10 Incredibly Calm Moments In Otherwise Intense Games
7. Kreisau Headquarters Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The New Order is surprisingly poignant for a game that is largely just about killing Nazis. As the latest addition to a first-person shooter franchise that dates back to 1992 (though the first Wolfenstein was released in 1981, it was actually a side scrolling stealth game), Wolfenstein: The New Order tells the story of a group of resistance fighters in an alternate reality where the Nazis won World War II. You play through the campaign as the franchise's iconic, meat-headed hero, BJ Blazkowicz. The game starts with a last-ditch, gung-ho assault on General Wilhelm Deathshead Strasse's stronghold in 1946, Blazkowicz is knocked unconscious and forced into a vegetative state until 1960, when he's forced to make a quick recovery as Nazis begin executing patients in the Polish insane asylum he's been stuck in all those years. After freeing your old war buddy from a prison in Berlin, you're led to the Resistance headquarters that is situated deep in the heart of the Nazi capital. It's an underground complex that houses the renewed Kreisau Circle, a ragtag group of dissidents who spend their time gleaning information about the Nazi regime while trying with limited resources to fight against it. The atmosphere in this homely abode is warm and invigorating; it's a welcome change of pace where tasks involve fetching tools and conversing with fellow Resistance members rather than blasting through hordes of Nazis.
