The original Wolfenstein 3-D ended with B.J. killing Hitler in his bunker. As well, it seems that even a One-Man Army like Blazkowicz might not be able to take on the whole Nazi war machine by himself. So I'm thinking, in the climax, B.J. goes back in time to the last days of WWII and kills Hitler like he did back in Wolf3D.
- It's also stated in the E3 Trailer that "They beat us to The Bomb... No one knows how." If the nuking of NYC was the main divergence point of this Alternate History, then the Set Right What Once Went Wrong level will involve stopping the Nazis from developing nuclear weapons before (if not outright stealing them from) the United States. Bonus points if it involves B.J. performing a Heroic Sacrifice by setting the bomb off before it's used against the United States.
- Jossed, Nazi's obtained their technology from discovering a ancient cache of Jewish Super-Tech. Also, New York's destruction is not the main divergence point.
- It's also stated in the E3 Trailer that "They beat us to The Bomb... No one knows how." If the nuking of NYC was the main divergence point of this Alternate History, then the Set Right What Once Went Wrong level will involve stopping the Nazis from developing nuclear weapons before (if not outright stealing them from) the United States. Bonus points if it involves B.J. performing a Heroic Sacrifice by setting the bomb off before it's used against the United States.
In Wolfenstein (2009), Time Dilation was actively used by both the player and the Veil Scribes to enable rapid movement relative to their enemy. Although the Black Sun portal was destroyed by B.J. at the end of the game, either Deathshead had already discovered a way to create Black Sun energy without access to the actual realm, or the Veil energy tanks scattered throughout the game were unaffected by the portal's destruction. In either case, all that was then required was to create a device capable of simulating the Mire effect over the space of a whole research base. Destroying this device at the conclusion of the game could also have the possible effect of serving as a Reset Button to Set Right What Once Went Wrong.
- Jossed, see above.
Perhaps realizing that the Nazis are still too powerful to make any difference, As mentioned above, a Reset Button will occur for BJ to warn them about the eventual Nazi victory at the cost of him being erased from existence. But The New Order BJ would consider this sacrifice necessary and knows that his past self will help the Allies win the war. Perhaps using the technology against them.
- The ending being Bittersweet is semi-Confirmed, the game ends with a heavily injured BJ ordering a nuclear strike on a building he is trapped in as his allies fly away, but it suddenly cuts to credits before we can know what happened next.
Because B.J. already killed Hitler in Wolfenstein 3-D. A news clipping in the opening level describes how "the Führer" wants peace without ever mentioning his name. The guard in London who says "Heil Hitler" may just be doing so as a kind of Artifact Phrase. Plus, with Hitler dead, someone more competent may have taken over, which may be part of the reason why the Nazis have managed to drag the war to 1946 in their favor. This was actually one of the main reasons why the Allies ceased assassination attempts on Hitler in Real Life: they knew he was a buffoon when it came to military operations and wanted to keep it that way.
- Adolf Hitler survived, as he commissioned the construction of the Monuments of Truth to commemorate the Nazi victory.
- Also keep in mind that the events of Wolfenstein 3-D were retconned by Return to Castle Wolfenstein, which a retelling and does not feature the killing of Hitler. Blazkowicz is referred to in a memo in The Old Blood as an "assailant" of Hitler, muddying the waters a bit. A diary mentions Hitler stinking really badly by 1946, which could either be poor hygiene or Nazi necromancy.
- There is one other candidate for a Nazi leader named Hitler: Adolf's half-nephew Heinrich.
- Hitler shows up in the sequel on Venus. He's gotten pretty senile at this point, so it's likely he's been filed out of the way while the likes of Engel and Deathshead are running the show.
During the course of the game, Anya will send you recordings of her cousin Ramona's diary (all of which you can listen to here.) In these recordings, Ramona talks in depth about how she killed high ranking Nazi officials and became the "Matawies killer". Interestingly, Ramona's age, history in college, and crush on B.J. Blazkowicz all line up perfectly with Anya's life.
- While it's not perfectly visible, the image of her holding the diary reads "Należy do Anya", which means "Belongs to Anya". So pretty much confirmed.
- Essentially confirmed with the last entry. Anya pretty much states that 'some of the things happened to her' as she explains why she shared the entries.
- Alternately, Max may have been a mental patient to begin with, but was taken away by the Nazis for experiments as they are shown doing.
