I appreciate your honest review. If a game is trash, I want the reviewer to be honest. This is why I prefer reviews from youtuber's over ign.

@lilzeddy

28 күн бұрын

Is this game review bombed with nice reviewz??? On steam people praise it but it's short and combats mid I'm so confused 😂

@lofi1598

28 күн бұрын

he not honest he salty about xbox the game is great

@jesusblanco7657

28 күн бұрын

@@lofi1598it’s his review lol

@fepethepenguin8287

28 күн бұрын

​@@lofi1598can u essplane... to not an NPC... what exactly u mean Also... the game meh .even on a 4090

@lofi1598

28 күн бұрын

@@fepethepenguin8287 THE GAME IS GREAT

One of the positive reviewers on Steam is calling this Hellblade 1.5. Another positive is saying "It would not be fair to compare this sequel and it's predecessor...... " um what?

@JButterZJ

28 күн бұрын

well they still can have liked it cant they? i mean the last sentence is a bit weird but hellblade 1.5 isnt a problem imo. i think hellblade 2 is a better game than skyrim and i know many people wont agree but also many people accept boring gameplay and bad games from bethesda and give em an 8, not different for me, cause skyrim always was a 5/6 at best (with mods)

@DakotaRose2546

28 күн бұрын

@@JButterZJ absolutely they could have liked it :-) I just thought the wording of the second a tad odd. I've never tried the original Senua so can't comment as to which is better, I've got Elder Scrolls III, IV & V but prefer Elder Scrolls Online.

@user-vi4zw6zu4c

28 күн бұрын

@@JButterZJ Bethesda games are 5/10. Hellblade 2 is 0/10

@SergeyBondar-mx6fe

28 күн бұрын

It reminds me of morons who were saying you can't compare Starfield to BG3. Xbots are a completely different life form compared to a normal human.

@user-vi4zw6zu4c

28 күн бұрын

@@SergeyBondar-mx6fe Man, I don't care about those console wars, but I just find it hard to believe that someone can actually like a game like Hellblade 2

Man, Xbox being completely silent up until the release said everything you needed to know lol. When I stopped hearing about it I just quit paying for gamepass lol. I knew it wasn't going to be worth it. When they go quiet at microsoft, it's always bad lol.

@lofi1598

28 күн бұрын

shut up and play the fucking game if you listen to option in games you will never be happy about any games

Id pay... about what I payed for the first Hellblade. Which was about 13 dollars. 50 dollars is like... HELL no...

@benfrese3573

28 күн бұрын

gamepass then

@sumireravenclaw8034

28 күн бұрын

@@benfrese3573 and that also the reasion why the gaming industry is falling apart and studios getting closed.

@TheodoricFriede

28 күн бұрын

@@benfrese3573 gamepass is overrated. Even the couple tines i got it for a buck, it never felt like i was getting my moneys worth.

@anshukandulna1844

27 күн бұрын

​​@@sumireravenclaw8034good, after they make atrocities like this what else do they deserve?

@gameskyjumper1721

27 күн бұрын

pun intended.

I mean if aesthetics and "production" is what youre looking for go watch an arthouse film it will be a lot cheaper

@waynewayne8419

28 күн бұрын

Stop yapping, this game is just not for you; Not every game will be for you

@TheForever206

28 күн бұрын

@@waynewayne8419 My boy is pressed over a video game 😬

@yellowbeez93

28 күн бұрын

And when I watched the arthousefilm i get to control the characters, right?

@vissermatt1058

28 күн бұрын

@@yellowbeez93 pressing forward on your remote aint much different then pressing forward on your controller

@WhiteNegative

28 күн бұрын

@@yellowbeez93 there was that one tv show where you had to select how the story went. What's the difference between the two? A couple extra buttons to interact with things?

Xbox fans just can't except the fact that MS and Xbox just don't know what they're doing anymore. Their focus is Activision and COD now. And it's going to end badly for most of their smaller studio's. Just look at what happened to Tango and other studio's. How MS is still allowed to buy publishers is scary.

@via_negativa6183

28 күн бұрын

Microsoft have never know what they were doing in gaming. PC gaming has thrived in spite them not because of them. They did well with the 360 because sony dropped the ball that gen.

@seanguinn

28 күн бұрын

I disagree. They’re a billion dollar company. Let’s just wait to see what the next system looks like. Hopefully it’s a PC/Hybrid if they’re smart

@chibi2239

28 күн бұрын

And even then, that focus could get derailed too. I mean...the last COD was hilariously rushed with its slap dash story and all. And now it's gonna be exclusive (timed or fully) to a console no one buys, on a service that is actively EATING purchases away from MS. COD, despite its legacy, might not even be the money maker Xbox thinks it is.

@AussieDadAndrew

28 күн бұрын

@@seanguinn Are you stupid?

@jacobpipers

28 күн бұрын

@@via_negativa6183 ps3 still outsold the xbox in the end

If both fan bases hate you you are doing something right

@dorian-tz5789

28 күн бұрын

True 😂

@davidd.6448

28 күн бұрын

Building a whole personality around a console you own is just so incredibly sad

@johnwhite2890

26 күн бұрын

Correct

I respect that this game has an established fan base, but this is xbox's first release for 2024, just my opinion, but xbox's first release for the year should have been targeted more towards a wider audience? This is a niche title, thats 5 hours long, no physical release, limited marketing, interactive movie. it wasnt the home run that xbox needed at this time. I hope everyone who experiences it enjoys it.

