Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice now also rated for Xbox One in Taiwan

ARC-2R · Mar 7, 2018

Still a Gray Area said:
That's usually the case though, PS first is accepted as default, Xbox first raises eyebrows.

There's definitely a lopsided nature to how timed exclusives are treated by games media. Every PS timed exclusive is treated like the media as a full fledged exclusive until suprise! its actually timed exclusive. Xbox timed are exclusives are literally badgered into admitting that it will come to PS someday lol.

Valkyr1983 · Mar 7, 2018

Beautiful game to look at, arguably one of the best

I found it boring though, combat was ok if not simple although could get frustrating against more than 2 enemies

But yeah didn't find the whole mental health issue thing interesting at all

And those stupid ass puzzles about lining up stuff were terrible

Heart_Attack · Mar 7, 2018

Still waiting for a physical Release

Hate · Mar 7, 2018

Phonomezer said:
because I'd rather have played it on the better platform.

You mean PC?

Intel_89 · Mar 7, 2018

Heart_Attack said:
Still waiting for a physical Release

Came here to say exactly this, I really want to check out the game but the cheapest I've seen it for was like 20€ and I'm not too keen on spending that on a digital version.

Petran · Mar 7, 2018

needs to have HDR, Dolby, at least good X enhancements, locked framerate, and either more content or less price than last years version for me to consider buying

pswii60 · Mar 7, 2018

Loved the binaural audio, sadly really didn't enjoy the game at all despite thinking I would. It'll look incredible on the X though, already looked mighty fine on the Pro even if they did go a bit OTT with the post processing.

Wagram · Mar 7, 2018

Just beat this yesterday. It's okay, nothing to get worked into a tizzy over.

Good to see it's (probably) coming to Xbox though.

Swanlee · Mar 7, 2018

ARC-2R said:
There's definitely a lopsided nature to how timed exclusives are treated by games media. Every PS timed exclusive is treated like the media as a full fledged exclusive until suprise! its actually time exclusive. Xbox timed are exclusives are literally badgered into admitting that it will come to PS someday lol.

Yea pretty lame, I hope one day the media and fans will treat both platforms equally

Dyashen · Mar 7, 2018

ARC-2R said:
There's definitely a lopsided nature to how timed exclusives are treated by games media. Every PS timed exclusive is treated like the media as a full fledged exclusive until suprise! its actually time exclusive. Xbox timed are exclusives are literally badgered into admitting that it will come to PS someday lol.

Is there even any chance Nier or NiOH might end up coming to xbox in either way? Nier devs talked about it and said they would port it if it sold enough for PS and PC.
I'm still happy if Hellblade for Xbox ends up happening.

Deleted member 2254 · Mar 7, 2018

ARC-2R said:
There's definitely a lopsided nature to how timed exclusives are treated by games media. Every PS timed exclusive is treated like the media as a full fledged exclusive until suprise! its actually time exclusive. Xbox timed are exclusives are literally badgered into admitting that it will come to PS someday lol.

Fan expectations are also like that. If Xbox funds a game's development and in turn gets a year of exclusivity (see ROTTR), the gates of hell open in fanboy outrage. If Crash Trilogy or Hellblade are temporary exclusives... okay? That's cool.

NLCPRESIDENT · Mar 7, 2018

This game is amazing. If runs decent will dd for atmos support.

Jiraiya · Mar 7, 2018

Hate said:
You mean PC?

So 90's

Hate · Mar 7, 2018

FairyEmpire said:
Fan expectations are also like that. If Xbox funds a game's development and in turn gets a year of exclusivity (see ROTTR), the gates of hell open in fanboy outrage. If Crash Trilogy or Hellblade are temporary exclusives... okay? That's cool.

Crash trilogy wouldn't be possible without Sony though. While Hellblade is available on PC unlike ROTTR.
There's always caveats like SFV being made only because of Sony. ROTTR was possible even without MS.

Franco_Tech · Mar 7, 2018

That was expected, they said the XBONE version was not at launch because of funding. But the games was a success so of course the game will come.

Fatal · Mar 7, 2018

ARC-2R said:
There's definitely a lopsided nature to how timed exclusives are treated by games media. Every PS timed exclusive is treated like the media as a full fledged exclusive until suprise! its actually timed exclusive. Xbox timed are exclusives are literally badgered into admitting that it will come to PS someday lol.

