Very interesting observation on birdsite about Wolfenstein: The New Colossus' marketing campaign and how it turned a trite concept (US soldier versus Nazis) into something fresh and bold:
https://twitter.com/MusketAnna/status/916176627742199808
It's not just the current political climate, it's the fact that "historical" WWII games (and even the Stupid Jetpack Hitler games like older Wolfensteins) have traditionally given us a completely watered-down version of what the Nazis *were*.