- Assuming a direct sequel is made, we may see Max recover some part of his faculties and memory... then don a Supersoldat armor to fight on the resistance's side now that he has no qualms with fighting to avenge Klaus.
- The Sequel may hint that this is true. In a party, BJ punches Max in the head and recoils from the pain. BJ at this point is in a synthetic Supersoldat body with cybernetics, yet Max was completely unfazed by the punch. When Max tries the same with BJ, it sends BJ flying. Considering Max is seen tanking machinegun fire in New Order without so much as flinching, he either massively won the genetic lottery on the physical front or indeed a subject of the Supersoldaten programme.
While she doesn't become a total inhuman powerhouse, Anya clearly becomes more and more combat-savvy as the game goes on. Additionally, the final moments of the game have a very Passing the Torch feel to them. Given what type of game this is, BJ most likely survives, but playing as Anya in the next game would let players start off right in the resistance, and she could end up finding BJ again sometime later. Besides, how cool would it be to have a female protagonist in a game like this?
- Dude, you need to make the next game.
- Anya already has combat experience if "Ramona" is any indication.
- Unlikely since BJ has been the hero of every game so far, and Anya is a supporting character only introduced in the most recent game and never demonstrated fighting ability anywhere close to what BJ is capable of.
- She is, however, a trained Nazi killer, and can be heard asking for firearms training/shooting lessons if you lurk around for long enough.
- The sequel is called The New Colossus. That is also the name of a poem about the Statue of Liberty that BJ quotes at the end that perfectly describes Anya at that moment.
- Jossed. As of the release of the first New Colossus trailer, it appears that B.J. will still be the protagonist.
- It would be very ironic if a man who preferred science to occult continued his evil deeds by occult means. Alternately, considering how much of a genius he was, and that he probably already did some experiments on himself (by The New Order he is 100 years old and still in good shape), it wouldn't be a surprise if we saw him again in some "imperfect" form, like a clone (he'd be a young version of himself but age rapidly) or a copy of his mind in an experimental super-computer.
As we never visit Japan in New Order, it can be assumed that this, or something eerily similar to it, is the state of Japan and possibly Asia as a whole during the games timeline. Furthermore, the destruction of Deathshead's Compound and Blazkowicz's unclear fate hint to the Nazi empire falling apart. Again, in Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, the backstory tells us that Germany "pulled out" of Japan in the early sixties, around the same time as the games ending, throwing it into political and economic turmoil. Jin-Roh is a microcosmic continuation of the worlds story in this new timeline.
- It's possible they received their burns when they got blown out of the incinerator room as it exploded when they escaped from Deathshead's Compound in 1946 (and where B.J. got that piece of shrapnel embedded in his skull).
- Invaded States of America: Although we don't get much details, it's obviously gotten to the point that death camps have been installed. However, to mix things up a bit, (and probably cause a LOT of controversy in the process), the Germanic Nazis are going to be bolstered by the support of equally-vile American Nazis - echoing the Truth in Television that some political groups in America actually supported the Nazi regime before America entered the war (like the German American Bund), and giving a fitting testament to J's words of how Americans were basically Nazis to African-Americans. In addition to having the usual Mooks smack-talking you in English as well as German, there may also be Ku Klux Klan militias, American weapons getting the Diesel Punk treatment, and another, American-based resistance movement dragging in HistoricalDomainCharacters from the Civil Rights Era, like John F. Kennedy (a Real Life World War 2 Vet), Malcolm X (one of the most prominent and controversial black militant leaders - this time completely justified), and Jimi Hendrix, a.k.a. "J", if this is during the Fergus Timeline, and he isn't Killed Off for Real like the Wyatt timeline.
- Confirmed! The trailer for The New Colossus even has Klansmen in it.
- Russia: The part where the Soviet government was overthrown after Stalin supposedly "disappeared" (or was killed by his subordinates) will return as the Russia-based resistance group, having been based out of Siberia while a Nazi-aligned fascist government was established in mainland Russia. Expect AllohistoricalAllusions for both the Soviet campaign in World War 2 (like the SECOND Battles of Moscow, Stalingrad, Leningrad, etc., followed by the "real" Battle of Berlin), and during the Cold War era, like launching an operation in Cuba to get missile technology, launching cosmonauts into space, tearing down the Berlin Wall (in this case, a last-ditch defense by the Nazis after the Red Army chases them back to Germany). Expect Soviet Super Science to counter Stupid Mecha Nazis, and Tekla being the Kreisau Circle's liaison with the Russian resistance assuming it's during the Wyatt timline, and she isn't Killed Off for Real like the Fergus timeline.
