Hellblade 2 Fails Hard Woke Trash

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[@itotallycare]

I hate woke shit in games and I'm very good at spotting it and have stopped playing games because of it. I exited out of "The Batman" movie at the rooftop scene when Catwoman said some feminist shittery. With that said I'm currently playing Hellblade 2 and I have not picked up on any woke shit.

[@ThousandairesClub]

*I miss the days when mid game developers weren't afraid to price their games $19.99 on day one* 🌈🙌

[@xandolio865]

You mean back when inflation wasn't up 30%?

[@FlamespeedyAMV]

@@xandolio865 inflation was a thing in 2008 and they still didn't do things like this

[@REMASTERED-Club]

Future games gonna cost 250 USD. EFT did that and everyone starting to hate and leave and now what? People still paying and coming

[@grundged]

From a guy sporting the classic woke Karen haircut. 😂

[@user-rt7eq7cw8o]

Cope harder. Im a mega fan of hellblade 1, hellblade 2 is pure trash.

[@Zero-Catalyst]

Dead space did this mind game thing, the one that was on the Wii had you fighting off what you saw as necromorphs only to find these were just people and you were mad. The Evil within also did this too.

[@humbleservant7797]

Callisto Protocol DLC did it pretty good as well.

[@Zero-Catalyst]

@@humbleservant7797 Yep Callisto Protocol too!

[@aceambling7685]

The first Kane and Lynch did that where normal civilians looked like cops.

[@dizzyneurin4654]

Hellblade 2 and the evil within have something else in common. THE BLACK BARS! 🤣

[@Zero-Catalyst]

@@dizzyneurin4654 I had forgotten about those argh!!!

[@finisirae5500]

I wonder how long Ninja Theorie will outlast the current XBox purge.

[@christorres8809]

You fo realize Sony shut down studios too right? Games that were in development have no bee. Canceled. Though not officially revealed, we do know Naughty Dog was working on a Last of Us 2 Multiplayer game. Our Confirmation didn't necessarily come from Sony but by Bungie. That unfortunately got canceled. But NO ONE is saying anything about that or the other canceled unannounced game that got canceled or the closed Studios on Sony's side. I said this in another comment but why is Xbox under such scrutiny and judgement when Sony does similar things but most people/youtubers/social media influences don't cover the negatives on Sony's side? My guess is; Sony has a really bad 70 to 30 ratio on toxicity within their fanbase that capitalizes on the shortcomings of its competition when Xbox has a more healthy 50 to 50 ratio, maybe 55 to 45 within the fanbase that targets the competitions on their shortcomings and I argue most are retaliating against the toxic portion of the Playstation fanbase.

[@WiseOne93]

​@@christorres8809no shit lol... Both platforms have done terrible things.😂

[@christorres8809]

@@WiseOne93 That's what I'm fucking saying lol but Xbox is ALWAYS in the spotlight for the things/decisions they do vs Playstation/Sony getting little coverage on it. I love and have all platforms and I also agree with treating each platform fairly. While my hearts with Xbox, my opinions unbiased for all platforms including Nintendo. But I do feel Sony has more toxicity within their fanbase vs Xbox. Even in real world situations here where I live, Playstation fans are aggressively backing up Sony, even with me when I simply state my hearts with Xbox. It's gotten into some heated debates, but I'm only here to target the toxic part of the fanbase thats come out the shadows. Not the respectful fans that don't shed hate on the competition. Lol

[@WiseOne93]

@@christorres8809 That's bull... Theres toxicity on each platform. I used to have xbox one and it has the same toxic community as the playstation community. Specially the cod games where the toxicity is. I used to get players on xbox talking shit about my family.

[@MichaelM28]

@@christorres8809Cry harder xbot 😂😂😂

[@andrewgood7586]

It does look absolutely beautiful graphically. Ill give it that. Were looking for good games though, not glorified interactive movies.

[@chrisabraham3830]

Lmao 😂Amazing game. I guess you didn't play the first glorified movie. Lmao😂

[@andrewgood7586]

@@chrisabraham3830 I didnt play either. I watched a little of the second one. No thanks.

[@chrisabraham3830]

@@andrewgood7586 🤣 Your missing out.

[@andrewgood7586]

@@chrisabraham3830 No, no Im not.

[@chrisabraham3830]

@@andrewgood7586 lmao 🤣 😂 😆 whatever you say 🤣 😂 😏

[@jasonavila8197]

I remember they advertised it as a launch game lol

[@takiseharata3075]

Vampire Survivors, Helldivers 2, Balatro, good games don't need marketing to be played...bad games, just don't need to be played. Starfield's paradox: the more people talk about games, the less they are worth playing.