@SK_Falchion

27 күн бұрын

Probably the only rational comment ever spoken here.

@icravedeath.1200

27 күн бұрын

I like the game and even I was confused at the marketing. Like, why didn't they just market it towards the narrative adventure game crowd and focus on that demographic, this game would be extremely welcome there. Imo they should've delayed it and rethought their marketing.

@divinitygaming8673

27 күн бұрын

​@@icravedeath.1200it took them 6 years to release it. Delaying it more wouldn't do them any favours.

@icravedeath.1200

27 күн бұрын

@@divinitygaming8673 no it fucking didn't you liar, development started in late 2020. Bleeding edge happened, forget about that?

I'm not feeling confident that Ninja Theory is gonna be around in the forseeable future 😨

I’ve heard the term ‘award bait’, which I think describes this game perfectly. Award bait games are graphically impressive games that focus on story and have easy gameplay. Games journalists tend to love these games. TLOU2 was accused of being award bait, for example. The high review scores from publications doesn’t surprise me at all given that this is the perfect game for them; its award bait.

@Ocean5ix

28 күн бұрын

TLOU2 couldn't be more far away from being a award bait. The choices they took with the story pissed like everybody younger than 25yo. That alone speaks for itself. And it's no easier or harder than the average game that comes out.

@benfrese3573

28 күн бұрын

To call TLOU2 "award bait" is wild lol - who says that? Any source? Or do you mean yourself when you say "was accuses of"?

@Majorwindy

28 күн бұрын

@@Ocean5ix the proof is in the pudding. Look how many awards it won at TGA and other outlets. You’re describing exactly what I said - fans didn’t like it but the reviewers did.

@Majorwindy

28 күн бұрын

@@benfrese3573 if you search for TLOU2 award bait, TLOU2 goty bait, or TLOU2 Oscar bait, you can find discussions about this going back years.

@johnnyjosefsen7644

28 күн бұрын

It does look and sound like it has weight. But it's kinda shallow at it's core. An episode of Game of Thrones disguised as The Green Knight.

So how long do you think its going to be till Microsoft announces its going to start layoffs or shutting down Ninja Theory?

@lofi1598

28 күн бұрын

they wont they start working on new game and they will grow the studio more

@MiguelRodriguez-lp9et

28 күн бұрын

​@@lofi1598im sure tango had other projects as well......

@zerenadli

28 күн бұрын

@@lofi1598 there's studio being shutdown midway of the development cycle. Just because they have been green lit for a new project wasn't a guarantee they won't get shut down.

@lofi1598

28 күн бұрын

@@zerenadli Before you write a stupid comment without understanding things, first, Microsoft built a new studio for them and helped them hire more developers, just as they did by building other studios. As for Bethesda Studios, problems arose between them and Microsoft. First, most of the developers in Tango left, and Shinji took them with him, so there were only a few developers inside the studio. So Microsoft closed the studio and transferred the developers to other projects, and the Astin studio did the same thing. They transferred them to other projects, and it is not as you imagine, they closed the black studios intentionally. No, you are wrong, like many people, they will definitely work on those titles. Xbox currently has a huge amount of wonderful games coming soon, and you will forget about these problems. Playstation and With the closure of several studios, just yesterday, PlayStation Studio London closed

@nerobiblios4086

28 күн бұрын

Tango got a little over a year, my guess is maybe 6-8 months for Ninja Theory.

Luke i remember you mentioned the co founder of ninja theory and one of the main guys behind hellblade leaving the company and how that may be a bad sign before the release of hellblade 2. looks like you might be right on that.

I just finished the game and it took me about 8 hours to 100% the game, which meant doing a playthrough and then going back and getting the faces/totems that I missed. I personally really enjoyed the game, but it's definitely not going to be for everyone. It was fun playing a game that was pretty chill where the environment is beautiful and the sound and atmosphere is really interesting. This game kind of reminded me of Death Standing in that sense (another game I love). I don't mind a walking sim if it's kind of relaxing or interesting in some way. I do think they need to add a toggle to disable chromatic aberration and depth of field, because it definitely made the cut scenes look terrible. It amazes me that the devs put so much effort into making such beautiful models and then turned around and made them unbearably blurry. I also think this game didn't do enough to justify the $50 price tag. This feels much more like a $30 game, not so much because of it's length overall, but due to the fairly limited amount of time you are actually engaging with the game in some way other than walking. It's hard to recommend this game at it's current price, but should be an easy recommendation whenever it goes on sale. I also wouldn't recommend getting Game Pass for this. Unless you already have Game Pass, it's not worth $20 to play this game once and not be able to play it again in the future.

Honestly all Ninja needed to do was expand the gameplay a bit, they already have an amulet attached to her hip..maybe add 2-3 more amulets that you can swap out. Add a few skill points, maybe add throwable weapons... anything to expand the sword combat. Add more puzzle variety, maybe use that "Binaural" audio in some of the puzzles or something. They already added NPCs, add some choices which lead to 2-3 different endings and that's it.

