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[adamsapple]

No idea:

You can't change your plane's pronouns?

(this is an actual thumbnail of something, not made up lol)

 

[clarky]

Those aren’t hellblade threads.

Not sure if you could actually type. This is the first step to recovery. You could join Senua on her journey.

 

[Mr Moose]

Not even 2k peak players, what the fuck

2,073 now.
It'll go a bit higher by the end of the day, probably around 10k.

 

[Draugoth]

Oh I'm not knocking you at all. I appreciate your hard work on GAF!

I know, i'm just saying. Happend to be easier to import rather than to write them down individually.

How long is Senua's Saga Hellblade 2? ​

Not bad, the first one could be 100%ted in 6 hours

 

[tommib]

Dang Mattyp . Pretty brutal review

Lighting torches for 1 hour. Jfc. And I love these kind of games but this is all so mind numbing.

 

[CherryFalls]

Xbox just announced a new hellblade 2 edition controller, available to purchase now

 

[Hudo]

No idea:

Maybe he's just a fan.

 

[tommib]

Hey mods, @Faust @DGrayson why did I get a warning for trolling?

Take it as a sign of manly bravery.

 

[Topher]

2,073 now.
It'll go a bit higher by the end of the day, probably around 10k.

Yeah, peak time is usually between 1900 and 2000 UTC.

Lighting torches for 1 hour. Jfc. And I love these kind of games but this all so brainless.

Yeah.....doesn't sound great. First forty minutes just using the left thumbstick doesn't excite me either. I'll probably check it out just to see how it runs on my PC. Who knows? Maybe I'll be one of those who like it.

 

[Jaybe]

And there he is with the predictable 10. As I said last week, they will all come out with the hyperbole . There is a reason people like this are given pre release codes. I wish more fellow Xbox fans would see through these sell outs. Onto that showcase hype next . All of them complicit in where Xbox is.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Deeply emotional?

 

[tommib]

Yeah, peak time is usually between 1900 and 2000 UTC.



Yeah.....doesn't sound great. First forty minutes just using the left thumbstick doesn't excite me either. I'll probably check it out just to see how it runs on my PC

I absolutely loved stuff like Scorn but that actually has Myst-like puzzles and some of them were kind of tough.

This is too on rails. It’s a shame since it looks very expensive. I’ll for sure try it if they release it on PS5 because it looks very dark and that’s a win in my book.

 

[sigmaZ]

Time to shut down another studio.

 

[Madflavor]

It's interesting to me that games like A Plague Tale 1&2 are incredibly similar to Hellblade 2. They're both cinematic story driven games, walking simulators, great visuals, female protagonist, etc. The biggest differences is that A Plague Tale is twice the length, better puzzle design, and is far more creative with it's gameplay, emphasizing stealth. Yet all these games have almost identical MC scores.

 

[GulfCoastZilla]

Not even 2k peak players, what the fuck

I’m surprised it has that much. Everything about the game screams save money and try on gamepass.

Seriously, I haven’t been on pc gamepass in awhile but I imagine you can make a plate of few games and hb2 as a dessert.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Holy shit how can gameplay possibly get MORE shallow or level design worse than the first game? That's actually an achievement on its own!

 

[Shrap]

Time to shut down another studio.

Yeah... Ain't no way this is gonna make back the money it cost to make. RIP Ninja Theory. I was hoping and would've loved something with the gameplay and variety of Enslaved for Hellblade 2 but I think the gameplay focused era of Ninja Theory is well and truly over.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

I absolutely loved stuff like Scorn but that actually has Myst-like puzzles and some of them were kind of tough.

This is too on rails. It’s a shame since it looks very expensive. I’ll for sure try it if they release it on PS5 because it looks very dark and that’s a win in my book.

I actually loved Scorn, sure, the puzzles were idiotic and flow-stopping but the atmosphere, art-direction, sound production and story were just chef'skiss.jpg.

The game needed less stupid puzzles and more exploration but, I still enjoyed it for what it was, thing is, i played it through Gamepass and I wouldn't spend 40 bucks for it - and that's the problem with GP, that it creates this kind of mentality among its users (me included).

Same thing with HB2 - how many are actually going to spend 50 bucks for a one and done 6 hour game ?

 

[LordCBH]

Why do his eyes look dead lol

 

[Arachnid]

Even simpler than the first? The gameplay was already beyond shit in the first one. Looking like a one and done short gamepass experience.

Kind of a waste of 5 years of development IMO. Xbox marketing treated this as waaaay bigger than it is.

 

[Porticus]

Who the fuck is this guy and why the president of Xbox give praise to him?

Can someone please explain to me how this stuff is even possible?

 

[NT80]

I'll also throw this in here : Ninja Theory has a 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 picture quality, tearing, aliasing and slowdowns 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 still, it's one of the weaker DMC's.
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 alive 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 hours distraction.

I've never been impressed with Ninja Theory either and can't understand the hype they get. I remember the Enslaved demo having the worst input lag of any game I've ever experienced. I was amazed they were employed by Capcom to make a DMC game. That turned out to be the only game in the series that was 30fps while still somehow looking worse than DMC4.

 

[AV]

I don't really a have a horse in this race one way or the other, but looking at Steam players when the game's available on Game Pass with a £1 trial is kinda worthless. The conversation's larger than that.

 

[MarkMe2525]

No idea:

Perfect example of a lowest tier type gaffer.

On topic: I put an hour into the first game. I can't see myself even installing this one, it's just not my type of game.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Also...game barely cracks 5 hours and he, per his recording software, literally did not do anything but hold Up and slow walk forward for over 40 minutes.