[@christorres8809]

I find it funny how Starfield still gets brought up as a flop. Cyberpunk 2077 is a perfect example of a game that got lunched in a shit state and worked its way up to being a damn good game with its developer working out the wrinkles. Starfield is no different. I cant help but feel like every Xbox Exclusive is under 10x more scrutiny vs Playstation's exclusives. For fuck sakes, God of War to God of War Ragnarok feels more like an expansion than a sequel. Yet no one in the Xbox community is shaming the game. Be honest, you played Starfield? Honest question.

[@takiseharata3075]

@@christorres8809 I consider Cyberpunk to be a creative business decision bordering on fraud. They released a game that had content, but was at an early alpha level. In this way, they obtained funds for the next two years of work on the product. In the meantime, the development of technology made their task easier. The day I bought the game, was the day they released DLC, no one was using the graphics cards present on the day of release. An action that is both unethical and innovative, necessity is the mother of invention... if you know the Polish mentality, this type of action is not surprising :) The end justifies the means, the goal was achieved, the operation was a financial success... there was nothing else about it...

[@christorres8809]

@takiseharata3075 Which still indirectly supports my statement: Releasing in a pre-alpha build, no current support, gave it an incredibly hard to watch launch. As time went on, the backlash it recieved began to die-out and the game was continuously worked on to the state its in today. My thing is, Starfield; while not as bug-heavy, released in a poor state, 30fps, no FoV, etc. I've dedicated hours into Starfield. They're remnants within its gameplay that brought back a similar level of enjoyment I've had with other great Bethesda titles like Fallout and Skyrim. Not one for one by no means but the elements are there. Yet it was scrutinized unrealistically heavy. As with alot of Xbox Exclusives to this day with Hellblade 2's release. My question is, Why? Playstation has fantastic games. However, if we did wanted to go through that nitpicking route alot of reviewers have been doing for Xbox exclusives; one can argue a multitude of Playstation games were cash grabs or copy and paste with a slight new coat of paint. Spiderman got a new Playstation 5 version - cash grab Spiderman 2 - copy and paste Not shaming the games but it's an example right? Hellblade 2 launched; probably one of the most visually impressive games to date for current-gen consoles. Graphic dont make a good game but I've played both Hellblade games and they're nearly identical in terms of gameplay yet the 1st one was praised - Multiplatform and the 2nd one is Xbox Exclusive and it's somehow... bad? This is what I'm trying to understand. Both companies have shut down development studios yet Xbox is in the limelight for it vs Playstation. I'm confused as to why Xbox is scrutinized so heavily. I'm not baised towards any particular platform. I own all 4: Xbox - Playstation - Nintendo - PC My hearts with Xbox, but if I had raised opinions towards any other platform then I would be just as Toxic as the majority of the Playstation fanbase has been over the last few years. As Toxic as some of the Game reviewers on KZbin who favor Playstation like DreamcastGuy (this guy is an absolute wreck) but I enjoy games on all. Playstation 5 - my favorite game on it is, oddly enough, Godzilla Xbox - favorite game(s) is the Halo franchise Nintendo - Metroid Prime PC - Garry's Mod (yeah, as much as i hate to admit it even after all these years) I also want to just point out, I wasn't attacking your comment. I do agree that certain games that are in the spotlight sometimes get overhyped and expectations get too high. Then games that stealth release end up getting recognized like High-Fi Rush.

[@takiseharata3075]

@@christorres8809 I don't perceive your statement as an attack, I perceive it as a discussion with an intelligent person, which always gives me pleasure. Your statement makes sense, supported by facts and experience, and regardless of whether I agree with it or not, I respect and appreciate it.

[@MichaelM28]

@@christorres8809 "Yet no one in the Xbox community is shaming the game" Where were you in the lead up to its released? It was being labelled as DLC by literally every trashbox fanboy on the planet. And let's not forget you game gamers review bombed it into oblivion, like you do with all PlayStation exclusives.

[@ahrentiewater7450]

the best part is 10% of people give it a one star and you can't find the one star reviews they're quite literally being censored out by Microsoft in the Microsoft store that's how you know it's actual trash

[@The_Punisher]

I don't plan on playing it but whats woke about it?

