Wolfenstein: Youngblood officially launches tomorrow and the spin-off installment in the Nazi-slaying franchise is set to deliver an over-the-top co-op adventure to fans of the franchise. With a pretty affordable $30 price tag at most outlets, may consumers are starting to wonder just how much content the game actually provides.
At just $30, the spin-off game aims to deliver a thrilling adventure featuring the daughters of BJ and, although there may not be as much narrative as the prior installment, there is an emphasis on some 'games as service' features like Daily and Weekly quests and a progression system. That new direction makes the game quite replayable, but gamers who just want to focus on getting through the story still want to know how much game to expect.
A few months ago the dev team confirmed 25-30 hours to finish the game's main content, but that is a bit longer than it took us to work through the review copy. Our first play through, which did include a handful of side missions and time goofing around with a friend in co-op, came in closer to the 15-20 hour window.
That said, there is a ton of extra and replayable content to stretch out the Nazi-killing fun far beyond that first 20 hours. The Daily and Weekly quest system offers extra experience points and in-game currency as an incentive to keep logging in long after wrapping up the actual story mode.
In the weeks following launch, it will be very interesting to follow Youngblood and see whether or not the franchise's new features actually entice the kind of daily logins and replayability that the creators are clearly aiming for with this new direction.
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Wolfenstein: Youngblood releases July 26 for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.