3. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

This follow-up to the smash hit Wolfenstein: The New Order takes players to America, which has been taken over by Nazis after they won World War 2. This alternate history scenario has been explored before, but gives players a satisfying excuse to kill Nazis as they fight to liberate America from oppression. After winning the war, the Nazis have put iron-fisted General Engel in power in America, who’s a great villain. She’s ruthless and unpredictable, and makes playing through this first-person shooter even more fun.

As you can expect, the action is just as over the top as in the original game – much more than in a Call of Duty game (of course). But this is intercut with deadly serious scenes in which protagonist B.J. Blazkowicz remembers his abusive, antisemitic father, and then it’s off to fight robot dogs (which breath fire) and Nazi stormtroopers with a big laser weapon in the radioactive remains of New York city again… Nonetheless, this is one of the best WW2-inspired games to date, no doubt.

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