Hellblade II is Shockingly Bad

[@RazorBladeMango]

Cry harder, Pony. There. Saved some of you some time.

[@lugotiburon4581]

Smartest thing u said this whole video

[@Beresunablle]

So you said its 6 hour game. How much of that 6 hours do you feel gone into engaging gameplay specifically combat.

[@KINGPHANTOMw85]

Even you know you're a pony lol we didn't have to say shit clown

[@jimmymac2292]

It's weird, I thought it was a step forward in most categories than the first.

[@frankiegarcia7601]

Every time new game comin out from xbox the Pony they get together smoke some meth😂😂

[@NostalgiaNet8]

If a game like Hi-Fi Rush wasn't enough for Microsoft, this game sure isn't. Hi-Fi Rush was one of the most polished, creative, unique, and memorable games I've played in a long time, and it had so much actual gameplay..

[@liquidsnake.7008]

The actual graphics were even ruined because of the huge movie bars and the amount of post processing effects wich ruin the visual quality just takes the shine of the unreal engine 5. The sluggish movement, easy predictable combat, horrible character arc, the worst ending I've seen in years, utterly boring puzzle segments, a painful linear path.

[@jamessalvatore7054]

Blur.... fucking everywhere.

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

Ninja Theory: (chuckles) "I'm in danger"

[@Beresunablle]

There next to the chopping block i guess 😢😢😢

[@dusermiginte4647]

Nope

[@eastsiderage5532]

You nailed down to a T, king. The tutorial of Hellblade 2 gives you a complete idea of what the game is. Mostly walking, nothing but A to B paths, scripted/ handholding combat encounters, dragged out cutscenes, an uninteresting story, zero choices in anything you do. Hellblade 2 is like a cop directing traffic on a one-way street.

[@twontonamo]

Can't remember the last time I uninstalled a game so fast after trying it lmao.

[@johndodo2062]

I can't be impressed with graphics like this because i expect them to look this way. When a game is this narrow, constricting, and empty, it better be using all that processing power for something else. I think gof of war is more impressive and it actually runs at 4k 60 minimum. And if you go into photo mode, there's just as much detail as in hellblade, while having 14 enemies on screen all with their own AI etc.

[@implustration4828]

It's not a game it's a tech demo

[@TheRealClaylex]

Feels like most Unreal engine 5 games have been like this

[@verde5738]

This "game" should've been a movie. It's clear that the devs aren't interested in making games anymore.

[@Kanek5734]

Microsoft will probably shut down ninja theory if this game fails like they did Tango and their game was an overwhelming success

[@KINGPHANTOMw85]

Yall keep saying this, because you want it to happen so you can have something to be fake outraged about. You mfs are weirdos and bitchless and are chronically online.

[@TheRealClaylex]

Yup, I was right And don't be surprised if Ninja Theory gets taken out guys

[@danielsmid3777]

Well it makes much more sense than those Bethesda studios. MUCH MORE SENSE. Ninja Theory has 150 staff and game development takes them 7 years which probably cost a lot

[@latinaparfait]

I hope they all lose their jobs and have to live on the streets.

[@dusermiginte4647]

​@@danielsmid3777Ninja Theory staff 80 ppl. HB2 development time 3.5 years.

[@The_Claymores]

@@dusermiginte4647 meaning Xbox showed a smoke and mirrors trailer back in 2019 to trick consumers into buying Series consoles before they even started working on the game itself. I know lots of ppl that thought HB2 was going to be a launch title, or at least release in the first year after console launch.

[@dusermiginte4647]

@@The_Claymores and you thought sony whould release games when you bought the piss5 right?

[@biggiebutters2251]

Ex-Box

[@dvdbox360]

pissy sony pony nintendont exbox

[@neciss]

I think it should have been more like a psychological horror game.

[@Double-Mjay]

This game is kinda fascinating. I liked it until the cave level. Everything until then was new, great graphics and sound, fights where Ok and great setpieces. But the cave broke me, the rock puzzles where the dumbest thing I've seen in years and nearly everything got tedious. The Story went haywire, fights never changed and most aspects started to annoy me. I so much wanted it to end after Giant number two. The loneliness, isolation and mystery (is it all in her head or not) from the first game disappeared and all that is left are Ninja Theorys own farts.

[@nidavelliir]

Finally a non shill review, the game has great graphics but the amount of glazing for this walking simulator is insane.

