What if the Nazi’s had been victorious?
What if they had superior technology, weapons and access to the occult?
What if they conquered Europe and forced the United States to surrender?
In the world of Wolfenstein all these things came to pass and the people of earth kneel
at the feet of the Nazi empire, but how did it all go so wrong, let’s take a look back
at the story of Wolfenstein.
It all begins during World War 2 and with William Joseph Blazkowicz.
During the war Blazkowicz was dispatched to investigate the Third Reich’s Paranormal
Division and their experiments with the occult.
As the war raged on Blazkowicz would stop many Nazi plots, ranging from things like
resurrecting a medieval german king to building a super weapon powered by energy from an alternate
dimension.
However the mastermind behind many of these plots survived each encounter and continued
in his evil ways.
Wilhelm ‘Deathshead’ Strasse, is a ruthless, unethical and sadistic man, who loves to watch
his enemies suffer and thoroughly enjoys experimenting on the human body.
Deathshead's goal is to arm the Nazi War Machine with advanced technology and devastating weapons,
and he will do whatever it takes to make his warped dream become a reality.
The weapons he gave the Nazi war machine provided the power to crush the other European nations.
So in an attempt to put a stop to them Blazkowicz was dispatched along with fellow agent Wesley
to infiltrate Castle Wolfenstein and obtain documents detailing Deathshead's location.
However during the mission they were captured and tortured for information.
Wesley was the first to die, strapped to an electric chair he was savagely beaten, but
held out until a final jolt of electricity ripped through his body.
Then it was Blazkowicz turn in the hot seat, stabbed and shocked he refused to give in
and then during what should have been the killing blow he broke free and got his revenge.
After escaping, Blazkowicz found the Nazi’s opening an underground vault that let loose
a poisonous gas, turning everyone who died in the vicinity into burning zombies known
as Shamblers.
Blazkowicz fought his way through the zombified Nazi’s and finally managed to catch up with
Helga, the leader of the group.
She had ventured into the vault itself and encountered the source of the gas, a gigantic
undead monstrosity which even she could not control.
Blazkowicz killed the monster, but not before it could could fatally wound Helga, allowing
him to collect the documents from her broken corpse.
Finally the Allied forces were ready to embark on the mission that would put an end to Deathshead
and his evil plans once and for all.
The Allies conducted a massive air raid against Deathshead’s fortress, and Blazkowicz along
with his friends Fergus and Wyatt were part of it.
However during the fight the 3 were captured and brought to a room containing some horrific
sights.
A laboratory purpose built for experimenting on human bodies, where corpses are pulled
open and dissected by Deathshead himself.
Bodies lay on medical slabs, stretched open, their insides extracted.
The sadistic mad man behind it all gave Blazkowicz a choice:
“In your opinion, which one of these 2 varieties would best support my research.”
You’re forced to make a decision or watch them both die, but the cruelty of Deathshead
was beyond imaginable.
Deathshead left the survivors to die in the labs emergency incinerator, and although they
escaped, Blazkowicz suffers a critical head wound putting him into a coma for 14 years!
By the time he woke up it was 1960 and the Nazi’s had won.
Its was revealed that their overwhelming power had come from reverse engineering technology
from an ancient organisation, giving them access to things like energy weapons and complex
computer AI.
In an attempt to stop the Nazi’s gaining even more power Blazkowicz stole a piece of
this ancient tech for himself and used it to gain access to nuclear launch codes.
With the codes and the ancient tech Blazkowicz and the other Resistance fighters launched
a desperate assault on Deathshead's compound and the two men once again came face to face.
Its revealed that the brain taken from your friend all those years ago was still in Deathshead’s
possession.
The mad man placed it inside a robot and the machine came to life and assaulted Blazkowicz,
the mind inside unable to restrain the programming.
Blazkowicz eventually defeated it and put his old friend to rest, before the final showdown.
When Blazkowicz managed to get the upper hand and drag Deathshead out of the machine, the
old man had just one last card to play.
Deathshead was dead, but Blazkowicz was also gravely wounded, however he still found the
strength to drag himself away towards the window to make sure the resistance escaped
before he gives his final command.
That brings you up to date with everything you need to know to be up to date ready for
Wolfenstein: The New Colossus where you can now fight the Nazi’s who have taken control
of the United States.
As always this is James for Curse saying thanks for watching, and enjoy the game!