- Africa: Africa is mentioned to be one of the last few "free" places of Nazi control, (although the Afrika Korps is doing it's best to put a stop to that), and it's possibly a good way to begin reintroducing the Ghostopo elements that were dropped by Deathshead's regime - like, say, if they try to use Egyptian based magic around Cairo and the Pyramids of Giza. Will likely feature Bombate as the Kreisau Circle's man on the ground.
- Asia: Includes both China and Japan, along with other countries in the South Pacific, with Red and Blue Chinese forced to work with Imperial Japanese after Nazi Germany conquered them all. Bonus points if occupied Japan is basically an In Name Only copy of the country during Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (see above WMG for details), and if the resistance involves more Animesque Mini-Mecha to fight the Diesel Punk MechaMooks of the Nazis.
- World War 3: This is the culmination of the DLCs/sequels, with the now free nations of the world ganging up on Nazi-occupied Europe - bonus points if this FINALLY pulls the Karma Houdini Warranty card on Frau Engel.
- This would create a whole new dimension of combat for the game, possibly focusing on verticality and smash/brawl based attacks rather than firearms. Story wise, it could be an epilogue taking place after the final level, similar to the Broken Steel DLC from Fallout 3.
- But Caroline Becker was also exposed to the Veil, and she's aged normally. B.J. is probably only like this because he's, well, B.J. Blazkowicz. Even his rapid healing in Wolfenstein (2009) was completely separate from the Thule medallion (he regenerates health during the first level, which is pretty Veil free).
- There may be an explanation to Caroline aging "normally", in that she was captured by the Nazis before the end of Wolfenstein (2009) (therefore not being as exposed to the Veil as much as B.J. was), and also used up most of the Veil's magic she had accumulated on recovering from the Instant Death Bullet she received just before her capture. As for the whole "B.J. has regenerating health on the airship" thing, I'd either chalk it up as Gameplay and Story Segregation (especially since it only served as a warm-up level where it's not expected B.J. would take as much damage), or the Ghostopo magic accumulated from the earlier games gave B.J. health regeneration by Wolfenstein (2009). (Also, a minor note; the reason why his health regeneration is more limited in The New Order is because of how long he's been separated from the Veil and any other mystical force - it's still a constant factor of B.J., but it's still not as powerful as it was in Wolfenstein (2009)).
- Caroline wasn't captured by the Nazis, though.
B.J. Blazkowicz: How did you survive? I thought you were dead.Caroline Becker: Don't remember much. I remember punching Hans Grosse in the face. Remember ascending into the sky, for a moment there I thought I was going to heaven. Then falling. Then pain. Worst pain of my life, felt like my insides were running out through my back. Could barely move. Had to crawl. They found me after three days in a ditch. Long months in a Kreisau hospital bed.- But Caroline Becker was also exposed to the Veil, and she's aged normally. B.J. is probably only like this because he's, well, B.J. Blazkowicz. Even his rapid healing in Wolfenstein (2009) was completely separate from the Thule medallion (he regenerates health during the first level, which is pretty Veil free).
- Likely, since Blazkowicz' descendant is the protagonist of DOOM. He must have had some kids.
- He also has a more direct descendant in his grandson, Billy Blaze. The change in last name implies B.J. had a daughter, or that they Anglicised the surname like "Juspeczyk" to "Jupiter" in Watchmen.
- Confirmed by the trailers for The New Colossus, which will, however, take place no more than six or seven months after the first game. And she's carrying twins!
- Lets See. What qualifies him? Using Human Resources. Being Dangerously Genre Savy. Having advanced technology even before he discovered the cabal of Da'at Yichud Tech. And the fact that he WON! Seriously he's a unstoppable mass murder whose cruelty is matched only by his genius.
- Alternately, both a Da'at Yichud designer baby and a accumulation of the occult magicks made Blazko the Nazi killing badass he is.
After a long period of almost-utopic prosperity, dwindling resources on Earth lead to conflict and increasing desperation, ushering in a resurgence of the fascism thought gone centuries ago. Established societal ethics began to crumble as questionable experimentation and reckless operations became commonplace, directly resulting in the USG Ishimura incident and the events that follow.