I miss when xbox had amazing games

@JahonCross

28 күн бұрын

Just buy the xbox 360 lol

@dusermiginte4647

28 күн бұрын

I miss when soyny released games.

@Mohgenstein

28 күн бұрын

@@dusermiginte4647they released one last month…

@MiguelRodriguez-lp9et

28 күн бұрын

​@@dusermiginte4647 all of the best games released this year have been PS5 exclusives.

@benfrese3573

28 күн бұрын

@@dusermiginte4647 Sony without a major release once "i mISS tHeM rEleASiNG gaMEs" lol

The terminal fan boys are out defending in droves.

@iluvmusicqwe

28 күн бұрын

Literally Xbot's

@dusermiginte4647

28 күн бұрын

And poonies are in panic, part of panic is HB2 and the fact that Microsoft is buying Valve / Steam.

@PaulM68322

28 күн бұрын

​@@dusermiginte4647 Xbox fanboy detected.

@GM-xk1nw

28 күн бұрын

​@@PaulM68322same for you

@Luis-rp2lm

28 күн бұрын

@@GM-xk1nwfanboy detected

I respect his honesty and candidness, its a shame that being the reviewer/journalist that we claim to want is rewarded with this behavior, it takes enough courage to do this without the worry of backlash from gamers for doing the thing we claim to want.

A linear 5 hour game with no replayability... We've lowered our expectations so far that we praise anything for any reason. I've no idea as to why people would consider this a masterpiece, or anything even close to it. I just don't understand the hype.

@ronthorn3

28 күн бұрын

I mean, people have different tastes? Not really that crazy. I mean some people strictly play sports games, which bore the shit out of me.

@jimhendriks7587

28 күн бұрын

Just xbox players who are used to garbage like redfall and starfield.

@N00bPr0ducti0n

28 күн бұрын

@@ronthorn3 i will never understand sports game... just go outside and play sports 🤣

@onizagru

27 күн бұрын

@@ronthorn3 Yeah, but at least there's replayability with sports games. I get people have different tastes. But different tastes in quality? Seems financially irresponsible. XD

Really loved the first game and what we saw there, kinda felt like they went all in on the cinematic aspect but maybe not enough in the gameplay and narrative

@lofi1598

28 күн бұрын

dont listen to this guy play the game you will see its great

@bosskey23

28 күн бұрын

@@lofi1598i like the fact that the game is straight to the point.

@fireplacegamingYT

28 күн бұрын

@@lofi1598 I did play it and finish it. It’s truly great you and others had fun with it but in my case, it felt like they diluted some aspects I loved in Senua’s experience in the first game which is why it left a bad taste even when I was amazed at the gorgeous visuals

@lofi1598

28 күн бұрын

@@bosskey23 not many gammes like this and this is the best looking game ever made with GTA 6

I was never planning to play this game, really busy, so I watched a couple of streamers I like play it. It was a chore just to watch on a second monitor.

@lofi1598

28 күн бұрын

dont llisten to this clown the game is great play it and you will see

@nutbunny10

28 күн бұрын

I've been watching an Australian streamer play Elden Ring, and he took a break to play Hellblade 2. I managed to only watch 30 minutes because it was so boring.

I have an xbox ok but how can you be ok with 7 years of dev time for 5 or 6 hours of content Idc if it's a masterpiece its not even a demo

@benfrese3573

28 күн бұрын

Who cares how much time it took them? Journey took over 3 years to develop and is over in less than three hours. It's still considered to be a masterpiece by pretty much anyone who played it. Am I right to assume that you enjoy a real grind fest like Assassin's Creed where you have 10h of gameplay stretched over 150h? I mean if that's your thing you have plenty of trash to enjoy.

@zazombiezmasher0116

27 күн бұрын

@@benfrese3573 the difference between Journey and Hellblade 2 is obviously budget, and the amount of devs working on the thing as well, Journey only had 7 devs on staff at the start of development, and it only grew to 18 over the course of its development. Not to mention the fact that Sony originally only gave the half a year to finish Journey, it’s 3 hour run time is understandable when you take all of this into account, but Hellblade 2s run time is an absolute slap in the face for 5 to 6 fucking years of dev time, with them having quadruple the amount of devs on staff as well (80). I say this as a fan of the first one but that’s inexcusable, not to mention the lead dev straight up lying about the games run time, there is absolutely no way to stretch this game into a 8 hour experience and tbh I feel some people would have been fine if they were honest about it’s runtime but they weren’t and that’s a big sticking point people keep forgetting. Sadly none of this fucking matters cause Xbox has supposedly greenlit its sequel but they decided to shutter 4 Bethesda owned studios so I’m pretty checked out of Xbox at this point, I find it absolutely insane that they shuttered Tango Softworks after Hi-Fi Rush but are gonna let Ninja Theory waste even more money on a sequel to a game that is being panned all across the internet, I just seriously hope Xbox doesn’t buy any more studios cause they have 0 clue what to do with them

@benfrese3573

27 күн бұрын

@@zazombiezmasher0116 Originally they had half a year to finish Journey, right. Then it took them more than three years. You must've been furious about the lack of "content" back then too. Your whole definition of content as a result of budget makes no sense, sorry. Making games is a risk, Ninja Theory missed the mark. But to say that x amount of hours is not enough content considering how much time they spent on making the game ignores so many facets of game development that it's just an ignorant measurement.

