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[Banjo64]

Cursed company.

 

[BoxFresh123]

10/10 and he didn't even play it. I'm calling shenanigans

 

[tommib]

10/10 and he didn't even play it. I'm calling shenanigans

 

[MayauMiao]

Watching Reforge Gaming playing now, holy shit the "gameplay" looks like one long QTEs.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Klobrille a few weeks ago after Xbox goes third party and shuts down tango and Arkane Austin:

 

[Topher]

Never trust a guy who thinks online begging for likes/comments/subscribes, is something a cultural man would accept.
And that is what you hear in first 30sec of this video.

Eh.....most youtubers promote that stuff.

 

[adamsapple]

Watching Reforge Gaming playing now, holy shit the "gameplay" looks like one long QTEs.

 

[Humdinger]

81 Metacritic, exactly like the first one.

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

No way is this real.

Mental illness so it makes sense, and I'm not talking about the game.

 

[Lokaum D+]

adamsapple spend more time here defending this trash than playing it, is Starfield all over again.

Didn't you said that u would been playing for a bit and come with some impressions ? by the time u spend here i asume you already finished and is writing your review right ?

 

[midnightAI]

Cursed company.

And people wonder why MS is hated by some

 

[adamsapple]

adamsapple spend more time here defending this trash than playing it, is Starfield all over again.

Didn't you said that u would been playing for a bit and come with some impressions ? by this time if u hadnt spend so much time in here u had already finished.

I did and I'm posting impressions in the OT, you should check it out.

 

[nial]

Evverything related to this brand is surprisingly disgusting.

 

[midnightAI]

Evverything related to this brand is surprisingly disgusting.

(Yes, I know)

 

[bender]

Evverything related to this brand is surprisingly disgusting.

Yep, except the "surprisingly" part.

 

[adamsapple]

You know that's not the actual Bethesda account, right?

Yep, except the "surprisingly" part.

 

[SRTtoZ]

5 years to make a 5 hour game? Rip Ninja Theory.

 

[Terenty]

Yeah, I'm in no way part of this cringe console warring bullshit, but this is a joke of a game, feels like the devs straight up trolling the player with its "gameplay".

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Yes, Death Stranding did have far more walking. I 100% agree.

DS traversal alone was way deeper than the entire gameplay of Hellblade.

Having said that, it's funny seeing the Xbox fanbase defending a "walking simulator".

 

[FoxMcChief]

adamsapple spend more time here defending this trash than playing it, is Starfield all over again.

Didn't you said that u would been playing for a bit and come with some impressions ? by the time u spend here i asume you already finished and is writing your review right ?

Could be worse, he could be talking shit about a game he’s not playing.

 

[midnightAI]

You know that's not the actual Bethesda account, right?

Yes, it was meant as a joke, not a very good one I admit

It was more about it being called realistic

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Every combat encounter is like one long QTE. I don't think anything you do actually matters.

Animation is smooth as hell tho.

 

[Lokaum D+]

Agreed, nothing more realistic that walking for hours while hearing voices in your head, Gen Z in a nutshell.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

DS traversal alone was way deeper than the entire gameplay of Hellblade.

Having said that, it's funny seeing the Xbox fanbase defending a "walking simulator".

Not only that, but the most walking simulator game of all time

Doesn’t even try and hide it

 

[FoxMcChief]

5 years to make a 5 hour game? Rip Ninja Theory.

That does seem unacceptable, imo.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Happy for the devs it’s reviewing pretty well, the press seems to love these movies dressing up as games. I guess the short nature probably helps too.

 

[Mortisfacio]

DS traversal alone was way deeper than the entire gameplay of Hellblade.

Having said that, it's funny seeing the Xbox fanbase defending a "walking simulator".

I'm not an Xbox or a Sony fan. I'm a PC gamer for 95-98% of my gaming.

I mostly find it amusing the Sony fans trashing on this game for a lot of walking while stanning some other game because of the level of effort put into designing the walking.

It's really just hilarious the mental gymnastics on display.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Every combat encounter is like one long QTE. I don't think anything you do actually matters.

Animation is smooth as hell tho.

How the hell did this game takes long to make?

Team ninja sucks. Close it down

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I'm not an Xbox or a Sony fan. I'm a PC gamer for 95-98% of my gaming.

I mostly find it amusing the Sony fans trashing on this game for a lot of walking while stanning some other game because of the level of effort put into designing the walking.

It's really just hilarious the mental gymnastics on display.

One game has gameplay mechanics

The other has you press up on the analog stick

The mental gymnastics is thinking they are comparable

 

[Mortisfacio]

One game has gameplay mechanics

The other has you press up on the analog stick

The mental gymnastics is thinking they are comparable

We get it, you love Sony walking simulators. You don't like walking sims when they're not Sony exclusives. You've made this very clear. Don't think you need to clear that up anymore than you already have.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

What's wrong adamsapple ?

Hellblade 1 is easily in my top 5 games of last-gen and I've always defended Ninja Theory, even when they got acquired by MS.

Are you that much of an Xbox fanboy that you can't take criticism of HB1, even though NT wasn't even an Xbox studio at the time?