Nobody gives the unpopular kid a fair go syndrome.

Hope it sees the success on Xbox as it did on PS4. Wonderful game that deserves it.

EvilBoris · Mar 7, 2018

FairyEmpire said:
Fan expectations are also like that. If Xbox funds a game's development and in turn gets a year of exclusivity (see ROTTR), the gates of hell open in fanboy outrage. If Crash Trilogy or Hellblade are temporary exclusives... okay? That's cool.

Crash Bandicoot is not temporary exclusive, Playstation is the HOME of Crash.

/denial

Starlatine · Mar 7, 2018

Hate said:
Crash trilogy wouldn't be possible without Sony though. While Hellblade is available on PC unlike ROTTR.
There's always caveats like SFV being made only because of Sony. ROTTR was possible even without MS.

Thinking street fighter V would NEVER happen without sony is nonsense. Sony support helped to make the game be a reality (way) sooner, but street fighter is no back-end unknown franchise that capcom would surely never touch again without someone giving them partial funding

Hate · Mar 7, 2018

Starlatine said:
Thinking street fighter V would NEVER happen without sony is nonsense. Sony support helped to make the game be a reality (way) sooner, but street fighter is no back-end unknown franchise that capcom would surely never touch again without someone giving them partial funding

But it did help in one way or another. MS exclusivity for TR didn't help anyone except themselves.

Gobias-Ind · Mar 7, 2018

I didn't realize this game wasn't on The Box. Buy it, people!

EvilBoris · Mar 7, 2018

Hate said:
But it did help in one way or another. MS exclusivity for TR didn't help anyone except themselves.

Why was Tomb Raider: one of the most famous and well gamingfranchises in the world , tent pole release for Square-ENIX ANY different to Street Fighter;one of the most famous and well beloved gaming franchises in the world , tent pole release for Capcom?

You are literally proving the point that several have made in the thread.

Hate · Mar 7, 2018

EvilBoris said:
Why was Tomb Raider: one of the most famous and well gamingfranchises in the world , tent pole release for Square-ENIX ANY different to Street Fighter;one of the most famous and well beloved gaming franchises in the world , tent pole release for Capcom?

You are literally proving the point that several have made in the thread.

Because it was already ready to be released on the other platforms until MS said no. Street Fighter wasn't getting made any time soon until Sony helped with funding.

Serastros · Mar 7, 2018

I did really enjoy this game. it has some pretty new "perspectives" to perception. Do really recommend playing this one..

Transistor · Mar 7, 2018

Fantastic. The more people that get to play this game the better.

And it can't be stressed enough:

PLAY THIS GAME WITH HEADPHONES

EvilBoris · Mar 7, 2018

Hate said:
Because it was already ready to be released on the other platforms until MS said no. Street Fighter wasn't getting made any time soon until Sony helped with funding.

You need to prove the second half of that quote, just because that is what PR said, doesn't mean it was the case.
What you are saying that Capcom was NEVER going to make another Street Fighter game.

Anyway, this is super well trodden ground. However you want to put it, money exchanged hands from Sony to Capcom, there isn't an Xbox version as a direct consequence.

Raide · Mar 7, 2018

Transistor said:
Fantastic. The more people that get to play this game the better.

And it can't be stressed enough:

PLAY THIS GAME WITH HEADPHONES

I have my 5.1 pumped and ready.

II JumPeR I · Mar 7, 2018

Hate said:
Crash trilogy wouldn't be possible without Sony though. While Hellblade is available on PC unlike ROTTR.
There's always caveats like SFV being made only because of Sony. ROTTR was possible even without MS.

Uhm yes it would.

black070 · Mar 7, 2018

II JumPeR I said:
Uhm yes it would.

I wouldn't say it "wouldn't be possible" had Activision wanted it, but by all accounts Sony are the ones who approached them about getting it made. I'll prematurely post proof just incase:

We have the Game Director outright saying Sony approached Activision and them to bring it to the PS4:
https://youtu.be/uGy76CftGws?t=15s

And then theres also a tweet by a Sony rep:
https://www.twitter.com/johntdrake/status/742536392031408129

There was another tweet since deleted that read: "@TimGettys really glad this made you happy dude. Took everything in my power not to hint to you we were working on getting remakes going! :)"

JustinH · Mar 7, 2018

Transistor said:
Fantastic. The more people that get to play this game the better.