@zazombiezmasher0116

27 күн бұрын

@@benfrese3573 brother I don’t like journey, it’s not my kind of game, but I enjoyed the first Hellblade game and to see that the sequel which took around 5-6 years of development only add up to roughly 5 hours of content I seriously dislike, I like short and sweet video games, Alisa is a great survival horror game that is only around 4 hours, but it actually has replay value, same rouge-likes like Balatro, Dave the Diver, Hades, TBOI Repentance. I’m not some ubislop enjoyer, last 10 games they’ve released (from Unity up to Vallhalla) I’ve picked up at Walmart a month later for only $20 dollars, if even that, if I even have a passing interest in the game cause I don’t care for games like Ghost Recon (which is free on psplus) and shit like Trails, only game by them I’ve bought at full price recently is Prince of Persia, and that’s only cause that game had some actual care put into it and I was in the mood for a good Metroidvania. Again though, my point is that Hellblade 2, while very impressive graphically, should have just been a launch title for the Xbox Series X, cause all it is is a tech demo, it’s cool to see how nice games can look, and shit like that, but I’m not gonna pay $50 dollars to play that, I can just boot up that matrix tech demo that released for free if I wanna see pretty life like graphics, and it is a genuine step back from the first Hellblade game, everything I’ve seen on it seems more restrictive than Seanuas Sacrifice, and that game came out 7 fucking years ago. It’s incredibly disappointing to see that all that time in development led to nothing more than a pretty game with a lackluster story, with gameplay worse than the first, and puzzles worse then the first, just sucks to see cause I was excited for it but I won’t even put time into it even if it does go on sale cause it sucks to see a solid “IP” be squandered like that. Also, saying that X amount of hours is not enough content considering game dev time does make sense, look at games like Baldurs Gate 3, The Witcher 3, God of War (2018), and Red Dead Redemption 2, all of those games took a long time to develop and have more than 5 hours worth of content, and off the top of my head for indie releases shit like Alisa, that survival horror game I mentioned earlier, Slay the Spire, 7 Days to Die, Darkest Dungeon, fucking Vampire Survivors? All of these games have far more than 5 hours of content and most of them took more than 2 years to finish development, it’s a good comparison, you just don’t want to admit it

@simontrold

24 күн бұрын

well UE5 released in 2020, so they obviously had to rework the game to fit the engine.

Being an Xbox player,i never really understood the big deal everyone is talking about. If im not mistaken the first one is essentially a tech demo at best hence why i couldn't really get into it. I figure the second one would be to even tho it does look good. I wish they would have gone the rpg route imo, I definitely would have played it

@lofi1598

28 күн бұрын

play it you wil love it

@mrjtfang2

22 күн бұрын

Its a niche thing, i'm just big on narrative and sound design.

If people say it looks and sounds great and a great story...but do not play for the gameplay why would I play it and instead watch it on youtube

@mrjtfang2

22 күн бұрын

Really depends. I have to assume hellblade 2 is like hellblade 1 with positional audio, and youtube doesn't capture that-so being able to play hellblade 1 at least makes a world of difference versus watching it. I'm an audio person though.

80 people is probably the size of people only making underwater chorals at Rockstar 😂

I thought Fighting Cowboy's, and Luke's review aligned the most with my thoughts, heavily emphasizing that the gameplay was just really lacking and a large portion of the game is just literally walking forward

the thing also with the first one is the voices felt more aggressive(it felt like a pressure) and so it put you more into the psychosis instead now what we got is just a game you stream to the 2 voices in discord and they are just helpful and nothing else... they just toned every psychosis down and made it just a boring walking sim, which would be faster over if you could really run instead of walk, since i just cannot call it a jog if the character is just walking and walking slower if the button isnt pressed... so it wouldnt even be 5 hours long... i really loved the first one but they just removed everything that made you feel like the charcter and instead you just got a stupid movie feeling(you just feel like watching something instead of playing) and nothing else... there is no reason for it to be a game if you dont even use and immerse people in the same way the first title still can do after playing it for the 5th time right after the second one... I really wanted to like it, but then it was over and nothing was gained from it...

$50+ for a purchase... No. $17 for one month membership to Game Pass just to play and beat it in one setting... Maybe.

@benfrese3573

28 күн бұрын

My problem is not the price but the boredom.

@Belligerennt

24 күн бұрын

@@benfrese3573 Why is that a problem? if you’re not into it then just forget about it.

luke its supposed to take 6.5 hours not 5.5 hours, you played it wrong, you jogged too many times and didnt walk enough, you solved the more than basic puzzles too fast luke, youve played too many souls games luke you're not supposed to be that good at parrying luke dear lord XD

I think some reviewers and publications are scared to say what they want to because they will be deemed "uneducated" or "insensitive" to people with mental illness or psychological problems. So, we've become a society that cannot criticize anything that is inferior for fear of repurcussion or retribution. Preach on Luke! Not everything is good. Not everything is bad. But everything CAN be reviewed and commented on. And those who can't understand that need to take a look in the mirror and find out why they aren't comfortable with the truth.

