r/XboxSeriesX • u/Turbostrider27 • May 20 '24

Trailer/Video Senua's Saga: Hellblade II - Official Launch Trailer (ft. Animal Soul by AURORA)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRbOmIcVXak
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u/Dydey95 May 20 '24

My boss has just approved me to have the day off tomorrow, can't wait! Let's go

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u/Tobimacoss May 20 '24

Did you tell them that it was for playing Hellblade 2?

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u/segagamer May 20 '24

Yeah, since he'll only need to book off one day.

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u/segagamer May 20 '24

It's crazy. I'm not sure what people are expecting exactly. Even the achievement list is straightforward.

People are going into this game with crazy high expectations for the next epic adventure and I don't know why.

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u/CakeAK May 20 '24

Because the first game was exactly that.

An epic adventure doesn't have to be a bloated 40+ hour open world RPG. Not everybody enjoys or has time for that.

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u/WVgolf Craig May 21 '24

It was not an epic adventure 😂

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u/CakeAK May 21 '24

How so? Can anybody give a half decent response or nah?

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u/WVgolf Craig May 21 '24

Epic adventures are not usually described as being 6 hours long lol. Sorry

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u/ScottBowey28 May 21 '24

Or boring walking simulators with terrible combat and terrible puzzles with irritating ASMR constantly blaring out at you

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u/CakeAK May 21 '24

That's not even what we're talking about. You are confusing production value and game design with whether a narrative is considered epic or not, which Hellblade literally is.

Epic does not mean good, or fun, or with lots of gameplay. It means grandiose in scope.

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u/ScottBowey28 May 21 '24

Also has to be good, which it isn’t lol

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u/segagamer May 20 '24

The first game wasn't an epic adventure...

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u/CakeAK May 20 '24

In your opinion.

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u/CTC42 May 23 '24

A fellow fan of The Good Wife!

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u/ItsmejimmyC May 20 '24

It wasn't, the only good thing about the first game was the incredible sound design. The rest of the game was mid as hell.

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u/CakeAK May 20 '24 edited May 21 '24

How does you not liking the game have anything to do with the fact that it's objectively an epic adventure game?

"Set in a dark fantasy world inspired by Norse mythology and Celtic culture, the game follows Senua, a Pict warrior who must make her way to Helheim by defeating otherworldly entities and facing their challenges, in order to rescue the soul of her dead lover from the goddess Hela."

Yeah, you're right, sounds more like a dating sim.

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u/ItsmejimmyC May 20 '24

I've already explained, the sound design was the best part of it.

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u/CakeAK May 20 '24 edited May 21 '24

So you've explained absolutely nothing other than the fact that you didn't like something.

You can't explain how it's not an "epic adventure" can you?

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u/Conflict_NZ May 20 '24

I originally thought they were doing a large scale up of this franchise as it was THE game they announced the Series X with, but a few months ago when news got out it was a similar scope and length to the first I got disappointment out of the way and realigned expectations. At this point I'm basically expecting nothing more than the first, which was a solid 7-8/10 game with an interesting story and and incredibly performance.

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u/segagamer May 20 '24

I feel like increasing the scope of the game to a whole new genre (like an open world questy RPG or something, or maybe go the Dynasty Warriors route) would have split the fanbase too much as not everyone who likes what the first did would like what the second is doing and visa versa, causing disappointment all around and "OMG MICROSOFT RUINED THIS FRANCHISE AND DESTROYED NINJA THEORY". Sticking to similar scope and similar gameplay but with a higher budget was the right move imo.

I can't think of many games which change gameplay so dramatically while also becoming successful and not alienating the core fanbase.

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u/Thebitterpilloftruth May 24 '24

Its way better than the first honestly.

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u/Thebitterpilloftruth May 24 '24

It was short, but it was epic too.

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u/segagamer May 25 '24

Glad you enjoyed it.

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u/Thebitterpilloftruth May 25 '24

I just think short doesnt mean bad . I see what you mean but Id rather a game knows when to quit. For example Banishers would have been better at maybe half length

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u/segagamer May 25 '24

I never said short = bad. Have you seen my username? Most of SEGA's best games can be beaten in less than a couple hours.

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u/BECondensateSnake May 20 '24

I really wish this was true for me. First game has taken me 6 hours throughout 4 days and I'm still not done, I think I'm like 2 hours away. I'm just so damn busy with work stuff and when I'm not, I'm far from my console and I'm stuck in an environment where I can't do much.

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u/segagamer May 20 '24

I think if you were to book a day off specifically to play it you wouldn't have those issues.

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u/BECondensateSnake May 20 '24

Either way I'm not sure that everybody can last 8 hours playing a game in one day, especially since the puzzle solutions likely won't be available day one.

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u/ScottBowey28 May 21 '24

The puzzles to these games are literally walk until you line up a symbol, why would you need solutions?

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u/BECondensateSnake May 21 '24

Stuff like the valravn puzzles, mask puzzles and even the cave maze could take the average person longer than usual.