is a real German word, it translates to "power station" which is a weird name for a weapon, and somewhat redundant with "electrokraftwerk" (electric power station?) As Long as It Sounds Foreign: In some of the newer games there are weapons with -kraftwerk in the name, likely as as Shout-Out to the band. Artifact Title: The series is named after a place (Castle Wolfenstein) which appears in about half of the series ( Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein 3D, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood), and even then only for portions of most of them (first episode of Wolf3D, first and last few levels of RtCW, first half of The Old Blood). Subverted in The New Order, though, where America loses the war, as does everyone else except Germany, leaving it up to a multinational resistance to bring down the Reich. America Won World War II: The saga is all about B.J. The New Order, The Old Blood, and The New Colossus have World War II carry on well after 1945 and then eventually end with the Axis Powers defeating the Allies and conquering the world. Blazkowicz in 3D) kill Adolf Hitler, bringing a premature end to the Nazi regime, and in the latter case, World War II as well. Beyond Castle Wolfenstein and Wolfenstein 3D both have the Player Character (the nameless Allied Soldier in Beyond, B.J. Wolfenstein 3D's events are never directly mentioned other than intentionally vague notes in following games. Wolfenstein (2009) and therefore Return to Castle Wolfenstein were confirmed to be set in the same continuity as The New Order and beyond by the ◊ developers, ◊ and there's direct references to events that happen in them. Alternate Continuity: Possibly Wolfenstein 3-D in comparison to latter games. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017, MachineGames)Ĭommon tropes found across the series include:. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (2015, MachineGames).
Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014, MachineGames).Wolfenstein RPG (2008, Fountainhead Entertainment).Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (2003, Splash Damage, multiplayer-only).Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001, Gray Matter Interactive).Mission 3: Ultimate Challenge (1994, FormGen).Mission 2: Return to Danger (1994, FormGen).Wolfenstein 3D: Spear of Destiny (1992, id Software).Wolfenstein 3D: Nocturnal Missions (1992, id Software).Beyond Castle Wolfenstein (1984, Muse Software).Castle Wolfenstein (1981, Muse Software).So far, the games in the series are the following: This series is often regarded as the launch of the First-Person Shooter genre with Wolfenstein 3-D, alongside the later Doom, also by id. Wolfenstein is a long-running series of video games created first by Muse Software, then followed by id Software, Gray Matter Interactive, Raven Software, and MachineGames.