Hands-on: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus mixes Nazi slaying with surprise and delight
(PCWorld)

Game demos are rarely surprising. Not really, anyway. They´re not meant to be.A game demo is meant to sell you on a game, and to do so it usually checks off the most obvious boxes-reveal a few weapons, walk the player through a combat or stealth sequence (or both), show them the game plays okay, maybe pick one or two `Very Big Story Moments` to tease at bigger revelations, and end on a small hook. Accessible. Familiar. Relatable. But not surprising.Which is why Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus was such a joy to demo at E3 last week, and ultimately wound up being one of our favorite games of E3 2017. As soon as I´d started playing, I knew I was in for something special-something as creative as any sequence in Wolfenstein: The New Order, and that´s saying quite a lot given the heights that game reached at times. (Literally.)To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here