The Cockatrice
Member
Not after so many years of development. I refuse to believe such a game took so long, that or its budget was not 50 million dollars lmao and 90% of it was just money laundering.
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Not after so many years of development. I refuse to believe such a game took so long, that or its budget was not 50 million dollars lmao and 90% of it was just money laundering.
SportsFan581
Member
Has climbed up to #6 on Steam top-sellers as well.
GG, Ninja Theory.
Up to #5 now. Not bad for a game no one without GP would be interested in. Reviews seem positive as well, that's nice to see.
Will probably get started on this on Thursday or Friday.
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Giallo Corsa
Member
You know, it'd be pretty funny if it wasn't for the fact that some people are so transparent and predictable to the point of being actually sad.
Watch now how the same people that screamed "sad dad of war", "The Soony 3rd person template LOL", "Usual 3rd person movie-games", "TLOU is a brick throwing simulator" and how Death Stranding was a "boring walking sim slog" are going to sing a 5-6 hour "press Up on the analogue stick for awesome" praises and what a masterpiece it is...
I know that brand zealots are trying to hang on from whatever it's thrown at them and desperately needing a "win" against the bad evil Sony empire® but this is just sad, imagine giving this a 10/10, there's just no credibility leftwith most of these "journalists" anymore.
I'll also throw this in here : Ninja Theory has always been an absolutely mediocre company and the epitome of what's considered "movie games".
Heavenly sword was an uber-mediocre GOW wannabe riddled with terrible technical problems (tearing, aliasing and slowdowns ahoy) with barely any real gameplay, Enslaved was even worse gameplay-wise (but more technically competent), Hellblade...was what it was, a nice, 6-7 hours linear "experience" with barely any gameplay in it, Bleeding edge was super mediocre and flopped hard and DmC, while being their best game, it managed to do so under the guidance of Capcom and yet, it's still one of the weaker DMCs.
No need to mention games like Fightback and Kung Fu chaos...
I never understood the hype behind this company and how they managed to stay afloat all these years, it's the most mediocre company out of all mediocre companies out there - and this, has got nothing to do with MS or Xbox, they just don't have any real talent as devs and the only thing they can be praised of is that most of their "games" have some good tech behind them (motion capture/facial animations etc).
I'll be playing this but I'm not expecting absolutely anything besides being a nice-ish 6 hour distraction.
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Hollowpoint5557
A Fucking Idiot
One reviewer said he beat it it under 6 hours.
1 YEAR development for each HOUR of gameplay and thats with the game being very heavy on cinematics. That is insane!
I can't wait to get home from work tonight to play it but what an absolute colossal waste of time that is. Who the hell wants to wait another 5 years for a 6 hour "part 3"?
1 YEAR development for each HOUR of gameplay and thats with the game being very heavy on cinematics. That is insane!
I can't wait to get home from work tonight to play it but what an absolute colossal waste of time that is. Who the hell wants to wait another 5 years for a 6 hour "part 3"?
SEGAvangelist
Member
Nice overall score. I was expecting an 81 or so. Pretty excited to get started with this one tonight.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yep, great scores. Based on estimates, an average run can take 8~ hours and a completion run around ~12 hours. Sounds about the same as the first one.
How long is Senua's Saga Hellblade 2?
You can easily get through Hellblade 2 in a weekend
rhodesianshepard
Banned
I have never seen Xbox give so many codes to their various influencers. Everyone under the sun got one. Should have tempered my expectations when I saw that. I swear Xbox stupidly believes influencers have a bigger marketing pull than an actual digital and television ad campaign
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MacReady13
Member
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Seems to be the general consensus.
FewRope
Member
Not even 2k peak players, what the fuckNot looking great on Steam as far as player count....
Mownoc
Member
And it will still lose money.
KaiserBecks
Member
It's a much cheaper approach though. I don't think they expect to sell many copies, people will play this on gamepass. Why pump additional money into a marketing campaign when the game is a "small" AA title?
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Not as well reviewed as I was hoping for, but solid enough.
Probably won't be giving this a try for another week or two though as I'm totally invested in Ghost of Tsushima right now.
Probably won't be giving this a try for another week or two though as I'm totally invested in Ghost of Tsushima right now.
Lokaum D+
Member
say that to Arkana and Tango that were working on new thingsThey already has their next project green-list.
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MacReady13
Member
So how many copies will it have to SELL to make back its budget? We know that Microsoft spent about $3 on marketing so they won’t have any problems getting that money back…
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Less than two thousand when it's now afternoon in Europe doesn't really bode all that well for the pension schemes of the staff at Ninja Theory - even with GP factored in.
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Kilau
Member
Flight Sim 2024?
The Cockatrice
Member
Yep, great scores. Based on estimates, an average run can take 8~ hours and a completion run around ~12 hours. Sounds about the same as the first one.
How long is Senua's Saga Hellblade 2?
You can easily get through Hellblade 2 in a weekendwww.gamesradar.com
Theres a difference between staring at a woman making faces for hours and actual gameplay hours but yeah.
Matsuchezz
Member
Ulysses 31
Member
As I feared from a gameplay standpoint:
FewRope
Member
They are cooked beyond believe
Matsuchezz
Member
That is next gen design and artistic choice.
AngelMuffin
Member
So hold the analog stick up for 5 hours? Not gonna put my controller through that.
Topher
Identifies as young
Topher
Identifies as young
DryvBy
Member
Oh I'm not knocking you at all. I appreciate your hard work on GAF!
Kilau
Member
Dr_Ifto
Member
One year of development for every playable hour.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Killjoy-NL
Member
It probably took so long because now we know the game didn't even exist yet when they announced it and the entire Xbox fanbase was claiming victory for this gen because of the visuals.
So they had to give it their all to get the visuals close to those of the announce trailer and then you get this.
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Shrap
Member
It sounds like Ninja Theory took absolutely none of the criticisms of the first into account. Why? Why not make the gameplay actually compelling and give it some depth? Everything else was great about the first and now this one. I'll still play it eventually but it's a shame, especially for the amount of time it has been in development.
Pedro Motta
Gold Member
Has climbed up to #6 on Steam top-sellers as well.
GG, Ninja Theory.
Lokaum D+
Member
Concurrent players on Steam are still rising, but it hasn't broke the 2000 mark.
Mownoc
Member
xHunter
Member
5-6 seems to be the normal playtime, according to multiple youtube walkthroughs
rhodesianshepard
Banned
How did the developers take a wide swing? By reviews, HB2 seems like the safest possible sequel Ninja Theory could have possibly made. Outside of amazing graphics, what does it do differently than its predecessor? The combat is somehow even shallower than HB1, linear level design, and repetitive puzzles
clarky
Gold Member
demigod
Member
Those aren’t hellblade threads.No idea:
SJRB
Gold Member
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
As a supporter of Xbox, I ban thee
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