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Senua's Saga: Hellblade II - Preview Thread
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Asking why it isn't a surprise? Or something else?
His Instagram posts have him flying overseas and having a lot of fun with his model friends.
Honestly if there's one game Xbox strategically shouldn't put on PS5 it's this one and I don't think they will. Sony offers plenty of games in the genre so it's good than Xbox has one for a change.
Are there any good quality videos? Gamespot and IGN are completely ruining it with that super blurry 1080p
Just get a month of GamePass and stream it via xCloud. Should be perfectly fine for this type of narrative game.
Would do GFN, the bandwidth is going to kill all the detail but yeah, you ain't going to lose out in terms of gameplay.
Previews are definitely confirming what I imagined. Said it in the other thread. Should be a great time despite some shortcomings.
Not really, it's just that as per his Instagram, for the last year or so he was on the other side of the world partying most of the time, so it was obvious he was a lot less involved with the studio now.
Which makes sense, after the sale he became a millionnaire and changed the way he lived. Nothing wrong with that, who wouldn't lol. I'm just glad we got a confirmation, as I had trouble imagining how he could lead the game that way.
Or you can think of it the opposite way: this is the type of game PlayStation players love, so it makes sense to port it for more sales. 😅
Not really, it's just that as per his Instagram, for the last year or so he was on the other side of the world partying most of the time, so it was obvious he was a lot less involved with the studio now.
Which makes sense, after the sale he became a millionnaire and changed the way he lived. Nothing wrong with that, who wouldn't lol. I'm just glad we got a confirmation, as I had trouble imagining how he could lead the game that way.
Or you can think of it the opposite way: this is the type of game PlayStation players love, so it makes sense to port it for more sales. 😅
My most anticipated game of the year. Loved the original and this just continues to look incredible. The combat really does look so heavy and visceral.
Very curious how it'll run/look on Series S as that's likely where I'll be playing it (unless I upgrade to the X before then). Hopefully it still manages to look great, I do trust Ninja Theory in that one.
May 21st can't come soon enough.
Very curious how it'll run/look on Series S as that's likely where I'll be playing it (unless I upgrade to the X before then). Hopefully it still manages to look great, I do trust Ninja Theory in that one.
May 21st can't come soon enough.
Would be a bad move on their part. They're not gonna stop porting games to the PS5 and not porting the bigger games which would make the most return is backwards in strategy considering HB2 is not gonna move Hardware for Xbox.
With it being an ~8 hour game, it'll likely drop next year at $30-40 on PSN.
I believe that reviewers wont be kind with the seemingly dated puzzle-designs. i thought the game flow was a bit lackluster back in hellblade 1 days, so I'll wonder if they updated it enough. expectations have been high throughout media and the xbox fanbase, so lets see.
I thought the first was a legit bad game. Not just for my preferences, I just couldnt believe how mechanically lacking it was.
I am very curious to see if they have addressed this in the sequel, or even consider this a problem.
Gamepass makes it an easy play at least.
I am very curious to see if they have addressed this in the sequel, or even consider this a problem.
Gamepass makes it an easy play at least.
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Interested to see the combat but for fucks sakes
I hate these puzzles and it's irritating to see them back
I hate these puzzles and it's irritating to see them back
Are you expecting people to just keep tabs and deduce the lives of others' online accounts?
I remember there was a GQ article a while back where he was grumbling about the burden of being a millionaire now.
Just speculating - but if he's been one foot in, one foot out for a while, I wonder if it's caused a bit of a headache for the team?
I don't hate them, but I'm still not sure it was a good idea to bring them back lmao
Not sure I understand what you're talking about. ?
I doubt it, the foundations were probably already laid for the game years ago. The last year specifically was probably all polishing. They were already playing the full game back in fall last years.
From those previews sounds like upgraded visuals and maybe changed combat a bit but with stupid puzzles that are same as in first game I am not that enthusiastic. On top of that previews can't say if game is repetitive or not and that was also big issue first game had.
I've only watched the gamespot preview and that's exceptionally glowing. I'm gonna stop reading more about this because I dont want to get spoiled, but it being similar to the first game but everything refined is basically what I wanted. Can't wait for release.
As someone that never got around to playing the first game (despite owning it on multiple platforms, lol), this is one of the best-looking, if not the best-looking game, thus far. Wowza. But the gameplay snippets shown of the combat, not sure what to think of it. It seems to animate really well and it also seems slow and heavy/chunky, but also very repetitive, like the same type of attacks/dodges continue for too long. Is there more to the combat (based on the first game), or is this simply something to get used to/accept?
Despite how short the overall length is I've tried to finish the 1st one multiple times but got bored of how repetitive it was .
I'm hoping by everything is a big step up and alot more varied , I loved the world and backstory etc , I just hated the repetitive gameplay.
I'm hoping by everything is a big step up and alot more varied , I loved the world and backstory etc , I just hated the repetitive gameplay.
Disappointed that the puzzles haven't been reworked as they are legitimately bad. Not to take away from the Devs, and appreciate that there have been extenuating circumstances (COVID, hybrid working, transitioning into becoming a first party studio etc) but this seems like a very long dev cycle for a "refinement" to write IGN.
Very much looking forward to this but can't help but think the reviews won't be particularly kind.
Very much looking forward to this but can't help but think the reviews won't be particularly kind.
When you sell your studio to the largest company in the world for a big bag, you usually leave as soon as you contractually can.
It's just the way these things go.
I thought the puzzles were really tedious last time. It killed any chance I had at enjoying the gameplay loop.
I'm not going to condemn this game just yet, but I'd have been much happier to hear they weren't returning.
Edit: I watched the Gamespot preview - less concerned. I'm guessing there's a fair bit more variety here than last time
I'm not going to condemn this game just yet, but I'd have been much happier to hear they weren't returning.
Edit: I watched the Gamespot preview - less concerned. I'm guessing there's a fair bit more variety here than last time
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A refinement on the original is what I was expecting and looking forward to. I really can't wait for this.
I would be up for an expanded and more action orientated game based on this character and world, if they were to move forward with Senua, but for now, more of the same is fine with me. Visually it looks remarkable.
I would be up for an expanded and more action orientated game based on this character and world, if they were to move forward with Senua, but for now, more of the same is fine with me. Visually it looks remarkable.
I would agree that more of the same is fine if game wasn't in development longer than some other bigger games.
Yeah, it been far too long. A small team though I believe, so will cut some slack. Hopefully they can expand and shorten dev times for future projects.
except its like 80 people on the core team. there is going to be compromises if you are keeping costs down.