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[VanCityGamer]

I liked the first game but hated #2. Quit after 2 hours.

 

[Alan Wake]

Enhanced with good gameplay?
This game is not worth paying for.

Only if its 20/30 quid.

It's barely even a game.

 

[Certinty]

This is comfortably going to become one of the biggest bombs of all time.

Probably the best looking game i've ever played but yeah, the rest is so incredibly boring beyond belief.

Don't waste your time.

 

[Kacho]

Microsoft and Xbox fanboys spent the better part of this generation hyping this piece of shit only for it to mega flop lol

 

[Mortisfacio]

Said no Sony fan ever

Hellblade 2: 3~ hours of cutscenes

FF16: 11~ hours of cutscenes

 

[Fabieter]

Hellblade 2: 3~ hours of cutscenes

FF16: 11~ hours of cutscenes

Mgs 4 has like 50% cut scenes. So its no problem if its good.

 

[solidus12]

That's just hopium from fanboys

 

[vkbest]

That is why Nintendo will always be the king of exclusives. They never port there exclusives even to PC no matter what happens.

They did, Nvidia shield.

 

[GymWolf]

The only way to enhance that crazy bitch is if they make me mute the retarded voices in her head.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

That's just hopium from fanboys

Gaf had a couple of Jezzes of it's own as well.

 

[solidus12]

Gaf had a couple of Jezzes of it's own as well.

 

[RedC]

I liked the first game but hated #2. Quit after 2 hours.

May I ask what about 1 you liked that 2 lacked or differed from that made you hate it?

To me, 2 was more of 1, just bigger in scope and scale.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I liked the first game but hated #2. Quit after 2 hours.

So, you finish the game.

 

[kevboard]

what's enhanced about it? did they turn it into a video game?

 

[Jaybe]

That's just hopium from fanboys

Jez is so embarrassing, was completely blindsided and in major denial about Xbox going full third-party.

 

[Fabieter]

what's enhanced about it? did they turn it into a video game?

Probably the price

 

[kevboard]

Mgs 4 has like 50% cut scenes. So its no problem if its good.

yup, MGS4 is also still a good game if you skip every cutscene.
THAT is the big difference.

once the cutscenes and "cinematic" bullshit infects the gameplay it becomes an issue. if I have to hold my stick forward for 5 minutes with zero meaningful gameplay happening, because the Devs wanted to add a pretentious slow walking scene for example... THAT is an issue.

Hellblade 2 is basically a massive slow walking scene that gets occasionally interrupted with really bad gameplay

 

[Fbh]

Will wait for a $19.99 sale and/or Ps+ edition.
I do want to experience the visuals but nothing I've read about this game sounds remotely interesting enough to pay more than $20

 

[Represent.]

It's hilarious how people hate this game, yet praise a literal walking simulator with an absolute garbage, nonsensical story like death stranding

 

[sendit]

Hellblade 2: 3~ hours of cutscenes

FF16: 11~ hours of cutscenes

I dare you to calculate how much gameplay hours each game has, you wont.

Spoiler: Total Gameplay Hours

~45 Hours - FF16
~5 Hours - HB2

 

[GHG]

It's hilarious how people hate this game, yet praise a literal walking simulator with an absolute garbage, nonsensical story like death stranding

Tag checks out.

 

[sendit]

It's hilarious how people hate this movie, yet praise a literal walking simulator with an absolute garbage, nonsensical story like death stranding

Fixed

 

[Physiognomonics]

I expect it to be badly optimized on both PS5 and PS5 Pro. The latter barely outperforming XSX version. This is how those MS games have been doing on Playstation consoles.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Tag checks out.

This looks boring as fuck.

 

[Physiognomonics]

Tag checks out.

Yep. Kojima gameplay can be super complex and deep. I remember watching insane stuff done in MGS5. People who didn't play the game have really no idea.

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Why bother. Game is trash.

 

[Mortisfacio]

I dare you to calculate how much gameplay hours each game has, you wont.

Spoiler: Total Gameplay Hours

~45 Hours - FF16
~5 Hours - HB2

Main story FF16 is roughly 35-38 hours. I'm seeing 30-40% cutscenes. Thanks for proving it.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

I need a Diddy version of this.

The amount of value destruction Microsoft did this gen is insane.

Multiple formerly-multiplat games getting their sales legs cut off because of excluding Playstation.


The guy seemed weirdly depressed too. No clue what that's about.

They know the game's basically DOA if none of the enhancements include, well, a real gameplay loop with some mechanics. Or at least gameplay more on par with the first title.

Still stunned how much a regressing HBII is in every department other than visuals and (arguably) audio (the voices were done a lot better in the first game)

 

[GHG]

This looks boring as fuck.

