Alternatively, players can ambush enemies, which will result in an intense firefight between the two parties. Melee attacks can be used to silently take down enemies without being detected. Players use melee attacks, firearms and explosives to fight enemies, and may run, jump and occasionally swim to navigate through the locations. If an entire section is lost, players must find and use a health pack or body armor piece, to replenish the missing health. The game utilizes a health system in which players' health is divided into separate sections, 'health' and 'armor', that regenerate. To progress through the story, players take on enemies while navigating throughout levels. As such, it is an action-adventure shooter game played from a first-person perspective. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood changes little from the basic gameplay of The New Order. Like The New Order, players assault AI-programmed hostiles such as this Panzerhund.

Many critics praised the game's intense firefights, intriguing locations, and the balance between stealth and action, but criticised the story. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood received generally positive reviews. A cover system is also present players lean in and out of cover instead of the more common system where players lock into cover. The game features a variety of weapons, including pistols, shotguns, and explosives, most of which can be dual wielded. The story is arranged in chapters which players complete in order to progress, separated into two interconnected campaigns. The game is played from a first-person perspective and its levels are navigated on foot. Development began in 2014, soon after the release of The New Order. The single-player story follows war veteran William 'B.J.' Blazkowicz and his efforts to discover the locations of a Nazi compound.

The game is a stand-alone title in the Wolfenstein series and a prequel to 2014's Wolfenstein: The New Order, set in an alternate-history 1946. It was released on for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood is an action-adventure first-person shooter video game developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks.

First-person shooter, action-adventure, stealth

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