There are few (if any) games where a disabled or handicapped person serves as a main protagonist.
Imagine a first-person shooter where an amputee overcomes his disability and continues to function as a fully capable fighter. Wolfenstein capturing the perfect essence of the disabled hero is a positive sign that such an idea could carry a full game. While there's certainly a lot of fun to be had with MachineGames' combat, there was something cool about the idea of plowing through leagues of enemies with a hardened war hero in a wheelchair. They answered that Blazkowicz would find his power suit and the remainder of the game would see him regain full mobility. These fields are littered across the level and activated at the flip of a switch, allowing for more than one way to approach this stage.Īfter escaping the U-boat and concluding the demo with Blazkowicz surrendering to Frau Engel, I asked Bethesda reps if there would be more stages like this in The New Colossus. He could also Roth's microwave fields, which causes any living thing to burst to pieces as soon as they cross. He could still gun down Nazis with no trouble. This causes him fall out of his chair, where it would appear that he's at the mercy of his pursuers.īut paralysis does nothing to diminish Blazkowicz's killing power. There's a particularly inspired sequence where the enemies catch on to Blazkowicz's handicap and set the conveyor belt in reverse.
He can't maneuver through rubble or crawl through vents, but he can put his chair on conveyor belts to move quickly. He can't use stairs, so instead he needs to use the U-boat's gears to go from floor to floor. This level involves moving Blazkowicz in his wheelchair and having to find different ways of getting to his objective. He can still collect armor and overheal for a brief period, but Blazkowicz is working with a clear handicap. Because of Blazkowicz's condition, his health is capped at 40 percent. This is where MachineGames' design proves exceptionally clever. He picks up his trusty automatic rifle and looks to make his escape. Just because Blazkowicz can't walk doesn't mean he can't fight. The objective becomes to escape the incoming Nazi forces and rendezvous with Anya. Blazkowicz has just woken up from a five-month coma and has lost the use of his legs. The opening minutes of The New Colossus see Frau Engel's forces close in Blazkowicz's location aboard Set Roth's U-boat.
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