@octavianpopescu4776

28 күн бұрын

No, I think people you're overestimating based on what you think would happen, not on what is happening. You can criticize, it's not that "you cannot criticize", it's "expect others to criticize you". Free speech is a 2-way street. If you say X, others have every right to tell you, you're wrong. And it's fine. I'll give you an example: the Xbox President Sarah Bond and her interview, I saw people on the political right criticize her and I saw people on the political left criticize her for the exact same thing: her vague PR answers lacking any substance or information. No one defended her based on her race or gender. The criticism levelled at this game has nothing to do with the depiction of mental illness (I would say based on what I've seen they may have nailed that). What it is about is fundamentally: length (it's too short) and gameplay (not enough actual action, not enough things to do).

@wolfstorm5394

28 күн бұрын

Or maybe some people just like the game..... LMAO

@shiteyanyo1111

25 күн бұрын

I haven't seen a single person defend the game based on its depiction of a heavily stigmatized topic. However, the first game DID get praise for it, because that game was actually good.

Very bothersome not seeing even a drop of rain falling from Senua's body while in the rain

@KairosObj

26 күн бұрын

Even last gem games had that ha.

Love the vids Luke (and team). Just a suggestion for video reveiws, but think about linking Matty's vid at the top of the description box with this new KZread UI. Just easier for folks to jazz em some love.

One things for certain I am not paying 80 dollars in my region to play a 5 hours game, and I'm not subscribing to gamepass. This is video games not movies, the bad reviews are justified by length alone. A certain "toxic" video game streamer said it best. Boils down to Grown adult men arguing over which one of their shit 500 dollar bootleg PC's can run a video game at 30 fps better. it's beyond pathetic. I also can't stand the over processing in video games in the name of "cinema" it's bollocks. It just makes your games look ugly and pretentious. Depth of field, Chromatic aberration, lense flares, and Camera motion blur (per object motion blur is good) I am looking at you.

@aninfinitemindofmusicandreams

28 күн бұрын

I genuinely dislike chromatic aberration in most games. Unless a game's visuals are specifically targeting a sort of retro look or a look through retro film cameras, it's unnecessary. Heavy DOF where it's unnecessary used to be a problem back in the PS360 days. Less so these days

@jimmyv3170

28 күн бұрын

Pretty much this. The console war stuff is really mind numbingly dumb now. Neither company is doing exceptionally well, the only difference is that Sony can get away with it by already owning the console market share between the two from the PS4 era and can be as absolutely lazy as they want now while Microsoft does absolutely nothing to make their situation any better for a decade.

It took me nearly 8 hours to beat the game. I held down the sprint button the whole time. I never once opened photomode. I maybe died twice in combat and added a minute or two in total. I don't think I was lost a single time during a puzzle. I got every lore thing and tree so maybe that did it. I don't know what to tell you.

graphical feature that justifies the run time is dumb , its a video game , so you should play instead of watch , if i wanted a graphical watch time , plenty of movies already do that for you

@CarlosFlores-yk8jt

27 күн бұрын

This makes me upset considering how much the order 1866 got bashed and it had way more gameplay

I am absolutely content with Hellblade 2 as a game pass experience. I can genuinely say I would have been upset if I had dropped $50 on it, though.

The game looks incredible, I wish ES6 looked like that when it releases in 11/11/2033

@thewhiteknight3945

27 күн бұрын

I think you mean on 23/23/2023

Naaa brah, if you think this game looking good is enough to justify $70 cad, you need to get back in touch with reality. God of War Ragnarök looks insanely good and has a great story character gameplay and music. Its a option on gamepass but paying upfront is way too much.

@NukaRage

28 күн бұрын

Its free for me

@WeKNOWTHETRUTHITSUNDISTPUTED

28 күн бұрын

@@NukaRageyea because you got scam pass

@12Daniel34

28 күн бұрын

​@NukaRage "It's free after you pay $15 a month bruh"

@omikis2082

28 күн бұрын

Free dlc

@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews

28 күн бұрын

Xbox Lame Pass is not a scam bro

4:30 oh yeah and we are just building roads because it looks neat 😹

This felt like an Xbox Arcade game you would buy for 10 bucks, that was a mini game spin off of the first game called, Hellblade: Arenas

The way I see any high score from users or critics is not a review for the game but rather a plea for Ninja Theory's life. Xbox basically has them held hostage and *might* let them continue to exist if HB2 gets good scores and sells well

Sorry for my English, its not my native or even second language: Me as someone who's last PlayStation was PS2 and ever since then been on Xbox, after Starfield, Redfall, Hellblade 2, as a loyal customer who owned all versions of 360, all versions of One and now Series X, i can't say that there is a good reason for xbox brand to even exist anymore. They got nothing that would make me as a customer to buy the next gen console. I experienced my first Sony release last week (Ghost of Tsushima) since Rachet & Clank in 2002 and this was enough to convince me that my next console is going to be a PS. Microsoft should actually rebrand as ''Microsoft Gaming'' because everything they release is available on PC.

@phoenix___7747

27 күн бұрын

I agree completely. This is Xbox main issue. Any game that comes out as an exclusive for Xbox can be played on PC at better levels. PS release exclusives that can only be played on PS and are games that justify buying the console.

