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So, I take it you play instant gratification games, like Call of Duty? That's ok if its not your thing. I will give you 15 bucks for it. I have it on Wii U and would like it on Switch.
Funny you should say that because that is one of the most annoying parts of the game, where you have to fetch this and that between missions on the ship like you're some errand boy. And it is not repetitive? It is the very definition of repetitive. Enter an area. There are two officers, kill them to not get reinforcements, kill a few dozen henchmen, kill 2-3 armoured enemies. Move to next area, rinse and repeat. The first game wasn't a masterpiece, but at least it had some variety in this sense. Different enemies, different environments allowing for different playstyles, even stealth was necessary for some parts. Here, It's all the same. And they jumped the shark so many times, that I'm no longer invested or even interested in the story.
In a 7 hour long game 1 hour of fetching arms is more than what I bargained for. Not that I'd complain about 7 hours, I was glad that it was over, it had nothing to offer after the first 2-3 hours. Those sequences could've been strictly cutscenes, there was absolutely no need to make you wander around aimlessly to find a freaking arm, or feed the pig, or whatever else you had to find.
Indeed it is a far cry we can agree on that. Because in wildlands you weren't required to do anything. You choose to do it, if you wanted to. The game is perfectly playable and completable, with the equipment you get at the start. On the hardest difficulty even. Especially the first few regions. They're childishly easy without specifically going after any extra equipment. I told this to you already. I never went looking for upgrades or weapons, I always used what I found while doing the main missions.
I still don't know what are you talking about, there were no two bases that were the same in the game, there were some buildings and parts of structures that were the same, but that's it. I feel like you're talking about oblivion, are you talking about oblivion?
I wouldn't even mention those games on the same page. Wolfenstein II has nothing on HL, and even less on DeusEx. Just because the layout of the maps is different on each level, doesn't make it an interesting or even varied game. Half Life had perfect gameplay and you were in a constant state of awe while playing, you never knew what was in the the next corner, as you were exploring. Each level had a completely different atmosphere, that needed you to adjust your strategies. With logical or physics based puzzles on the way. In Wolfenstein, every level felt exactly the same, and you were doing the exact same thing hours on end, without relief, without a change in pace, and without any variety whatsoever.
I wonder which game required you to do anything? Oh yes Wolfenstein, it required you to do errand stuff, with no opt out. And it required you to complete all levels the exact same way, because really what could you do differently in a game like this? What little room is there for player choice?
That is a perfect description of wolfenstein. Collect enigma codes! Kill obercommandos! For what? It added nothing to the game, as you say just padding. Hell, the best value in the game is freedom chornicles part 2, which allowed you a slightly different approach, and suddenly the game felt reinvigorated. If this choice to play stealthy and with takedowns was there during the entire game, it could've easily made the game much better.
It's both funny and annoying.