I finally got around to playing Wolfenstein: The Old blood and some of The New Order.

I played The Old Blood first and honestly... The New Order feels way better.

The levels in The Old Blood are just kinda annoying - there is always some god damn hidden hatch or wall climb you need to find to advance, so there is a lot of 'where the fuck do I need to go?'. The developers are in love with this pipe you find and I don't understand why. The stealth feels way less optional (with the last boss being a stealth boss). Like, what the fuck man I'm here to blast nazis. A little stealth is fine but I don't want to be penalized massively for avoiding it and it's not a 'good' part of either game. The number of times a rock falls on BJ or you're too late to save an NPC is just comical.

The New Order isn't perfect but I'm half way through and it just feels like a better put together game. I see The Old Blood get a lot of praise and I don't really get it. I played through the game and just felt vaguely annoyed the whole time.