[@Luis-rp2lm]

Glazing? It’s getting ripped apart eveywhere

[@ariadnedanelle]

As someone who enjoys walking sims and have played many, I honestly find calling HB2 a walking sim offensive to legit walking sims. This game isn't even a walking sim. I have never walked that far with no tasks or interactions in any walking sim. Ive played some bad walking sims, and i cant even think of one that has worse puzzles than HB2. Even for the walking part, HB2 only even lets you just walk normal around a handful of times. The rest of the time its like you are restricted to a 2ft wide path or its basically cut scenes disguised as controlled walking.

[@ariadnedanelle]

correction. Harold Halibut has worse puzzles. But yeah. walking sims.

[@alt0799]

Im so glad that you adressed that in Hellblade 1, due to Senuas psychosis, you never knew if what Senua was facing was real or not, but due to the presence of NPCs in H2, i guess she really DID fight all those gods and monsters from the first game, since everyone else in this one is seeing giants apparently...takes a little bit of magic away in my opinion.

[@Zminator1986]

"My trust in Ninja Theory" The same guys who made DMC?

[@incredibilistic]

I can't help but think that when Microsoft (i.e., Phil Spencer) acquired Ninja Theory that they got so caught up with NJ's tech that they forgot to ask if the game they were making would be any fun to play. And seriously, at what point do Xbox fans start calling for Spencer's resignation? Halo Infinite, Redfall and Starfield all failed to deliver on their promises and now you have a game that took over 6 years to make that barely takes 6 hours to complete.

[@amethystwyvern]

I decided to get the System Shock remaster on XSX instead lmao 🤣

[@ShinkeiDEI]

You are right my man, I was playing the fcking cave level exactly while listening to your review and I was frustrated by the fcking staring at bubbles. Edit: I am getting hand cramps of holding the left stick forwards and pressing LB, and barely notice any difference in the walking speed.

[@The_Claymores]

you just don't understand the artistry in the light jog button. The slow tedious boredom is needed to get you into the mind of someone suffering. 11/10 masterpiece.

[@shattering2eyes368]

Wait, did I just stumble on a Death Stranding comment section? Lol jk

[@ImYourS3npai]

The whole industry is suffering from this issue. Games are looking better and better and playing worse and worse. I think graphics have reached critical mass and devs need to focus more on gameplay. Because what's the point of dynamic lighting, ray tracing, 7.2 THX-quality surround sound, textures and all of that when your game plays like shit? There are better indy games out there that use sprites.

[@JudeDefensor]

Like you, around 2 hours in, I just found the game really a pain to keep playing. And I agree that the graphics, if you really go beyond the surface fidelity, aren't really all that impressive. They're mostly barren, rocky landscapes with a limited color palette and environmental variety, with very few interactive elements and NPCs at any one area. Watching the Unreal Engine 5 demos and presentations, they've shown that, thanks to their built-in tools and textures, you can bash out these kinds of photo-real landscapes relatively quickly, and using tech like Lumen means they also save time working on the lighting as well. Plus, they've even resorted to the letterbox "cheat" that gives them a bit of a performance boost at the expence of resolution.

[@Beresunablle]

For a 5 or 6 hour game how much hour do you think you spend on just walking?

[@auntdee845]

I totally agree. I'm not seeing amazing graphics here.

[@genmaicha.lapsang]

What happened? No boss fights? Really? It's also shorter than the first one? Wow.

[@TheThinkingMansTemplar]

Every since games became majority downloads with no refunds they companies got lazy..

[@AlternateKek]

Developers are afraid of adding platforming elements, survival elements. Games are so restricted nowadays and all follow a format. Nobody tries new control schemes cuz zoomers will cry that its hard. Back in my day a game would have a flying section, a stealth section, an action section, a jumping section.

[@brianhollon178]

as painful as it is for me to agree with you, i absolutely have to! how the hell do you ruin an indie masterpiece. The first one was was a great game even though the combat was simple the combat was at least fun!! We were able to fight multiple enemies at once at least. How the hell did they think it was a good idea to make the combat even more simple than the first?? I was hoping We would get a game that was almost just like the last one except a little bit more advanced combat. From what Ninja Theory said thats what we were gonna get. What A bullshit game man. I was so incredibly excited about this game. How the fuck do you get more resources and make the combat worse??? Ive fallen asleep more playing this game than id like to admit

[@verde5738]

They should've used Piccolo's inner voices from DBZ Abridged for Senua, then this game would've been a smashing success.

