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Senua's Saga: Hellblade II announced (Xbox Series X)
- Thread starter Sargerus
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Port begging a next gen game for switch. Now that is something.
This trailer was absolutely mind blowing. The facial expressions were next level. Can't wait to see more of this!
I think they probably could've left it where it was, but I'm also happy to see the IP moving forward because I loved the first game and it's characters and world.
If anyone's unsure why the first game would get a sequel given how it ended:
Senua's father sold out their village to the Northmen, so presumably Senua is on a quest to gain vengeance on him and the Northmen who destroyed her world.
She BACK!
This came up in my YouTube recommendations like a week ago.... I have no idea why, I got like a Deja Vu feeling right now.
The fact that they showed love and had Heilung in the teaser made it auto day 1 (On PC) for me. The first game is one of the best games of its year and still underrated.
It be nice to know for sure
I've watched the trailer 4 times already, the muscle movement on her face during the scream, especially the way her lips move, is exquisite.
For those saying that the game won't look close to that I want to point out this video is running real time:
Granted what was shown was the equivalent of cut scenes and not gameplay but I think they'll get very close to that in the final game.
For those saying that the game won't look close to that I want to point out this video is running real time:
Granted what was shown was the equivalent of cut scenes and not gameplay but I think they'll get very close to that in the final game.
+1 for this trailer is breathtaking, but where do you go with a Hellblade Sequel? It was such a perfect, descrete story with a fulfilling ending. Unless it's a prequel?
I liked the first game, so I'm looking forward to this.
Though I will say, that It seems odd to see Hellblade as a title that won't be appearing on all platforms, because I always looked at this series as one of the only triple A 'games for change'.
The point, of that type of game, is always to reach as many people as possible, to promote social change. One of their own trailers highlighted all the comments that they received from players, how their perspectives on mental health, and their outlooks on life, were changed by the game. It's a shame to have those kind of experiences only accessible to those with certain hardware and whatnot.
Though I will say, that It seems odd to see Hellblade as a title that won't be appearing on all platforms, because I always looked at this series as one of the only triple A 'games for change'.
The point, of that type of game, is always to reach as many people as possible, to promote social change. One of their own trailers highlighted all the comments that they received from players, how their perspectives on mental health, and their outlooks on life, were changed by the game. It's a shame to have those kind of experiences only accessible to those with certain hardware and whatnot.
Trailer looks good, and I believe NT will deliver a great game, but just to reiterate what I posted in the XGS thread, I kind of am worried about sequelizing Hellblade cheapening the original game's achievements. I'm cautiously looking forward to this, but I would have rather had a spiritual successor rather than a sequel.
You couldn't possibly pick a better band than Heilung to help announce a new Hellblade game out of nowhere.
I haven't owned an Xbox since the first one, thinking I might have to get one just for this game. Damn what a trailer. WHEW
I haven't owned an Xbox since the first one, thinking I might have to get one just for this game. Damn what a trailer. WHEW
Don't really see why the game would need a sequel, but sure. The original had the best sound design in a game ever, I'm sure that'll continue. The visuals are also good. But the gameplay was boring and the story left a lot to be desired. Hopefully it's a lot more enjoyable to actually play this time.
God DAYUM. Can I preorder the soundtrack yet? Fuck me.
Keep the binaural audio, and Melina Jeurgens and I am 100% sold already. What a trailer...I don't even care if it's not representative of what the final game will look like. More Senua that somehow looks darker than the original.
Paging Delphine.....have you managed to win the first one yet???
Keep the binaural audio, and Melina Jeurgens and I am 100% sold already. What a trailer...I don't even care if it's not representative of what the final game will look like. More Senua that somehow looks darker than the original.
Paging Delphine.....have you managed to win the first one yet???
Man. What the fuck. I don't want to get hyped about next gen graphics right now lol. I hope the final game looks like that!
its real time/in engine just not gameplay but , seeing some ray traced games and considering how good hellblade looks, I would not be surprised if it looks that good in gameplay as well.
I guess so, I played it a little later down the line.
I don't think launching asynchronously is an issue though. Being able to play a game a little later seems very different from not being able to play a game at all. With that said, I think in an ideal world, you want this type of game to be hardware agnostic. I would argue that, for several reasons...
a) If your intentions to promote social change are genuine, then you should inherently want your game to be reached by as many as possible. Sometimes it's not possible for logistical reasons, but I don't think wherever possible the idea of getting this type of game to as many people as possible should prevail
b) These types of games, those that focus in on very sensitive and personal human phenomena, I think they have a lot of power with people. They may not sell all that well, but I think the people that they do resonate with become very personally attached by them, and then to see the sequel to that experience used as a bargaining chip in a console war... it just feels, tacky perhaps? I'd feel the same way if we had a sequel to That Dragon Cancer promoting a new hardware launch.
I'll play this on the next XBOX, but I'd prefer it be released as widely as possible.
Next gen games make current games look dated? Isn't that... the point? Why are people comparing next gen to current gen? Makes no sense. Too bad this had no gameplay. Calling it in-engine doesn't do it any favors when there's zero gameplay. Just looks like any other prerendered trailer.
I see this reveal as similar to the Uncharted 4 one. In hindsight, too good to be what to expect from the hardware, but I hope it comes close because if this is similar to the standard we can expect from next-gen consoles, then hot damn.
They are amazing. Both use different techniques to achieve some remarkable results. Naughty Dog animators still key frame by hand from mocap + reference material. Ninja Theory (at least from Hellblade onwards) uses a cutting edge motion capture to add real-time facial performance straight into the game for them to tweak. It's very impressive.
Pretty sure this is also coming to PC like the other Xbox titles.
ND has been using full performance capture since UC4. They no longer solely keyframe facial animation.
And the raw data from facial or motion capture is never the end result that we see in game, even high quality facial capture gets iterated on by animators. I always see people present that as an ND specific thing and it's always been really strange.
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I'm pretty sure it'll look super good. I mean.. That's also the dev and the type of game. Let's remember the first game can run on Switch with a pretty insane level of detail on faces..
But that also means it's not specially representative of the general level of details for characters in other games. That's why it's not the best showcase for me.
Really think a huge visual benefit of the increased memory with the next gen will be animation quality. I mean if you had told me parts of this were live action I would have believed you, incredible stuff.