You win the day only to realize great victory comes with great sacrifice. Wolfenstein: The New Order, is not dissimilar from Terminator 2 in terms of how it punches you in the gut – and that’s why it works so well. Just when it seemed everything would be okay, too – taking John Connor’s last bit of childhood naivety with him. Little John Connor – having finally re-united with his estranged mother and running with a version of a father he never really had, must now say goodbye. Having finally won the day, with a moment to breath, the Terminator realizes he has to go, else ruin the timeline. Terminator 2’s ending was an emotional punch of the inevitable. 17: There are only two films where it's acceptable for a man to cry at the end…Armageddon and Terminator 2 It turns out, I am not alone:įacts Of Life, No. The Snowman.Īnd now, Wolfenstein: The New Order has lodged a lump in my throat.

In 30 years of life, I can count the media that’s choked me up on both hands, and have two fingers left over : Wonder Boys, Creed, Stranger Than Fiction, The first two ‘season finales’ of The Telltale Walking Dead Games, military drama ‘Megan Leavey’, The ‘No Man’s Land’ scene from Wonder Woman, and the long-forgotten animated TV special Santa Vs. (Warning: spoilers for Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Terminator 2: Judgement Day below) But seriously, Wolfenstein is the game to make me cry? Not Bioshock, not Bioshock: Infinite, not Final Fantasy VII, not Grand Theft Auto IV or V, but Wolfenstein: The New Order. Maybe it was the current political climate. Xbox One Controller in hand, having just defeated the final boss of Wolfenstein: The New Order…I found myself choked up by the ending monologue.

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