In a 5 hour game. What in the fuck are devs like this thinking!?

Every time I skip randomly in a video like this I see slow walking.

 

[H-I-M]

Can we focus on Hellblade being a failure instead of bullying my baby demigod ?

 

[Topher]

Can we focus on Hellblade being a failure instead of bullying my baby demigod ?

 

[adamsapple]

Can we focus on Hellblade being a failure instead of bullying my baby demigod ?

edit: Topher !

 

[FewRope]

I've never been impressed with Ninja Theory either and can't understand the hype they get. I remember the Enslaved demo having the worst input lag of any game I've ever experienced. I was amazed they were employed by Capcom to make a DMC game. That turned out to be the only game in the series that was 30fps while still somehow looking worse than DMC4.

Enslaved is probably the only game in my entire life I had to drop because how ugly it was, it is hideous in a gen of hideous games (PS3)

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Real question. Why do you all care about this? It seems to really upset people here.

 

[Sorcerer]

EDIT

 

[Valt7786]

I couldn't get past the first 20 minutes of this.
I've never been more bored by the introduction of a AAA game before.
Literal corridor walker, white painted obstacle climber with mind-numbing combat.

 

[Astray]

It's interesting to me that games like A Plague Tale 1&2 are incredibly similar to Hellblade 2. They're both cinematic story driven games, walking simulators, great visuals, female protagonist, etc. The biggest differences is that A Plague Tale is twice the length, better puzzle design, and is far more creative with it's gameplay, emphasizing stealth. Yet all these games have almost identical MC scores.

Mattyp actually made that comparison in his video, and it probably holds water for me tbh.

 

[GHG]

Who the fuck is this guy?

They really give keys to a guy that made a meme bs song?

He sang Phil Spencer's name.

That's all it takes these days.

 

[Snake29]

Deeply emotional?

I mean i also get emotional when i look at these faces.

 

[Draugoth]

They could have used the linearity in their favour like Naughty Dog to make a fantastic one of a kind combat but they dropped the ball and made it just like the first one... sad.

 

[rodrigolfp]

You can’t disable the black bars on PC? That’s idiotic.

You can. Play in ultrawide.

 

[Gudji]

Deeply emotional?

Btw do you guys know that Klobrille means toiilet seat in german? Pretty interesting.

 

[graywolf323]

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 hours "press Up on the analogue stick for awesome" praises and what a masterpiece it is...

I know that brand zealots are trying to hang from whatever it's thrown to them and desperately need a "win" against the bad evil Sony empire but this is just sad, imagine giving this a 10/10, there's just no credibility with most of these "journalists" anymore.

I'll also throw this in here : Ninja Theory has a 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 picture quality, tearing, aliasing and slowdowns 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 still, it's one of the weaker DMC's.
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 alive 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 hours distraction.

they’re like a hydra too, even after one finally gets permabanned for the BS they post another 2 pop up

 

[Varteras]

Also...game barely cracks 5 hours and he, per his recording software, literally did not do anything but hold Up and slow walk forward for over 40 minutes.

In a 5 hour game. What in the fuck are devs like this thinking!?

Every time I skip randomly in a video like this I see slow walking.

It gets worse than the initial hour. Which can be forgiven if it's a ramp to better experiences in the other 4 hours of the game. Halfway through the game, you end up just walking and lighting fires for an hour, according to him. I stopped playing after the first hour because I had to leave. So I'm not at that point yet.

But yeah. The game seems to pad itself with walking and subpar puzzles. Cut those out, and you might have a 2 or 3 hour game for $50. Which includes very simplistic combat and voices that do less to add to the experience than the first game.

 

[xHunter]

Btw do you guys know that Klobrille means toiilet seat in german? Pretty interesting.

Whats more interesting is that he came up with the name cause he couldnt aim at the toilet. True story.

 

[Madflavor]

Mattyp actually made that comparison in his video, and it probably holds water for me tbh.

I haven't watched it yet but good to know!

 

[rodrigolfp]

mind-numbing combat

 

[ViciousAgenda]

Eurogamer 10/10. I mean, I don't doubt that this has its merits but a perfect score?

Nah.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Are the graphics actual game graphics, or is it lazy dev FMV trash?

 

[adamsapple]

Are the graphics actual game graphics, or is it lazy dev FMV trash?

Are the graphics actual game graphics.


Let's let that sentence breath for a second.

 

[SportsFan581]

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 hours "press Up on the analogue stick for awesome" praises and what a masterpiece it is...

I know that brand zealots are trying to hang from whatever it's thrown to them and desperately need a "win" against the bad evil Sony empire but this is just sad, imagine giving this a 10/10, there's just no credibility with most of these "journalists" anymore.

I'll also throw this in here : Ninja Theory has a 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 picture quality, tearing, aliasing and slowdowns 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 still, it's one of the weaker DMC's.
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 alive 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 hours distraction.

Or, maybe, players are just trying to have a rational discussion about a game. A game that for some odd reason a certain set of users seem personally injured by. Not sure what the common thread on that could be about.

So far I'm not seeing any Xbox players here expecting this to be a life altering experience, in fact most have framed the game as an improved version of the first. Playstation players are the only ones that ever mention GoW in relation to this game.

 

[mckmas8808]

Flop

GUYS! The game literally just came out hours ago. How about let people wake up first.

 

[GHG]

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

www.gamesradar.com

How long is Senua's Saga Hellblade 2? ​

Reviews say its about 5 hours and this full playthrough is 5.5:




Where are how long to beat getting their data from?

 

[tommib]

You can. Play in ultrawide.

That does require an ultra wide monitor? Yes or yes?