And it can't be stressed enough:

PLAY THIS GAME WITH HEADPHONES

I've seen this said before 'round these parts. Is it really that important?

Not an issue for me since I play every game piped through an Astro Mixamp into Fideio X2s, I guess I'm just curious why people say this for this specific game (Hope it gets Atmos support).

MosquitoSmasher · Mar 7, 2018

Swanlee said:
Hope it gets X enchanced

Shit I'd seriously expect that by now with any new games coming out, especially games from a developer like this. If not it would be fucked up for damn sure.

black070 · Mar 7, 2018

JustinH said:
I've seen this said before 'round these parts. Is it really that important?

Not an issue for me since I play every game piped through an Astro Mixamp into Fideio X2s, I guess I'm just curious why people say this for this specific game (Hope it gets Atmos support).

The game emulates voices in your head that honestly can only be experienced with headphones. The game even says as much when you first start it up.

So yes people, play with headphones !

Hate · Mar 7, 2018

EvilBoris said:
You need to prove the second half of that quote, just because that is what PR said, doesn't mean it was the case.

I don't need to prove anything as that was the official statement. Besides, how do I prove that stuff? Do I go to Japan and get confirmation from Capcom? The closest proof I can give you is an interview with one of the producers. He says that they went with PS4 because they are supporting the fighting genre the best along with giving the okay on the first ever cross platform game of all time. It also doesn't help that MS wasn't keen on cross platform back then. It's different right now but Capcom went with the choice that helped them at that moment.

Here's the interview. https://youtu.be/-ZNH1ZrxpVU

II JumPeR I said:
Uhm yes it would.

The whole idea of making a trilogy was Sony's idea. They went to Activision to propose it along with the timed exclusivity and the rights for Activision to borrow the source code for the games.

TheZynster · Mar 7, 2018

OH PLEASE

I want to play this on my X

Black_Stride · Mar 7, 2018

Theorry said:
Dolby Atmos and this game.

This is going to be glorious!
Might actually double dip.

Raide said:
I have my 5.1 pumped and ready.

Binaural audio doesnt work well with 5.1
Just get yourself a good set of Stereo Headphones.
DT 770 Pro 80

JustinH · Mar 7, 2018

black070 said:
The game emulates voices in your head that honestly can only be experienced with headphones. The game even says as much when you first start it up.

So yes people, play with headphones !

Oh wow. That sounds super interesting. (that looks sarcastic. I'm not being sarcastic there)

Prine · Mar 7, 2018

May pick this up if it's X-hanced

RivalGT · Mar 7, 2018

JustinH said:
I've seen this said before 'round these parts. Is it really that important?

Not an issue for me since I play every game piped through an Astro Mixamp into Fideio X2s, I guess I'm just curious why people say this for this specific game (Hope it gets Atmos support).

The game has its own 3D audio processing, and its one of the best I've ever heard in a game. I have the Astro Mixamp with a sennheiser game one, and the game sounded fantastic, but you want to make sure the dolby is turned off on the Astro mix amp. The game makes audio part of the game, and its used in the gameplay, you have voices in your head coming from all directions. Its all very convincing, and very well done, its odd that other devs dont have this type of audio in their games.

LetalisAmare · Mar 7, 2018

Raide said:
I have my 5.1 pumped and ready.

Nooo. Stereo for best results.

II JumPeR I · Mar 7, 2018

Hate said:
The whole idea of making a trilogy was Sony's idea. They went to Activision to propose it along with the timed exclusivity and the rights for Activision to borrow the source code for the games.

They havent used any source code from the old games at all...

It would haven been still be possible without Sony regardless.

Some folks really have to stop putting Sony on a throne as the big almighty company that makes things possible.

People should call out this annoying exclusive deals out instead like already mentioned always happens with Microsoft for whatever reason.