Hellblade 2 feels like a set up for hellblade 3. The difference with hellblade 2 then 1 is that I was excited for 2

Lmao that Mixer sponsor was too good of a comedy from MS 😂

As a Sony double agent, it's true Matty isn't one but Luke is. 😅

I like Jake Baldino and Ralph a lot but the fact that they are interviewing these devs on FPS now is causing them to really pitch some softballs on their takes. Im not saying you have to say the game is trash but I mean you can tell they are really holding back

@Disconnis

27 күн бұрын

They are both shills.

Wow that blur is a disaster

I'm only 2 hours in some would say half way through the game, im really enjoying it but i feel like the game needs someone to work on their level and gameplay design department, graphics wise one of the best out there, in terms of pacing it's a little too fast, characters/performance no problems with characters are not world changing but still get the job done, but the gameplay should have been a big step forward when compared with the first game, sadly they played safe and didn't change much from the first game, and finally the length of the game is not a big deal the game does not need to have 100+ hours, 5 different endings to be good. My conclusion it could be better but it could have been much worse.

Remnant's reroll campaign is technically similar to NG+ but that one you can add those modes in the gmaes total runtime definitely.

14:29 handy! Half the price of hellblade for both plague tale games on steam. This video made my mind up where my moneys going

@Disconnis

27 күн бұрын

Plague Tale games are just glorified escort missions. Save your money on all three.

So it’s the video game equivalent of a Terrence Malick movie. How much wheat is in this?

Chromatic aberration is the purple fringing around the edges of high contrast areas….

I quite liked the game but matty makes some really good points....seems like a pretty divisive game

we were wondering where the gameplay trailers were....little did we know, the cinematics we were shown were actually the gameplay trailers

Xbots have become so toxic . I’ve never seen this before .

Honesty is toxic, that’s the biggest issue in gaming

This game looks fine, but it doesn't do anything with it. I was much more taken back with the graphics of the first game, the second just feels like a music video or the CGI scenes from the original Constantine. It isn't anything I haven't seen done before, and better.

A KEY thing that many forget or seem to have forgotten. WHY DID HELLBLADE2 TAKE SO LONG TO RELEASE? If you remember correctly, when hellblade2 was announced UNREAL5 had not yet been released, only after the announcement of UNREAL5 was NINJATHEORY announced that they would move from UNREAL4 to UNREAL5, so when they say that in all those years they did little, in reality you have to count NOT from the date of the announcement of HELLBLADE2 but from the release and release to the developers of UNREAL5

Yo, that's a crazy take. As a long-time PlayStation guy (since PS1 lol) AND a Matty fan, it's a real wacky take to call him anything but pro-Xbox. He's usually pretty balanced usually, but he definitely has a an Xbox lean.

@Ramona122003

28 күн бұрын

I say Matty is more of a Beth/RPG fan with a secondary leaning on Xbox since he isn't the biggest fan of their franchises outside of maybe Halo.

@nunab1864

28 күн бұрын

@@Ramona122003 True, definitely a Beth guy first and foremost. After KoTOR that is, lol.

Yes, I think graphically you could consider it a masterpiece. It’s a little lack luster on the game. Plan story compared to the first one I mean I was actually a little bit more blown away playing the first one I mean go boot it up it’s still solid, graphically for its time and still holds up today. I just think there’s not much in the way of contacting story going on in this

bots on both sides are bad but if you look at the console sales for past 2 generations even the ps3/xbxox360 gen micrisoft has had way less sales meaning net of potential crazies should be less but some how xbox seems to have just as many if not more bootlickers.

I think Alan wake 2 visuals beat hell blade 2 quite easily, the filters make the visuals look like it came out in the early PS4 & Xbox one era

@filmnationstudios389

26 күн бұрын

No it really doesn’t lmao

@TheMarine316

26 күн бұрын

@@filmnationstudios389 by a mile, the filters make hell blade 2 look downright ugly

@filmnationstudios389

26 күн бұрын

@@TheMarine316 Nope

@TheMarine316

26 күн бұрын

@@filmnationstudios389 whatever you need to tell yourself kid

@PaulM68322

26 күн бұрын

@TheMarine316 He's an Xbox fanboy, he goes around desperately defending the honor of his favorite Multi Trillion corporation because he has all the time in the world to do it as the only game he's had to play for the last few months only lasted 5 hours 😅

I was wondering about this way before the game came out…how is she gunna beat crazy again? Is she gunna go crazier and beat it harder? I think they could have included senua again but should have tried following another traumatic story. Also I’m confused about the fantasy aspect. Did she not come to terms with the fact that some sorta magic doesn’t exist to bring her bf back in part 1? But now giants are real in part 2 so it is a magic fantasy world?!

"we're not going to stop being critical" *beats drop* Top 3 outro for Luke

I want to know why anyone thought the mocrosoft buyout meant that ninja theory would be the next from software..where did they ever say this game would be some 100 hr open world souls like?

@benfrese3573

28 күн бұрын

Where did someone ever expected it to be a 100h long open world souls-like?

