<s>
Wolfenstein	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Old	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
MachineGames	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
5	O
May	O
2015	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
series	I-Application
and	O
a	O
prequel	B-Application
expansion	O
to	O
2014	O
's	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
New	I-Application
Order	I-Application
,	O
set	O
in	O
an	O
alternate-history	O
1946	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wolfenstein	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Old	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wolfenstein	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Old	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
changes	O
little	O
from	O
the	O
basic	O
gameplay	O
of	O
The	O
New	O
Order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
players	O
can	O
ambush	O
enemies	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
result	O
in	O
an	O
intense	O
firefight	B-Application
between	O
the	O
two	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enemy	O
types	O
vary	O
;	O
standard	O
Nazi	O
human	O
soldiers	O
,	O
which	O
vary	O
in	O
strength	O
,	O
robot-like	O
characters	O
known	O
as	O
Supersoldaten	O
(	O
Super	O
Soldiers	O
)	O
,	O
giant	O
mechanical	O
dogs	O
known	O
as	O
Panzerhunds	O
,	O
zombie-like	O
Nazi	O
soldiers	O
and	O
civilians	O
known	O
as	O
Shamblers	O
,	O
and	O
vicious	O
dogs	O
are	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
enemies	O
players	O
will	O
encounter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
lean	O
around	O
,	O
over	O
,	O
and	O
under	O
cover	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
tactical	O
advantage	O
during	O
shootouts	B-Application
and	O
stealth	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
levels	O
take	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
levels	O
from	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
3D	I-Application
;	O
the	O
player	O
moves	O
through	O
pixelated	O
hallways	O
,	O
mostly	O
equipped	O
with	O
just	O
a	O
pistol	O
,	O
fighting	O
Nazi	O
soldiers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wolfenstein	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Old	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
an	O
alternate	O
history	O
1946	O
,	O
just	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
prologue	O
of	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
New	I-Application
Order	I-Application
,	O
with	O
O.S.A.	O
</s>
<s>
Blazkowicz	O
(	O
Brian	O
Bloom	O
)	O
and	O
Richard	O
Wesley	O
(	O
taking	O
up	O
the	O
codename	O
Agent	O
One	O
)	O
on	O
a	O
mission	O
to	O
infiltrate	O
Castle	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
and	O
obtain	O
a	O
top	O
secret	O
folder	O
containing	O
the	O
location	O
of	O
SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer	O
Wilhelm	B-Application
"	I-Application
Deathshead	I-Application
"	I-Application
Strasse	I-Application
from	O
the	O
castle	O
's	O
commander	O
,	O
Nazi	O
archeologist	O
and	O
Obersturmbannführer	O
Helga	O
von	O
Schabbs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
opening	O
of	O
the	O
vault	O
also	O
releases	O
a	O
gas	O
that	O
causes	O
anyone	O
that	O
dies	O
within	O
the	O
vicinity	O
of	O
Wulfburg	O
to	O
reanimate	O
as	O
hostile	O
zombies	B-Application
known	O
as	O
"	O
shamblers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
he	O
finds	O
the	O
source	O
of	O
the	O
zombie-creating	O
gas	O
:	O
an	O
undead	O
giant	O
known	O
as	O
'	O
The	O
Monstrosity	O
,	O
'	O
a	O
creature	O
created	O
by	O
King	O
Otto	O
's	O
alchemists	O
as	O
a	O
weapon	O
of	O
war	O
,	O
then	O
sealed	O
away	O
by	O
the	O
king	O
after	O
deciding	O
it	O
was	O
an	O
abomination	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
extracted	O
from	O
Wulfburg	O
by	O
his	O
friend	O
Fergus	O
Reid	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
two	O
of	O
them	O
embark	O
from	O
RAF	O
Kinloss	O
to	O
assassinate	O
Deathshead	B-Application
and	O
end	O
the	O
war	O
,	O
while	O
B.J.	O
</s>
<s>
thinks	O
about	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
monsters	O
and	O
hopes	O
that	O
he	O
can	O
finally	O
rest	O
after	O
this	O
one	B-Application
final	I-Application
mission	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
existence	O
of	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Old	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
was	O
first	O
acknowledged	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
on	O
4	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
through	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
an	O
announcement	O
trailer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
initially	O
planned	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
individual	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
(	O
DLC	B-Protocol
)	O
packs	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
decided	O
to	O
change	O
this	O
to	O
a	O
standalone	O
expansion	O
pack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
this	O
decision	O
was	O
made	O
,	O
development	O
on	O
two	O
of	O
the	O
DLC	B-Protocol
was	O
already	O
underway	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
decided	O
to	O
merge	O
the	O
two	O
DLC	B-Protocol
into	O
one	O
standalone	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
's	O
decision	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
prequel	B-Application
was	O
to	O
allow	O
players	O
to	O
experience	O
the	O
game	O
without	O
playing	O
previous	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
was	O
performed	O
by	O
actors	O
,	O
the	O
audio	O
director	O
requested	O
for	O
the	O
voices	O
to	O
be	O
performed	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