[@Tones753311]

A 5 hour game that bores you to tears. Felt so good to uninstall this trainwreck.

[@KevanWalter]

Graphics are at a point where I expect insane detailing and fidelity in most games. Graphics are definitely a more secondary concern compared to style and depth. A good recent example for myself is Stellar Blade. Like, sure, did I enjoy that it looked fantastic (in more ways than one lol)? Ya, I did. But if the gameplay had no substance or the world was bland and uninteresting, I wouldn't have played it. If you would have told me 6 years ago that a sexy space android action game was going ro have more depth than Hellblade 2 I'd have never believed it, but this it the time-line we've stumbled into...

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

LMFAO!!! The majority of Reviewers see saying the same thing but IGN gives this game a 8/10 the same score as A Plague Requiem which is a Verifiable Better game overall outside of Graphics. Make it make sense.

[@joes4987]

I just don't understand how its mid May 2024, and xbox's first release of the year is a niche title, i get it, the franchise has a small fanbase and respect that, but xbox needed a win after the disappointment of starfield, redfall, and the latest forza that nobody mentions. Imo wouldnt they want to make their first release of the year a title that is targeted to a wider audience? Its a $50 title that is digital only, 6 hours long, walking simulator with minimal marketing.

[@charlestrudel8308]

the problem lies more with the fact that xbox may not even have another release until september... so why would someone pay gamepasse in june, july, august?

[@ayleenthecrow]

Story is absolute trash. And it breakes my heart because the first one was the best narrative I ever experienced in a game

[@Tropax1]

I think you completely nailed the story comparison with Forbidden West which is better than Zero Dawn on every front but the story. Zero Dawns story is phenomenal and far superior. Back to Hellblade, I liked the first game and I'm definitely going to play Hellbalde 2 but from what I've seen of the reviews it is disappointing for a game that has been in development for 5 years with so little improvements. In perspective, think about A Plague's Tale and the sequel, both games were released in the span of 5 years, the same time it took Nionja Theory to release Hellbalde 2. And the sequel A Plague's Tale Requiem improved vastly on everything from the first game.

[@Matt-fe6wu]

Hellblade 2 isn't dissapointing, it's certainly a lot more positive reviews than negative on any reputable site. Don't listen to the bandwagon youtubers and make your own opinion, also absolutely should not matter how long someone takes to make a game, it's completely irrelevant.

[@zhaoyun255]

Funny enough, some Square Enix game Free Demo on Steam are actually LONGER than this game. Heck, FF14 Free Trial includes - which comes as a new addition to the trial's offerings. Without paying a cent, you'll be free to play your character up to level 70 and get a good taste of Final Fantasy 14's compelling main questline. That would be like 30-40 hrs of gameplay already.

[@ShinkeiDEI]

Correction hundreds of hours.

[@Seraphina_FF14]

I've been playing FF14 since 2020 - I love the game. I also played the free Stellar Blade demo for 15 hours... So three times as long as it takes to complete Hellblade 2 and Hellblade 2 has no replay value. Already spend 100 hours on the full game too. Why? Because it is a lot of fun and not just visually appealing.

[@zhaoyun255]

@@Seraphina_FF14 The same for the first game which average about 6 hrs. We give it a pass because it's just 30 bucks with relatively low budget with 20 ppl. This time, not anymore with that $50 price tag. You have to either improve the 1st game or never do it again.

[@Seraphina_FF14]

@@zhaoyun255 On that regard... I read quite a few comments from people saying that Hellblade 2 is a typical Sony game and that Sony players would love it. But check the metacritic user reviews (both games already have around the same review numbers)... There, Hellblade 1 has a 7.8 on PS4, while Hellblade 2 has a 7.5. And I would agree that part 1 is not only better but also benefited from the fact that it was a new concept. The critic score is also the same for Hellblade 1 and 2 = 8.1. Meaning, that the first game didn't really get more praise on PS4. Sure, a lot of Playstation exclusives are cinematic gaming experiences, but it usually also takes good gameplay to achieve high ratings. That being said, I think it's absolutely crazy that Hellblade 2 and Stellar Blade have the same critic rating. But then... journalists also like story-driven, short, easy games... and often voiced their displeasure in regards to sexy women in video games.

[@zeroiceice008]

The bubbles omfg

[@junechevalier]

If this game had auto-walk button like Valheim, this would have no content other than the cutscenes

[@zeroiceice008]

the cave crap pissed me off too lol. I nearly was gonna play Madden lol, or diabo 4.