Deleted member 2254 · Mar 7, 2018

Hate said:
Crash trilogy wouldn't be possible without Sony though. While Hellblade is available on PC unlike ROTTR.
There's always caveats like SFV being made only because of Sony. ROTTR was possible even without MS.

Tomb Raider sold below Square Enix's (very optimistic) predictions, and a sequel wasn't guaranteed. When Microsoft showed up at the door with the money, it became a lower risk investment. Was Street Fighter really that "niche" that it wouldn't have warranted a multiplatform sequel and it needed a major funding by one of the console manufacturers? Not a provocative question, I don't follow Street Fighter enough to know what happened behind there. In general, such exclusives are not a positive unless the game was basically impossible to make without said funding. Stuff like Destiny's multiple-year exclusive DLC content was plain bullshit for example given that the "gimped" versions costed the same, and it's a game that prints money anyway and definitely didn't need such shady tricks. I can understand a smaller scale game like Hellblade relying on that extra money, however.

horkrux · Mar 7, 2018

I really don't see why it wouldn't be X enhanced. I just take it as a given.

Hate · Mar 7, 2018

II JumPeR I said:
They havent used any source code from the old games at all...

It would haven been still be possible without Sony regardless.

Some folks really have to stop putting Sony on a throne as the big almighty company that makes things possible.

People should call out this annoying exclusive deals out instead like already mentioned always happens with Microsoft for whatever reason.

Maybe I'm misremembering stuff. My bad on that. I don't think that Sony wasn't criticized for that. It was just drowned out by people saying "Crash is dead". That was the general negativity surrounding the game so we just didn't see the people who did criticize the exclusivity.

FairyEmpire said:
Tomb Raider sold below Square Enix's (very optimistic) predictions, and a sequel wasn't guaranteed. When Microsoft showed up at the door with the money, it became a lower risk investment. Was Street Fighter really that "niche" that it wouldn't have warranted a multiplatform sequel and it needed a major funding by one of the console manufacturers? Not a provocative question, I don't follow Street Fighter enough to know what happened behind there. In general, such exclusives are not a positive unless the game was basically impossible to make without said funding. Stuff like Destiny's multiple-year exclusive DLC content was plain bullshit for example given that the "gimped" versions costed the same, and it's a game that prints money anyway and definitely didn't need such shady tricks. I can understand a smaller scale game like Hellblade relying on that extra money, however.

IIRC it wasn't that SFV wasn't important to them, it was more like the company itself was in the red during that time.

EvilBoris · Mar 7, 2018

horkrux said:
I really don't see why it wouldn't be X enhanced. I just take it as a given.

Sometimes the SDK's that a game is built on or the version of an engine that doesn't support particular console.

Not Spaceghost · Mar 7, 2018

Don't sleep on this game guys, the story telling is straight up wonderful.

Popetita · Mar 7, 2018

What is a good/cheap headset to get the best out of this game? Was thinking about the Sennheiser 507081, thoughts?

SublimeAnarky · Mar 7, 2018

Transistor said:
Fantastic. The more people that get to play this game the better.

And it can't be stressed enough:

PLAY THIS GAME WITH HEADPHONES

From someone who doesn't understand the emphasis here and is looking forward to this game - I have Astro A50's hooked up to my X and Dolby Atmos for headphones enabled. Will that deliver the effect as intended?

EvilBoris · Mar 7, 2018

SublimeAnarky said:
From someone who doesn't understand the emphasis here and is looking forward to this game - I have Astro A50's hooked up to my X and Dolby Atmos for headphones enabled. Will that deliver the effect as intended?

Yep.

predrag · Mar 7, 2018

Nice surprise! Gimme preorder page MS!

Petran · Mar 7, 2018

ARC-2R said:
There's definitely a lopsided nature to how timed exclusives are treated by games media. Every PS timed exclusive is treated like the media as a full fledged exclusive until suprise! its actually timed exclusive. Xbox timed are exclusives are literally badgered into admitting that it will come to PS someday lol.

welcome to the internet.

horkrux · Mar 7, 2018

EvilBoris said:
Sometimes the SDK's that a game is built on or the version of an engine that doesn't support particular console.

Both of these reasons make no sense in the case of Hellblade
They gave the Pro an enhanced version, they will give the X - for which the game is yet to come out - an enhanced version

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