@thesaint717

24 күн бұрын

You guys try to bring Souls to every fucking discussion lol

@bennyblunto973

23 күн бұрын

@@thesaint717because they are one of the last developers that actually put love and effort into making a game

@nathanwatkins1005

21 күн бұрын

Both Hellblades are 5 hour mid games. Some weird op simps on this vid.

@thesaint717

19 күн бұрын

@@bennyblunto973 they make great games, but don’t tell me about “effort”. Same engine and mechanics in last 15 years, only Sekiro played differently.

Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth is game of the year so far. I've not played Stellar Blade yet but I hear that's good. Dont know if Elden Ring dlc will be considered a sequel that'll be in there. Ffvii not for narrative. It's a masterful blend of on rail dungeon sections and open semi open world exploration. A huge world with a number of things to do. S TIER characters that are all unique in combat HYBRID ATB ACTION. THE ABSOLUTE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY and attention to detail is insane. All there on day one with almost 0 game breaking bugs. People complained about low res rocks that aren't meant to be seen. Just as petty as complaining about the low res door. To complain about that door more that praising the set pieces. Chapter 14 boss with the music. Speaking of the music. I know for a fact this game wins that award.

It's a masterpiece for like 10 bucks.

29:33 We've played the likes of Zelda BOTW and Shadow of the Colossus, the world feels lonely (specially SoTC) but doesn't feel empty, I also care about the world or the princess that you need to save. I love Death Stranding and also agree with you. I don't give a single f*ck about saving the world and the people because the world feels empty and I feel the world and the people around you doesn't give a single f*ck about you (except Mama and Heartman I guess? I really liked them)

One of The problems with games like HB2 and the order is they didn’t add any incentives like modifiers i.e naughty dog, different outfits and skins etc for new game plus….which is a no brainer for these type of games.

I’m about halfway through rn I think. Playing on game pass, it’s a fun little experience. But I wouldn’t spend any money on it at all.

*1 hour video* The title: a review of a 5 hours game

does anyone know when luke is actually going to work and do a actual video again? not just him reacting to every video on the intenert while doing nothing himself?

Dude! Mixer was so good!!! You won't believe me! It streamed with amazing quality from Xbox one and you could co-stream with friends!

I am not going to argue whether this game is good or not. We all have our preferences. However calling this "true next gen" is ridiculous. A game that sacrifices gameplay, design and mechanics, for visual fidelity is exactly the opposite. Games that can exceed in all those areas from what was possible before, that's next gen, and some are already out. This game however, is not even close to that, sadly.

@jimmyv3170

28 күн бұрын

Sadly this may be what the next gen becomes. Short games, simple gameplay, very linear game and level design for a casual audience to move upward on the left thumb stick for most of the time.

@neophenom

28 күн бұрын

@@jimmyv3170 Well, as long as we get proper games like Resident Evil 4, Tears of the Kingdom, Spider-Man, God of War, Horizon, Mario Odyssey, Ratchet & Clank, Stellar Blade and many others, that show that gameplay will always be king, over any visuals, I don't think we need to worry, just yet. All those titles look stunning anyway, so if all they wanted to make was an interactive movie, that's fine, but gaming it is not.

@nerobiblios4086

28 күн бұрын

Whenever gameplay becomes less of a priority in a game, it never ends well. Gameplay always transcends graphics, it's how some older games will outlive newer ones if the gameplay is just that good.

@praisetheoak

28 күн бұрын

​@@neophenom Idk, God of War, Ratchet, Spider-Man and Horizon are aggressively average and mind-numbingly simpler for the casual audience to chew.

Playing it on PC game pass but will grab it when it’s on sale for $20-30

I really liked Vampyr, I just wasn't able to finish it because the final boss was such a spike in difficulty

Ima play both games right after another on this weekend. I cant be disapointed because i didnt play the first in 2017 and i am not invested in the franchise.

Dear god he always finds a way to bring up suicide squad 😭

I can’t imagine just reading comments all day to justify my own opinion to myself. It almost sounds like you’re trying to turn your subjective opinion into objective analysis lol

I liked it in the beginning alot but it becomes boring quick. Last night i played the "cave" section and my god it was boring.. it was really a hassle to get through it. The Hellblade francise has alot of potential tho. I hope they make it like god of war but hardcore r rated realism. It could be one of the coolest games ever.

“Hellblade go BrrrRr”! I spat my drink 🤣

I think it was supposed to be this big and contemplative Apocalypse now type thing, but it misses the mark. I think there's way too much time wasted running around in caves looking for hidden folk and too much emphasis on giant slaying and not really that much time spent on the characters. The last chapter feels a little diaconnected, like the game assumed that you had a feeling of travelling far and wide with these people, while you've barely met them yet. I mostly remember non-puzzles that didn't add anything and running around in caves and then it ends.

The order 1886, Rise, and this game are damn good. Quality over quantity. More of an experience than a game. To say that 5 hours of story is a "tech demo" is wild. No appreciation. I thought it was better than the first handsdown but of course it isn't for everyone

"At least is not Redfall" - Game pass

@thatmemeguy2520

27 күн бұрын

thats a low bar to set

40 min. of walking at the begining is aexaggeration. You can run and then its about 10-15 min.