[@dah3071]

I was shocked by the length when I realised how quickly I was finding collectibles, while I prefer the combat over the first keeping you in one on one duels besides that it all felt so rushed in a story that could have been so much grander

[@winds10]

Loved the first one, couldn't finish the second, because it was just not worth it for me.

[@TheThinkingMansTemplar]

I felt the same about Alan Awake 2. After the first act game for boeing quick. Looked great but that wasnt enough

[@GhostwalkerSparrow]

Eveyone going about graphics when the ps2 era still has some of the best gameplay

[@Hadeshi.]

it's hard to believe this game cant run at 60fps, most of the time it's just a walking simulator, not much happens on screen most of the time. look at Final Fantasy 16 the combat is a solid 60fps and a crazy ton of particles are on screen at all times. i bet if they port this to PS5 it could run at 60fps.

[@tangiblemammal5273]

It does not run at 60fps out of battle all the time, dips to 720p in battle. Of course this game could run sometimes at 60fps, but it would likely dip to 45 then to 35. No one likes random frame drops at that level. Only unreal 5 game that runs at 60fps is fighting games like tekken on console. I don't think this game could run at 60fps all the time not even at 1080p.

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

welp, now we know why there was no marketing

[@joshuaknox2724]

I was playing the new mortal kombat and i think that looks better than hellblade 2 and mk is an actual video game with things happening lol.........all i can say in hellblade 2 is "damn those some good looking rocks" 😅

[@weaponsofwarfare9537]

I don't play much games at all and I Loved Hellblade 1. I felt emotionally connected with Senua. I would've been fine if they never made a sequal. In terms of sequals, this is the nost disappointing sequal I've ever played.

[@randomchannel323]

I do think if they make a Hellblade 3, it will definitely have a bigger scope than 2 while having the same top tier graphics. But it would be out in later than 2030 and we don't know what gaming will be like then

[@batman-cu1ep]

Worst thing is that Phil approved of the final build of this game

[@coolman229]

Knowing that the guy who created Hellblade left the company an indeterminable amount of time ago I think really contributed to why this game went wrong. Really Hellblade 2 should have made the game more, well, gamey. Instead of trying to go hard on realism they should have fleshed out the combat and expanded the exploration to make exploring more engaging. Considering that all of the newness of Senua's psychosis has long worn off there needed to be more than the experience of hearing voices and Senua seeing things that aren't there to make the sequel more engaging. But it feels like Hellblade 2 doubled down on the "experience" and eschewed the more gamey stuff so the game could be more graphically intensive. Also I feel like more people connected with Senua's journey to revive Dillion in the first game than they did with the psychosis. You felt how much she loved Dillion and how much he helped her and I genuinely was right there with Senua wanting to revive him by finding Hela. I was genuinely disappointed we didn't get that. The sequel I think really needed to do something equally as easy to invest in like Senua's journey to save Dillion or actually bring Dillion back cause... well there wasn't really much for Senua to do after the first game. I mean maybe getting direct closure with her dad and actually killing him? Finding out more about Druth? Idk there's not much you can do if they want you to keep questioning what's real or not cause that limits what they can directly work with in the story.

[@Hadeshi.]

i guess if you could run in this game it would be 4 hours shorter.

[@djflax8806]

LOL this review couldn’t ring truer.

[@Incog-e1z]

What a great video. I’m excited to see your future content.

[@samdelongforgeeks]

A bigger team doesn’t mean a bigger game

[@Simsationxl]

I just wanna say there were more people talking about this game than actually finished it, and its 5 hours. Go figure the people that bought it on steam finished it at more than double the rate.

[@nin_tendo6458]

Honestly I think the way they treat Senua's mental illness can be really weird and exploitative at times. There are a lot of lines in this one where they seem to be treating her psychosis like a super power, which I think is a messed up way to frame something that is an incredible struggle for real people. I don't know, I just find myself incredibly baffled by how I'm supposed to perceive Senua's struggles. I think at a surface level it seems like they're trying to tell a respectful story but the way it plays out just feels so muddled and completely directionless.

[@YeOldeMachine]

I haven't played it, but since studios have been releasing more games done in UE5, ive noticed that all the games in that engine so far lack impactful atmosphere to me. They all look rather similar despite different art styles, and something about it feels sanitized and lifeless. I cant really put my finger on what it is, but i kinda sigh when something is announced in UE5.

