Wolfenstein: New Order builds on a history of videogames rewriting the past.
David takes a look…
The Vikings won the Space Race shortly after the Anglo-Babylonian war drew to a bitter ceasefire.
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Strategy vs. Story
TheCivilisationseries almost takes a slapstick approach to alternative history.
can be incredibly powerful.
Strategy titles are probably the most obvious way of experiencing this.
These feel a bit more like traditional alternate history fiction.
Some games do this in a more subtle way than others.
The series that got me thinking about this is actually rather intelligent in its execution.
The internet has certainly done worse.
Wolfenstein has earned its twist in history.