[@v2xerxes580]

strong female in a ugly men's world done in a gorgeous artistic way graphic is really amazing it's not a game it's a massage.. there's a reason why all characters white and no one cry about it .. and listen carefully the dialogue in game and you spot it

[@cyanide6046]

The clickbait title is woke

[@joewalsh886]

An ugly lead woman is usually a sign it's got atleast some woke shit

[@prpwnage9296]

@@joewalsh886 ugly?

[@treasurehunter3369]

All strong good = women...all weak evil = men

[@nexusvideo]

The big miss is the length of development and the enormous budget. It will be a long year for Xbox.

[@alexandrustefanmiron7723]

I haven't seen 1 ad on yt!

[@justlordtheclassicgamer2865]

Its more of a tech demo for me graphics are great but gameplay wise nothing really new there i said the same thing about ratchet and clank rift apart same game better graphics all that game needed was to make the weapons the star with Destructible environment opening up new paths to the levels and etc they had the time to make hell blade 2 great besides the graphics there nothing here u haven't seen or done b4 in other better games i own all console and i go back to ps3 and 360 all the time because they have so many innovative games

[@axelhopfinger533]

It was inevitable. But luckily, it's not much of a game anyways. More like an overly long interactive movie/UE5 demo. Great production values though.

[@PeterRoMusic]

I loved this game

[@tigerbalm666]

Shouldn't this game be som next gen "Demo" with MSRP of $14.99?

[@lindah6954]

They really didn't spend any money on ads for this game. Maybe it will be shit and they know it already.

[@edgybravo4287]

Don't get me wrong Sony has some bad to mid games that get overhyped like Days Gone and Death Stranding. But it always cracks me up when Xbox fanboys call games like TLou or GoW walking simulators 😂 GoW literally has some of the best boss fights that have ever been made in video games. And then they will go on and act like games like Hellblade and Starfield are 9 or 10/10 games actual walking simulator and fast traveling simulator lol. Xbox fanboys are so desperate for W's it's so pathetic. The first Hellblade was solid it's disappointing the second one is a woke mess oh well.

[@abcdefg3214]

Days gone and death stranding are better than anything xbox has released, stop joking yourself... Everything that xbox has ever released is mid and as a gamer I see that now.. I was a fan boy myself at one stage... Laughable

[@edgybravo4287]

@@abcdefg3214 lol you musta started gaming in the last decade then. Cuz Xbox was good when I grew up the 360 rivaled the PS3 in the mid 2000s arguably better from 06-09. And I disagree days gone is mid at best. And death stranding is a bad game. It has a great ost and nice graphics. But the game is dog shit idgaf what nooooooo body says I played that garbage the story was weird AF too. PS has been wayyyyy better the last decade and a half though. But that is because of it's exclusives like gow, ghost and tlou. Which no Xbox game can really match in the last decade and a half.

[@jamesmeldrum4563]

How is this game woke?

[@joelyjowell3]

@@jamesmeldrum4563I’ll help . Strong good = woman Weak evil = men I honestly don’t care tho I just want some good games . I don’t think hellblade 2 is terrible . But I can’t judge if I haven’t play it

[@beelor5777]

Xbox didnt market this game because even they knew it was bad.....lol

[@RoguesRetro]

Ah, the walking simulator that is Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. They claim it is a first-person action-adventure game but it fail on this as this more a mocap game. I got it for free and played about 15 - 30 mins and said... BORING.

[@RivaZA1]

You mean third-person action adventure game?

[@dtube441]

​@@RivaZA1exactly 😂 he just wants to bash the game

[@Yung-Custard]

@@dtube441 bashing it would mean it has substance to actually bash. Games as eventful as joe biden falling over.

[@dtube441]

@Yung-Custard you're fixated on me saying he's bashing but ignoring dude calling it a first person game...okay 😭

[@sentelnbalivebolton7399]

Your opinion really doesn't matter it's truly irrelevant

[@JoshBalane]

Just saw a clip from gameranx where Senua drops her torch, moves under a rock underwater, turns around, picks up her torch, and the camera goes back to over-the-shoulder. Meaningless 30 seconds of animation stalling for time and adding nothing of value to the game. That's the game.

[@jakub9802]

Honestly, if you that this was a stupid, then you didn't listen and get immersed in the game, that is the moment senua is fighting her fears. The furies say in those moments: "something is wrong", "did you see that?", "there's something in the water". Hellblade 2 is an interactive movie that is an actual art.

[@StarContract]

Perfect summary. This is what 7 years of development were spent on. Mocaps.

