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[gokurho]

Hyped up

 

[GrayChild]

Massive. And. Growing.

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

Hyped up

I am ready for the graf!cs

 

[clarky]

By the time it releases in London the peeps over in Sydney will have finished it. Twice.

 

[Punished Miku]

By the time it releases in London the peeps over in Sydney will have finished it. Twice.

And people wonder why AAA games are bloated.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Got my overpriced headset ready

 

[clarky]

And people wonder why AAA games are bloated.

Im all for shorter games, twas but a joke.

However the amount of dev time spent on this for such a short experience is rediculous.

The gameplay doesn't looks like its evolved at all, if love to be proven wrong and im looking forward to my eyeballs melting next week.

 

[HRK69]

Please don't celebrate short games

 

[clarky]

Please don't celebrate short games

Why?

I here by celibrate short games. What you going to do about it loser?

I never finish 100 hour+ games.

 

[Bartski]

Every game that doesn't have midnight unlock should do this

 

[N30RYU]

I am ready for the graf!cs

It will be LITERALLY a slidehow

Spoiler

a 30fps one

 

[Robb]

I'll be waiting for some reviews on this one, looks too similar to the first game from the little I've seen.

Hope I'm wrong though.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Imma play it but I skipped the first.

Should I watch a recap on youtube?

There is a 0.00% chance I play the first this week, or ever.

 

[adamsapple]

Why?

I here by celibrate short games. What you going to do about it loser?

I never finish 100 hour+ games.

The dude has a hard-on for 100 hour games.

Excited to see AC
I need my 100+ hour game fix
Fuck short games

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

It will be LITERALLY a slidehow

Spoiler

a 30fps one

I'm playing on PC , I hope the port is good. Ninja Theory does have a good history with their PC versions.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Cant wait for this. Going to be my weekend game for when I get back from travelling with work. It feels like every game is at least 60 hours long now and it sucks.

Excited for a game I can play through in a weekend that doesn't cost me 70 squid.

 

[Fess]

When are reviews out?

 

[Negotiator101]

Is it actually available for pre-load or is it still 322mb? Unless that's the size of the game and it really is that short

 

[kikii]

man u have made 2 hype threads of HB2 within a week ^^

Hype - The hype around Hellblade II is massive, and growing.

The last game I can remember that had this type of hype leading up to its release was Red Dead Redemption 2. It's trending on twitter every day. Forums and social media are all about HB2, and MS hasn't advertised jack shit for it. I haven't really been a ninja guy, but I am a psychotic guy, so...

www.neogaf.com

 

[Ronin_7]

No reviews, no embargo... Literally nothing.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Please don't celebrate short games

100+ hour games can jog on and fuck off.

 

[SJRB]

I love how the marketing for this game is basically Xbox going "hey you can play this game next week at 9 am or whatever".

 

[anthony2690]

I didn't enjoy the first game sadly, but I'll certainly give this one a go, the last trailer back at the game awards actually looked decent, so I am very curious and hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised.

I like that there will be other characters in the game too (going from the last trailer)

Will go in with an open mind.

 

[Ozriel]

No reviews, no embargo... Literally nothing.

You expected to be provided a review copy?

 

[StueyDuck]

Hyped up

can you zoom into the image please and have someone shout the timezones...

 

[Eiknarf]

What'd it get on OpenCritic and/or Metacritic?

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Finally time to power on my Xbox again.

 

[Jaybe]

I could be wrong but there are some signs of this coming in rushed like Redfall and Forza Motorsport, and to a lesser extent Starfield.

• No review codes are out yet
• No extended, uninterrupted gameplay has been shown particularly with combat
• PC requirements were only recently posted a 2 or 3 weeks back
• Despite Greenberg's assertions, there's effectively no marketing on this

It's like Xbox said, hey NT we need a date before our June showcase and you're going to need to hit it, so pick what features to prioritize and complete and what bugs to squash and get this out the door. Figured that's what happened with Redfall, that patience just ran thin from Phil.

We also have this from Sneakers..

They don't believe its gonna be a HFR or Forza Horizon in terms of reception, or even a Starfield.

I have no context on what reviewers are expecting from this thing, but I have yet to hear anything 'glowing' or even close to it about it.

 

[R3TRO]

Looking forward to seeing this running on a high end pc hooked to an oled.

 

[Frwrd]

Those blacks will look insane on a OLED... I mean the whole game pretty much

 

[HRK69]

The dude has a hard-on for 100 hour games.

Hmmmmm

It makes my erdtree very hard indeed

 

[AV]

I still cannot get over the fact that they tucked Hellblade 2 away in this image. These things get shared around everywhere when they drop. The same size as "Rolling Hills", on the second line, it's not even alphabetical for crying out loud.

I knocked this up in a few minutes and as you can tell I'm far from a graphic designer. Can't believe they don't do stuff like this on these graphics.

Have some pride in your AAA!

 

[OverHeat]

Day 1 on pc!

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I thought it was coming Friday. Think I'm too used to Friday releases. Wasn't Tuesday releases meant for retailers and this is a digital only game? . . .

anyway, currently playing Hellblade 1 from the cloud to my steam deck. Someone's gotta use it right?

 

[Eiknarf]

I could be wrong but there are some signs of this coming in rushed like Redfall and Forza Motorsport, and to a lesser extent Starfield.

• No review codes are out yet
• No extended, uninterrupted gameplay has been shown particularly with combat
• PC requirements were only recently posted a 2 or 3 weeks back
• Despite Greenberg's assertions, there's effectively no marketing on this

It's like Xbox said, hey NT we need a date before our June showcase and you're going to need to hit it, so pick what features to prioritize and complete and what bugs to squash and get this out the door. Figured that's what happened with Redfall, that patience just ran thin from Phil.

We also have this from Sneakers..

Sounds like that PlayStation-exclusive walking-sim called FORT SOLIS.
But there's no way Hellblade II doesn't have psick action/combat!

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Hoping for the besr for ninja theory's sake!

 

[Kssio_Aug]

I still cannot get over the fact that they tucked Hellblade 2 away in this image. These things get shared around everywhere when they drop. The same size as "Rolling Hills", on the second line, it's not even alphabetical for crying out loud.

I knocked this up in a few minutes and as you can tell I'm far from a graphic designer. Can't believe they don't do stuff like this on these graphics.

Have some pride in your AAA!

Probably the idea is to treat every game released on Game Pass with the same level of value.

But they could just place it on the 1st tile, and that would already be something at least. And they should have been marketing the game better overall... I doubt that people outside of gaming enthusiasts know anything about Hellblade 2.

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

Massive. And. Growing.

Just like my urge to take a dump after those two beef sambosas I ate this morning.

 

[Black_Stride]

10am on a Tuesday?


Guess I better call in sick and get some eye drops.......cuz till 8am the next day im in!