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The levels donвЂ™t change, but the Nazis within them constantly did. When we got into trouble, weвЂ™d deploy both powerups and plow through more Nazis. During my game, I had a late-game pep that restored the health of both sisters and my partner had a pep that restored our armor. You can switch them up at any time and unlock more with cash you find in game. Push a button and the Blazkowicz sister gives a thumbs up or throws the devil horns and shouts words of encouragement. Peps let players share buffs like temporary invulnerability or damage increases through the magic of emotes. The sisters also have cooldown team buffs called peps. But if the downed sister bleeds out, both lose a life from the same pool. If Nazis fell a sister, the other can pick her up with no penalty. The Blazkowicz sisters share three lives. You can play it by yourself, if you want, but itвЂ™s much less fun and much more difficult. This is a multiplayer experience where you can hop into open games, send out invites to your friends, or use a quick match option to help someone else out. Even when youвЂ™re playing solo, a computer-controlled sister will follow you around the map doing your bidding, but playing with a computer is much harder than playing with a friend. ItвЂ™s also meant to be played with a partner. It's a good tradeoff that might not work for everyone, but still a game I enjoyed. Whatever cultural significance Wolfenstein II had is abandoned in Youngblood in the service of something, quick, fun, and shallow.

Youngblood, on the other hand, treats its Nazis like cartoon supervillains-literally faceless soldiers it asks you to slaughter with a friend.

Wolfenstein II released into a world where fascists have returned to political power and managed to tell an incredible story about fascism and racism in America. The disgusting ideology of the Third Reich was always display and players always understood the stakes. Some have even tried to remove German soldiers from their political context.

Video games have long used Nazis as the antagonists in their stories.

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The meathead hero goes missing in Nazi-occupied Paris, and his twin daughters, Jess and Soph, hook up with the French resistance and shoot their way through a series of missions in order to gain experience and cash that unlock weapons upgrades and special abilities, and find dad. The game takes place almost two decades after Blazkowicz liberated America. Youngblood is essentially a cooperative shooter like Borderlands-but without the loot.

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