[@knightmaremedia7795]

I havent seen any evidence of it being woke. If people are saying it's the main character, umm this is the same character from the first game. The setting, the time line, shes always looked like that and is supposed to. It might be a crappy video game but im not seeing where its woke. I mean it could be but anyone that says it is becaues of the main character isnt too bright as the only thing that changed between the 1st game character (before woke clowns took over) and this new game is graphics fidelity. Its literally the same character.

[@zapdosmtr4961]

DId I miss the point? how is the game woke?

[@wahtari2994]

many normies want to watch a movie. not play a game. so this game will be rated good I guess by normies

[@fabolousjada5070]

It’s sitting on 60 by users on metacritic so no

[@ClockworkAlex]

Same s**t as Scorn, beautiful game but boring to play. Sad.

[@banazaki1328]

Hellblade 2 is not for immature people .

[@andrewhaddow7843]

It's not for people who want to play games

[@StarContract]

Are a soon to be Ninja Theory ex employee?

[@MagnaRads]

I'm going to play it and form my own opinion

[@rphilipsgeekery4589]

Are we supposed to be impressed?

[@TheKotor2309]

Here: 🍪, since you need validation so much.

[@MagnaRads]

@@TheKotor2309 thanks

[@ArielCleirigh]

More power to you man, yet Matty is Not lying.

[@electro_statyk9794]

These idiots don’t understand the game it’s supposed to be an action adventure, it’s about metal health

[@user-rt7eq7cw8o]

You dont understand that 5 hours isnt an adventure, espeicaly when only less than 3 hours is ''gameplay''. Hellblade 1 is the perfect mix. hellblade 2 is simplified movie style trash

[@StarContract]

What game?

[@bladerunnervii4835]

Game...no. Interactive movie.

[@Absolynth]

Hellblade 2 sounds like it belongs in 2015 with the other tech demos sadly

[@Nathan_pereira]

The game definitely has flaws but where the fuck is the "woke" part??? There's literally nothing "woke" in it.

[@sailorivo9659]

Ignore this tuber he has the brainrot or tryna hate farm engagement

[@underpowergaming]

yep i see nothing woke in the game either

[@retroman3960]

Reminds me when people say stuff like Street Fighter 6 and Baldur's Gate 3 are woke when there are no signs of wokeness in either of them.

[@JoshBalane]

I can think of one instance so far that was absolutely woke. In a fight against multiple opponents that come one at a time, you are "assisted" by your allies (mini-cutscenes introducing the next enemy that involve your "assisting" allies). In these mini-cutscenes, 3 of your allies (men), fail spectacularly to help you or defend themselves and they die miserably (then it's your turn to fight them). HOWEVER, the one female ally you have heroically slays her enemy with precision and then points to your next enemy. I don't really know what part that is in, but I'm sure people will pick up on wokeness of that scene eventually.

[@keen9166]

@@JoshBalaneyou trolling right?

[@muresanandrei7565]

After 1 hour I lost my mind the game is so bland and annoying on paper the schizo voices sounds good but holy the voices don't stop the entire game and are so cringe. Also it sounds like they took the most cheap voice actors.

[@chrissaeteune4455]

I want to go back to the brown and gray era of video games. Im sick of the woke art styles with oversaturated rainbow trash colors everywhere.

[@David-ln8qh]

Colors are woke.

[@SergeyBondar-mx6fe]

When people say this game is an interactive movie they forget to mention it's a crap movie. If this was a movie it would have totally bombed at the box office. Goes without saying it's a crap videogame, too.

[@BingChilling-hr1hh]

Was so bored watching a stream of it. Combat looks bland

[@jonmartin9732]

It’s not even woke dude , there is nothing woke about this game

[@ArielCleirigh]

Yes the game is Worst than hellblade 1, to think xbots were saying GOW killer. Laughable, it has an 82 thanks to xbots journos as StarFail got a lot of 100 despite its a 6 or 7 at best but if MrMatty a well known xbox guys said in chapter 3 you will get sleep tell you everything.

[@yadi973]

This is 100% a game for the woke. I played the first one I hated it put i down a little over 2 hours never went back to it.

[@umbrellacorpsecurity6511]

With characters this ugly I want ways to lower my resolution to say 480p preferably 144p

[@chrissaeteune4455]

Woke rainbow crew art style to kill the male gaze.

[@nicsilva5438]

💯🤣🤣

[@ObiWanShinobi67]

First accusations of woke I've seen.

[@kubbykush9401]

That's a moniker that every game gets these days. Nothing new.

[@ObiWanShinobi67]

@@kubbykush9401 I guess boobs equals woke. Don't remember the first game being accused of that.