[@zeroiceice008]

Jogging and running around doing boring puzzles, its meant to drive us into utter boredom. Its very clunky lol. Maybe its the voices lol.

[@firasmomani523]

So they technically couldnt add more "game" because the graphics are demanding? Im confused

[@daninogil]

so just play a plague tale 2 instead?

[@RazorBladeMango]

A Plague Tale: Innocence is the game Hellblade II wishes it was. I wasn't too keen on Requiem, but it looks so much better in hindsight now.

[@johndodo2062]

Play system shock remake instead. Unless you're actually looking for a walking sim

[@daninogil]

Also i forgot about indika. If I wanted an interactive movie about religion I would just play that

[@leemack9565]

Wtf is wrong with a plague tale 2? That's a better game than hellblade 2

[@ariadnedanelle]

I agree about the og HB visual style actually being better. I liked the live action film over lays. And I wondered why they didn't include her mentor guy who helped her before. And Also like you, I had strong faith in ninja theory. They made the first one. They obviously know how to make a good story driven immersive game. I actually didnt even finish HB2. i just became too downtrodden to finish the last hour or so of it. and at 100gb size, i just needed to remove it rather than let it sit and come back to it. I like to think that "big xbox" ruined it. It is just too hard to believe that the same director made both games this way. I dont know why they spent so much budget on motion capture. I disliked the combat from both games but it was worse in hellblade2. No story. No investment. Senua has no motivation or story in HB2. I was soooooo dissapointed in this game.

[@darthmaul8952]

A shame, loved the first game

[@garytheprogressivelibertar560]

Remember in the first one when your getting chased by a monster through a maze in the first one ? Well hellblade 2 has a puzzle where if you walk towards a red light you die .All I could think was what a lazy puzzle as I rolled my eyes 😒

[@lukedawg2787]

You’re missing the actual point of “why” it was made and released. This is only a glorified UE5 tech demo. Its sole purpose was to try and get us gamers hyped for the games going out in the near future that are using this new technology. The gaming industry is in a really bad place right now. The “next-gen” consoles have been out since 2019 and we have yet to have a truly “next-gen” game. It’s been one horrible release after another. They have been showing us UE5 capabilities for 2 years and we have yet to have anything released that is actually using Metahuman and nanoparticle technology on top of all of the other UE5 capabilities. So in a very poor effort to bring up the hype, they release a very short and sweet game to show off these new technologies to get it into our hands so we can experience them and start getting our feedback AND more importantly be the first console to show it off. There is absolutely no other reasons than these for Microsoft/Xbox to release a game like this. It’s literally just a ploy to get you hyped and to show you how good these upcoming will look on your system as well as trying to boost those game pass subscriptions.

[@heimdal8]

Calling this game a walking simulator is an insult to other walking simulators… When i played Going Home, The vanishing of Ethan Carter, Fire Watch etc. I was at least entertained by the story. This game is like a drunken bet about how boring you can make a game. Like you said, 75% of the time you are just pushing the left bumper making Senua slowly walk slong a linear path to the next cut scene.

[@DoomyRei]

I look forward to the layoffs and their eventual closure

[@BOOMBAPXL]

100% agree with this video. Every. Word. I’ve just finished the cave level discussed and I can’t do it anymore, I think I’m done😂

[@johndodo2062]

The fact that there is less game and less combat is actually shocking as well. There's zero reason for ninja theory to still only have such a small team. Microsoft could easily have given them even 5 more people and that alone could have fleshed out the combat to an acceptable level.

[@TheSonicx9]

good review and another Microsoft Xbox dud LOL! Also your two cents on Stellar Blade if you still like it or not from the Demo to the final game?

[@RazorBladeMango]

I'm still going through Stellar Blade. I want to take my time with this one.

[@TheSonicx9]

@@RazorBladeMango ok I will wait till you do a dedicated video later on ok

[@zeroiceice008]

Graffics aside its ehhh

[@jonnydu76]

Heavenly Sword was amazing... my first game on ps3, such a good surprise... I feel exactly the same way for Hellblade 1, and the 2... only the sound is great, i agree the lines are extremely repetitive and full on backseatting, but the impact is still pretty effective (except in the 4 combats of the game), i wonder why there not more games using that cool audio... but yeah everything else is awful, some say the story was good but nah, it turned into "patriarchy bad" that was disgusting

[@yaheyah]

my verdict on hellblade 2, great but I would have like her characters to climb over rocks more and jump and have a K9 companion. nobody can deny it's a good looking game. by far the best looking game of all time

[@ruchyl1]

Ninja theory will not survive. I think double fine studio and few more this year as well, maybe next year.

