I found out there are quite a few different animations of knife takedowns depending on how close you are to the person when you trigger it and how many knives you are wielding. None of them are unrealistic like the ones you mentioned, although I wonder if you can really stab someone through the temple like I saw in one particular part of the game.
I loved the '09 Wolfenstein but New Order is great in every aspect, not just in the shooting.
I think having it on a next gen system would be wise because you don't have to keep putting in discs every five levels or so, loading levels would be quicker (it takes a minute or so before it lets you skip a cutscene), and I did notice a rare instance of frame rate slowdown in some battles with lots of enemies.