Because you're probably looking at it having no idea what's going on, but that's not my problem.

 

[Bernardougf]

It's hilarious how people hate this game, yet praise a literal walking simulator with an absolute garbage, nonsensical story like death stranding

Oh I hate both .. and since this one is like a contained shorter experience if I was obligated to play one.. it would be HB2 for sure.

 

[Gambit2483]

It's hilarious how people hate this game, yet praise a literal walking simulator with an absolute garbage, nonsensical story like death stranding

Maybe because Death Stranding actually has multiple game mechanics and gameplay systems, like inventory and gear management, and logistics and preparation.

The game also features combat and multiple methods of traversal using vehicles, mechs, rope cables, etc. It's not just a "walking simulator" as most people like to claim.

 

[GymWolf]

It's hilarious how people hate this game, yet praise a literal walking simulator with an absolute garbage, nonsensical story like death stranding

Both overrated crap for a reason or another.

 

[Bridges]

A truly beautiful game that I could not finish, in spite of its length, because I fell asleep basically every time I tried to play.

For me it was a letdown compared to the first game.

 

[Tommi84]

 

[Represent.]

They need to add an arena/horde/survive mode where's it's nothing but waves of enemies and that beautiful, stunning, visceral and glorious combat

 

[GHG]

They need to add an arena/horde/survive mode where's it's nothing but waves of enemies and that beautiful, stunning, visceral and glorious combat

Expedition 33, which is a turn based game, has a million times more combat depth than this.

What are you trying to do? Send people to sleep?

 

[balls of snow]

Have it on Steam. Will get it on ps5 pro if the upgrades are full ass instead of half assed.
Its such a looker on Series X, a glimpse into the future.

 

[Represent.]

Tag checks out.

Hellblade 2 combat looks much more intriguing than this. This looks horrendous and just sold me on NOT playing DS2

 

[GymWolf]

They need to add an arena/horde/survive mode where's it's nothing but waves of enemies and that beautiful, stunning, visceral and glorious combat

They probably took a couple of month to coreograph every single fight, the whole thing looked scripted as a whole fuck, also i doubt they have 20 new enemy models with unique animations ready to go for an arena style.

Only using the couple of fights in the story would get old immediately.

 

[Represent.]

Expedition 33, which is a turn based game, has a million times more combat depth than this.

What are you trying to do? Send people to sleep?

Don't care about combat depth. It's all about the feeling for me. It's why I prefer TLOU2 combat over Devil May Cry

 

[Thief1987]

How much? I mean how much they will pay me for enduring this "game"?

 

[sendit]

Main story FF16 is roughly 35-38 hours. I'm seeing 30-40% cutscenes. Thanks for proving it.

So you're saying a ~7-8 hour game (cut-scenes included) is somehow more gameplay-focused than a 38-hour game (not including cutscenes or side quest)....yeah, that tracks. Thanks for clarifying.

Lets just agree that both FF16 and HB2 are horrible options for gamers.

 

[damidu]

so much content for your money, 5hour playtime will feel like 50

 

[Mortisfacio]

So you're saying a ~7-8 hour game (cut-scenes included) is somehow more gameplay-focused than a 38-hour game (not including cutscenes)....yeah, that tracks. Thanks for clarifying.

Lets just agree that both FF16 and HB2 are horrible options for gamers.

That's not what I said at all. I compared two games with significant amount of % of the game being cutscenes and you got offended.

 

[sendit]

That's not what I said at all. I compared two games with significant amount of % of the game being cutscenes and you got offended.

got it. you weren't saying Hellblade II had more gameplay, just that both games are cinematic... which somehow makes the 4-hour walking sim equal to a 38-hour action RPG.

 

[Valonquar]

Considering part one was on PS+ def hold out. It's impressive graphically, but very bare bones gameplay.

 

[sendit]

Considering part one was on PS+ def hold out. It's impressive graphically, but very bare bones gameplay.

Nah...full walkthrough clocks in at 5 hours and 23 minutes. Enjoy the full gameplay experience below:

 

[JTCx]

Don't care about combat depth. It's all about the feeling for me. It's why I prefer TLOU2 combat over Devil May Cry

You trying to make a statement about gameplay/combat but have no knowledge of anything so you talk about feelings.

Lmao tag checks out.

 

[Mortisfacio]

got it. you weren't saying Hellblade II had more gameplay, just that both games are cinematic... which somehow makes the 4-hour walking sim equal to a 38-hour on-rails-cutscene RPG.

Fixed

 

[sendit]

Fixed

agreed, ff16 is trash