[@ChristopherYork1978]

It was fantastic. It just wasn’t what people told themselves it was going to be.

[@MrFox101]

100 percent agree.

[@firasmomani523]

This game and Order have an aesthetic I totally love, I just dont understand why do they become tech demos and not the same aesthetics but a more complete game?

[@Beresunablle]

Considering how short the game is can you break down how long are the engaging parts

[@iamfrommars6282]

I really don’t get, how one can live 1st part and at the same time not enjoying 2nd game.

[@MR_DOME]

its shallow because its microsoft a bad company got worse.

[@geejaybee]

100%. I've always looked at reviews with the casual attitude that people will sometimes like game I hate or hate games I love. However with this game my skepticism for the positive, often 5* reviews is on another scale. I simply do not believe you can play this game for the meagre 5-6 time it takes and be gushing about how brilliant it is. These reviewers fall into 2 categories. 1. They are basically cynically defending the developer and/or publisher, even knowing its trash. 2. People are reviewing the game they wanted and hoped it would be rather than the game it is. Yes, it has high production values but that's about it. Oh, and performance on XBSX sucks. As I'm a nice person, I'd have to advise anyone not to spend their hard earned money on this because you'll almost certainly regret it.

[@DJ-wl5qo]

The original is one of the few “cinematic” games I’ve played that I think actually earns that title so this is just sad

[@johndodo2062]

With forbidden west, everything but the story was better. I agree the writing was not good at all. With this, it seems everything is worse but the graphics and even then the art design seems better in the first hellblade imo

[@Alien_isolationist]

Yea sh00ting arrows at robot dinosaurs looks better then Hellblade 🙄

[@PSRewind]

@@Alien_isolationistbesides the story, forbidden west looks and plays better than HB2

[@Alien_isolationist]

@@PSRewind it doesn't. You're sh00ting arrows at robot dinosaurs, compared to sticking swords through people's necks downward into their stomachs. That game was a flop on PS5 and I played it on PS Plus. 9 million copies across PS4 / PS5 is a joke. The snake boss was cool, but the game was boring overall. Are you unaware Hellblade is running in Unreal Engine 5? The Decima Engine is not on that level bro stop it

[@zerenadli]

​​@@Alien_isolationistlol HFW sold millions and have infinitely better gameplay, probably even story. This game is a glorified walking simulator, a tech demo with zero gameplay. Practically a Walmart version of Plague Tale Requiem 😂

[@mordakie3805]

I liked the story it just drug out

[@shattering2eyes368]

Good to hear someone straight out say realistic graphics suck.. games aren’t supposed to be realistic... that’s kind of what the rest of life is for idk 😅

[@Arnoud-nf6iz]

thanks for warning me

[@carlharrison3637]

I didnt play all the way through the first Hellblade, but I do remember the combat was a LOT better. I only kept my gamespass running because this and Stalker 2 were on the last of my list of games I would play on the Xbox Series X and its been a piss poor run. I dont like that cartoon spam button to the music game, boorrrring. HB2 - feck, I've not finished it yet but when I do, I'll be cancelling my Gamespass and I think I'll hold onto the money to buy a game that has a good review, not this shite Microsoft keep pushing out.

[@LuciferHunter-kt7pm]

Hiddenfolk didn’t want to be found? Did NT think the players are dumber than a box of rocks. They DO want to be found! Worst puzzle ever! And the combat? Now a parry triggers a quick cut scene like animation. Really disappointed

[@TheMcrico84]

1:24 You know, they do not have unrestricted creativity.You know that Xbox is all over them and all they focus on.Is that the games look pretty

[@torom86]

