Return to castle wolfenstein old blood7/15/2023 It reads: Edit regine cineres hic sarcophagus habet. A very nice touch from MachineGames is an inscription you can find in Castle Wolfenstein (modeled after the historical ‘SS-Castle’ Wewelsburg in Westphalia, Germany). In WOB Helga von Schabbs is tempering with yet another famous German king, king Otto I (‘the Great’, 912-973) and not by accident the son of Henry the Fowler from RtCW. In RtCW the resurrection was done by SS-occultist Marianne Blavatsky, a reference to Helene Blavatsky (1831-1891), founder of the Theosophical Society. It was his spiritual guide Karl Wiligut (1866-1946) who whispered more than one occult piece of bullshit into Himmler’s ears. In RtCW the Nazis tried to resurrected King Henry the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Vogler, 876-936), which was a nice reference to Himmler’s (1900-1945) idea that he was a descendent of this Caroling king. WOB’s Helga von Schabbs is a playful reference to both Helga von Bulow from RtCW and Doctor Schabbs from the world famous third series installment, Wolfenstein 3D. We have a crazy high ranking female SS officer meddling with occult powers which would be better left alone. We’ve got the electrically enhanced Übersoldate and the infamous ‘SS Paranormal Division’, both already featured in Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Wolfenstein 2009. And although – as a small DLC of and a prequel to WNO – it cannot live up to the high narrative quality of its predecessor, there is lots of fun to be found. As I said: WOB is a trip down memory lane.
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