I really loved the first game, and i was excited for a second. However after playing it a while it feels no where near as fun as the first game. I think the sound and graphics are good, but the biggest issue i had was the combat. The combat is so disappointing. I thought that the initial fights where just to practice, but the fact i never had to fight more than 1 opponent at a time was so boring to me. Even in the "big" fights its just moving from scene to scene where you 1v1 and enemy and i find it very lame. In the 1st game it was fun fighting 4 or 5 guys at once, having senuas voices warn you when an enemy was attacking you out of view. You had to pay attention, actually think while you fought. Every combat i was praying that more than one guy would swing on me. I was always let down.

Many critics forget that many, many people who are like me, only have the time and money for about 3 games per year. So I am very careful when it comes to what game I'm buying. This year so far, I've replayed Cyberpunk (and I started that in November of 2023), I played Dark Souls 2, I'm currebtly playing FF7 Remake for the first time, and later this summer I'll play Elden Ring DLC. That's about it, I have a dozen or so games in the queue waiting for me to play them, so maybe I'll start another of those games in the holiday season. I'm not spending my money with the mindset that "we should focus on the positives" when I'm choosing my next game. When it comes to Hellblade 2, yes although I would greatly prefer to play a game that has many more hours of content, I still would be cool paying 50$ for a 5hr game if it was done right. And for that to be the case the game needs to hit the gas immidietly and not take off that foot from the pedal until the credits roll, which this game does not do...

Honestly, the depth of field stuff doesn't bother me. Personally, I don't need every pixel on the screen to be super sharp. I know that is not what Luke is arguing for. But, I have seen the argument that every game needs to be super sharp on everything, and I just don't agree it's for every game.

I think that there should be a period in the game development that developers actually invite game reviewers to play their games and critique honestly way before launch.

It's so weird watching the same people that crap all over PS's third person narrative games slobbering all over Hellblade 2 despite it being 5 hours long just because it's on Xbox.

@user-qn2vs1up7o

26 күн бұрын

Its desperate at this point 😂

@Watheverable

26 күн бұрын

@@user-qn2vs1up7o they're fighting for dear life, meanwhile I'm just here enjoying Stellar Blade's new update with more modes and free nano suits... Life's weird sometimes.

Was a cinimatic masterpeace imo worth playing to tease the sences, your video is recorded and put on youtube, you no, i no, we all no in doing this it looses sharpness and allot of graphical fordelity as personaly i carnt see a simalarity to the images i saw on my 4k tv they were crisp and beautifull. Granted i can sertainly agree that this wasnt much of a game becides the additional game play moments but it was never ment to be as such its a cinimatic gaming experionce and should be rated as such. Not been the type to like thease dad walking sims but this ones beauty captervated me and will others if they give it a go and maby a hot take but i realy felt an alikeness to wwe/sport baced games when it came to combat and i love it maby not flashy enougth for some but the combat felt real every swing every dodge and weave was like a dance and orgestrated coriography with a life or death siduationship at the end of it, you felt every blow saw every expreshion on your aponents face and felt the weight of every battle as we thought for survival. Will say i prefere my mmo and rpgs so can only wish someone out there takes note of some of the good points in this game and makes a TRUE gameing masterpeace that i can sink my sole into a mmo rpg survival open world game with this ordeo visual experione all in one that would get a 10 from me this however is a strong 8.5 or a fair 9

Luke Yapping Stephens😂😂😂 my man can yap for hours but I love him

@xchxmpagnepxpix

28 күн бұрын

Him and Coy Jandreau should compete in a Yap-Off

It sucks because adventure games like TLOU and the Plague Tale series are my favorite genre. My favorite game from last year was Stasis: Bone Totem. So i should technically enjoy this game because in general people are more forgiving of the faults that come with the genre they like. I'm struggling with the game myself on PC.

I think if they cut out a lot on purpose they will just sell what they cut out as DLC

The depth of field reminds me of zombie army on Netflix

The Order 1886 was a really good movie.

Probable wrong but is the hair of Senua better in the first game . Again probable wrong but in the second game it´s like bethesda make them . I have go back and forth many times and i think Senua looks better in the first game . Not small setails generally better

Is it longer than the recent CoD games Campaigns? Yes... But ofc you don't have MP :D You know... I would have REALLY LOVED an Arena when I could endlessly fight Draugr :D I don't know what people expected... Hellblade 2 is more of Hellblade 1. I think it will age like Ryse.. in time people will see it... The over-processing is described in the documentary and why they used it... It is basically meant to confuse you... not knowing if what you are seeing is really Real. I do agree however, that without understanding the intention is hard to understand why the cutscenes look the way they do.

ngl i thought he would tow the line with some of the xbox outlets, gotta say he's one of the few left who seems honest in his thoughts despite being an almost exclusive xbox fan. I'm kinda 50/50 on Hellblade 2, game looks great but we have other good looking games with better story and gameplay.

Why didn't they make it their God of War? They could have. It would lend itself so well to that, and as we've seen GoW had some "deep" in it. Plus they made Heavely Sword back in the day so there's some of that DNA in there.

You got lore to find and gives extra story. With 5 hrs means u rushed and didnt explore

@CarlosFlores-yk8jt

27 күн бұрын

Brother that adds maybe 2-3 more hours lmao, coping hard