[@rphilipsgeekery4589]

Then you need to watch better youtuber videos

[@ObiWanShinobi67]

@@rphilipsgeekery4589 so type in "neckbeard basement dweller incel game reviews"? Got it.

[@chrissaeteune4455]

You have eye's but can't see because your mind is visionless.

[@dizzyneurin4654]

30fps and black bars... 🤮

[@patrickempson7366]

It’s a cool concept but executed poorly. But yes it’s a crazy lady walking around swinging a sword. First off how did she get ahold of a sword and I want to see what the people see when she’s going all crazy

[@totomen666]

5 hours game? ... i hope it's cheap, on other side ... why i must care about game that literally CGI cutscene with ugly characters? no sexy woman no sexy man ... /notinterested

[@chrissaeteune4455]

It's on rent pass but 49.99

[@cantonold7014]

soap operas are not good.

[@jcZo23]

LboX is a 🗑 gaming company

[@littlechange]

They made it kind of play like "The Quarry" but that game has far better story and character development. I mean what's the point of amazing graphics if gameplay is pretty basic, and story not that enticing, and you spend most time just walking.

[@PixelMurder]

How should a small walking simulator and game on rails save anything? Who would buy a Xbone because of Hellblade 2, or just subscribe to the game pass? I won't even think about buying a game with a play time of five hours. And like always: The second iteration of any piece of media must cost double the price and is worse than the first. And the studio will be closed down soon.

[@chrissaeteune4455]

I knew it was going to be woke trash just from the previews. Schizo lady walking simulator.

[@RivaZA1]

Ahh, is is because Senua is not a scantily clad Anime girl that you can perv over that makes it woke trash? There is a game for you, it's called Steller Blade.

[@AnonymousAnonposter]

@@RivaZA1 Good bait.

[@chrissaeteune4455]

@@RivaZA1 npc response

[@underpowergaming]

what makes it woke?

[@chrissaeteune4455]

@@underpowergaming stronk whaman feminizim ugly wokenized character design. Besides that the game sucks anyways.

[@user-eb3cx4mb4p]

getting so tired of hearing conservative snowflakes whine abou woke shit. From what I've heard there's plenty legitimate reasons to give this game a bad review. its so hypocritical to whine about producers being preoccupied with politics when you're incapable of just reviewing the game on its merits and not bringing up politics

[@_Paul_N]

The game is a big disappointment, but how is it woke in any way 😄? Thumbs down for the clickbait title.

[@user-ju8hg9iq8h]

Despise wokeness, absolutely despise it...but this game isn't really woke, it's just a terrible game

[@gent-47]

First ,I am the first person and I am better than all of you.

[@AzulQueso_]

Better than no one 😂

[@KLiNoTweet]

I am twice as good 😊

[@TheKotor2309]

First = big gay.

[@svens3722]

Who is Gaye?

[@asahira7834]

My all time favorite defense response against WOKE in games/media is the question, "define WOKE". Trying to make you believe that the term "WOKE" does not exist, and is made up word/term. In essence, the WOKE ideology does not exist, and you are just a bigot for not accepting forced diversity and equity. In a lot of cases being pushed to the limit of their "used to be core audience", which results in studios/projects dying out. As no normal person wants to invest their hard earned mony in to this garbage.

[@HailEarendil]

This is essentially what I just commented and it was removed by the KZbin algorithm. HAH! Many woke-scolds are seething about the use of term saying, it's applied incorrectly or too broadly when they just never understood what woke actually is.

[@asahira7834]

@@HailEarendil Sorry that it happened to you. I also tend to get censored by YT, depending on how much negativity i throw in the direction of corrupt corporations/publishers. So it's very annoying(and sad) that you can spend a good amount of time commenting on something, for it to only be instantly removed when you click the post button. Sad times to live in.

[@kubbykush9401]

​@HailEarendil woke used to mean being conscious or consciousness. Being aware of reality and it was a term coined by Blacks in America until , like most things , caucasians in America , stole the term , changed the definition and claimed it as their own. It was used in the late 80s early 90s.

[@AnonymousAnonposter]

Just redditors demonstrating how uncreative and repetitive they are. But to be fair, there are also so many con artists overusing the word.

[@RbAnGa21]

Every gta is woke . Although it's cleverly written and so funny that conservatives get fooled into enjoying it 😅😅😅. Woke is great the more woke the better .hope they make a barbie game my woke ass will play!! Woke woke woke and more woke 😳 yeahhhh