You know yours is just an extremely personal and subjective opinion coming from someone who just doesn't seem to like this kind of experiences? The game's quality is objectively high for what it purposely wanted to be and I enjoyed every minute of it, because it's a kind of thing I appreciate. And I think you have a quite distorted memory of the first game, as the concept and gameplay were exactly the same and they actually improved the pace of it quite a lot in this one. More puzzle variety, more enemy variety, an overall better alternance of walking, cutscenes, puzzles and fights. Exactly the same "walking simulator" but way less repetitive and way better paced. Call it a walking simulator if you want, I call it an interactive experience. For a game that's clearly not focused on gameplay, it has some solid gameplay mechanics, but its whole purpose is quite different than making you "play", it wants to make you live a journey through Senua's and Senua's world's insanity, and it does it undeniably well. Do you find the voices annoying? Great, they made a good job. Senua must find them kind of annoying too, and that's exactly what the devs wanted you to experience. Sometimes a simple "I don't like it" instead of an "it's bad" changes it all. Your arguments are non-arguments, it's like you were saying that a great sci-fi movie is bad because sci-fi is not your cup of tea. It doesn't have anything to do with the product itself, it has to do with your personal lack of appreciation for that KIND of product and, while this is respectable, it's personal and should not be approached as it was some kind of analysis or review.

[@ciannolan6969]

100%

[@nin_tendo6458]

There is far, far less variety of gameplay in this game. I replayed the first game right before playing this one and you're just wrong. There's MAYBE more enemies in this one but that's not really saying much when the gameplay is far more simplistic to the point that the differences between enemies is negligible. The voice lines for the voices in Senua's head are much, MUCH more repetitive in this one. You could argue that it's on purpose, but I don't agree at all because the reason it's so repetitive is because the gameplay is repetitive so the voices can only comment on one of the two things that can even happen in gameplay. "It's supposed to be annoying" is not really an excuse when it wasn't annoying in the first game, it was compelling. There's obviously a middle ground to hit there and they missed the mark. For a game so short there's a shocking amount of filler. This game very much fails at what it sets out to do.

[@torom86]

@@nin_tendo6458 perceptions are subjective. I disagree as I had a totally different experience from the one you're describing.

[@mech-tech4779]

When people say they love the first Hellblade, and say that the second is not good. I don't believe that people are actually honest with their opinion of the game. The second games is actually similar and better than the first one, in every way.

[@LotusEsprit9981]

Thank you for the honest review. This "game" is 16-22 pfs and 600-700p on my Series S. That is ridiculous. Utter disappointment. It is a boring walking simulator.

[@oliverwilliam6931]

It's in unreal engine 5, Xbox s can't handle it

[@mech-tech4779]

This game is more atmospheric, the sound design is better, the gameplay is better, and also the story have come characters, things that the first one did not had.

[@RpgCrow]

I personally really enjoyed the game. Combat & audio really carried the game for me. I just found the combat both tactical and brutal and really enjoyed every time a fight happened. Chapter 4 was my personal favorite when you crawled through the cave and fought off those creatures stalking you in the dark. After act 4 if ninja theory survives (I'm aware game not doing to well on steam & xbox current controversy) I'd really like to see ninja theory take a swing at a horror game. Personally "nice graphics" don't make or break an experience for me, but they were a nice bonus. I also really enjoyed the story of traveling and trying to take out giants. I give the game a 8.5/10 But currently ff7 rebirth still stands proud as my Personal GOTY of 2024

[@rodgerhunter1591]

Problem is this should have been sold as an interactive cinematic experience in those exact words because it should have never had the word game attached to it at all and that's what the first one was as well It is a looker

[@danbuckley7128]

Its a great game . Most other reviewers agree so you d get ratioed on that Remember its Subjective

[@zeroiceice008]

Focus dude your not focusing lol.

[@KAOTICUPRISE]

I'm glad it's sooo bad they won't even need to bother making a ps 5 port!

[@dusermiginte4647]

😂😂😂 cope pony cope..

[@mre1561]

Was actually enjoying this until you started screeching in the microphone.

[@TheNomad1990]

Great video man

[@richardbrown7258]

So it's the Order 1886 all over again. It's one of the best-looking games ever made, but at the same time, it's one of the worst games one could ever play.

[@dusermiginte4647]

Poonies are coping. HB2 is a success.

[@Matt-fe6wu]

Are you serious? Or just fashionable for youtubers to do the same video on this game even though it's very positively reviewed by average. Was a very good game. Jump on the next bandwagon that I'm sure you will.

[@G187-e3f]

HB 2 is a masterpiece, go back to playing mid-ass rise of ronin with those horse animations lol.. If I was a pony I'd be hatin too! Its the same as the first game but better in every way. The first game was a "walking simulator" and ponies praised it. The only difference now is that it on the Box as an exclusive. Keep the hate coming, your missing out on the best game graphicly to grace a console...