 

[solidus12]

Klobrille : 10/10

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

I'm not an Xbox or a Sony fan. I'm a PC gamer for 95-98% of my gaming.

I mostly find it amusing the Sony fans trashing on this game for a lot of walking while stanning some other game because of the level of effort put into designing the walking.

It's really just hilarious the mental gymnastics on display.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I'm not an Xbox or a Sony fan. I'm a PC gamer for 95-98% of my gaming.

I mostly find it amusing the Sony fans trashing on this game for a lot of walking while stanning some other game because of the level of effort put into designing the walking.

It's really just hilarious the mental gymnastics on display.

Did u ever see me trash HB2?

 

[Balducci30]

I just watched a review. There is LESS gameplay than the first one??? That already had way too little gameplay for me. I’ll try it out as a tech demo I guess

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

We get it, you love Sony walking simulators. You don't like walking sims when they're not Sony exclusives. You've made this very clear. Don't think you need to clear that up anymore than you already have.

We get it, you claim to not be a fanboy yet try and compare a game where you press the analog stick up and a game where you literally connect an open world together with all sorts of traversal and combat mechanics

The pejorative “walking simulator” only has actual meaning in the context of a game like HB2

 

[Shadowstar39]

5 years to make a 5 hour game? Rip Ninja Theory.

Its hard to believe the same studio made Heavenly Sword, an 7-8 hour game with an amazing main character , that today would be called "problematic" for existing. That was a near launch game that was amazing, they didn't take 5 years to make that, or Enslaved odyssey of the west.

I'm still bitter that Sony never sprung for a sequel. Narriko was amazing. I loved HS.

Hellblade just doesn't pull me in, I have the first one, got it the other week for $2 or something, will play that first and see what the fuss is about.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

The development time to gameplay time here is pretty crazy.

This is what I’m wondering. 5 hour cinematic story-driven game/“experience” — that seems like the perfect kind of “value add” thing to put on Gamepass. But how in the hell can they justify spending 7 years to make it? I can’t imagine 2024 Microsoft will be willing to fund this type of project anymore.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Its hard to believe the same studio made Heavenly Sword, an 7-8 hour game with an amazing main character , that today would be called "problematic" for existing. That was a near launch game that was amazing, they didn't take 5 years to make that, or Enslaved odyessy of the west. I'm still bitter that Sony never sprung for a sequel.
This just doesn't pull me in, I have the first one, got it the other week for $2 or something, will play that first and see what the fuss is about.

The studio owner got paid and nobody left gives a shit

The amount of time they spent making HB2 with 80 people is mind boggling mismanagement

 

[Mortisfacio]

We get it, you claim to not be a fanboy yet try and compare a game where you press the analog stick up and a game where you literally connect an open world together with all sorts of traversal and combat mechanics

The pejorative “walking simulator” only has actual meaning in the context of a game like HB2

Gotcha. So put an objective/checkbox to the walking and you're in love with walking.

 

[JackMcGunns]

The only review that matters.

You’re still at it? Isn’t this the guy that gave the first one a 9.5?

Let’s see 9.5 and this one is better…. So 9.8? Thanks Banjo

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

You’re still at it? Isn’t this the guy that gave the first one a 9.5?

Let’s see 9.5 and this one is better…. So 9.8? Thanks Banjo

1st Hellblade was better, by far

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Gotcha. So put an objective/checkbox to the walking and you're in love with walking.

Gotcha. Yeah so a big open world where you get all sorts of gadgets, vehicles, and weapons is a lot more meaty than a 5 hour up on the analog stick QTE game

Not rocket science

 

[adamsapple]

What's wrong adamsapple ?

Hellblade 1 is easily in my top 5 games of last-gen and I've always defended Ninja Theory, even when they got acquired by MS.

Are you that much of an Xbox fanboy that you can't take criticism of HB1, even though NT wasn't even an Xbox studio at the time?

How can I be an Xbox fanboy if I'm 'defending' a PS4 launch exclusive.

But you have touched upon a point Mortisfacio brought up. The same crowd that loved (and still defends) even shorter games with shallower gameplay like The Order is now extra critical of this walking sim, which plays just like how the first game did, i-e should have known going in what kind of game it is instead of feigning surprise now.

Regardless, this game has reviewed generally well, in the 80+ range, so there's that.

 

[JackMcGunns]

1st Hellblade was better, by far

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

The same crowd that loved (and still defends) even shorter games with shallower gameplay like The Order

Who said it is loved? It has a 63 meta it deserves, the order is not a good game

It’s wasted potential. Just like HB2

 

[Mortisfacio]

Gotcha. Yeah so a big open world where you get all sorts of gadgets, vehicles, and weapons is a lot more meaty than a 5 hour up on the analog stick QTE game

Not rocket science

Thank you for confirming my suspicion that you've never played the game. Hellblade has no QTEs.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

inferior combat and poorly paced puzzles

Nah bro. This aint it.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Regardless, this game has reviewed generally well, in the 80+ range, so there's that.

And that’s about all the enjoyment you’ll get - just like Starfield.

See guys? The Klobrille review krew generally loved it

 

[Pedro Motta]

Gotcha. So put an objective/checkbox to the walking and you're in love with walking.

Calm yourself Stevivor.