;	O
to	O
achieve	O
an	O
accurate	O
performance	O
,	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
learned	O
some	O
German	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
inebriated	O
prior	O
to	O
recording	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
team	O
's	O
focus	O
on	O
eighth	B-Application
generation	I-Application
consoles	I-Application
and	O
PC	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
achieve	O
some	O
rendering	O
updates	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
larger	O
and	O
more	O
detailed	O
environments	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
intentionally	O
included	O
several	O
references	O
to	O
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Castle	I-Application
Wolfenstein	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wolfenstein	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Old	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
makes	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
original	O
score	O
,	O
composed	O
by	O
musician	O
Mick	O
Gordon	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
composed	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
The	O
New	O
Order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
create	O
music	O
with	O
a	O
style	O
reflecting	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Gordon	O
performed	O
with	O
a	O
string	O
quartet	O
,	O
spending	O
time	O
manipulating	O
a	O
broken	O
mandolin	O
and	O
cello	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wolfenstein	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Old	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Castle	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
and	O
Wulfburg	O
are	O
expansive	O
enough	O
to	O
justify	O
an	O
entire	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Sliva	O
did	O
however	O
dislike	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
zombies	B-Application
,	O
the	O
"	O
weak	O
"	O
story	O
,	O
and	O
having	O
to	O
manually	O
pick	O
up	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sliva	O
wrapped	O
up	O
his	O
review	O
by	O
saying	O
"	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Old	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
doubles	O
down	O
on	O
blood	O
and	O
guts	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
doing	O
so	O
sacrifices	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
heart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
the	O
Challenge	O
arenas	O
are	O
also	O
a	O
good	O
addition	O
that	O
he	O
'd	O
like	O
to	O
see	O
in	O
future	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hamilton	O
summarized	O
his	O
review	O
by	O
saying	O
"	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Old	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
is	O
another	O
sterling	O
effort	O
from	O
MachineGames	O
,	O
fast	O
proving	O
to	O
be	O
real	O
players	O
in	O
the	O
FPS	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
add-on	O
clearly	O
has	O
smaller	O
scope	O
than	O
was	O
found	O
in	O
The	O
New	O
Order	O
,	O
keeping	O
things	O
much	O
more	O
'	O
down	O
to	O
Earth	O
 '	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
core	O
shooting	O
experience	O
that	O
makes	O
the	O
reborn	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
such	O
a	O
pleasure	O
to	O
play	O
remains	O
perfectly	O
intact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
you	O
like	O
shooting	O
zombies	B-Application
and	O
Nazis	O
with	O
extravagantly	O
powerful	O
weapons	O
(	O
and	O
lets	O
be	O
honest	O
here	O
,	O
who	O
does	O
n’t	O
?	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
where	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
version	O
was	O
ported	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
28	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
on	O
4	O
June	O
2015	O
,	O
Famitsu	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
two	O
eights	O
,	O
one	O
nine	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
eight	O
for	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
33	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
Hoggins	O
of	O
The	O
Daily	O
Telegraph	O
gave	O
the	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
version	O
four	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
and	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
For	O
those	O
that	O
have	O
played	O
through	O
The	O
New	O
Order	O
and	O
are	O
keen	O
for	O
more	O
of	O
its	O
beefy	O
action	O
,	O
this	O
delivers	O
around	O
7	O
hours	O
of	O
it	O
for	O
a	O
decent	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
well-priced	O
piece	O
of	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
that	O
works	O
equally	O
well	O
on	O
either	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Tilley	O
of	O
Toronto	O
Sun	O
similarly	O
gave	O
the	O
same	O
console	O
version	O
a	O
mixed	O
review	O
and	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
Old	O
Blood	O
is	O
just	O
OK	O
.	O
It	O
’s	O
a	O
great	O
deal	O
for	O
the	O
price	O
–	O
as	O
a	O
$25	O
digital	O
download	O
via	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
Store	O
,	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Games	O
Store	O
and	O
Steam	O
,	O
it	O
’s	O
a	O
rarity	O
in	O
an	O
era	O
when	O
25	O
bucks	O
might	O
get	O
you	O
a	O
couple	O
map	O
packs’	O
worth	O
of	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
–	O
but	O
I	O
’ve	O
discovered	O
there	O
’s	O
such	O
a	O
thing	O
as	O
too	O
old-school.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Ebenezer	O
Samuel	O
of	O
New	O
York	O
Daily	O
News''	O
gave	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
version	O
three	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
less	O
weighty	O
experience	O
overall.	O
"	O
</s>
